Sonsoles Ónega Salcedo (born 30 November 1977 in
Madrid
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) is a Spanish journalist, TV presenter and writer.
Biography
The daughter of speechwriter Fernando Ónega and Marisol Salcedo, she received a journalism degree from the
Universidad CEU San Pablo
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It is run by the Centro de Estudios Universitarios (CEU Foundation).
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in Madrid. She is the sister of fellow journalist Cristina Ónega.
She started her journalism career at
CNN+
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and joined ''Noticias Cuatro'' upon the launch of
Cuatro
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* Cuatro (instrument), a family of Latin American string instruments, including:
** Cuatro (Venezuela)
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in 2005. In 2008 she jumped ship to ''
Informativos Telecinco
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History 1990–1993
When ...
'', where she was parliamentary correspondent at the
Congreso de los Diputados
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Congress has 350 members elected from fifty-two constituencie ...
for ten years.
In 2004, she started a literary career with her short story ''Calle Habana, esquina Obispo'', and followed it up with ''Donde Dios no estuvo'', based on the
2004 train bombings. Her greatest success came in 2017 with the novel ''Después del amor'', set in the
Second Republic.
In 2018, she left her journalism post to host
Telecinco
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chat show ''Ya es mediodía'', and in 2020 she presented reality show ''La casa fuerte''.
In 2022, she moved to
Antena 3, disillusioned with Telecinco, to present daytime chat show ''Y ahora Sonsoles''. The show received good ratings, and was brought back for a second series.
Private life
She married lawyer Carlos Prado Sanz in 2008, and they have two children. They separated in 2020.
Filmography
Television
References
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Spanish television journalists
Spanish television presenters
Mass media people from Madrid
1977 births
Living people