Lorena Berdún (born 11 December 1973 in

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) is a Spanish

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and actress. She studied

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and has branched out into the area of

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, graduating from the

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. She is one of Spain's most prominent sexologists due to her appearances on radio and television, giving sexual advice and talking about

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Career

Sexology

Berdún worked as a volunteer with Juan Pablo Hernández in a sexual advice centre that organized lectures for high schools and the local media. She later worked for the popular Spanish radio station, Los 40 Principales on the program " En tu casa o en la mía" from (1998-2002). For the Los 40 Principales radio show, Berdún provided sexual advice to listeners seeking help for their sexual problems and the four years on the program led to greater fame. The sexologist has also hosted several other programs, such as the radio shows, " Me lo dices o me lo cuentas" (2002–2004) and " Dos rombos" (2004-2005), as well as presentations on the television channels,

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and Canal Cosmopolitan. In autumn 2006, she appeared as a consultant sexologist on the Italian TV programs, ''Crozza Italia'' and ''Crozza Alive'', both broadcast on the private channel, La7.

Acting and television

As an actress, Berdún has performed in several projects, including a short film, ''Running Lorena'' (by José Talavera), a

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, ''Invierno bajo la mesa'' (by

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), and a TV series, ''Con dos tacones''. In April 2008, Berdún debuted on Spanish

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as the host of ''Balas de Plata'', a weekly interview program.

Bibliography

*En tu casa o en la mía. Todo lo que los jóvenes quieren saber para un sexo sin duda. Ed: El País Aguilar (2000) *Cómo hacer el amor (bien) Ed: El País Aguilar (2002) *¿Qué nos pasa en la cama? Ed: El País Aguilar (2002) *¿Cómo le explico eso?: Guía breve para educar en sexualidad a los hijos Ed: El País Aguilar (2003) *Nuestro sexo Ed: Grijalbo (2004)

Prizes

Premio Ondas The Premios Ondas (Spanish: literally "wave awards", also known in English as the Ondas Awards or simply The Ondas) have been given since 1954 by Radio Barcelona, a subsidiary of Cadena SER, in recognition of professionals in the fields of radio ...

2000 "Mejor Programa que destaque por su Innovación", ''En tu casa o en la mía'' *

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2003 "Mejor Programa que destaque por su Innovación" a '' Me lo dices o me lo cuentas'' * International Emmys 2003 Finalist. (''Me lo dices o me lo cuentas'') * Premio ATV to best communicator: 2002, nominated; 2003 and 2004, winner. *

TP de Oro The ''TP de Oro'' were a series of Spanish annual television awards awarded between 1972 and 2011 by ''Teleprograma'' magazine. History Initially baptized as Los mejores de TP (The best of TP), they were called for the first time in 1972, six y ...

, nominated in 2004 for Dos rombos.

References

External links

AKT Agencia, RepresentaciónLorena Berdún in the newspapersCrozzaItalia - LA7, italian TV, where she worked
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Berdun, Lorena 1973 births Living people Spanish television actresses Spanish television presenters Spanish women psychologists Spanish women television presenters Actresses from Madrid