Leonor Bessa-Luís Alves Baldaque is a Portuguese actress and writer who was born in 1977 in Porto and currently lives in

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. She regularly starred on films directed by veteran

Manoel de Oliveira Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira (; 11 December 1908 – 2 April 2015) was a Portuguese film director and screenwriter born in Cedofeita, Porto. He first began making films in 1927, when he and some friends attempted to make a film about Wo ...

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Agustina Bessa-Luís Agustina Bessa-Luís, GOSE (; 15 October 1922 – 3 June 2019) was a Portuguese writer. From 1986 and 1987, she was director of the daily '' O Primeiro de Janeiro'' (Porto). From 1990 to 1993, she was director of the D. Maria II National Theatre ( ...

. Leonor was one of the European ''Shooting Stars'' nominated by the European Film Promotion. In January 2012, Gallimard published her first novel "Vita (La Vie Légère)". In 2020, Verdier published her second novel "Piero Solitude".

Filmography

*2009 The Portuguese Nun - Julie de Hauranne *2007 The Enigma Christopher Columbus - Sílvia (1957–60) *2006 Belle toujours - Jovem Prostituta *2005 A Conquista de Faro (short) - Claudina/Donna Brites *2005 Magic Mirror - Vicenta/Abril *2005 Maquette (short) - Leonor *2004 The Fifth Empire - Choir (voice) *2002 The Uncertainty Principle - Camila *2001 Porto of My Childhood - Ela *2001 Le Temps (short) - voice *2001 I'm Going Home - Sylvia *2000 Supercolla (short) - Sinderella *1998 Anxiety - Fisalina

External links

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Profile at the European ''Shooting Stars''
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