Beatriz Batarda

Beatriz da Silveira Moreno Batarda is a BritishPortuguese actress named as one of European films Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion in 1998. She studied Design at IADE Institute in Lisbon and trained in acting at Guidhall School of Music and Drama in London.

She was born in London and grew up in Lisbon. She has worked with Lisbons Cornucpia Company as well as with the Teatro Nacional D.Maria, where she played Berenice, Fedra, Miss Hilda Wangel, Iphygenia and Miss Julie. In 2000, Batarda graduated from Londons Guildhall School of Music and Drama with an honours degree in acting. She was awarded a gold medal for Best Actress of the Year and appeared on stage in London in Beyond a Joke by Christopher Morahan and Love Labours Lost directed by Stephen Unwin. Her first film appearance was in the documentary E Agora Maria Her credits in film include roles in Jos lvaro Morais Peixe Lua and Michael Dowse Its All Gone Pete Tong. Her television credits include a guest appearance in the US sitcom Relic Hunter, My Family for the BBC and as Annette Forsyte in the remake of Forsyte Saga, Granada Television. She also has directed Ol e Adeusinho by Athol Fugard at Teatro Cornucopia and Azul Longe Nas Colinas by Dennis Potter at Teatro Nacional D. Maria.

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