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12 Facts About Paloma Baeza

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Paloma Baeza was born on 1 May 1975 and is a Mexican-British actress and director.

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In 1975, when Paloma Baeza was five months old, her parents married in London and they went to Mexico City.

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Paloma Baeza returned to the UK with her mother in 1985, when she was nine.

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Paloma Baeza began taking acting classes and appeared very early in the London theatres and British television productions.

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Paloma Baeza studied English and Performing Arts at the University of Bristol.

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Paloma Baeza has acted in a number of films and television programmes, including the 1998 film Far from the Madding Crowd playing the leading role of Bathsheba Everdene, and the 2008 BBC production The Passion as Mary Magdalene.

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Paloma Baeza has performed on stage, including Navy Pier in 2000 and The Flight Into Egypt in 1996.

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Paloma Baeza directed a short feature film Watchmen in 2001, which she wrote with actor Cillian Murphy, who starred.

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Paloma Baeza directed the TV film The Window in 2006.

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Paloma Baeza decided to study animation at the National Film and Television School.

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Paloma Baeza is working on a project on the life of Frida Kahlo.

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Paloma Baeza is married to screenwriter, novelist, and film director Alex Garland; they have a son, Milo, and a daughter, Eva.