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Alba Baptista 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 A Impostora, Filha da Lei, A Criação, and Jogo Duplo. Since 2020, she has starred in the Netflix series Warrior Nun, which marked her English-language debut. Baptista was born in Lisbon, Portugal. Her Portuguese mother met her father, a Brazilian engineer from Rio de Janeiro, when she worked as a translator in Brazil. In addition to her native Portuguese, Baptista speaks English, Spanish, French, and German.

While his acting debut was at the age of 15, Diogo Morgado later became known internationally for his groundbreaking portrayal of "Jesus" in 20th Century Fox's feature film "Son of God" and in The History Channel's highly rated, Emmy-nominated miniseries "The Bible." Morgado's recent work includes the lead role in the Netflix original feature film "The Killer," which was streamed in over 190 countries. On television, Diogo had a recurring role on CBS' "CSI: Cyber," alongside Academy Award-winning actress Patricia Arquette, and starred in the TV movie, "Love Finds You In Valentine." Morgado was also a lead on the CW Network series "The Messengers." In addition to his work in television, Diogo has had leading roles in independent films in the U.S., including the action-driven adrenaline film "Born to Race: Fast Track," and the gritty urban drama "Red Butterfly."

In his native Portugal, where he is already a household name and one of GQ's "Men of the Year," Morgado's career spans top television, film and stage productions, including a lead role in the #1 rated Portuguese television series and International Emmy-winner "Laços de Sangue." Diogo began his career at the age of fifteen when he joined the cast of the top rated television series "Terra Mãe," But it was his breakthrough performance as "Miguel" in "Amo-Te, Teresa," which still remains as one of Portugal's highest rated telefims ever, that Diogo earned high praise as one of the most promising actors of his generation. Diogo has worked consistently in Portuguese television since, in over 15 series regular roles, including his memorable performance as "Santiago Medina" in the hugely successful series, "Vingança." Morgado's film credits include a noteworthy performance as Portuguese dictator Antonio De Oliveira Salazar in the acclaimed feature film "A Vida Privada De Salazar." Diogo was able to showcase his comedic chops in "O Crime do Padre Amaro," which received international attention from directors all over the world. Diogo starred in another hit comedy film, "Virados do Avesso," which debuted at the top of the Portuguese box office. Diogo is also a passionate theater actor and has had lead roles in prestigious plays such as David Hare's "Skylight" and Peter Shaffer's "The Royal Hunt to the Sun."

Beyond Portugal and the United States, Morgado has had lead roles in such international films as Spain's "Dos Rivales Casi Iguales," "Mami Blue," and "Star Crossed," as well as Brazil's "Revelação" and "The Jungle."

Morgado divides his time between Los Angeles and Lisbon, where he has begun pursuing his passion behind the camera as well -- writing and directing both English and Portuguese films, including the recent award-winning short film, "Signal."

Joaquim de Almeida was born in Lisbon, Portugal. Son of two pharmacists and the sixth of eight kids, Joaquim showed signs at an early age that his future lay not in the family business. At the age of eighteen, after attending the theater course at the Lisbon Conservatory for two years, he left Portugal to pursue his studies after the Conservatory was temporarily closed following the 1974 democratic revolution. He lived a year in Vienna, Austria, working in various jobs from the Künstlerhaus-Theater to gardening. He moved to New York City in 1976. There, he studied with Lee Strasberg, Nicholas Ray and Stella Adler while working as a bartender. After doing some theater and small roles in Soap Operas, he finally landed his first role in a film "The Soldier" in 1981. The following year he had his first important role in "Honorary Consul", working next to Richard Gere, Michael Caine and Bob Hoskins. But it was his third film "Good Morning Babylon", directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, that opened the Cannes Film Festival in 1987, that propelled him to an international career. Being fluent in six languages has helped him to work everywhere in the world. He hasn't stopped since then. He has been in more then 90 films and Television shows acting with actors and directors like Harrison Ford, Gene Hackman, Kim Basinger, Antonio Banderas, Robert Rodriguez, Steven Soderberg, Benicio del Toro and Kiefer Sutherland among others. It was while playing the main villain in season 3 of the popular series "24", that he discovered the pleasure of living on the beach and he moved to Santa Monica where he lives today. He spends long periods in Portugal where he has a house in Sintra to be with his son Louren and his daughter Ana. Joaquim de Almeida became an American citizen in 2005 and kept his Portuguese nationality. He has been the recipient of many awards: Best Actor - Cairo Film Festival 1991, Golden Globe Best Actor Portugal 1995,1997,2001, SAG Awards- Best ensemble 2005, Portuguese Foreign Press-Personality of the year 1995, Career Award in Festival Cinema de Badajoz 2004, Career Award Festival Iberoamericano de Huelva 2009, Career Award Festival de Cine de Punta del Este 2003, Gold Medal City of Sintra 2008, Gold Medal City of Setubal 2006 and the Order of Infante by the President of Portugal.

