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 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. Her screen work also includes: Antoine Fuqua’s feature film INFINITE for Paramount; the role of ‘Ines de Pina’ in 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 mini-series THE VEIL, which was written by Steven Knight. Her film work also includes ‘Mia’ in James Watkins’s CLAYFACE and ‘Renée Welles’ in Carlos Conceição’s BODYHACKERS.
PLAYING AGE: 25 - 35
NATIONALITY: PORTUGUESE
LOCATION: PORTUGAL
LANGUAGES: PORTUGUESE, SPANISH, ENGLISH, FRENCH
