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Nuno Lopes
Former Shooting Star, Nuno is undoubtedly one of Portugal’s most talented and
successful actors working today. Known for his chameleon-like ability to change
across a whole range of characters, his initial breakthrough came from his role in
the film ALICE, and his other award-winning performances including BLOOD OF
MY BLOOD, and LINES OF WELLINGTON. In 2016, he won the Best Actor
Award at the Venice Film Festival for his phenomenal portrayal of an
unemployed boxer in Marco Martins’ SAINT GEORGE, which was Portugal’s
submission to the Best Foreign-language Film category at the 90th Academy
Awards. Nuno is also a multiple winner of Portugal’s Golden Globes. His screen
work includes: the drama MAR which was directed by Margarita Gil; THE GREAT
MYSTICAL CIRCUS opposite Vincent Cassel; the role of ‘Samuel’ in THE WIND
TURNS, which premiered at Locarno; and AN EASY GIRL, by Rebecca
Zlotowski - which won the Directors’ Fortnight prize for best French-language
film at Cannes. Nuno played the leading role of ‘Boxer’ in the Netflix series
WHITE LINES, for which he received widespread international acclaim. His most
recent work includes: the feature GREAT YARMOUTH: PROVISIONAL FIGURES
which reunited him with director Marco Martins; the French feature film AZURO;
Céline Devaux’s EVERYBODY LOVES JEANNE which premiered at Cannes; as
‘Samuel’ in Tiago Guedes’ REMAINS OF THE WIND; and BAD LIVING which
premiered at Berlinale. Nuno can currently be seen playing the role of ‘Cristóbal
Balenciaga’ in THE NEW LOOK for Apple.