
Person
Anita Petry
Acting · Brazil
Biography
Anita hails from a very artistic German-Italian family of 5 children, growing up in Brasil, in a home where parties, soirées, and artists’ gatherings were constant events. Mom, Laura Cavalheiro, was originally a lawyer but developed a very successful career as cultural producer, grant writer, and theatre-union do-all. Dad, Andre Petry, is an accomplished journalist, columnist, and funny-guy really. Anita stepped on the stage for the first time at age 12, as a very young modern dancer, but the theatre became an absolute passion shortly after that. At age 14, workshops and acting classes populated life and took over all of her time, consistently, from high school on. During her college experience (split between Brasil and the US), she worked professionally in both theatre and TV, and developed interest in dance-theatre, theatre of the absurd, clowning, and circus aerial acrobatics. Besides acting, Anita is in love with her Dubliner husband, with foreign languages, anthropology, yoga, cooking, and all beautiful music and poetry.
Known for

Normal People
Seminar Leader

Alpha House
Camila Perez

Moonhaven
Kalyke

Redemption
Cliona Ashe

Blood
Doctor Ishmael

The Dry
Maître d'

Herself
Rosa

From Nowhere
Lola
Filmography
- 2022MoonhavenKalyke
- 2022The DryMaître d'
- 2022RedemptionCliona Ashe
- 2020HerselfRosa
- 2020Normal PeopleSeminar Leader
- 2018BloodDoctor Ishmael
- 2017From NowhereLola
- 2013Alpha HouseCamila Perez
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