Lourdes Faberes (born ) is a Philippines-born actress based in the United Kingdom. She is best known for her roles as Pollution in the Amazon series Good Omens, the assassin Altani on History Channel's Knightfall, Michelle Ito on ABC's series, Whiskey Cavalier and Kate Fletcher in The Sandman TV series.
Early life and theatre Lourdes Faberes was born and raised in Manila, Philippines. She moved to the United Kingdom in 1997, and studied and gained an MA degree in Performance (Advanced Theatre Practice) at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Faberes has stated that her mother wanted "overachieving children". Although her parents first suggested that she become a lawyer, her mother brought Faberes to various extracurricular activities, including tennis, embroidery, and arms and ammunition. She was first introduced to acting when her mother took her to the National Theatre in the Philippines to improve her elocution. Her acting debut was in a production of The King and I in 1991. Faberes performed for the Philippines repertory company in Miss Saigon.
Career Faberes made her screen acting debut in the 'ensemble' of the television series Great Performances, production of Jesus Christ Superstar. In 2004, Faberes starred as Isabel Liu, a Flight Dynamics Officer [Fido], from mission control in the BBC's Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets. Since then, Faberes has clocked numerous TV series appearances as well as major roles in many short films. Recent years have seen her progress when landing a more regular slot in 2018 for Season 1 of Knightfall as Altani. In 2019, Faberes followed this with further regular appearances, as Sister Li in Season 1 of Grenslanders (Floodlands), a Dutch-Belgian TV series, and as "Pollution", one of the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in the Amazon Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett TV series Good Omens.
Faberes appeared as a SPECTRE agent in the Bond film, No Time to Die. In 2022, she appeared as Kate Fletcher in an episode of The Sandman.
In 2022, she starred as Emilia in Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre alongside Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Josh Hartnett, Eddie Marsan, and Hugh Grant. For her performance in the role, she was nominated, and won the 2023 9th National Film Awards UK Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Filmography +Key Denotes works that have not yet been released
Film YearTitleRoleNotes2008 A Dying Breed Christine Abernathie2009 Barry Brown Hendoo girl Short film2009 State of Play Reporter Uncredited2009 Spread Prince Stelio's Gang Uncredited2011 Bellinger's Affair Linh Bellinger Short film2011 Cross Your Fingers Maya Short film2011 Room 304 Maid2013 47 Cleveland Red / Blue Short film; also as producer2014 Balsa Wood Lorna Short film2014 Someone You Love Pepita Ponce Danish film2014 My Son & the Hole Punch Sue Short film; also as producer2016 The Heart of the Forest Eve2016 Mother of Pearl Pearl2021 No Time to Die SPECTRE Agent 2021 Boiling Point Sara Southworth 2022 Bus Girl Ms. Mauve Short film2022 Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre Emilia2023 Surprised by Oxford Professor Rutledge TBA A Dying Breed Christine Abernathie Post production
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2000 Great Performances in Jesus Christ Superstar Ensemble Episode: "Jesus Christ Superstar"2001 Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible Woo Woo Episode: "Frenzy of Tongs"2002 Manchild Pi Lau Episode: "Jealousy"2004 Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets Flight Dynamics Officer Isabel Liu Regular role (BBC)2004 New Tricks Patricia Lee Episode: "ID Parade"2007 Joe's Palace Laarni TV film2008 Coming Up Panan Episode: "The Thai Bride"2009 Law and Order Dr. Julia Lam Episode: "Love and Loss"2009 Holby City Hansa Nichols 2 episodes2012 Safelight 19 Alpha Feral 1 episode2018 Knightfall Altani 3 episodes2019 Doctors Anya Deriada Episode: "Remorse"2019 Grantchester Mya Lyall Series 2 (1 episode)2019 Grenslanders (Dutch TV series) Sister Li Series 1 (3 episodes)2019 Whiskey Cavalier Michelle Ito Episode: "Mrs. & Mr. Trowbridge"2019 Good Omens Pollution Series 1 (3 episodes)2022 Takeover Celia 2 episodes2022 The Sandman Kate Fletcher Episode: "24/7"2024 Anansi Boys Tara Episode: 1.12026 Avatar: The Last Airbender General Sung 4 episodes
Theatre YearTitleRoleCompany/Venue2002Measure for Measure Malaya Isabella Riverside Studios2004Cruel and Tender Cathy Young Vic2010Hungry Ghosts Orange Tree Theatre2013Golden Child Siu Yong New Diorama Theatre2015Hidden Royal Court Theatre2016Pyongyang Finborough Theatre2017 Tamburlaine Tamburlaine New Earth Theatre2018 Tide Whisperer Laying National Theatre Wales2019 Richard II Bagot Shakespeare's Globe2024 Untitled F*ck Miss Saigon Play Multiple Royal Exchange, Manchester
Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2016 Accolade Competition Award of Excellence (shared with Jessica Henwick and Giles Alderson)The Heart of the Forest 2017Asians on Film Festival Best Original Script (shared with Jessica Henwick) Best Best Ensemble Cast (shared) 20239th National Film Awards UKBest Supporting Actress Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
References
External links
Lourdes Faberes Agent: Cam.co.uk LFCC 2019 - Lourdes Faberes interview with PuddyGeeks