Andre Birleanu (born August 7, 1982) is a Russian-Romanian model.

Early life

Birleanu is the son of Vladimir Simonov, a Russian diplomat and international lawyer and Carmen Bîrleanu, a Romanian diplomat. Birleanu was born in

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, but traveled extensively due to his father's work in the Soviet diplomatic corp. In 1996, his mother was working for the

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and invited her son to

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to attend University. He attended John Jay Criminal Justice Academy, but stopped attending to pursue a career in modeling.

Public image

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channel named Andre Birleanu "one of the hottest men on television" placing him on their top 10 list.

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channel named Birleanu one of the top TV bad boys adding that "when Andre Birleanu graced our television sets, he brought sexy back with a villainous twist ". He was named by People Magazine as one of the sexiest men while the

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called him one of Top 10 TV Villains.

Career

Personal life

While residing and filming between New York and Hollywood in 2009, he dated Brazilian model Ana Catharina Soares Jaqueira who is the mother of his first child, Eva Sofia Birleanu. Soon after the birth in Brazil, the relationship ended. Starting in 2012, he dated Brazilian model Eloisa Fontes for two years and in 2014 they got married. Eloisa is the mother of his second daughter Azzura Birleanu,. In September 2015 Birleanu filed for divorce, won custody away from the mother and since raised his second daughter by himself. In December 2018 he started dating model Cezara Tomenco, and in September 2019 they had a daughter.

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