António Pedro da Costa (Cape Verde, Santiago, Praia, December 9, 1909 – Caminha, Moledo, August 17, 1966) was a Portuguese actor, writer and painter born to a prominent family from the Cape Verde Islands, son of José Maria da Costa (b. Lisbon, c. 1870) and wife Elizabeth Savage de Paula Rosa. However his maternal grandmother was Irish and English, and he cited this influence of the "Celtic spirit" as an influence in his work. In addition because his family spoke English, and sent their children to English schools, he was able to work as a journalist with the BBC in London between 1944 and 1945.
He was one of the introducers of Surrealism in Portuguese painting, in the late 1930s. Its official start is set to be the exposition he held with António Dacosta and Pamela Boden in Lisbon in 1940.
His painting shows the influence of the great surrealist painters, that he admired, like Giorgio De Chirico, Max Ernst and Salvador Dalí. He was a founding member of the Portuguese Surrealist Group, in 1947, but he left painting short time after.
Dalila Carmo (born 1974-08-24) is a Portuguese actress.
She trained at The Actors Studio in New York in 1996-1997 with Marcia Haufrecht, who directed her in Vidas Publicadas by Donald Margulies, Teatro da Comuna (2005), A Lição de Ionesco (1996), and Ludlow Fair by Lansford Wilson (1997) at The Common Basis Theatre.
She was a cast member in numerous productions such as Artaud Estudio with Paulo Filipe (ACARTE, 1997); Auto da India by Gil Vicente; Let's Make Opera with Paulo Matos (Teatro São Luiz, 1994); Queima de Judas (Teatro O Bando, 1992).
In the movie industry, after appearing in Paulo Castro's short film, O Criado Ostrowski (1990), she played in Vale Abraão (1993) by Manoel de Oliveira.
In between TV movies and some international co-productions, she also performed in features such as A Comédia de Deus (1995) by João Cesar Monteiro, Tráfico (1998) by João Botelho, O Anjo da Guarda (1999) by Margarida Gil, and Os Meus Espelhos (2005) by Rui Simões, "Quero Ser Uma Estrela" (2009) by José Carlos de Oliveira, "Quinze Pontos na Alma" (2009)and "Florbela" (2011) by Vicente Alves do Ó.
Beatriz da Silveira Moreno Batarda (born April 1, 1974 in London) is a Portuguese actress named as one of European films 'Shooting Stars' by European Film Promotion in 1998. She studied Design at IADE Institute in Lisbon and trained in acting at Guidhall School of Music and Drama in London.
She was born in London and grew up in Lisbon. She has worked with Lisbon's Cornucópia Company as well as with the Teatro Nacional D.Maria, where she played Berenice, Fedra, Miss Hilda Wangel, Iphygenia and Miss Julie. In 2000, Batarda graduated from London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama with an honours degree in acting. She was awarded a gold medal for Best Actress of the Year and appeared on stage in London in Beyond a Joke by Christopher Morahan and Love Labour's Lost directed by Stephen Unwin. Her first film appearance was in the documentary E Agora Maria? Her credits in film include roles in José Álvaro Morais Peixe Lua and Michael Dowse' It's All Gone Pete Tong. Her television credits include a guest appearance in the US sitcom Relic Hunter, My Family for the BBC and as Annette Forsyte in the remake of Forsyte Saga, Granada Television. She also has directed "Olá e Adeusinho" (Hello and Goodbye) by Athol Fugard at Teatro Cornucopia and "Azul Longe Nas Colinas" (Blue Remembered Hills) by Dennis Potter at Teatro Nacional D.Maria.
Benedita Gonçalves Aires Pereira (born 1985-07-27) is a Portuguese actress. She was born in Porto.
Got her training from the Balleteatro Training Centre. She had some periods of training with theater, cinema and television professionals such as Carla Bolito, António Pedro Vasconcelos or Nicolau Breyner.
She was directed by Filipe Crawford in the play "Ubardo" by Luísa Costa Gomes in Teatro Nacional S. João (1998/99) and by Carlos Fraga in the play "1755 O Grande Terramoto" (1755 The Big Earthquake) in Teatro da Trindade (2006).
She made her first appearances in television in "A Lenda da Garça" (The Legend Of The Heron) (1999) and "O Bairro da Fonte" (Quarter Of The Fountain) (2002), however it was as the protagonist of the first edition of the youthful series "Morangos com Açúcar" (2003/04) that she achieved great popularity. She has continued to appear in other soap operas, such as "Tempo de Viver" (2006) and "Ninguém Como Tu" (2005).