Awards won by Nuno Lopes: Bisato d'Oro Award from independent critics for Best Director for the film The Domain at the 76th Venice Film Festival (2019). Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of France (2021) In 2017, he also won the Autores award for best actor with the film Posto Avançado do Progresso, and was distinguished with the Angela award.

Maria de Medeiros is the oldest of three daughters by the pianist, maestro and composer António Vitorino D'Almeida and Maria Armanda Esteves. Her sisters are Inês de Medeiros, stage actress and film and stage director and Ana Medeiros, violinist, composer, and music teacher.

Studied at Lycée Français Charles Le Pierre, Lisbon, and when she was 15 years old, she acted in her father's movie, Silvestre. Went to Paris in 1984, aiming to take a college degree in the Beaux Arts, and ended by taking Philosophy, and Drama instead, at the National Schools of Arts and Theatre Techniques.

Lived and filmed in Portugal, and abroad, then she returned to Paris, where she is established since 1987. She married a Catalonian (Spain), and has two daughters. She acquired the French nationality because of her children, and because she has a French culture as well as a Portuguese one. She is fluent in Portuguese, French, English, German, Italian and Spanish.

Miguel Gomes was born on 20 February 1972 in Lisbon, Portugal. He is a director and writer, known for Our Beloved Month of August (2008), Grand Tour (2024) and Arabian Nights: Volume 2 - The Desolate One (2015).

Joaquim Dos Santos was born on 22 June 1977 in Lisbon, Portugal. He is a producer, known for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), The Legend of Korra (2012) and Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005).

Pêpê Rapazote is a Portuguese-born actor known for Narcos, Shameless, Operation Finale, Queen of the South and La Reina del Sur. After having worked as an architect for a few years, he decided acting would become his "new trade." He speaks five languages, Portuguese, English, Spanish, French, and Italian, and divides his time between Europe, Latin America and the US.

Joana Ribeiro was born on 25 March 1992 in Lisbon, Portugal. She is an actress, known for The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018), Linhas Tortas (2019) and Nightride (2021).

Joana Santos was born on November 16, 1985 in Lisbon, Portugal. She is currently one of the best-known and most cherished Portuguese actresses by the public. Before becoming an actress, she did some work as model and it was through her agency that she did the casting for the NBP, which later opened the doors to the world of representation.

Her first role in television was in the soap opera Fala-me de Amor (2006) in 2006, but she became known in 2010 for the role of the evil Diana in the Emmy-winner soap opera Laços de Sangue (2010), for which Joana signed an exclusive contract with the TV channel SIC.

Joana made her film debut in What's New About Love? (2011) in 2011 and was again a protagonist in the remake of SIC Dancin' Days (2012) in 2012.

Lúcia Moniz, born on September 9, 1976, in Lisbon, is the daughter of Azorean musicians Carlos Alberto Moniz and Maria do Amparo. She began her music training at age 6 at Santa Cecilia Music Academy and achieved her 6th degree. Besides 4 edited discographic works throughout her music career, she has also collaborated with such artists as Nuno Bettencourt, Jorge Palma, and Maria do Amparo.

