Biography

Paloma - whose Christian name is the Spanish for 'Dove' - was born on May 1st 1975 in London. Her parents, an English mother and Mexican father were hippie musicians and, when Paloma was a baby they moved to live in Mexico City, where she stayed until she was nine and the parents separated. She returned to England with her mother, began acting in school plays and read English and Performing Arts at Bristol University. Since then she has appeared on the London stage and in several popular television dramas. She has also directed two short films.
- IMDb mini biography by: don @ minifie-1

Born in London of Anglo-Mexican parentage, she spent her childhood growing up in Mexico.

She collaborated on a short film with actor Cillian Murphy who has starred as her love interest in The Way We Live Now (2001) and the independent film Sunburn (1999), and as her brother in Sunshine (2007).

Is half Mexican.

Lived in Mexico as a child.

Her real-life partner is Alex Garland the writer who wrote the novel on which The Beach (2000) is based, and the screenplay for 28 Days Later (2002). They have two children together: a son named Milo and a daughter named Eva.