{{short description|Venezuelan actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Ileana Jacket | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|1|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Leverkusen, Germany | other_names = Ileana Jacquet | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|dancer}} | years_active = 1982-present | spouse = Federico Albertini Smith (former) | children = Sonya Smith }} '''Ileana Jacket''' (also '''Ileana Jacquet'''; born 30 January 1947) is a Venezuelan actress. She made her debut in 1982 in the telenovela ''Jugando A Vivir'' playing Briggitte and has since participated in several telenovelas throughout Latin America. Jacket is the mother of actress Sonya Smith.
== Early life == Jacket was born on 30 January 1947 in Leverkusen, Germany. Her father was born to his Finnish mother and French father, while her mother is a German born and raised in Argentina, fluent in Spanish.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-M5Dei1nHU Entrevista a Sonya Smith programa Área Restringida Parte 1 (in Spanish)]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKVPgEAhvcc Sonya Smith “yo también estoy enojada” (in Spanish)]</ref> Jacket already spoke Spanish through her mother, she migrated to Venezuela with her parents. Aside from Spanish and native German, she is fluent in Finnish, French and English.
== Career == In 1983, Jacket joined the cast of ''Leonela'' where she played Miss Raitza. The telenovela was very successful in Venezuela and Latin America. In 1985, she was cast in ''Cristal'' is as Bertha Girot.
Jacket has also had roles in ''Maria Celeste'' and ''Corazon Valiente''.
== Filmography == {| Class = "wikitable" border="1" ! 1984 ! Topacio ! Carmen Julia (Enfermera) |- | 2012 | ''Corazón Valiente'' | Josefina Uriarte |- | 1994 | ''María Celeste'' | Herminia Azpurua |- | 1993 | ''Amor de Papel'' | Flor |- | 1989 | ''Rubí rebelde'' | Carolina |- | 1988 | ''Abigail'' | Estrella |- | 1985 | ''Cristal'' | Bertha Girot |- | 1983 | ''Leonela'' | Raitza |- | 1982 | ''Jugando A Vivir'' | Briggitte Castro |- |}
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== External links == {{IMDb name|0415202}}
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