Alexandra Lencastre (born Maria Alexandra de Alencastre Telo Teodósio Pedrosa on September 26, 1965) is a Portuguese actress.
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Career
Lencastre was born in Lisbon. She left the Course of Philosophy at the Faculty of Arts of Lisbon to join the Lisbon Theatre and Film School (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema), where she graduated in Theatre (Actors Training) (1986). Win projection when working with Jorge Listopad the play Frei Luís de Sousa, Almeida Garrett (Actress Award Revelation, by APCT, 1986). Since then she collaborated with other directors such as Mario Feliciano, Orlando Neves, Carlos Avilez, Gaston Cruz, José Wallenstein, Rogério de Carvalho and John Lawrence, who directed her in his last theatrical experience, Fernando Krapp wrote me this letter from Dorst Tanked (1997).
She became one of the most popular actresses on Portuguese television. She began to appear in the Portuguese version of the children's television series Sesame Street (1990), then she moved on to soap operas and series such as The People's Banker (1993), Cabaret (1994), Dear Teacher (2000), Rage to Live (2002), Hannah and the Seven (2003) (Golden Globe for Best Actress for TV, 2003), or more recently, Time to Live (2006) and Nobody else Tu (2005), where their presence earned high levels of audiences. Also for television, presented some programs, such as the controversial In Bed With... (1993).
In the film stood out in the feature films of Fernando Lopes, The Dolphin (2002) (Golden Globe for Best Film Actress) and Out There (2004), which paired with Rogério Samora. He also starred in The Woman Who Believed U.S. President (2003), John Botelho. It was directed by other filmmakers, such as Teresa Villaverde, João Mário Grilo, António Pedro Vasconcelos, Joao Cesar Monteiro, John Canijo Leonel Vieira and Manuel Mozos.
Daughter of Theodosius Gouveia Jacinto Pedrosa, Coimbra, military, and his wife Maria Pestana de Adalgisa Alencastre Telo, Madeira, has an older brother of Pedro de Alencastre Telo Teodósio Pedrosa, born in 1964. She was married to actor Virgílio Castelo and the Dutch television producer Piet-Hein Bakker, between January 18, 1996, and 2003, the last marriage two children: Margaret (10 October 1996) and Catherine (1998). Another curiosity is that she is half-sister of journalist Ana Paula Ribeiro (born 1965 daughter of his father's relationship with Maria Idalina Ribeiro) and second cousin of the writer Inês Pedrosa.
In April 2007, The Biography Channel aired a biographical documentary on Alexandra Lencastre.
Television
On Thin Ice - Fernanda Sequeira Lobo
The Gypsy Heiress - Caetana Rivera
The Only Woman - Pilar Sacramento
Crossed Destinies - Laura Veiga de Andrade / Sílvia Moreira
My Angel - Rita Joana Saraiva
My Love - Patricia Castro Mota
Conversation Rear - Presenter
Ecuador - Maria Augusta Trinity (Main Cast)
fascination - Ventura Margarida Miranda
Time to Live - Fatima Almeida
Nobody like you - Luiza Albuquerque
and the Seven Ana - Ana Cruz
Rage to Live - Beatriz Lacerda Cabral
Dear Professor - Helena
Are not Man, are nothing - Victoria Palma Reis
Risks - Lydia
All the sauce and Faith In God - Eggy (co-star)
Forgive me - Presenter
In bed with ... - Presenter
The People's Banker - Elizabeth (Main Cast)
Icarus
The Best Years - Daisy
Cinema
Corrupção 2007
O Julgamento 2007
Lá Fora 2004
A mulher que acreditava ser Presidente dos EUA 2003
Os Imortais 2003
A Falha 2003
The Dancer Upstairs 2002
O Delfim 2002
Um Passeio No Parque 2000
Os Mutantes 1998
Traffic 1998
Três Palmeiras 1994
O Oiro do Bandido 1994
O Fim do Mundo A Terra 1992
Requiem para um Narciso 1992
Xavier 1992
O Medo 1992
Entre Mortos e Vivos 1992
Erros Meus 1991
Filha da Mãe 1989
Conversa Acabada
Zénite
A Última Viagem
Meia Noite
Quatro x Quatro
Theater
Fernando Krapp Escreveu-me Esta Carta (1997)
O Tempo e o Quarto (1993)
Os Homens
A Gaivota
Estrelas da Manhã
Terminal Bar
Cenas da Vida de Benilde
Quem Pode, Pode
Lisístrata (1989)
Erros Meus, Má Fortuna, Amor Ardente
D. João no Jardim das Delícias (1988)
O Pranto e as Almas
Opereta (1988)
O Balcão (1987)
Tartufo (1987)
O Indesejado
Frei Luís de Sousa
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