Joana Ribeiro
Born: 1992-03-25 in Lisbon, Portugal
Known For: Acting
Biography
Joana Isabel de Alvim Ribeiro (March 25, 1992) is a Portuguese actress and model. 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. Her next role was in another 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.
Filmography
2025
2024
- The Veil as Sandrina
- Broken Promise as Verónica Rocha
- The Englishman's Papers as Camila
2023
- Lusitânia as Helena, A Renegada
- Dialogues After the End as Calypso
- Out of the Grey as Laura
- The Sibyl as Germana "Germa" Teixeira
- First Age
2022
- The Man Who Fell to Earth as Lisa Dominguez
- Shadow - A Mother Knows
- Nightride as Sofia
2020
- Fatima as Mary
- The Dark Tower as Susan Delgado
- Name Above Title as Morena 1 e 2 / Topázio / Irmã Astrid
2019
- Prisioneira as Teresa Cunha
- Crooked Lines as Luísa Ribeiro
- Portugal Não Está à Venda as Mariana
2018
- A Teia as Diana Figueirado
- The Man Who Killed Don Quixote as Angelica
- The Black Book as Charlotte Corday
2017
- Paixão as Ana Rita Sobral
- Madre Paula as Madre Paula
- Muletas as Tânia
2015
- Will for Revenge as Luísa Nogueira
- At an Uncertain Time as Ilda
- Gasolina
2013
- Winter Sun as Margarida
- Herança do Silêncio as Luísa
2012
- Dancin' Days as Mariana Matos Corte-Real
2009
- Alta Definição as Self - Guest
- Domingos as Self