Ismenia Mendes

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Ismenia Mendes
Born
Porto, Portugal
Education Juilliard School
Occupation Actress
Notable work Hayseed
High Maintenance

Ismenia Mendes is an actress born in Porto, Portugal and best known for such films, television series and theatre productions as Hayseed , [1] High Maintenance [2] [3] [4] and The Rover . [5] [6]

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Mendes has also starred in such plays as Your Mother's Copy of the Kama Sutra. [7]

Mendes was praised for her portrayal of Cressida in a 2016 adaptation of William Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida . The Guardian said of her performance, "Cressida, played by Ismenia Mendes, is by turns coy, bullish, spontaneous and calculating, playing the early seduction scenes with a kind of nervous energy that could run untouched in an old episode of Gossip Girl. (I mean that as a compliment)." [8] [9] [10]

Education

Mendes was educated at the Juilliard School. [11]

References

  1. ↑ Hughes, Mike (April 8, 2023). "Eaton Rapids native writes, directs festival's closing movie, 'Hayseed'". Lansing State Journal .
  2. ↑ Steven Shehori (October 14, 2016). "High Maintenance gets a little too self-aware with "Selfie"". The A.V. Club .
  3. ↑ Vafidis, Jen (October 15, 2016). "On High Maintenance, Our Stories Never Really Belong to Us". Esquire .
  4. ↑ Murthi, Vikram (October 16, 2016). "High Maintenance Recap: Half-Baked". Vulture . Archived from the original on October 17, 2016.
  5. ↑ Gans, Andrew (February 15, 2024). "Red Bull 20th Anniversary Festival to Feature Rebecca Hall, Jacob Ming-Trent, Patrick Page, John Douglas Thompson, More". Playbill .
  6. ↑ Rabinowitz, Chloe (January 7, 2026). "Damon Daunno, Andy Grotelueschen and More to Star in THE ROVER at Red Bull Theater". BroadwayWorld.
  7. ↑ "Ismenia Mendes Steps In for Sarah Sutherland in Your Mother's Copy of the Kama Sutra at Playwrights Horizons". TheaterMania.com. March 27, 2014.
  8. ↑ Brockes, Emma (9 August 2016). "Troilus and Cressida review – searingly modern Shakespeare". The Guardian .
  9. ↑ Stasio, Marilyn (August 9, 2016). "Shakespeare in the Park Review: 'Troilus and Cressida'". Variety .
  10. ↑ Vincentelli, Elizabeth (August 9, 2016). "Review: 'Troilus and Cressida,' a Trojan War Love Story". The New York Times . Archived from the original on August 10, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Isemenia Mendes". Lincoln Center Theater.


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