Joana de Verona

Joana de Verona is Portuguese and Brazilian. She was born in São Luiz do Maranhão in the northeastern region of Brazil.  Since her parents are Portuguese, she shared all life between the two countries, specially due to her professional career. In her resumé, there is an enviable list of European and Brazilian feature films, as well as numerous plays staged in Portugal. As a result, she received awards as the best actress at major film festivals of Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon.

Joana started very early. At the age of eight, she had already defined her future: she wanted to be an actress or a dancer. Since then she has never stopped studying. “I’m addicted to training”, she explains, who doesn’t regret having started so early. “I’ve been doing theater since I was a child, and this dedication to artistic studies has always been good for me”.

In addition to numerous interpretation courses, Joana studied dance, but as an adult, she was also delighted with the movie direction. “At the age of 22 I moved to Paris to study documentary film directing at the Ateliers Varan school. It’s something I want to dedicate myself to more and more, to direct more”.

Joana has got a lot of experience. She has already performed in about 30 movies and dozens of theater plays and several series. “I make cinema and television in Europe, I have been working since 2008 with theater director Mônica Calle, with work linked to performance and physical resistance. It is important for me to work with talented and demanding creators, people with whom we can learn and enrich ourselves artistically”.

In Brazil, Joana acted in the soap opera Éramos Seis, and in the miniseries “Presença de Anita”, both on TV Globo, and, in cinema, she worked in Africa da Sorte by Renata Belo Pinheiro, in O Touro by Larissa Figueiredo and is the protagonist of the film Tinnitus , by Gregório Graziosi, and the film Praça Paris by Lúcia Murat.

She can also be seen in the series Santos Dumont, an exclusive HBO production; directed by Estevão Ciavatta and Fernando Acquarone, where Joana plays the young Almerinda. The actress, who spends her professional life between Brazil and Portugal, is a success in the country, giving life to several protagonists in works on national television, such as Bia Ferreira da Fonseca from the soap opera Ouro Verde, winner of the International Grammy in 2018; Sara in the soap opera Valor da Vida shown in Brazil by Band TV, and Elisa Gonçalves in the series Vanda, an international co-production shown in Brazil by Lionsgate plus on Amazon Prime Video.

Joana was elected “one of the beauties of European cinema”, together with the French actress Léa Seydoux, she also lived in Berlin, where she acted in the German Cinema.

When not acting, Joana, who speaks five languages (Portuguese, French, Spanish, English and Italian), enjoys taking pictures and traveling. “I’ve always traveled a lot because of my family and my work, even so, when I’m on vacation I like to pack my bags and go on a trip again”, she says.

Experience and Skills

National Conservatory – Lisbon

Theatre and Film School – Graduation, Lisbon, 2011

Creation Workshop and Performance

Movement Workshop – by Norman Taylor (Jacques Lecoq disciple)

Portuguese
English
French
Spanish
Italian

2012 – O GLOBO

Considered one of the “European Cinema Beauties”


2011 – GLOBO DE OURO (PORTUGAL) AND CINEPORT (BRAZIL)

Best actress
Film: “How to Draw a Perfect Circle”


2011 – GLOBOS DE OURO (PORTUGAL)

Nominated Best Actress
Film: “Mysteries of Lisbon”


2010 – LISBOA & ESTORIL FILM FESTIVAL (LISBOA – PORTUGAL)

Best  Actress
Film: “Mistérios de Lisboa” Raúl Ruiz


2010 – FILM FESTIVAL (RIO DE JANEIRO – BRAZIL)

Best  Actress
Film: “How to Draw a Perfect Circle”

2024 – MANIA DE VOCÊ – GLOBO TV

Soap Opera
Writer: João Emanuel Carneiro
Director: Carlos Araújo
Character: Filipa
Brazil


2023 – QUERIDOS PAPÁS – TVI

Soap Opera
Production: Plural Enterteinement
Writer: Maria João Mira – Manuel Amaro da Costa
Director: Manuel Amaro da Costa
Character: Adriana Portugal


2021 – VENTO NORTE – RTP

Serie
Director: João Cayatte
Character: Mariana Guerra
Portugal

2020 – BEM ME QUER – TVI

Soap Opera
Writer: Maria João Mira
Director: Manuel Amaro
Character: Lara
Portugal


2019 – ÉRAMOS SEIS – GLOBO TV

Soap Opera
Writer: Ângela Chaves
Director: Carlos Araújo
Character: Adelaide
Brazil


