Sandra Barneda Valls (born 4 October 1975) is a Spanish journalist, television presenter, actress, and writer.
Biography
Sandra Barneda was born in
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...
on 4 October 1975. She holds a
licentiate in journalism from the
Autonomous University of Barcelona's Faculty of Information Sciences, and is also a graduate of the Barcelona School of Theater.
She has worked at
Catalunya Ràdio, ,
RNE4, ,
Antena 3,
Telemadrid
Telemadrid is a public regional television station in the Community of Madrid, Spain, the flagship channel of the regional public broadcaster Radio Televisión Madrid (RTVM). It began its broadcast on 2 May 1989.
History First years
Telemadr ...
,
8TV,
TV3 Channel 3 or TV 3 may refer to:
Television
*Canal 3 (Burkina Faso), a commercial television channel in Burkina Faso
*Canal 3 (Guatemala), a commercial television channel in Guatemala
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,
La 2, and
Telecinco, as well as writing for ''
El Periódico de Catalunya'', ''
Elle'' and ''
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''.
In the early 2000s, Barneda began to take some acting roles, joining the cast of the play ' in 2001, and appearing on television series such as ''
Al salir de clase'' and '.
On 4 May 2009 she premiered ' on Telecinco, a controversial program which used actors to recreate court cases without advising viewers that they were dramatizations. She presented this with Alberto Herrera, who was replaced by on 21 July, when the show's graphics and set were also changed.

On 1 May 2010, Barneda took on the role of presenting issues to be discussed on ''
La Noria'', succeeding .
In early 2012, she became co-presenter of ', a new show on Saturday night presented by
Jordi González
Jordi González Belart (born 26 September 1962 in Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish language, Spanish journalist and television and radio presenter.
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, where she remained until its cancellation in August 2013.
On 10 April 2013, she published her first novel, ''Reír al viento''. On 21 December of the same year she released her second book, ''Cómo construir una superheroína''.
In the summers of 2013, 2014, and 2015, she hosted ' with
Joaquín Prat, replacing
Ana Rosa Quintana
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She studied journalism in the Complutense University of Madrid, and started in radio programs (Radio Nacional de España, Radio Continental, ...
.
From April 2014 to August 2016, she presented the Telecinco evening program ' with
Alyson Eckmann
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Early life
Eckmann was born in Winthrop, Washington on November 8, 1990, although at the age of eighteen, she moved to Mexico and lat ...
,
Natalia Millán
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Life and career
Born in Madrid on 27 November 1969, Millán began studying at the Taller de Escuelas Imaginarias (Escuela TAI) at age 16, receiving singing lessons, ...
,
Beatriz Montañez
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Biography
Montañez began working in the radio at Onda Mancha from Almadén (currently Cadena SER Almadén). Afterwards she wen ...
,
Yolanda Ramos,
Rocío Carrasco
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,
Marta Torné,
Alba Carrillo
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,
Mónica Martínez
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, and Soledad León de Salazar.
From October 2014 to June 2015, she presented a new Telecinco debate show on Saturday nights, titled '.
On 15 October 2014 her novel ''La tierra de las mujeres'' was published.
From September 2015 until March 2016, she presented the
sobremesa program ' on 8TV.
In January 2016 she began presenting the Telecinco reality show ''
Gran Hermano VIP
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'' on Sunday nights.
From 2016 to 2018, she led debate segments on ''
Survivor Spain
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'', replacing
Raquel Sánchez-Silva.
Personal life
In December 2014, Sandra Barneda
came out as being in a relationship with another woman, in response to a question from actor on ''Hable con ellas''. In a 2016 interview, she spoke about previously having lived with presenter
Tània Sàrrias, though denied rumors that they had been married. On
Lesbian Visibility Day
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in April 2019, she and partner
Nagore Robles
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(who had been a contestant on ''Gran Hermano VIP'')
[ posted pictures of themselves kissing and publicly affirmed their support for ]LGBT rights
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Notably, , 33 ...
.
TV programs
* Canal ''Teledeporte'' (1997–1998), TVE
* ''L'Informatiu Cap de Setmana'' (1998–1999), TVE
* '' Noticias Fin de Semana'' (1999–2000), Antena 3
* ' daily summaries (2000), Antena 3
* ' (2004), Telemadrid
Telemadrid is a public regional television station in the Community of Madrid, Spain, the flagship channel of the regional public broadcaster Radio Televisión Madrid (RTVM). It began its broadcast on 2 May 1989.
History First years
Telemadr ...
* ' (2004–2006), Telemadrid
* ''Envasat al 8'' (2007), 8TV
* ''Vacances Pagades'' (2008), TV3 Channel 3 or TV 3 may refer to:
Television
*Canal 3 (Burkina Faso), a commercial television channel in Burkina Faso
*Canal 3 (Guatemala), a commercial television channel in Guatemala
*Channel 3 (Algeria), a public Algerian TV channel owned by EPTV ...
* ''Fábrica de ideas'' (2008), La 2
* ' presenter (2009–2014), Telecinco
* '' La Noria'' (2010–2012), Telecinco
* ''Secretos y mentiras'' presenter (2012), Telecinco
* ' (2012–2013), Telecinco
* ' (2013–2015), Telecinco
* ' (2014–2016), Telecinco
* ' (2014–2015), Telecinco
* ' (2015–2016), 8TV
* '' Survivor: El Debate'' (2016–2018), Telecinco
* '' Gran Hermano VIP: El Debate'' (2016–present), Telecinco
* ''El otoño fantastico de Telecinco'' (2017), Telecinco
* '' Gran Hermano Revolution: Última Hora'' (2017), Telecinco
* ' (2019), Cuatro
* ' (2019), Telecinco (Temporal Hosting)
* ' (2021-present), Telecinco
TV series
* '' Al salir de clase'' (2000) as Begoña, Telecinco
* '' Compañeros'' (2001), Antena 3
* ' (2002–2003) as psychologist, Telecinco[
]
Books
* ''Reír al viento'' (2013),
* ''La tierra de las mujeres'' (2014),
* ''Cómo construir una superheroína'' (2014),
* ''Hablarán de nosotras'' (2016),
* ''Las hijas del agua'' (2018),
References
External links
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1975 births
21st-century Spanish women writers
Actresses from Barcelona
Autonomous University of Barcelona alumni
Spanish LGBT broadcasters
Spanish LGBT journalists
Living people
Spanish television journalists
Spanish women journalists
Spanish television presenters
Spanish women television presenters
Spanish radio presenters
Spanish women radio presenters
Writers from Barcelona