Lúcia has also developed a deep passion for the theatre. She made several appearances on Portuguese TV and on Portuguese stages, but in 2003 she made her major industry breakthrough with her role in Richard Curtis' blockbuster British film "Love, Actually." Between 2006 and 2008 she took on leading roles in several musical productions directed by Filipe La Féria.

In 2009 she participated in the television series "Living in Your Car", produced by David Steinberg for HBO Canada, in a Portuguese co-production by beActive.

In 2010 she starred in the series "Maternidade" on RTP 1, and debuted at the Portuguese National Theater D. Maria II, playing Stella in Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire", directed by Diogo Infante. In 2013 she was part of the cast of "Conversations After a Burial" by Yasmina Reza, directed by Renato Godinho.

During the next years, while still taking part on numerous television projects, in 2017, she made a long-awaited return to musical theatre, starring in "Next to Normal," directed by Henrique and Nuno Feist, on stage for 2 seasons, at Lisbon's Estoril Casino Auditorium and Teatro da Trindade.

Since 2016, Lúcia has actively worked with "Palco 13" (established theatre company) on and off, in several production, such as "Richard II", by Shakespeare. In January 2019, together with her brother Paulo Quedas, she took the leap of directing the play "The Adventures of John with No Fear". That year she also had leading roles in two international cinematographic co-productions, "Marco Pontecorvo's "Fatima," which premiered in August 2020, and Ana Rocha de Sousa's "LISTEN, awarded at Venice International Film Festival with 'Lion of the Future' and 'Jury Prize Orizzonti' , in September 2020.

Duncan Lamont began his career in the 1940's in Waterfront Women (1950) and Quentin Durward (1955) then went to Hollywood for Mutiny on the Bounty (1962). Returning to Britain he went into what he described as one of his happiest roles opposite Margaret Rutherford in Murder at the Gallop (1963). He described himself as a 'heavy with a capacity for light villainy' as he was never really a bad villain. When the film is nearly over there's usually justice to contend with, While sometimes he's was on the right side of the law never the less he always seems to end up dead or defeated. Television work took him to America for appearances in such as The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955), Hawaiian Eye (1959), and The Alaskans (1959), while British credits included such as Z Cars (1962), Danger Man (1960), and Dixon of Dock Green (1955).

Sara Matos was born on 20 December 1989 in Lisbon, Portugal. She is an actress, known for Sangue Oculto (2022), O Beijo do Escorpião (2014) and Belmonte (2013).

Gonçalo Waddington is a Portuguese actor, theater and film director, playwright and screenwriter. He was born in Lisbon in 1977 and studied theater and performance at Drama School in the beachside town of Cascais from 1994 to 1997. Still in school, he made his television debut in 1996, in Polícias, a TV show about a police precinct. His film debut came in 2006, with Marco Martins's Alice, having also played a part Martins's 2016 movie, Saint George. Waddington's short film Nameless, which premiered at the 2010 edition of the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival. Immaculate, premiered at the 2013 edition of the IndieLisboa film festival. Albertine, The Celestial Continent, a play based in Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time, was his debut as a playwright, which he also directed and starred, alongside his longtime companion, Carla Maciel. He also acted in Odisseia, the 2013 comedic TV show Gonçalo created, co-wrote and co-starred in. Alongside Carla Maciel, he co-created the play MacBain, from a text written specifically for the two actors by dutch playwright Gerardjan Rijnders. It premiered in October 2013 at the Teatro Maria Matos in Lisbon. In 2016, he wrote and directed the first part of a tetralogy called Our Favorite Sport, subtitled Present, which premiered in the Alkantara and FITEI festivals and was published as a book in the same year. Part two, subtitled Distant Future, premiered in 2017 at the Teatro Municipal São Luiz, in Lisbon. He was in movies such as Blood Curse and Noise, by Frederico Serra and Tiago Guedes, who directed and co-wrote the aforementioned Odisseia with him, and also directed him in a 2016 production of Henrik Ibsen's The Wild Duck at the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, as well as the 2014 short film Chorus, from a play by Tiago Rodrigues, and the TV miniseries Noite Sangrenta. Gonçalo had also directed and starred in a production of Ibsen's Rosmersholm at the Centro Cultural de Belém, first in February 2011 and then on a nationwide tour. Margarida Cardoso's Yvone Kane, João Canijo's Misbegotten, João Leitão's The Portuguese Falcon, Ivo M. Ferreira's April Showers or Valeria Sarmiento's The Lines of Wellington were some of the other films that have featured him as a performer as well. In 2018, he will make his debut as a director of full-length movies with Patrick, alongside the O Som e a Fúria production company. The film is expected to premiere in 2019.

