Hana Sofia Lopes

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Hana Sofia Lopes
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Hana Sofia Lopes at the Toronto International Film Festival
Born
Luxembourg
Alma mater
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present

Hana Sofia Lopes (born 5 March 1990) [1] is a Luxembourgian-Portuguese actress born in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

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Since completing her training at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique in Paris, she has appeared in over 60 productions in theater, film, and television across Europe and North America. [2]

In 2025 she played the leading role of Sofia Moreno in the ZDF Thriller Escape from Lisbon . [3] Broadcast in Germany to over six million viewers, the film was a major success and significantly increased her visibility among German-speaking audiences. [4] She appeared in the feature film, Kanaval , which was selected at the Toronto International Film Festival, in the prestigious Centerpiece program, where it won two awards, including Amplified Voices Award. [5] She plays Maria in the second season of Capitani, available globally on Netflix. In Portugal, she is known for her leading roles in successful prime-time TV series such as Coração D’Ouro and Mar Salgado watched daily by 2 million people. [6]

She made her film debut opposite fellow Luxembourgish actress Vicky Krieps in Sexual Healing , a biopic about Marvin Gaye directed by Julian Temple, which marked the beginning of her film career. [7]

She is fluent in French, German, Luxembourgish, Portuguese, Spanish, English, and Italian. [8]

Hana Sofia posses dual citizenship in Portugal and Luxembourg. [7]

Biography

Hana Sofia Lopes in Lisbon. Hana Sofia Lopes.jpg
Hana Sofia Lopes in Lisbon.

Hana Sofia was born and raised in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, to Portuguese parents. [9]

After high school at the Athénée de Luxembourg, she studied at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School, [10] from which she graduated in 2012. As part of the Erasmus Programme, she performed a one-year university exchange at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in Madrid (RESAD), Spain in 2011. [11]

She then studied at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, France's National Drama Academy in Paris, [12] in the classes of Daniel Mesguich, Sandy Ouvrier and French choreographer Caroline Marcadé, among others.

During a performance of the Marriage of Figaro [12] at the Paris Drama Academy in 2014, film director Marco Serafini sees her performance on stage and decides to cast her in the leading female role in Toy Gun, a feature film that he is then developing. [13] In this film, she plays the leading female role alongside John Hannah, Anthony LaPaglia and Julian Sands. [14] Her performance in this film has landed her a Best Actress nomination at the Luxembourg Film awards, the Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis , in 2018. [15]

In 2017, she made an appearance in the German TV series Bad Banks directed by German director Christian Schwochow. [16] The series was broadcast on Arte and German broadcaster Zdf. This show marks Hana's first performance in a German-language project. [17]

Subsequently, she played a Spanish anarchist in the Belgian-Spanish film Escapada directed by Sarah Hirtt. Spanish actors Sergi López and María León are also part of the cast. [18]

In 2017 she was part of the cast of Arthur Miller's The Crucible , [19] directed by the English director Douglas Rintoul. The premiere took place at Queen's Theater, Hornchurch in London. [20] In 2018, she played the lead role in the French play Intranquillités, based on the Book of Disquiet by Portuguese author Fernando Pessoa, staged in Luxembourg.

In 2018 she starred alongside Juliette Lewis and Henry Rollins in the Canadian film Dreamland , directed by Bruce McDonald. [21]

Rise in Portugal

Meanwhile, she has also built a career in Portugal. Her roles in the prime time TV series Mar Salgado (2015) and Coração d'Ouro (2016), co-produced by TV Globo and viewed daily by nearly 2 million viewers, [22] have made her well known to audiences in Portugal. [23] In 2017, she played queen Elizabeth of Aragon, the Queen of Portugal in the historical series Ministério do Tempo broadcast on RTP. [24]

Hana Sofia at the Cinemania Film Festival in Montreal, Canada. Cinemania HS.Lopes.jpg
Hana Sofia at the Cinemania Film Festival in Montréal, Canada.

International Theater presence

Between 2020 and 2024 Hana Sofia established herself as a versatile and prominent actress on the European stage, performing in a dozen productions at prestigious venues such as the Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg, the Théâtre des Célestins in Lyon and the São João National Theatre Porto. [25] Notably, she performed in Medea by Euripides (in English) and Hedda Gabler by Ibsen (in French), directed by Marja-Leena Junker. [26]

In 2020 she was cast by French theatre director Michel Didym to play the leading role of Hanele in his production Habiter le temps alongside Irène Jacob and Jérôme Kircher. The production toured France, Switzerland and Belgium between 2020 and 2022.

In 2023, Luxembourgish director Frank Hoffmann, also the artistic director of the Recklinghausen Theatre Festival, created a tailor-made role for her in his adaptation of The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O’Neill at the Théâtre National du Luxembourg. The production was a resounding success with audiences and will be revived twice between the 2023 and 2025 seasons. [27]

World-premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF 2023) and Netflix Presence

Her latest feature film, Kanaval, directed by Canadian-Haitian filmmaker Henri Pardo, marks her rising international presence. Selected at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Centrepiece program, in September 2023, the film won the Amplified Voices Award and received an Honorable Mention for Best Canadian Film, along with four nominations at the Canadian Screen Awards. [28] The film was named to TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten list for 2023.

In October 2024 Hana Sofia Lopes was a member of the international jury at the CinEast Film Festival, alongside Smoke Sauna Sisterhood director Anna Hints. The jury was chaired by the German-Romanian Oscar nominated director Alexander Nanau. The jury awarded the Grand Prix to the Lithuanian film Toxic, directed by Saulė Bliuvaitė, recognizing its poignant portrayal of adolescent challenges and the strength of its performances. [29] [30]

Hana Sofia plays the role of Maria in the second season of Capitani, streaming globally on Netflix.

