Leonor da Silveira Moreno e Lemos Gomes (born 28 October 1970), better known simply as Leonor Silveira, is a Portuguese film actress who made her film debut in '' The Cannibals'' for director

Manoel de Oliveira Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira (; 11 December 1908 – 2 April 2015) was a Portuguese film director and screenwriter born in Cedofeita, Porto. He first began making films in 1927, when he and some friends attempted to make a film about Wor ...

in 1988. She appeared in most of Oliveira's subsequent films.

Selected filmography

* 1988 '' The Cannibals'' * 1990 '' No, or the Vain Glory of Command'' * 1991 ''

The Divine Comedy The ''Divine Comedy'' (, ) is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun and completed around 1321, shortly before the author's death. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature and one of the greatest wor ...

'' * 1991 ''No Dia dos Meus Anos'' (''On My Birthday'') * 1993 ''

Abraham's Valley ''Abraham's Valley'' () is a 1993 Portuguese drama film directed by Manoel de Oliveira, based on a novel by Agustina Bessa-Luís, and partially inspired by Gustave Flaubert's 1857 novel ''Madame Bovary''. The film was selected as the Portuguese e ...

'' * 1995 '' The Convent'' * 1996 ''

Party A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a Hospitality, host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration or celebration of a special occasion. A party will oft ...

'' * 1997 '' Voyage to the Beginning of the World'' * 1998 ''

Anxiety Anxiety is an emotion characterised by an unpleasant state of inner wikt:turmoil, turmoil and includes feelings of dread over Anticipation, anticipated events. Anxiety is different from fear in that fear is defined as the emotional response ...

'' * 1999 '' The Letter'' * 2000 '' Word and Utopia'' * 2001 '' I'm Going Home'' * 2001 ''

Porto of My Childhood ''Porto of My Childhood'' (Portuguese: Porto da Minha Infância) is a 2001 Portuguese/ French film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. Manoel de Oliveira narrates a documentary which features staged dramatic scenes of memories and stories told to him ...

'' * 2002 ''

The Uncertainty Principle The uncertainty principle, also known as Heisenberg's indeterminacy principle, is a fundamental concept in quantum mechanics. It states that there is a limit to the precision with which certain pairs of physical properties, such as position a ...

'' * 2003 ''

A Talking Picture ''A Talking Picture'' () is a 2003 Portuguese drama film written and directed by Manoel de Oliveira and starring Catherine Deneuve, John Malkovich, Irene Papas, Stefania Sandrelli and Leonor Silveira. This was Irene Papas’ final film before ...

'' * 2005 ''

Magic Mirror Magic mirror or The Magic Mirror may refer to: Art * ''Magic Mirror'' (M. C. Escher), a 1946 lithograph by M. C. Escher Escher * '' In the Magic Mirror'', a 1934 painting by Paul Klee Literature * ''Magic Mirror'' (book), a 1999 book by Orson Sc ...

'' * 2006 ''

Belle Toujours ''Belle Toujours'' is a 2006 French-language Portuguese film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. It was Portugal's submission to the 80th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. It is a s ...

'' * 2007 '' Christopher Columbus - The Enigma'' * 2009 '' Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl'' * 2010 ''

The Strange Case of Angelica ''The Strange Case of Angelica'' () is a 2010 Portuguese drama film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. It was entered into the Un Certain Regard section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. De Oliveira conceived the idea for the film in 1946 and initi ...

'' * 2012 ''

Gebo et l'Ombre ''Gebo and the Shadow'' (Portuguese: ''O Gebo e a Sombra'', French: ''Gebo et l'Ombre'') is a 2012 Portuguese-French drama film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. It is based on a play by Raul Brandão. It was shown at the 69th Venice International ...

'' * 2023 ''

Bad Living ''Bad Living'' () is a 2023 Portuguese-French drama film directed by João Canijo. Starring Anabela Moreira and Rita Blanco, the film portrays story of a family of several women from different generations, whose relationships with each other ha ...

'' * 2023 ''

Living Bad ''Living Bad'' () is a 2023 Portuguese-French drama film directed by João Canijo. For his screenplay about the hotel guests, he was inspired by motifs from three plays by August Strindberg. Starring Nuno Lopes and Leonor Silveira, the film po ...

Accolades

In 2021, she was selected as Jury member for International competition section of

74th Locarno Film Festival The 74th annual Locarno Festival was held from 4 August to 14 August 2021 in Locarno, Switzerland. The opening film of the festival was '' Beckett'' by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino, which had its world premiere on 4 August. The 74th edition of Lo ...

held from 4 to 14 August.

References

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* 1970 births Living people Portuguese film actresses Portuguese people of Italian descent Actresses from Lisbon {{Portugal-actor-stub