Daniela Melchior ((); born November 1, 1996) is a Portuguese actress. After beginning her career in her home country, she garnered worldwide attention with her English-language debut as

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in the

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(DCEU) film '' The Suicide Squad'' (2021).

Career

2014-2020: Portuguese Film and Television

Melchior started her career in 2014 with several Portuguese film and television productions, including '' Ouro Verde'', ''

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'', '' The Black Book'', and '' Parque Mayer''. She also provided the Portuguese voice for Spider-Gwen / Gwen Stacy in

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's '' Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'', who is voiced by Hailee Steinfeld in the original English version.

2021–present: Jump to Hollywood

In August 2021, Melchior appeared in her first English-language theatrical film,

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film '' The Suicide Squad'', as a unique version of the Batman villain Ratcatcher, Cleo Cazo / Ratcatcher 2, alongside

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and

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, marking the first actress from Portugal to play a character in a DCEU film. James Gunn described her as being "the heart of the film", and she has the second longest screen time. Melchior will star with

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in spy movie ''Assassin Club'' directed by

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and written by Thomas C. Dunn, with production in

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. She will star in ''

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'' directed by

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, alongside

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and

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. By March 2022, she joined the cast of the tenth ''

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'' film titled ''

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'',

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, and ''The Suicide Squad'' co-stars

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, as well as

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, who appeared in ''

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(before appearing with him in ''Fast X'',)

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, and Sylvester Stallone (her ''The Suicide Squad'' co-star,) making her the first actress from Portugal to portray a

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character and to appear in an MCU film. In August 2022, she was cast in '' Road House'', a remake of the 1989 film starring

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Personal life

Melchior is the first Portuguese actress to star in a

or MCU film. Melchior stated in an interview how she got herself in Hollywood: "I got scripts on the table saying ''We want you''". In May 2022 Melchior was criticized for her nose when a person told her that she had a "Potato nose", to which she politely replied in a story from Instagram: « This is why girls grow up thinking there's something wrong with their face (I myself have had photos and videos I didn't post online because i didn't feel comfortable with my nose); they only feel comfortable using filters or having surgery. – I'm not against seeking to be your best version FOR YOURSELF, but

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is very important. Girls, noses don't exist to be pretty, or thin, or upturned, they exist to breathe (and other things) and not look like

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(character from Harry Potter) ». Then, in a later story, the actress stated that the response was in no way meant to offend the person.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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