2018 – SANTOS DUMONT – HBO

Series
Director: Estevão Ciavatta and Fernando Acquarone
Character: Almerinda
Brazil


2018 –  VALOR DA VIDA – TVI

Soap Opera
Writer: Maria João Costa
Director:Sérgio Graciano
Character:Sara
Portugal


2017- FAMÍLIA VENTURA – RTP

Serie
Writer: Nuno Bernardo e Patrícia Brásia
Director: Miguel Guerreiro
Character: Hélia
Portugal   


2016 – FAMÍLIA VENTURA – RTP

Serie 
Writer: Nuno Bernardo e Patrícia Brásia
Director: Miguel Guerreiro
Character: Hélia
Portugal


2016 – OURO VERDE – TVI

Soap Opera
Writer: Maria João Costa
Director: Hugo de Souza
Character: Bia Ferreira da Fonseca
Portugal


2016 – MATA HARI

TV Series
Director: Julius Berg and Dennis Berry
Character: Tilda
Russia


2014 – A ÚNICA MULHER – TVI

Soap Opera
Writer: Maria João Mira
Director: Antônio Borges Correia and Nuno Franco
Character: Sara Sacramento
Portugal


2014 – FILHOS DO ROCK – RTP1

Stop Line Filmes
TV Series
DirectorPedro Varela
Character: Quica
Portugal


2013 – DEPOIS DO ADEUS – RTP1

SP Televisão
TV Series
Director: Sérgio Graciano and Patrícia Sequeira
Character: Luisa Cardoso
Portugal


2013 – DANCING DAYS – RTP1

SP Televisão
TV Series
Director: Manuel Amaro da Costa , Carlos Dante and Hugo Xavier
Character:  Patrícia
Portugal


2013 – BEM VINDOS A BEIRAIS – RTP1

TV Series
Director: Manuel Amaro da Costa , Miguel Guerreiro, Paulo Rodrigues and Nuno Vieira
Portugal


2011 – MYSTERIES OF LISBON – FB ARTE

TV Series
Direction: Manuel Amaro da Costa , Miguel Guerreiro, Paulo Rodrigues e Nuno Vieira
Character: Eugênia
France  –  Germany


2009 – LIBERDADE 21 – RTP1

SP Televisão
TV Series
Director: Manuel Amaro da Costa , Miguel Guerreiro, Paulo Rodrigues and Nuno Vieira
Character:  Cristina Figueiredo
Portugal


2006/2007 – MORANGOS COM AÇUCAR – TVI

TV Series (Sitcom)
Director: Hugo de Sousa, Jorge Cardoso, Paulo Frazão, Gonçalo Mourão, Telma Meira, Carlos Neves,  Atílio Riccó, Miguel Guerreiro, Iva Areias, Jorge Humberto, João Quaresma, Afonso Pimentel, Paulo Brito, Paulo Rosa, Antonio Borges Correia e Luís Justo.
Character:  Adriana Reis
Portugal


2001 – PRESENÇA DE ANITA – TV GLOBO

TV Series 
Director: Ricardo Waddington and Alexandre Avancini
Brazil

2024 – MANIA DE VOCÊ – GLOBOPLAY

Soap Opera
Writer: João Emanuel Carneiro
Director: Carlos Araújo
Character: Filipa
Brazil


2023 – VANDA – OPTO

Series
Author: Patrícia Muller
Director: Simão Cayatte
Production: SPI – La Panda – Legendary Pictures
Character: Elisa Gonçalves
Portugal – Spain – USA

2019 – TINNITUS

Director: Gregório Graziosi
Character: Marina
Brazil


2017 – PEDRO E INÊS

Persona Non Grata Pictures (Portugal), MPM Film (France), Refinaria Filmes (Brazil)
Director: António Ferreira
Character: Inês de Castro
Portugal, France e Brazil


2017 – SUMMER SATURN

Short Film
Director: Mônica Lima, 
Portugal/Germany


2016 – ÁFRICA DA SORTE

Director: Renata Belo Pinheiro and Sérgio Oliveira
Character: Narcisa
Brazil


2016 – PRAÇA PARIS

Director: Lúcia Murat
Character: Camila
Brazil


2015 – 1001 NOITES

Director: Miguel Gomes
Portugal


2015 – BULL

Director:  Larissa Figueiredo
Portugal


2014 – GOODNIGHT CINDERELLA

Short Film
Director: Carlos Conceição  
* Critics Week Cannes International
02 nominated: Sony CineAlta  and  Short Film Award 
Portugal


