Catarina Wallenstein

Catarina Wallenstein
Catarina Wallenstein at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2020
Born	Catarina de Lemos Wallenstein (1986-08-23) 23 August 1986 (age 39) London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004–present

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

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2009, she appeared in Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl , a film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. ^[3] She won a Portuguese Golden Globe for her performance. ^[4] She took a regular role in the soap opera Santa Bárbara in 2015. ^[5]

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Peregrinação
2009	Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
2008	Doomed Love
2018	Les Unwanted de Europa	Lisa Fittko

TV

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Destino Imortal	Sofia Wagner	Protagonist
2015	Santa Bárbara	Júlia Montemor	Secondary

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2009	Portuguese Golden Globes	Best Actress	Lobos	Nominated
2010			Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl	Won

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.
3. Gonzalez, Ed (22 September 2009). "Review: Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
4. Galea, Johan (18 October 2011). "Eclectic mix of works showing at European Film Festival 2011". Times of Malta. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
5. Casanova, Diana (30 August 2015). ""Santa Bárbara": Catarina Wallenstein entusiasmada por fazer parte do elenco fixo de uma novela" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 9 January 2026.

External links

• Catarina Wallenstein at IMDb