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)".

Most Known For

I’m Going Home

as Sylvia

Belle Toujours

as Young Prostitute

Magic Mirror

as Vicenta / Abril

The Portuguese Nun

as Julie de Hauranne

Porto of My Childhood

as Ela

Christopher Columbus, The Enigma

as Sílvia (1957-60)

The Uncertainty Principle

as Camila

The Fifth Empire

as Woman's Choir (voice)

Inquietude

as Fisalina

The Conquest of Faro

as Claudina / Donna Brites