Beatriz da Silveira Moreno Batarda Fernandes (born 1 April 1974) is a British-born Portuguese actress named as one of European films 'Shooting Stars' by

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in 1998. She studied design at IADE Institute in

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and trained in acting at Guidhall School of Music and Drama in London.

Early life and career

She was born in London on 1 April 1974 and grew up in Lisbon, daughter of painter Eduardo Batarda, who was born in

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, in 1943, where he attended the medical school since 1960 before dropping out three years later. He then studied painting at the Lisbon School of Fine Arts (1963-1968). With a scholarship from the

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, her father studied at the

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in London between 1971 and 1974, where Beatriz Batarda would eventually born. She has worked with Lisbon's Cornucópia 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 London's 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 Labour's Lost directed by Stephen Unwin. Her first film appearance was in the documentary ''E Agora Maria?'' Her credits in film include roles in José Álvaro Morais ''Peixe Lua'' and

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' '' It's All Gone Pete Tong''. Her television credits include a guest appearance in the US

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'', ''My Family'' for the BBC and as Annette Forsyte in the remake of ''Forsyte Saga'', Granada Television. She also has directed "Olá e Adeusinho" (Hello and Goodbye) by Athol Fugard at Teatro Cornucopia and "Azul Longe Nas Colinas" (Blue Remembered Hills) by Dennis Potter at Teatro Nacional D. Maria.

Personal life

She was married to

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Bernardo Sassetti until his death in 2012. The couple had two daughters. Since at least 2013, she maintains a public relationship with comedian Bruno Nogueira with whom she had another daughter. In 2012, the couple already worked on A Bizarre Salad, from

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, where Nogueira performed as an actor and Batarda was stage director. She is also a first cousin of actress Leonor Silveira.Porto Editora – Beatriz Batarda na Infopédia m linha Porto: Porto Editora. onsult. 2024-04-02 03:32:17 Disponível em https://www.infopedia.pt/$beatriz-batarda

Filmography

* '' Bad Living'' (2023) * '' Living Bad'' (2023) * '' Colo'' (2017) * '' Night Train to Lisbon'' (2013) * '' Cisne'' (2011) – Vera * ''Duas Mulheres'' (2009) – Joana * ''How to Draw a Perfect Circle'' (

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

) – Leonor * ''Cartaz Cultural'' (1 episode,

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

) * ''Globos de Ouro 2007'' (

) ( TV) * '' Waking the Dead'' (2 episodes, ''Missing Persons: Part 1'' and ''Missing Persons: Part 2'',

) – Lore Carson * '' Cartaz'' (1 episode,

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

) * ''Nadine'' (

) – Laura * ''Antes de Amanhã'' (

) * ''Avé Maria'' (

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

) ( TV) – Maria * ''S.A.C.: Des hommes dans l'ombre'' (

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

) ( TV) – Gina * ''

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'' (

) – Luísa * '' It's All Gone Pete Tong'' (

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

) – Penelope * ''A Costa dos Murmúrios'' (

) – Evita * '' Noite Escura'' (

) – Carla Pinto * ''

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'' (

) ( TV) – Lucia Stone * ''The Forsyte Saga: To Let'' (

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

) TV

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– Annette Forsyte

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Lamotte * ''Quaresma'' (

) – Ana * ''

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'' (

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– Annette Forsyte

Lamotte * ''Em Volta'' (

) – Maria * ''Mundo VIP'' (1 episode, ''Show nº 246'',

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) * ''

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'' (1 episode, ''A Place of Safety'',

) – Irena Savich * ''

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'' (1 episode, ''Parisian Beauty'',

) – Sylvie * ''Table 12'' (1 episode, ''Magdalena'',

) – Magdalena * ''

'' (1 episode, ''Don't Go Into the Woods'',

) – Vela * ''Peixe-Lua'' (

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

) – Maria João * ''O Que Te Quero'' (

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

) * '' Elles'' (

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

) – Catarina * ''Porto Santo'' (

) – Mariana * ''Dois Dragões'' (

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

) – Luísa * ''A Caixa'' (

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

) – Daughter * '' Vale Abraão'' (

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

) – Luisona (little girl) /

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of Young Ema * ''Tempos Difíceis'' (

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)

Awards and nominations

In 2004 she won the Golden Globe at the

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for Best Actress for ''Quaresma'' (

). In 2005 she won two Golden Globes at the

for Best Actress for '' Noite Escura'' (

) and for ''A Costa dos Murmúrios'' (

). In 2008 she won the Golden Globe at the

for Best Actress for ''Construtor Solness'', where she played Miss Hilda Wangel. In 2011 she won the SPA award Portugal for Best Actress for ''Duas Mulheres'' (

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Batarda, Beatriz 1974 births Living people Actresses from London Portuguese film actresses Golden Globes (Portugal) winners Commanders of the Order of Prince Henry