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Oona Castilla Chaplin
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Biography
Oona Chaplin, named after her maternal grandmother Oona O'Neill, is the daughter of British-American actress Geraldine Chaplin and Chilean cinematographer Patricio Castilla. Born in Madrid, she spent her childhood mostly in Spain, Switzerland and Cuba, but also travelled often because of her mother's film career. She started dancing ballet, salsa and flamenco at an early age.
When Chaplin was fifteen, she went to study at Gordonstoun in Scotland on a drama scholarship. During her time there, she appeared in several school plays, touring England in an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet and impersonating her grandfather in the role of Bottom in an adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream, which was performed at the Edinburgh International Festival. After leaving Gordonstoun, she was accepted to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, from which she graduated in 2007.
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