Alba Baptista (born 10 July 1997) is a Portuguese actress. She began her career in her native Portugal with the series ''Jardins Proibidos'' (2014–2015). She then starred in multiple Portuguese series and films such as ''

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'', ''Filha da Lei'', '' A Criação'', and '' Jogo Duplo''. From 2020 to 2022, she starred in the

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series '' Warrior Nun'', which marked her English-language debut.

Early life

Baptista was born in

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, Portugal. Her Portuguese mother met her father, a Brazilian engineer from

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, when she worked as a translator in Brazil. She attended a German school in Portugal. Around age 15, she decided to become an actress.

Career

At age 16, Alba Baptista started her career as the main character in Simão Cayatte's short film ''Miami''. For her performance, she received the Best Actress Award at the Festival Ibérico de Ciné. She furthered her career with appearing in Portuguese series '' A Criação'' and the telenovelas ''

'' and '' Jogo Duplo.'' During the following years, Alba developed a strong cinema career in Portugal, as well as starring in roles on three popular Portuguese series. Her film work includes: ''Caminhos Magnétykos'' by Edgar Pêra, in which she played the role of "Catarina"; and ''Equinócio'' by Ivo Ferreira. In 2019 she appeared in the film ''Patrick'', the directorial debut of ''Gonçalo Waddington'', and which was in competition at

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, where it premiered. She appeared in the 2020 feature film ''Fatima'' opposite

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, and Joana Ribeiro, which is directed by Marco Pontecorvo. Her first English-language role came as the lead role of Ava in

's series '' Warrior Nun'', which was released on 2 July 2020. She reprised her role in the second season, which was released on 10 November 2022. In 2022, she played Natash in '' Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris''.

Personal life

Baptista married American actor Chris Evans on 9 September 2023, in a private at-home ceremony on

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in Massachusetts.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Alba Baptista
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Alba Baptista
profile at Elite Lisbon * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baptista, Alba 1997 births Living people Actresses from Lisbon Portuguese people of Brazilian descent Portuguese film actresses 21st-century Portuguese actresses Actresses of Brazilian descent