JOANA RIBEIRO
2020 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 & Chiwetel Ejiofor in the series THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, which was written by Alex Kurtzman & Jenny Lumet. Joana can next be seen in the mini-series THE VEIL, which is written by Steven Knight.
PLAYING AGE: 25 - 35
NATIONALITY: PORTUGUESE
LOCATION: PORTUGAL
LANGUAGES: PORTUGUESE, SPANISH, ENGLISH, FRENCH
