Alexandra Lencastre

Alexandra Lencastre was born on Sep 26, 1965 in Portugal. Alexandra Lencastre's big-screen debut came with Rua Sésamo - Season 2 directed by José Poiares in 1991. Alexandra Lencastre is known for Parque Mayer directed by António-Pedro Vasconcelos, Francisco Froes stars as Mário Pintor and Daniela Melchior as Deolinda. Alexandra Lencastre has got 7 awards and 10 nominations so far. The most recent award Alexandra Lencastre achieved is Tropheus TV 7 Dias. The upcoming new movie Alexandra Lencastre plays is Quero-te Tanto! which will be released on Apr 18, 2019.

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 Filha da Mãe (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 Le dauphin (2002), directed by Fernando Lopes. In the same year, she worked with Javier Bardem in 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.