Catarina Wallenstein

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Catarina Wallenstein
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Catarina Wallenstein at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2020
Born
Catarina de Lemos Wallenstein

(1986-08-23) 23 August 1986 (age 37)
London, England
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present

Catarina de Lemos Wallenstein (born 23 August 1986) is a Portuguese actress. [1] She has appeared in more than twenty films since 2004.

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Biography

Wallenstein was born in London, daughter of Pedro Franco Wallenstein Teixeira, double bass player of the Portuguese Symphonic Orchestra, and Lúcia de Castro Cardoso de Lemos, a lyric singer. Her family settled in Lisbon when she was still a child. On the paternal side, she is the granddaughter of the poet and actor Carlos Wallenstein and the actress, teacher and director Maria Wallenstein and niece of the actor José Wallenstein. She studied at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School.

She joined the choir of the Children's Music Foundation, [2] where she also studied cello and choral singing. The same foundation led her to participate in the children's ensembles of operas such as Tosca, La Bohème, Carmen, in the National Theatre of Saint Charles.

Selected filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2017 Peregrinação
2009 Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl
2008 Doomed Love
2018 Les Unwanted de Europa Lisa Fittko
TV
YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Destino Imortal Sofia WagnerProtagonist
2015 Santa Bárbara Júlia MontemorSecondary

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2009 Golden Globes Best ActressLobosNominated
2010 Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl Won

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References

  1. "Certidão de lista de associadas da Audiogest" (PDF). Inspecção-Geral das Actividades Culturais/Ministério da Cultura. 25 July 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  2. "Fundação Musical dos Amigos das Crianças". Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.