Patrick Mille was born on 8 April 1970 in Lisbon, Portugal. He is an actor and writer, known for The Count of Monte-Cristo (2024), Bad Girl (2012) and Opium (2013). He is married to Justine Lévy. They have two children.

Ana Cristina de Oliveira was born on 24 July 1973 in Lisbon, Portugal. She is an actress, known for Taxi (2004), Miami Vice (2006) and Carga (2018).

Júlia Palha was born on 30 October 1998 in Lisbon, Portugal. She is an actress, known for Bad Bunny (2017), Moral Order (2020) and The Payback (2017).

Mina Andala was born on 16 April 1978 in Lisbon, Portugal. She is an actress and producer, known for Firebrand (2023), Carnival Row (2019) and Unforgotten (2015).

Renato Pires, an Actor, Circus Teacher and Producer, originally from Lisbon in Portugal and now living in Eastbourne the South Coast of the UK.

Born in Lisbon on 29th June 1990, Pires became interested in acting when he played the lead in a Chapitô production "When the circus comes to the theatre" in a version of Faust where he played the Devil. He went on to undertake a three year degree in Acting and Circus Performing Arts.

One of the busiest and most popular working actors around, Renato always has multiple projects in progress and is currently working on a number of ideas and is in pre-production for his next movie.

As well as continuing with his acting and filming career with several films and theatre productions under his belt, Renato has also started and built up Acting Moon Events a highly successful event management company in 2014.

His first work as a director was in Who is it? (Lisbon, Portugal Chapitô in 2010) and 3 Chairs (Lisbon, Portugal Theatre Joaquim de Almeida), In 2012, he appeared in the

Portuguese TV programme Morangos com Açúcar and his first appearance in a film was in 2013 in Environmental Enforcement.

In 2014, Pires teamed up with Steve Price to embark on his mission to restore slapstick comedy to popularity by creating the Pires and Price series of films including shorts Pires and Price Gym, Pires and Price Singing Lessons and Impatient Patient Disorder also features Pires and Price alongside Britain's got Talent finalist ventriloquist, Steve Hewlett and celebrity voice over artist Drew Cameron. Also in 2014, he appeared in the musical film Walking on Sunshine.

Since then Renato opened East Sussex School of Circus Arts an international College dedicated to the circus and performing arts.

Filipe Cates was born in Lisbon, Portugal. He is known for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024), Miraflores (2021) and Masters of the Air (2024).

Born in Lisbon, Portugal, of Italian, French, Argentinian, Jewish, Chinese and Cape Verdian heritage.

Known for her work in several international productions including the Abc series "Once upon a time" in the role of Queen Guinevere from Camelot.

She moved to the U.S.A at 17 to do her senior year as an exchange student.

In Portugal attended the Portuguese National Conservatory, in between studied in New York and Italy . Worked for several years in the Portuguese film and TV industry. Moved to London in June 2013. Where she landed her first parts in International movies.

Wins a Gulbenkian grant in professional development and goes to Los Angeles in 2014. In 2015 moves to Los Angeles and lives and works at the moment between Los Angeles and London.

