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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

10

Gender

Female

Birthday

1977-01-27 (48 years old)

Place of Birth

Porto

Also Known As

Leonor Baldaque

Biography

Leonor Bessa-Luís Alves Baldaque is a Portuguese actress who was born in 1977 in Porto and currently lives in Paris. She regularly starred on films directed by veteran Manoel de Oliveira. She is granddaughter of Award-winning writer Agustina Bessa-Luís. 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)".

Known For

Acting

Belle Toujours

2006

Belle Toujours

as

Young Prostitute

The Portuguese Nun

2009

The Portuguese Nun

as

Julie de Hauranne

Christopher Columbus, The Enigma

2007

Christopher Columbus, The Enigma

as

Sílvia (1957-60)

Magic Mirror

2006

Magic Mirror

as

Vicenta / Abril

Inquietude

1998

Inquietude

as

Fisalina

I’m Going Home

2001

I’m Going Home

as

Sylvia

The Conquest of Faro

2005

The Conquest of Faro

as

Claudina / Donna Brites

The Fifth Empire

2004

The Fifth Empire

as

Woman's Choir (voice)

Production

Crew

Directing