Person

Leonor Silveira

Acting · Born 1970-10-28 · Lisbon, Portugal

Biography

Leonor da Silveira Moreno e Lemos Gomes is a Portuguese film actress who made her film debut in The Cannibals for director Manoel de Oliveira in 1988. She has appeared in most of Oliveira's films since then.

Known for

Filmography

2025The Tree of KnowledgeHecatinha
2025As Meninas Exemplares
2025Casa-AbrigoMadalena
2025The Life of Mirrors
2024Hotel do RioElisa
2023BlackpotVictor
2023Há-de Haver Uma LeiDona Berta
2023Bad LivingElisa
2023Living BadElisa
2023Tommy GunsFreira
2021Glória
2020All the Dead OnesDona Romilda
2020Name Above TitleMagda Policarpo / Irmã Priscilla
2018RageJúlia
2016Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira and MeDona do Bordel
2016John FromMãe
2016In TreatmentCatarina Magalhães
2014João's Nightmare
2012Gebo and the ShadowSofia
2010The Strange Case of AngelicaMãe
2009Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired GirlWoman on Train
2007Manoel de Oliveira, O Caso DeleNarrator
2007Christopher Columbus, The EnigmaMãe
2006Belle ToujoursThanks
2006Magic MirrorAlfreda
2003A Talking PictureRosa Maria
2002The Uncertainty PrincipleVanessa
2001Porto of My ChildhoodVamp
2001I’m Going HomeMarie
2000Word and UtopiaQueen Christina
1999The LetterLa religieuse
1998InquietudeSuzy
1997Marcello Mastroianni: I RememberSelf
1997Porto SantoFanny
1997Voyage to the Beginning of the WorldJudite
1996PartyLeonor
1995The ConventPiedade
1994Three Palm TreesMulher de Preto e Branco
1993Oliveira, l'architecte
1993Abraham's ValleyEma Cardeano Paiva
1992Twin FlamesLeonor
1992No Dia dos Meus Anos
1991Retrato de FamíliaAmazona
1991The Divine ComedyEva
1990No, or the Vain Glory of CommandTethys
1988The CannibalsMargarida
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