2014 – O SONHO EUROPEU

Director:  Pierre-Édouard Dumora
France


2013 – UNTITLED EUROPE

Director: Lucas Elliot Zaden Ebert
France


2013 – PLUTÃO

Director:  Jorge Jacome
Portugal


2012 – LINHAS DE WELLINGTON

Director:  Valeria Sarmiento
Portugal


2012 – SEGUNDA MÃO

Director:  Catarina Ruivo
Portugal


2012 – RAFA

Director: João Salaviza 
*Berlin International Film Festival  and Golden Bear for Best Short Film 
Portugal


2011 – SOMBRAS

Director:  João Trabulo
Portugal


2011 – A MORTE DE CARLOS GARDEL

Director: Solveig Nordlund
Character: Leonor
Portugal


2010 – MISTÉRIOS DE LISBOA

Director: Raul Ruiz
Character: Eugênia
Portugal


2010 – U-MYA

Director: Miguel Clara Vasconcelos
Portugal


2009 – COMO DESENHAR UM CÍRCULO PERFEITO

Director:  Marco Martins
Portugal


2009 – ESTRANHOS NA NOITE

Short Film
Director: Dinis Costa
Portugal


2009 – EDEN

Director: David Bonneville
Character: Eve
Portugal


2008 – VERDADEIRO E MACIO É O NORTE

Director: João Botelho
Portugal


2008 – CORPO DE ÁGUA

Director: Marcos Albuquerque
Portugal


2006 – O SILÊNCIO ENTRE DUAS CANÇÕES

Director: Monica Lima
Portugal


2006 – FOGO

Director: Jorge Flores
Portugal

2021 – MAPA MUNDI (Performance)

Direction: Joana de Verona and Eduardo Breda
Production: FITEI & TEMPS D’IMAGE
Portugal


2021 – ILHAS

Director: Miguel Seabra
Meridional Theater
Portugal


2017 – ENSAIO PARA UMA CARTOGRAFIA

Director: Mônica Calle
Portugal


2016 – ENSAIO PARA UMA CARTOGRAFIA

Director: Mônica Calle
Portugal


2013 – ROSENCRANTZ E GUILDENSTERN MORREU

Writer: Tom Stoppard
Director: Marco Martins
Portugal


2012 – BANG BANG

Writer: Duras Margaritte
Director: Monica Garnel
Portugal


2011 – CACATUA VERDE

Writer:Arthur Schnitzler
Director: Luis Miguel Cintra
Portugal


2011 – MUSIC AROUND CIRCLES

Director: Marco Martins
Portugal


2011 – INFERNO

Writer: Agosto Stringberg
Director: Monica Calle
Portugal


2011 – ESTA NOITE IMPROVISO

Writer: Luige Pirandello
Director: Monica Calle
Portugal


2011 – INDIE BY NIGHT

Director: Monica Calle
Portugal


2011 – QUANTOS ANOS JÁ PASSARAM…

Writer: Rui Pina Coelho
Director: Gonçalo Amorim
Portugal


2011 – MENINA JÚLIA

Writer: Agosto Stringberg
Director: Bruno Bravo
Portugal


2011 – AURORA DA MINHA VIDA

Director: Maria Lucia Priolli
Brazil


2011 – O QUE É O QUÊ?

Teatro da Tijuca Rio de Janeiro 
Brazil


2011 – O JOGADOR

Writer:Fyodor Dostoevsky
Director: Gonçalo Amorim
Portugal


2011 – SANTA JOANA DOS MATADOUROS

Writer: Bertolt Brecht
Director: Bernard SOBEL
Portugal


2009 – SEXOS

Writer: Dorothy Parker
Director: Pedro Caeiro  and Joana De Verona
Portugal


2008 – DOM CARLOS

Autor: Teixeira  de  Pascoaes
Director: Carlos Avilez
Portugal


2007 – SONHAR COM CONTOS DE FADAS

Director: Bruno Schiappa
Portugal


2006 – ESTADO DE CITY REVISITADO

Director: Bruno Schiappa
Portugal


2004 – ROMEU E JULIETA

Direction: Associação Conversas de Rua
Portugal


2001 – BRINCANDO DE ROCK N’ROLL NOS ANOS 50

Director: Andreia Avancini
Brazil


1998 – TRIBUNAL ÉTICA E MORAL

Almodovar  Theater
Portugal

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