Lorena Raquel Bernal Pascual (born 12 May 1981)[1] is an Argentinian-Spanish-Basque actress, television host, and model. She is married to current Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta.

Lorena Bernal
Bernal in 2007
Born
Lorena Raquel Bernal Pascual

(1981-05-12) 12 May 1981 (age 43)
Tucumán, Argentina
SpouseMikel Arteta
Children3
Modeling information
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBlue Green

Early life

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Bernal was born in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. She moved to San Sebastián, Spanish Basque Country, when she was 9 years old, and studied at the French Lycée Français de Saint Sébastien in the city, then at Maurice Ravel school in Saint Jean de Luz across the border in the French Basque Country. She is fluent in Spanish, English and French.

Career

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Bernal has worked as a model since the age of seven and began drama classes at the age of 13. She was Miss Spain 1999 at the age of 17 and could not represent the country in Miss Universe due to her age, so instead she competed in Miss World where she was one of the 10 finalists.[2]

Since then, Bernal has worked as a model, TV host, and actress in Spain and in the United States, where she appeared in the American television show Chuck as an international arms dealer and CSI: Miami in the role of Mía, a nanny, in the episode "My Nanny."[3]

Personal life

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She is married to Spanish former footballer Mikel Arteta, the current manager of Premier League football club Arsenal and former player at Everton.

The couple's first child, called Gabriel, was born in Spain in 2009. Their second child, Daniel, was born in 2012, and their third child, Oliver, was also born in Spain in 2015.[4][5]

Filmography

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Television series

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TV host

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  • Gala Sebastia 2006 (IB3TV)
  • Gala Castello 2005
  • Gala Palma Jove (2005) (IB3TV)
  • Gala Mataro Solidario (2005) (Canal 7)
  • Gala Geniales (homenaje a Carmen Sevilla) (2004) (TVE)
  • Gala La Rioja universal (2004) (TVE)
  • Gala Regio de Oro Awards (2004) (Canal 7)
  • Gala End of the year (2002) (ETB)
  • The Arthur show (13 programas) (2001)(ETB)
  • Gala Int´I vasque channel for LatinAmerica (2001) (ETB)
  • Gala New image channel (2001) (EITB)
  • The first night (31 programas)(2000) (ETB)
  • Gala 2000 Christmas Eve (2000) (ETB)
  • Animalada total (1999) (ETB)
  • Gala homenaje a Gila (1999) (TVE)
  • Únicas (1999) (Antena 3 TV)

Commercials

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References

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  1. ^ "Lorena Bernal Pascual" (in Spanish). Yahoo! - Noticias. Archived from the original on 15 September 2009.
  2. ^ Andrews, Connor (3 September 2023). "Arteta uses hilarious analogy about his wife as he stays calm on Arsenal man's struggles". talkSPORT. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Lorena Bernal". Internet Movie Database. imdb. Retrieved 16 October 2007.
  4. ^ "Lorena Bernal y Mikel Arteta, padres por segunda vez" (in Spanish). ABC. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  5. ^ Hola
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