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 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 + Film Year Title Role Notes 2018The Man Who Killed Don Quixote Angélica Fernández 2018The Black Book of Father Dinis Charlotte Corday 2020Fatima Virgin Mary 2021Infinite Leona 2021 Nightride Sofia 2022 A Sibila Germana 2025 Maria Vitória 2026 Clayface Mia
+ TV Year Title Role Notes2012–13Dancin' Days Mariana Corte-Real2013–14Sol de Inverno Margarida2015–16Poderosas Luísa Nogueira2017Madre Paula Madre Paula2017–18Paixão Ana Rita Sobral2018–19A Teia Diana Figueiredo2019–20Prisioneira Teresa Cunha2021Glória Ursula Recurring cast2022The Man Who Fell to Earth Lisa Dominguez2022Das Boot Inês de Pina2024The Veil Sandrina2024–25A PromessaVerónica Rocha Morais
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