Ana Rocha de Sousa (born 25 October 1978) is a Portuguese director, screenwriter and actress.

Life and career

Born in

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, Rocha de Sousa graduated in Fine Arts of the

University of Lisbon The University of Lisbon (ULisboa; pt, Universidade de Lisboa, ) is a public research university in Lisbon, and the largest university in Portugal. It was founded in 2013, from the merger of two previous public universities located in Lisbon, th ...

. She made her film debut in 1991, in

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's ''No Dia dos Meus Anos'', but became popular thanks to television, starting from her leading role in the 1997

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TV-series ''Riscos''. She then moved to London, where she studied direction at the

London Film School London Film School (LFS) is a film school in London and is situated in a converted brewery in Covent Garden, London, neighbouring Soho, a hub of the UK film industry. It is the oldest film school in the UK.

. As a director, after some shorts and a documentary about

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, Rocha de Sousa made her feature film debut in 2020, with ''

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''; the film premiered into the Horizons section at the 77th edition of the

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

, winning the Lion of the Future Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film and the section's special jury prize.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rocha de Sousa, Ana 1978 births Living people Portuguese screenwriters Portuguese film directors Portuguese film actresses Portuguese stage actresses Portuguese television actresses Actresses from Lisbon University of Lisbon alumni Alumni of the London Film School