In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is de Alvim and the second or paternal family name is Ribeiro.
| Joana Isabel de Alvim Ribeiro | |
|---|---|
 Ribeiro in 2018 | |
| Born | (1992-03-25) 25 March 1992 (age 32) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Occupation(s) | Actress and model |
Joana Isabel de Alvim Rodrigo Pereira Ribeiro (born 25 March 1992) is a Portuguese actress.
Biography
Joana Ribeiro was born on 25 March 1992 in Lisbon, Portugal to an engineer father and veterinarian mother. She studied first at the Luís Madureira School in Alfragide, and then completed secondary studies in Lisbon. Ribeiro initially studied architecture, but changed her focus to acting. She signed with an agency, Lisbon Elite, and played in the short film Herança do Silêncio (Silent Inheritance).
Ribeiro's breakout role was as Mariana Côrte-Real in the telenovela Dancin' Days for the SIC. Her next role was in another SIC telenovela, Sol de Inverno (Winter Sun). She was cast as Susan Delgado in Amazon Prime Video's cancelled 2020 The Dark Tower series.
Internationally, she's acted in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018) by Terry Gilliam, Fatima (2020) by Marco Pontecorvo (in which she played Our Lady of Fátima), Infinite by Antoine Fuqua (2021) and The Man Who Fell to Earth by Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet (2022).
She was one of the ten "Shooting Stars" at the Berlin Film Festival in 2020.
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | The Man Who Killed Don Quixote | Angélica Fernández | |
| 2018 | The Black Book of Father Dinis | Charlotte Corday | |
| 2020 | Fatima | Virgin Mary | |
| 2021 | Infinite | Leona | |
| 2021 | Nightride | Sofia | |
| 2022 | A Sibila | Germana |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012–13 | Dancin' Days | Mariana Corte-Real | |
| 2013–14 | Sol de Inverno | Margarida | |
| 2015–16 | Poderosas | Luísa Nogueira | |
| 2017 | Madre Paula | Madre Paula | |
| 2017–18 | Paixão | Ana Rita Sobral | |
| 2018–19 | A Teia | Diana Figueiredo | |
| 2019–20 | Prisioneira | Teresa Cunha | |
| 2021 | Glória | Ursula | Recurring cast |
| 2022 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Lisa Dominguez | |
| 2022 | Das Boot | Inês de Pina | |
| 2024 | The Veil | Sandrina |
Citations
- ^ ""Em Nova Iorque percebi que só seria feliz a representar"". Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 June 2012.
- "Joana Ribeiro contratada pela TVI após seis anos na SIC". Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- Corcoran, Nina. "Amazon Studios cancels The Dark Tower series". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
