Catarina Wallenstein

Catarina de Lemos Wallenstein (born 23 August 1986) is a Portuguese actress.^[1] She has appeared in more than twenty films since 2004.

Catarina Wallenstein
Catarina Wallenstein at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2020
Born	Catarina de Lemos Wallenstein (1986-08-23) 23 August 1986 (age 38) London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004–present

Biography

Wallenstein was born in London, daughter of Pedro Franco Wallenstein Teixeira, double bass player of the Portuguese Symphonic Orchestra, and Lúcia de Castro Cardoso de Lemos, a lyric singer. Her family settled in Lisbon when she was still a child. On the paternal side, she is the granddaughter of the poet and actor Carlos Wallenstein and the actress, teacher and director Maria Wallenstein and niece of the actor José Wallenstein. She studied at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School.

She joined the choir of the Children's Music Foundation,^[2] where she also studied cello and choral singing. The same foundation led her to participate in the children's ensembles of operas such as Tosca, La Bohème, Carmen, in the National Theatre of Saint Charles.

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Peregrinação
2009	Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl
2008	Doomed Love
2018	Les Unwanted de Europa	Lisa Fittko

TV

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Destino Imortal	Sofia Wagner	Protagonist
2015	Santa Bárbara	Júlia Montemor	Secondary

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2009	Golden Globes	Best Actress	Lobos	Nominated
2010			Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl	Won

References

1. "Certidão de lista de associadas da Audiogest" (PDF). Inspecção-Geral das Actividades Culturais/Ministério da Cultura. 25 July 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
2. "Fundação Musical dos Amigos das Crianças". Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.

External links

• Catarina Wallenstein at IMDb