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Leonor Silveira

Date of birth: 1970-10-28

Place of birth: Lisbon, Portugal

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Леонор Сильвейра

Leonor Silveira

Biography

Leonor da Silveira Moreno e Lemos Gomes is a Portuguese film actress who made her film debut in The Cannibals for director Manoel de Oliveira in 1988. She has appeared in most of Oliveira's films since then.

Movie Credits

Living Bad
2.6

Living Bad

2023-05-07

A hotel by the northern shore of Portugal welcomes its guests over the weekend. A man is torn betwee

Bad Living
3.1

Bad Living

2023-05-07

In a family-run hotel, by the Portuguese northern shore, lives a group of women from different gener

Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
3.1

Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl

2009-04-30

On a train to Algarve, a young man recounts to a fellow passenger his past relationship with an ecce

Word and Utopia
2.8

Word and Utopia

2000-11-17

The story of Father Antonio Vieira, a 17th-century Portuguese priest who lived in Brazil and worked

Há-de Haver Uma Lei
2.3

Há-de Haver Uma Lei

2023-05-24

The story of Luizinha, a girl born into a very poor family who is given by her father to António, th

The Strange Case of Angelica
3.3

The Strange Case of Angelica

2010-12-29

A photographer, Isaac is asked by hotel owners to take portraits of their recently deceased daughter

The Divine Comedy
3.3

The Divine Comedy

1991-10-11

In a mental institution the patients see themselves as people like Jesus, Lázaro, Marta, Maria, Adão

Gebo and the Shadow
3.4

Gebo and the Shadow

2012-09-10

Despite his age and general weariness, Gebo keeps on working as an accountant to provide for his fam

Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember
3.9

Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember

1997-09-10

In 1996, Marcello Mastroianni talks about life as an actor. It's an anecdotal and philosophical memo

Blackpot
4

Blackpot

2023-07-14

A reorganization within a crime syndicate.

Tommy Guns
1

Tommy Guns

2023-04-12

In 1974, after years of civil war, the Portuguese and their descendants fled the colony of Angola wh

Twin Flames
4

Twin Flames

1992-08-21

Redheaded twins Armando and Beatriz always dreamed of being firefighters but during a rainy, unevent

The Uncertainty Principle
2.6

The Uncertainty Principle

2002-05-17

Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family.

Oliveira, l'architecte
0

Oliveira, l'architecte

1993-10-06

Paulo Rocha catches up with his “beloved subject” in Porto, where he made Douro, Faina Fluvial in 19

The Convent
2.6

The Convent

1995-09-06

The journey of Michael Padovic, an American professor who arrives with his wife, Helene, at a Portug

John From
2.8

John From

2016-03-31

Rita is fifteen and spends the summer between warm afternoons of teenage love and party nights with

A Talking Picture
3.3

A Talking Picture

2003-08-31

A meditation on civilization. July, 2001: friends wave as a cruise ship departs Lisbon for Mediterra

The Letter
3

The Letter

1999-09-22

A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She fe

Magic Mirror
3.2

Magic Mirror

2006-03-09

Luciano, fresh out of jail, was taken by his brother, Flórido, to serve in the home of wealthy Alfre

I’m Going Home
3.4

I’m Going Home

2001-05-13

The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when

Voyage to the Beginning of the World
3.3

Voyage to the Beginning of the World

1997-05-16

Manoel is an aging film director who travels with the film crew through Portugal in search of the or

Party
3.1

Party

1996-06-27

The battle of the sexes? The forces of despair and seduction? On S. Miguel in the Azores, Rogério, a

Abraham's Valley
3.7

Abraham's Valley

1993-09-01

Ema is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. In her youth

Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
2.8

Christopher Columbus, The Enigma

2007-09-06

A true story of a doctor and his wife who went on a journey in order to prove that discoverer Christ

Porto of My Childhood
3.3

Porto of My Childhood

2001-09-19

Manoel de Oliveira's autobiographical documentary about returning to his hometown.

Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira and Me
3.2

Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira and Me

2016-08-11

“An old photograph taken 36 years ago. His hand rests on my shoulder. A blessing, a gift. Then a his

Inquietude
3.2

Inquietude

1998-05-19

An anthology film drama featuring a poetic mirror structure based on existential identity. In "The I

Manoel de Oliveira, O Caso Dele
0

Manoel de Oliveira, O Caso Dele

2007-12-11

A tribute documentary to Manoel de Oliveira, on occasion of his 100th birthday.

The Cannibals
3.4

The Cannibals

1988-11-10

This odd film is a major representative of an even odder film genre: direct-to-celluloid opera. It w

Rage
3.4

Rage

2018-10-31

Alentejo, Portugal, 1950. In a desolate region, where the wind seems to speak, where misery and hung

João's Nightmare
0

João's Nightmare

2014-07-10

João still lives at home with his parents. With absolutely no idea what to do with his life, he leav

Three Palm Trees
2.8

Three Palm Trees

1994-09-16

Lisbon, on a winter day in 1994, between six and fourteen o'clock. A forty-year-old woman despairs i

No Dia dos Meus Anos
2.8

No Dia dos Meus Anos

1992-08-21

This Portuguese movie directed by João Botelho, is part of The Four Elements series. This is the sec

Porto Santo
0

Porto Santo

1997-08-08

A technical problem aboard a transatlantic flight forces a plane to land in Porto Santo, the small i

All the Dead Ones
2.3

All the Dead Ones

2020-12-10

The story of the decline of the Soares family in the final months of the 19th century. Isabel is the

No, or the Vain Glory of Command
3.1

No, or the Vain Glory of Command

1990-10-12

Episodes from throughout the entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a co

Name Above Title
2

Name Above Title

2020-10-05

The quiet life of a serial killer in Lisbon is disrupted when an unusual incident suddenly turns him

Retrato de Família
0

Retrato de Família

1991-12-12

Ofelia is the daughter of photographer Miguel and of deceased circus artist Lea. When her father is

As Meninas Exemplares
0

As Meninas Exemplares

2025-11-07

The misfortunes of Sofia, the exemplary Madalena and Camila, the troubled vacations of girls and boy

Wings
0

Wings

It is inspired by the true story of the girls and women of a Ukrainian family forced to find rescue

The Life of Mirrors
0

The Life of Mirrors

2025-07-13

The Life of Mirrors is one of the sections of the exhibition Luis Miguel Cintra - Small Theatre of t

The Tree of Knowledge
2.3

The Tree of Knowledge

2025-11-19

Gaspard, a teenager from the suburbs of Lisbon, falls into the hands of the Ogre, a man who has made