Many people wonder if Julie Banderas, the Fox News anchor, is related to Antonio Banderas, the famous Spanish actor. They share the same last name, but is there any family connection between them? The answer is no. Julie Banderas and Antonio Banderas are not related by blood or marriage. They just happen to have a common surname that is very popular in Spain and Latin America.
How Julie Banderas Got Her Name
Julie Banderas was born as Julie E. Bidwell in 1973 or 1974 in the United States Her mother, Fabiola R., is an immigrant from Colombia, and her father, Howard Dexter Bidwell, was a Navy vetern and civil engineer who started a company called Consolidated Precast, Inc Julie has a sister and four half siblings from her father’s first marriage
Julie graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Emerson College and began her career as a local news anchorwoman for various TV stations. She joined Fox News in March 2005 as a general-assignment reporter. In 2008, she replaced Laurie Dhue as the anchor for Fox Report Weekend. She currently serves as a primary weekday fill-in anchor on programs such as America’s Newsroom, The Faulkner Focus, Outnumbered as well as a guest host on The Big Weekend Show. She is also a regular guest on Fox News’ late night comedy show Gutfeld!
Julie took the professional name Banderas when she married Andrew J. Sansone in 2009. Andrew is a member of the board of directors of Habitat for Humanity and founding president of both Old Rock Media and Big Apple Channel. He proposed to Julie with a message-in-a-bottle that he pretended to discover on the beach while clam digging on Long Island Sound. They have three children and reside in New York City.
However, their marriage did not last long. In December 2022, Julie announced on her Twitter account that she and Andrew had separated. Saying that he is her “soon to be ex.” On February 9, 2023, she confirmed on Fox’s Gutfeld! that she was getting a divorce.
Who Is Antonio Banderas?
Antonio Banderas was born as José Antonio Domínguez Bandera on August 10, 1960 in Málaga, Spain. He is the son of José Domínguez Prieto, a Civil Guard gendarme officer, and Ana Bandera Gallego, a schoolteacher. He has a younger brother named Francisco
Antonio showed a strong interest in the performing arts and formed part of the ARA Theatre-School run by Ángeles Rubio-Argüelles y Alessandri (wife of diplomat and filmmaker Edgar Neville) and the College of Dramatic Art, both in Málaga. He made his film debut in Pedro Almodóvar’s screwball comedy Labyrinth of Passion (1982). He has since collaborated with Almodóvar on many films including Matador (1986), Law of Desire (1987), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989), and The Skin I Live In (2011). For the 2019 film Pain and Glory, he earned various accolades for Best Actor including the Cannes Film Festival Award, Goya Award, and nominations from the Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards
He is also known for his work in films of several genres such as Philadelphia (1993), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Desperado (1995), Assassins (1995), Evita (1996), and The Mask of Zorro (1998). He also appeared in the first three films of the Spy Kids series (2001–2003) and provided the voice of Puss in Boots in the Shrek franchise (2004–present) and its spin-off films Puss in Boots (2011) and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022). In 2003, he made his US theater debut as Guido Contini in Nine, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award and won a Drama Desk Award. He received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his roles in the television film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2004) and the second season of Genius (2018); his portrayal of Pablo Picasso in the latter garnered him critical praise
Antonio has been married twice. He married Ana Leza, a Spanish actress, in 1987 and divorced her in 1996. He then married Melanie Griffith, an American actress, in 1996 and divorced her in 2015. He has one daughter, Stella, with Griffith. He is currently in a relationship with Nicole Kimpel, a Dutch investment consultant
Conclusion
Julie Banderas and Antonio Banderas are both successful and talented media personalities, but they are not related in any way. They just share a common surname that originates from Spain and is widely used in the Spanish-speaking world. They have different backgrounds, careers, and personal lives. They have never met or worked together, as far as we know. Therefore, the question of whether they are related can be answered with a definitive no.
