Paloma Baeza
Paloma Baeza | |
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Born |
London, England, UK | 1 May 1975
Occupation | Actress, director |
Spouse(s) | Alex Garland[1] |
Children | 2 |
Paloma Baeza (born 1 May 1975) is a British actress and director of English and Mexican descent.
Biography
Baeza lived in Mexico during her childhood. Her Mexican father and her English mother were hippie musicians. In 1975, when Baeza was 5 months old, her parents married in London and they went to Mexico City. They divorced nine years afterwards.
She returned to the UK with her mother in 1985. She started acting classes and appeared very early in the London theatres and British televised productions. She studied English and performing arts at Bristol University. Baeza has to date directed two films: The Window (2006 TV film), and Watchmen (2001 short feature film). She co-wrote the latter with actor Cillian Murphy, who also starred.[2]
Personal life
Her spouse is screenwriter, novelist, and film director Alex Garland; they have two children.
Filmography
Acted
- The Passion (TV series): Mary Magdalene
- Mud (TV series): Phillippa
- Look Me in the Eye: Paula
- La Bible: Joseph: Dinah
- A Kid in King Arthur's Court: Princess Katey
- No Bananas: Pink Grant
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: Rose Markham
- Barnaby Inspector: Meg Moon
- The Odyssey (TV miniseries): Melanthe
- Bramwell (TV series): Emmaline
- Far from the Madding Crowd (1998 film) (TV movie): Bathsheba Everdene
- A Knight in Camelot (TV film): Sandy
- A Touch of Frost (TV series): Rachel Darrow
- Sunburn: Aideen Higgins
- All Forgotten: Mashenka
- Anna Karenina (TV series): Kitty
- The Escapist: Valerie Hopkins
- Rebel Heart (TV miniseries): Ita Feeney
- Waking the Dead (TV series): Anna Maitland
- The Way We Live Now: Hetta Carbury
- The Project: Irene Lloyd
- Essential Poems for Christmas (TV film): Reader
- Scars (TV film): Sophia
- Sunshine: Capa's sister
- Spooks (series 7):Elizabeta Starkova [3]
Directed
- Watchmen (short film, 2001)[2]
- The Window (TV film, 2006)
References
- ↑ "Alex Garland on Ex Machina: ‘I feel more attached to this film than to anything before'", The Guardian, January 11, 2015
- 1 2
- ↑ BBC Press Release
External links
- Paloma Baeza at the Internet Movie Database
- PFD.co.uk Baeza's page on her agent's site