José, also known as Zé, is filming "Cacau" for TVI and is taking the stage as the co-protagonist in the play "A Andorinha / La Golondrina". Under the direction of Pedro Almodovar, he starred in the film "Strange Way of Life / Estraña Forma de Vida", which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2023. On Netflix, he assumed the character Eduardo, the protagonist of the globally successful "Turn of the Tide / Rabo de Peixe", with the next season set to arrive soon. On the television front, José portrayed the protagonists Amaro in the series "O Crime do Padre Amaro" (RTP) and David in "Bem Me Quer". Additionally, he joined the casts of the series "A Filha", "Pôr do Sol", and "Até Que a Vida nos Separe". José made his television debut in 2015 in the soap opera "Jardins Proibidos", followed by roles in "Santa Bárbara", "Rainha das Flores", "Espelho d'Água", "A Herdeira", and "O Valor da Vida". In 2019, he was part of the main cast in the Rede Globo (Brazil) novela "Salve-se Quem Puder/Run for Your Lives". In the realm of theater, he excelled in leading roles in plays such as "Peer Gynt", "Peter Pan", "As You Like it", "A Morte do Príncipe", "Peter and Alice", and "Romeu & Juliet". He also participated in productions such as "Macbeth", "Splendid's", "The Brothers Karamazov", "Se Eu Não Fechar os Olhos", "Um Rapaz Chamado Rupert Partiu-te o Nariz com um Pau?" and "Penetrator". In 2021, his portrayal of Hamlet, directed by Carlos Avilez, earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Theater Actor. In 2023, his performance as Padre Amaro, the protagonist of the series "O Crime do Padre Amaro", secured him the Golden Globe for Best Fiction Actor. Recognized for his contribution to "O Som Que Desce da Terra", he received the DGArtes Award for Best Supporting Actor. His film credits include "Salgueiro Maia - The Implicated: The Series" and "Gabriel", where he played the antagonist. José completed his Acting Course at the Escola Profissional de Teatro de Cascais (2012-2015).

Crista Alfaiate was born in 1981 in Lisbon, Portugal. She is an actress, known for Arabian Nights: Volume 2 - The Desolate One (2015), Arabian Nights: Volume 1 - The Restless One (2015) and The Tsugua Diaries (2021).

Kelly Ribeiro Bailey, born February 19, 1998 is a British-Portuguese actress.

Her debut on TV happened in 2015, in TVI's production "A Única Mulher". Since that year she stared in "A Herdeira" and "Prisioneira", also from TVI.

In 2018 she participated in her first film, having the leading role in Portuguese production "Linhas de Sangue".

Alexandra Lencastre was born in Lisbon, in 1965. She's one of the most talented and most popular Portuguese actresses. As a Philosophy student, became interested in the experience of a theatre group from the University. She left Philosophy and began her acting studies at the Theater School (Conservatório), in Lisbon. It was with the play 'Frei Luís de Sousa', directed by Jorge Listopad, that her acting career really began, winning an award for best revelation. Since then, she worked with some of the main directors of the Portuguese theater, including Carlos Avilez, João Lourenço and José Wallenstein. She began working in television, on the Portuguese version of 'Sesame Street'. Later, in television, both in fiction (including some very popular telenovelas) and entertainment features (such as the polemic interviews of 'In Bed With..'), she became a star for Portuguese audiences. Since 1990, with Lovely Child (1990), by João Canijo, her film career developed, working with directors like João Botelho, João Mário Grilo and Teresa Villaverde. Her most important success, both with audiences and critic, is O Delfim (2002), directed by Fernando Lopes. In the same year, she worked with Javier Bardem in The Dancer Upstairs (2002), directed by John Malkovich. In 2003, she was again a great success in TV, with Ana e os Sete, Portuguese version of a Spanish series. With Rogério Samora, in O Delfim, Alexandra Lencastre defined a new pair for the Portuguese cinema; they met again in Lá Fora (2004), also directed by Fernando Lopes.