JOANA RIBEIRO
A Shooting Star for Portugal - Joana Ribeiro - is perhaps best known to international audiences for her role as ‘Angelica’ in Terry Gilliam's THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE, which was the closing film at Cannes Film Festival. She was previously nominated for a Portuguese Golden Globe for her role as ‘Mariana’ in the television series DANCIN’ DAYS, and in 2015, she played the leading role of ‘Ilda’ in AT AN UNCERTAIN TIME. Other work includes: as ‘Luísa Ribeiro’ in Rita Nunes' CROOKED LINES; the comedy PORTUGAL IS NOT FOR SALE; the feature drama THE BLACK BOOK, directed by Valeria Sarmiento; and the role of ‘Mary’ in FATIMA by Marco Pontecorvo, alongside Harvey Keitel and Sônia Braga. Joana played the leading female role in the pilot of THE DARK TOWER for Amazon Studios - an adaptation of the hugely popular Stephen King book series. Recent work includes: Antoine Fuqua’s feature film INFINITE for Paramount; a key role in the next series of the critically acclaimed drama DAS BOOT; and a role in the first Portuguese Netflix series GLÓRIA, which is directed by Tiago Guedes; and the one-shot thriller NIGHTRIDE. Joana played the role of ‘Lisa Dominguez’ opposite Naomie Harris and Chiwetel Ejiofor in the series THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, which was written by Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet; and in the the mini-series THE VEIL, which was written by Steven Knight. She can next be seen in DC Studio’s CLAYFACE directed by James Watkins.
PLAYING AGE: 25 - 35
NATIONALITY: PORTUGUESE
LOCATION: PORTUGAL
LANGUAGES: PORTUGUESE, SPANISH, ENGLISH, FRENCH
