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List Of Hispanic And Latin American Britons
This is a list of notable Latin Americans in the United Kingdom people, including British people of Latin American ancestry and Latin American-born immigrants. Business *Jaime Gilinski Bacal, banker and philanthropist, Colombian immigrant Entertainment * Layla Anna-Lee, TV presenter, Brazilian mother * Lorena Andrea, actress, Colombian parent * Paloma Baeza, actress, Mexican father * Michael Bentine, actor/comedian, Peruvian father *Magdalen Berns, YouTuber, boxer and software developer, Argentine father * Oona Chaplin, actress, born in Spain, Chilean father *Claudia Coulter, actress, model and voice over artist, Argentine descent * Taio Cruz, singer, Brazilian mother * Henry Ian Cusick, actor, Peruvian mother * Michel de Carvalho, actor, Brazilian father *Nell de Silva, actress, Chilean parents * Alfred Enoch, actor, Brazilian mother *Giovanna Falcone, reality TV star, Argentine mother * Mario Falcone, reality TV star, Argentine mother * Peter Gadiot, actor, Mexican mother * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin Americans In The United Kingdom
Latin American migration to the United Kingdom dates back to the early 19th century. However, up until the 1970s, when political and civil unrest became rife in many Latin American countries, the United Kingdom's Latin American community was not particularly large. Economic migration to the United Kingdom has since increased. Brazilian and Colombian-born residents are the two largest groups standing at 95,000 and 36,000 respectively as of 2019. A number of refugees and asylum seekers moved to the UK during the late 20th century, however, since the turn of the millennium, Latin Americans have been migrating to the UK for a wide range of reasons and at present the community consists of people from all walks of life. The UK is also home to British-born people of Latin American ancestry. During the 2008–2014 Spanish financial crisis, Britain also became one of the favourite European destinations for some of the roughly 1.4 million Latin Americans who had acquired Spanish citizenshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel De Carvalho
Michel Ray de Carvalho (born in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, on 21 July 1944) is a British financier, former Olympic skier and luger, and former child actor in films such as '' The Brave One'', ''The Tin Star'', and ''Lawrence of Arabia'' (under the name Michel Ray). Early life De Carvalho's father was a Brazilian diplomat and his mother was British. He appeared in several films as a child and teenager, including the 1962 epic film ''Lawrence of Arabia'' (where he played the character Farraj), ''The Divided Heart'' in 1954 and '' The Brave One'' in 1956 where he plays a young Mexican boy who tries to rescue his pet bull from being killed by a champion bullfighter. He quit acting to attend Harvard University, which he later described as "just about the most stupid decision" he ever made. Nevertheless, de Carvalho graduated from Harvard and then earned an MBA degree from the same university. De Carvalho represented Great Britain at the 1968 Winter Olympics in skiing, and lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Justin
John Justin (24 November 1917 – 29 November 2002) was a British stage and film actor. Early life John Justinian de Ledesma was born in Knightsbridge, London, England, the son of a well-off Argentine rancher. Though he grew up on his father's ranch, he was educated at Bryanston School in Bryanston, Dorset. He developed an interest in flying and became a qualified pilot at the age of 12, though he was not allowed to fly solo at the time because of his age. Acting career He became interested in acting at a young age. By the age of 16, he had joined the Plymouth Repertory. In 1937, he briefly trained with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, but did not like it and soon joined the repertory company of John Gielgud. Among the plays he appeared in was ''Dear Octopus''. ''The Thief of Bagdad'' In 1938, he auditioned for and was cast the role for which he is perhaps best remembered, Ahmad in the 1940 version of '' The Thief of Bagdad'', opposite Sabu. To do so, he had to sign a seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Hussey
Olivia Hussey (born Olivia Osuna; 17 April 1951) is an English film, stage, and television actress. Her awards include a Golden Globe Award and a David di Donatello Award. The daughter of Argentine opera singer Andrés Osuna, Hussey was born in Buenos Aires and spent most of her early life in her mother's native England. She aspired to become an actress at a young age and studied drama for five years Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London. Hussey began acting professionally as an adolescent. She appeared in a 1966 London production of '' The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'', opposite Vanessa Redgrave; this led to her being scouted for the role of Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film adaptation of ''Romeo and Juliet''. Hussey received widespread acclaim and international recognition for her performance. In 1974, she appeared as the lead character Jess Bradford in the cult slasher film '' Black Christmas''. This and subsequent horror films earned her the label of scream ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago Cabrera
Santiago Cabrera (; born 5 May 1978) is a Chilean-British actor who has worked mainly in the UK and United States. Cabrera is best known for his roles as the character Isaac Mendez in the television series ''Heroes'', Lancelot in the BBC drama series '' Merlin'', and Aramis in the BBC series ''The Musketeers''. He was also the lead in the TV show ''Salvation'' as Darius Tanz, and played Captain Cristóbal "Cris" Rios in '' Star Trek: Picard''. Early life Cabrera was born in Caracas, Venezuela, where his father, a Chilean diplomat, was stationed at the time. He is the middle child of three. Moving along with his father's career, Santiago grew up mainly in England, but also in Romania, Toronto and Madrid. His family returned to Chile when he was fifteen years old. He was captain of his football team in high school, and only tried acting when his teachers encouraged him. During his three years of training at the Drama Centre London from 2000 to 2003, Cabrera starred in productions o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Fernandez
