Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 26, 1965
Place of Birth
Lisbon, Portugal
Credits
74 titles
Alexandra Lencastre
Biography
Alexandra Lencastre was born in Lisbon, in 1965. She's one of the most talented and most popular Portuguese actresses. As a Philosophy student, became interested in the experience of a theatre group from the University. She left Philosophy and began her acting studies at the Theater School (Conservatório), in Lisbon. It was with the play 'Frei Luís de Sousa', directed by Jorge Listopad, that her acting career really began, winning an award for best revelation. Since then, she worked with some of the main directors of the Portuguese theater, including Carlos Avilez, João Lourenço and José Wallenstein. She began working in television, on the Portuguese version of 'Sesame Street'. Later, in television, both in fiction (including some very popular telenovelas) and entertainment features (such as the polemic interviews of 'In Bed With..'), she became a star for Portuguese audiences. Since 1990, with Lovely Child (1990), by João Canijo, her film career developed, working with directors like João Botelho, João Mário Grilo and Teresa Villaverde. Her most important success, both with audiences and critic, is O Delfim (2002), directed by Fernando Lopes. In the same year, she worked with Javier Bardem in The Dancer Upstairs (2002), directed by John Malkovich. In 2003, she was again a great success in TV, with Ana e os Sete, Portuguese version of a Spanish series. With Rogério Samora, in O Delfim, Alexandra Lencastre defined a new pair for the Portuguese cinema; they met again in Lá Fora (2004), also directed by Fernando Lopes.
Known For
Filmography
Auto da Casa
I Give You My Life
Maria da Luz
Ninguém Como Tu
Luíza Albuquerque
Match
Ana
The Courtyard of Memories
Lola
A Protegida
Laura Vilalobos
Neighbors Forever
Rosa
Live and Let Live
Vanessa
Cacau
Simone Vaz Pereira
Timeless Love
Madalena Torres
Marco Paulo
Lili Caneças
For You
Isabel
Irresistível
Self - Host
Quero-te Tanto!
Madame Ping Pong
Parque Mayer
Madame Calado
A Herdeira
Caetana Rivera
2 Minutos
Pessoa A
O Leão da Estrela
Sra. Barata
A Única Mulher
Pilar Sacramento
Dança com as Estrelas
Judge
I Get That a Lot
Carlinha
Destinos Cruzados
Laura Veiga de Andrade/Sílvia Candeias Moreira
Coração no Escuro - Um Roubo de um Roubo em 11 Quadros
Gesto
Anjo Meu
Joana Rita Saraiva
Disquiet
Centro da Mesa
Twist of Fate
Vera Menezes
Alta Definição
Self
Equador
Maria Augusta da Trindade
Fascínios
Margarida Miranda
Corruption
Sofia's mother
Trial
Joana
O Capacete Dourado
Professora gaga
Tempo de Viver
Fátima Almeida
No One Like You
Luisa Abuquerque
Outside
Laura Albuquerque
The Immortals
Maria Antónia
A Mulher que Acreditava Ser Presidente dos EUA
the President
A Falha
Lígia
The Dancer Upstairs
Sylvina Rejas
Ana e os Sete
O Delfim
Maria das Mercês
Um Passeio no Parque
Isabel
Não És Homem, Não És Nada
Vitória
Traffic
banker's lover
The Mutants
Social worker
Não Há Duas Sem Três
Carina
Riscos
Lídia
As Lições do Tonecas
Alexandra
Aquela Cativa que me tem Cativo
D. Violante de Noronha