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

Belle Toujours
Belle Toujours
The Portuguese Nun
The Portuguese Nun
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
The Uncertainty Principle
The Uncertainty Principle
Magic Mirror
Magic Mirror
Inquietude
Inquietude
I’m Going Home
I’m Going Home
Porto of My Childhood
Porto of My Childhood
The Conquest of Faro
The Conquest of Faro

Filmography

2009 The Portuguese Nun
as Julie de Hauranne
2007 Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
as Sílvia (1957-60)
2006 Belle Toujours
as Young Prostitute
2006 Magic Mirror
as Vicenta / Abril
2005 The Conquest of Faro
as Claudina / Donna Brites
2004 The Fifth Empire
as Woman's Choir (voice)
2002 The Uncertainty Principle
as Camila
2001 Porto of My Childhood
as Ela
2001 I’m Going Home
as Sylvia
1998 Inquietude
as Fisalina