Joana Ribeiro
Date of birth: 1992-03-25
Place of birth: Lisbon, Portugal
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
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.
Movie Credits
The Sibyl
2023-10-12
In the mid-20th century, a troubled relationship between Germana, a young writer, and Quina, her aun
Dialogues After the End
2023-10-31
Pavese considered Dialogues with Leucò his best work. Eloquent and at the same time sententious and
Domingos
2009-01-01
A look into the life and mind of Brazilian playwright and filmmaker Domingos Oliveira through his da
First Age
2023-01-25
On a secluded island lives an autonomous community of children who don’t speak, communicating only i
The Englishman's Papers
2024-10-24
Ruy Duarte de Carvalho, poet and novelist, finds out that his father left papers in the Namib desert
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
2018-05-19
Toby, a cynical film director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish sh
Portugal Não Está à Venda
2019-02-21
The hypochondriac Sebastião and his not so normal family must save the country from the prime minist
The Black Book
2018-10-03
The story of the adventures, in the twilight of the eighteenth century, of a singular couple formed
At an Uncertain Time
2015-10-15
It’s 1942, and Portugal languishes under dictatorship and WWII rages just beyond its borders. Secret
Fatima
2020-08-13
In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witn
Crooked Lines
2019-06-27
An unexpected meeting on Twitter, introduces young actress Luísa to António, a writer and journalist
Infinite
2021-09-09
Evan McCauley has skills he never learned and memories of places he has never visited. Self-medicate
Shadow
2021-10-14
Years after her son's disappearance, a mother keeps trying to find him after an abduction that justi
Name Above Title
2020-10-05
The quiet life of a serial killer in Lisbon is disrupted when an unusual incident suddenly turns him
Gasolina
2015-01-01
A couple is enjoying the night darkness and ends up with no gas in their car. While trying to find h
Nightride
2022-03-04
In this single shot thriller, we're in the driver's seat with small-time dealer Budge as he tries to
Dreaming of Lions
2025-05-08
Gilda is terminally ill. Her only wish is to die without pain, and as all her suicide attempts comic
Muletas
2017-01-11
A broken family gets together for Christmas dinner when their mentally ill daughter comes home for t
Bodyhackers
A story about people who reinvent their ideals of perfection to incorporate a sensual attraction to
The Dark Tower
2020-03-11
Young Roland Deschain investigates a treacherous plot in the town of Mejis, far from his hometown of
Out of the Grey
2023-10-23
"Out of the Grey" tells the story of Laura, a pregnant environmental refugee who is forced to leave
Maria Vitória
2025-11-01
Maria Vitória lives in a remote village in the Portuguese mountains and plays football on the local
Herança do Silêncio
2013-03-08