Julie Mare Fernandez (born 20 April 1974 in Hampstead, London) is a British actress and model best known for her role as Brenda in the BBC comedy ''The Office''. Early life Fernandez was born with osteogenesis imperfecta and uses a wheelchair. She was a student at Treloar School in Hampshire. Her father is Argentinean and her mother is English. At the age of 14, Fernandez appeared on the popular BBC television series ''Jim'll Fix It''. In October 2012, following a series of sexual abuse allegations made against the series' late host Jimmy Savile, Fernandez claimed that Savile had touched her inappropriately during the recording. Career Her acting career began in 1992 when she starred as Vanessa Lockhead in the short-lived BBC soap opera ''Eldorado''. She went on to play Sean Maguire's girlfriend in BBC1 drama '' Dangerfield'' before landing the role of Brenda in ''The Office''. In 2004, Fernandez formed a television production company called The Wheelie Good Company and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Universe Great Britain
Miss Universe Great Britain is a national beauty pageant that selects the British representative in the Miss Universe contest. History When created as Miss Universe Great Britain in 1952, 30 women around the island of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed. Aileen Chase would be the only contestant to compete at Miss Universe as Miss Great Britain or Miss UK until the 1990s. For four decades there would be no Miss Great Britain nor Miss United Kingdom in Miss Universe pageant. There was no UK participant at Miss Universe in 1953–1954. From 1955 to 1990 (except 1956), the winner of Miss England competed. Miss Scotland and Miss Wales first competed in 1961 and again, competed every year until 1990, except 1987 in Scotland's case, as that year's Miss Scotland, Eileen Catterson, was disqualified for being under age. In Miss Universe 1991, Helen Upton, the winner of the 1990 Miss United Kingdom pageant, became the first contestant since 1952, to compete at Miss Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tara Hoyos-Martínez
Tara Vaitiére Hoyos-Martinez (born 28 March 1990) is an English actress and beauty pageant titleholder who, while representing London, was crowned Miss Universe Great Britain 2010. She is of Colombian descent. She then represented Great Britain in the Miss Universe 2010 pageant, held on 23 August 2010 in Las Vegas, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie .... She did not place in the competition's Top 15. Hoyos-Martinez was born to Colombian parents. She graduated from the Manchester Metropolitan University with a degree in Biomedical Science. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoyos-Martinez, Tara 1990 births Actresses from London Alumni of Manchester Metropolitan University English beauty pageant winners English people of Colombian descent Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhani Harrison
Dhani Harrison (; born 1 August 1978) is an English musician, composer and singer-songwriter. He is the only child of George and Olivia Harrison. Dhani debuted as a professional musician assisting in recording his father's final album, '' Brainwashed'', and completing it with the assistance of Jeff Lynne after his father's death in November 2001. Harrison formed his own band, thenewno2, in 2002 and has performed at festivals, including Coachella, where Spin magazine dubbed their performance as one of the "best debut performances of the festival." The band also played Lollapalooza three times, with Harrison joining the festival's founder Perry Farrell on a cover of The Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane" at 2010's event. In 2017, Harrison released his debut solo album '' IN///PARALLEL''. The 2019 film ''IN///PARALIVE'', showcases the live version of his debut solo album and was recorded in the round at Henson Studios in Los Angeles. Harrison's latest single, "Motorways (Erase It)", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gala Gordon
Gala Gordon (born 26 March 1991) is an English producer and actress. Early life Gala Gordon was born in London. Gala was named after Salvador Dalí's wife. She attended Bryanston School, Dorset, and graduated in 2012 from London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama /sup> where she played lead roles in several stage productions such as The Seagull, Hamlet, Agamemnon and The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. /sup> Career Acting After graduation, Gordon made her professional stage debut in 2012, playing the lead role of Irina in Benedict Andrews’ production of Chekhov’s Three Sisters at the Young Vic starring opposite Vanessa Kirby. /sup> In 2013 she filmed her first feature film Kids in Love about a group of modern bohemian friends. The main cast also includes Cara Delevingne and Alma Jodorowsky. /sup> Also in 2013 she appeared in the Suede's "Hit Me" video clip, recorded in the Manchester Art Gallery. In 2016, Gordon played Verity Richardson in ITV drama Endea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gadiot
Peter Gadiot (; born 2 January 1986) is a British actor. He portrayed the role of James Valdez in the hit USA Network show '' Queen of the South''. He also played Cyrus in ABC's '' Once Upon a Time in Wonderland'' and Adam in Showtime’s ''Yellowjackets''. Additionally, Gadiot filmed for Netflix's upcoming live action series ''One Piece'', as Shanks and as Felix in a pilot for a new show, based on the Dutch series,'' Adam and Eva'' for NBC. Early life Raised primarily in the United Kingdom, his father is Dutch, and his mother is Mexican. He speaks fluently both English and Spanish. He has one older brother. Career Peter Gadiot trained classically at Drama Centre London and has appeared in numerous stage productions. His past credits include MTV's Hot Mess, the British series ''My Spy Family'' (2010) and a British horror film ''13Hrs'' (2010), also known by the name '' Night Wolf''. In 2013, Gadiot made his American network debut as Cyrus, the handsome and mysterious Genie, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Falcone
Mario Lorenzo Falcone (born 21 February 1988) is an English television personality and tailor. He is known for his appearances in the reality programme ''The Only Way Is Essex''. Career Falcone made his debut appearance on ''The Only Way Is Essex'' during the third series in 2011 and stayed until the sixteenth series, before returning for the nineteenth series and departing again after the twenty-first series. He was suspended for promoting slimming pills on social media. On 22 August 2013, Falcone entered the ''Celebrity Big Brother'' house, competing in the twelfth series. He was the third ''TOWIE'' cast member to appear on the show, following Amy Childs in 2011 and Kirk Norcross in 2012. On 13 September, he finished fifth and left the house with fellow housemate and sixth place Vicky Entwistle. Personal life Brought up in Shenfield, Essex, Falcone is English of Italian descent. He is the brother of author Giovanna Fletcher, who is the wife of McFly's Tom Fletcher. Falcone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