First Leading Role on German Television

In 2024, she was cast by ZDF, Germany's national television broadcaster, in the leading role of the thriller Escape from Lisbon , portraying the character Sofia Moreno alongside Hans Sigl. [31] The film was broadcast on March 17, 2025, on ZDF. With nearly 6 million viewers and a market share of around 23 percent, it was a major success on German television. [32]

German TV critic Rainer Tittelbach praised Hana Sofia Lopes as "a true discovery for German television." [33] Germany's newspaper of record, the Süddeutsche Zeitung published an interview and profile titled "Here's to the European Identity!" highlighting her cultural depth and versatility. [34]

In 2025, Forbes Portugal published an in-depth portrait about Hana Sofia Lopes, highlighting her multicultural background and her role as an ambassador of a modern European soft power through her work. [35] The article titled "Hana Sofia Lopes is living proof that European talent knows no borders" emphasized her multilingual career, the influence of Luxembourg's multicultural environment on her artistic development, and her growing international presence following the success of the film Escape from Lisbon . [36]

She speaks French, German, English, Portuguese, Luxembourgish, Spanish, and Italian. [1]

Filmography

Films

Television

Stage

References

  1. 1 2 "Hana Sofia Lopes". IMDb. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Ist Hana Sofia Lopes Luxemburgs neues Vorzeigegesicht?". Luxemburger Wort (in German). 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "Luxemburgerin spielt Hauptrolle in TV-Thriller". L'essentiel (in German). 3 October 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Flucht aus Lissabon". tittelbach.tv (in German). 18 March 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  5. ↑ https://ctvm.info/kanaval-le-premier-long-metrage-de-fiction-dhenri-pardo-remporte-2-prix-au-tiff/
  6. ↑ "culture - Le fabuleux destin de Hana Sofia Lopes". www.culture.lu (in French). Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Luxemburger Schauspielerin spielt Hauptrolle in ZDF-Thriller". Luxemburger Wort (in German). 30 September 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "Luxemburger Schauspielerin spielt Hauptrolle in ZDF-Thriller". Luxemburger Wort (in German). 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "Hana Sofia Lopes: do Luxemburgo para uma telenovela da SIC". BOM DIA Luxemburgo (in Portuguese). 22 October 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "A condutora da sua própria vida". Wort.lu (in Portuguese). 28 December 2018. Archived from the original on 31 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  11. ↑ "Relatório de Atividades da Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema" (PDF). www.estc.ipl.pt. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  12. 1 2 "De la folle journée à la nuit des corps Légendes de la forêt viennoise – Programme 2013–2014 – CNSAD – Présentations publiques". cnsad.fr. Archived from the original on 31 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  13. ↑ Alexandra Parachini. "Flingues et jolie fille au Kirchberg". Le Quotidien (in French). Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  14. ↑ Toy Gun , retrieved 4 January 2019
  15. ↑ "Film Fund Luxembourg – Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis 2018". Film Fund Luxembourg (in German). Archived from the original on 31 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  16. ↑ Bad Banks , retrieved 4 January 2019
  17. ↑ "Hulu Takes U.S. Rights to German Series 'Bad Banks'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  18. ↑ "Hana Sofia Lopes | ArtemisProductions". www.artemisproductions.com. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  19. ↑ "#59 THE CRUCIBLE". www.theatres.lu. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  20. ↑ Rintoul, Douglas (14 February 2017). "The Crucible: the perfect play for our post-truth times". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  21. ↑ Dreamland , retrieved 4 January 2019
  22. ↑ Soldado, David (8 September 2015). "Estreia de "Coração d' Ouro" atinge perto de um milhão e 600 mil telespetadores". A Televisão (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  23. ↑ L'essentiel. "Une Luxembourgeoise dans une telenovela". L'essentiel. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  24. ↑ Ministério do Tempo , retrieved 4 January 2019
  25. ↑ "O Começo Perdido: Mixtape #1". Teatro Nacional São João (in Portuguese). 16 December 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  26. ↑ Magazine, Femmes (6 May 2022). "Un destin tragique". Femmes Magazine (in French). Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  27. ↑ "Luxemburgs Gesellschaft an den Pranger gestellt". Luxemburger Wort (in German). 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  28. ↑ "Kanaval". TIFF. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  29. ↑ "CinEast 2024 – Festival du Film d'Europe Centrale et Orientale – Luxembourg". www.cineast.lu (in Czech). 16 September 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  30. ↑ "Toxic di Saulė Bliuvaitė si aggiudica il Gran Premio e il Premio della Critica a CinÉast". Cineuropa – il meglio del cinema europeo (in Italian). 21 October 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  31. ↑ https://www.zdf.de/filme/zdf-thriller/flucht-aus-lissabon-100.html
  32. ↑ https://www.quotenmeter.de/n/141234/
  33. ↑ https://www.tittelbach.tv/programm/thriller/artikel-5823.html
  34. ↑ https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/hana-sofia-lopes-interview-1.6345123
  35. ↑ Forbes Staff (10 July 2025). "Hana Sofia Lopes: "Sou a prova viva de que o talento europeu não tem fronteiras"". Forbes Portugal (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  36. ↑ "Portée par son dernier film: Hana Sofia Lopes interviewée par Forbes Portugal". infos.rtl.lu (in French). Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  37. ↑ Teleboy. "Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten – RTL – 26. November 2019, 19:40". Teleboy (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  38. ↑ "#33 DEALING WITH CLAIR". www.theatres.lu. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  39. ↑ C.R.I.S, Association. "Habiter le temps - Rasmus Lindberg, - mise en scène Michel Didym, - theatre-contemporain.net". www.theatre-contemporain.net (in French). Retrieved 29 December 2020.
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