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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 ‘LuÃsa 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 currently be seen in the mini-series THE VEIL, which is
written by Steven Knight.