Biografia
Joana de Verona (born 1989) is a distinguished Portuguese-Brazilian actress. She has collaborated with acclaimed directors including Marco Martins, Raúl Ruiz, João Botelho, João Salaviza, Solveig Nordlund, Catarina Ruivo, Valeria Sarmiento, Larissa Figueiredo, Gabriel Abrantes, Carlos Conceição, Miguel Gomes, António Ferreira, Pierre Edouard Dumorra, Lúcia Murat, Denis Côté, and Fanny Ardant, among others.
She is best known for her roles in "How to Draw a Perfect Circle" (2009), "Mysteries of Lisbon" (2010), which won the Louis Delluc Award, "Lines of Wellington" (2012), "Rafa" (2012), recipient of the Golden Berlin Bear for Best Short Film, "Arabian Nights" by Miguel Gomes, and "Paris Square" by Lúcia Murat, which won Best Film at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival.
Joana holds an MFA in Theater from the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. Her theater work includes collaborations with directors such as Carlos Avillez, Luis Miguel Cintra, Gonçalo Amorim, Marco Martins, Monica Garnel, and Monica Calle. She has performed in Brazil, France, Portugal, Germany, and Italy.
Her first documentary, "Chantal," was produced at Ateliers Varan in Paris.
