Joana Ribeiro

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Joana Isabel de Alvim Ribeiro
Joana Ribeiro Cannes 2018.jpg
Ribeiro in 2018
Born (1992-03-25) 25 March 1992 (age 31)
Lisbon, Portugal
Nationality Portuguese
Occupation(s)Actress and model

Joana Isabel de Alvim Rodrigo Pereira Ribeiro (born 25 March 1992) is a Portuguese actress.

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Biography

Joana Ribeiro was born on 25 March 1992 in Lisbon, Portugal to an engineer father and veterinarian mother. She studied first at the Luís Madureira School in Alfragide, and then completed secondary studies in Lisbon. [1] Ribeiro initially studied architecture, but changed her focus to acting. She signed with an agency, Lisbon Elite, and played in the short film Herança do Silêncio (Silent Inheritance).

Ribeiro's breakout role was as Mariana Côrte-Real in the telenovela Dancin' Days for the SIC.[ when? ] [1] Her next role was in another SIC telenovela, Sol de Inverno (Winter Sun). [2] She was cast as Susan Delgado in Amazon Prime Video's cancelled 2020 The Dark Tower series. [3]

Internationally, she's acted in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018) by Terry Gilliam, Fatima (2020) by Marco Pontecorvo (in which she played Our Lady of Fátima), Infinite by Antoine Fuqua (2021) and The Man Who Fell to Earth by Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet (2022).

She was one of the ten "Shooting Stars" at the Berlin Film Festival in 2020.

Selected filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2018 The Man Who Killed Don Quixote Angélica Fernández
2018 The Black Book of Father Dinis Charlotte Corday
2020 Fatima Virgin Mary
2021 Infinite Leona
2021NightrideSofia
2022A SibilaGermana
TV
YearTitleRoleNotes
2012–13 Dancin' Days Mariana Corte-Real
2013–14 Sol de Inverno Margarida
2015–16 Poderosas Luísa Nogueira
2017 Madre Paula Madre Paula
2017–18 Paixão Ana Rita Sobral
2018–19 A Teia Diana Figueiredo
2019–20 Prisioneira Teresa Cunha
2021 Glória UrsulaRecurring cast
2022 The Man Who Fell to Earth Lisa Dominguez
2022 Das Boot Inês de Pina

Citations

  1. 1 2 ""Em Nova Iorque percebi que só seria feliz a representar"". Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  2. "Joana Ribeiro contratada pela TVI após seis anos na SIC". Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  3. Corcoran, Nina. "Amazon Studios cancels The Dark Tower series". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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