Leonor Baldaque

Leonor Baldaque was born in Porto on 27 January 1977. She settled in Paris over twenty years ago and has also lived in Italy.

She has starred in several of Manoel de Oliveira's films since she was 19. In 2003 she was named one of Europe's Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion and received the GDA Foundation's Best Actress award for her role in "A Religiosa Portuguesa", by film-maker Eugène Green, in 2009.

As a writer, she writes in French and published her debut novel "Vita (La Vie Légère)" in January 2012 with Gallimard. In 2020, she published her second novel "Piero Solitude" with Verdier. Quetzal, a portguese publishing house, has announced the translation of her novel Piero Solitude for April 2024.

She performed her first album of original songs at Casa da Música, in Porto, in March 2024. She is preparing the release of her first album of original songs in English, "A Few Dates of Love", which is due to be released in April 2024. To date, four singles have been released: Few Dates of Love, It's the Wind, My New drink and This is Where. The music videos were directed by herself.

Filmography

 * 2009 The Portuguese Nun - Julie de Hauranne
 * 2007 The Enigma Christopher Columbus - Sílvia (1957–60)
 * 2006 Belle toujours - Jovem Prostituta
 * 2005 A Conquista de Faro (short) - Claudina/Donna Brites
 * 2005 Magic Mirror - Vicenta/Abril
 * 2005 Maquette (short) - Leonor
 * 2004 The Fifth Empire - Choir (voice)
 * 2002 The Uncertainty Principle - Camila
 * 2001 Porto of My Childhood - Ela
 * 2001 Le Temps (short) - voice
 * 2001 I'm Going Home - Sylvia
 * 2000 Supercolla (short) - Sinderella
 * 1998 Anxiety - Fisalina