Nicole Kimpel: a discreet Dutch businesswoman who fell in love with Antonio Banderas almost ten years ago at a dance in Cannes and with whom she enjoys everyday life in Malaga, with no plans to marry

Actor, singer and businessman from Malaga Antonio Banderas is experiencing his best personal moment with his partner Nicole Kimpel, with whom he will soon celebrate nine years of union.

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On May 19, 2022, the “Puss in Boots” actor celebrated eight years with the Dutch woman, and showed their love with a picture of the two of them posing on a bed covered with red balloons, some of them in the shape of hearts.

“Eight years together, we enjoy every second with you,” Banderas wrote on his Instagram at the time.

Both of them posted a couple of photos on social networks, dispelling rumors about the alleged infidelity of the 62-year-old actor, reports El Mundo.

The couple currently lives in Málaga, the city where Antonio Banderas is from and where he has realized several professional projects such as founding his own theater troupe and production company.

How did Antonio Banderas and Nicole Kimpel meet?

The most international Andalusian of the seventh art met Kimpel at a party in May 2014 in Cannes, on the same days as the Film Festival and just as he was mired in his divorce from fellow actress Melanie Griffith.

Although the crush was almost instant despite the 20-year difference between them, the seeds of love were sown at that ball at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cannes, and the couple’s story came true a little later when the actor was already officially separated.

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Exactly three months after finalizing the divorce, the couple was caught walking hand in hand in Saint Tropez.

Back then, little was known about the blonde who once again shot Antonio Banderas’ heart.

The information she obtained from the press indicated that she was the daughter of the Dutch Frederika and the German Klaus Kimpel, a German engineer who traveled from city to city for his work, which made it easier for Kimpel to speak several languages.

As an additional piece of information, it is known that she has a twin sister, Bárbara, who studied international relations and devoted herself to finance by advising large clients on real estate investments, Mujer Hoy gathers.

With the arrival of Antonio Banderas in his life, his priorities change and he leaves his residence in London for Malaga, and he devotes himself to the study of design. This new preparation led her to help the Malaga man with his accessories line called Antonio Banderas Design, launched in 2016.

Nicole Kimpel She became the actor’s almost inseparable companion and the smallest media partner after Ana Leža and Melanie Griffith.

However, she attracts attention when she walks hand-in-hand with the actor at the Oscars gala or at the Cannes Film Festival, according to the magazine. woman today. The media even reminds that it was she who saved the actor’s life when he suffered a heart attack in London in January 2017.

“One morning I started having symptoms of a heart attack and I knew clearly what was happening. Nicole took one of the aspirins she had bought the previous afternoon because she had a headache and put it on my tongue. It saved my life,” the actor once said in a quote collected by Vanity Fair today.

The entrepreneur also does not hesitate to expose her glamorous and almost perfect relationship on social networks. Despite being close to adding a decade, the couple has yet to hint at a wedding.

For now, she still travels frequently to Switzerland for work and then returns to her home with Antonio Banderas in Malaga where they lead their daily lives. (AND)