Isabelle Junot

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Isabelle Junot
Marchioness de Cubas
Born (1991-04-11) 11 April 1991 (age 32)
New York City, U.S.
NationalityFrench, Danish
Spouse(s)
Álvaro Falcó Chávarri, 4th Marquess de Cubas
(m. 2022)
IssuePhilippa Falcó
Father Philippe Junot
OccupationActress

Isabelle Junot, Marchioness de Cubas (born 18 April 1991) is a French-Danish [1] and Spanish aristocrat, actress and businesswoman.

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Biography

Isabelle Junot was born on 18 April 1991, in New York City, [2] the daughter of French businessman Philippe Junot and his second wife, Nina Wendelboe-Larsen, a Danish socialite and former model. [3] [4] Her father, who is also of Danish descent, [5] was the first husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco. [6] Patrilinearly, she is said to be descended from Jean-Andoche Junot, Duke of Abrantes. [5]

She has three siblings: Victoria, Alexis and a paternal half-sister Chloé. [5] She was raised in New York City, and educated in Paris, and used to live in Málaga. [7] [8] During her adolescence she lived for two years in Marbella. [9] She studied at the Institut de Le Rosey in Switzerland, a Swiss boarding school, and at the Lycée Français de Madrid. [9] [10]

She studied drama at the University of Virginia. [1] Subsequently, she continued her training in acting at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. [11] In 2019, she participated in the film Fuel, directed by Israel González. [12]

In 2022, she participated in the seventh edition of MasterChef Celebrity Spain, reaching the culinary talent semi-final.

Personal life

As Junot stated, as a child she had a very strict upbringing given to her by her mother, for example she was prohibited from kissing in public. [13] According to Junot „My mother has forbidden it to me since I was little. She was the strict one, so manners were very important”. [13]

On April 2, 2022, in Plasencia, Isabel married Álvaro Falcó, current holder of the Marquisate de Cubas, becoming Marchioness consort de Cubas. [14] [4] She is the cousin-in-law of the aristocrat Tamara Falcó, current holder of the Marquisate of Griñón. She gave birth to a daughter, Philippa, on 11 June 2023.

As Junot has stated, she leads a very healthy lifestyle, she does not smoke, she does not drink alcohol and she only consumes organic food. [15]

Filmography

YearTitleRole
2015Body HighRain
TophyAngela
2017This Is TomorrowShort Woman #1
2018Stretch MarksMichelle
2019FuelActress

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