Alba Baptista is a well-known Portuguese actress who was born on July 10, 1997. It was in her home country of Portugal, with the series Jardins Proibidos, that she made her professional debut (2014-2015). After that, she had starring roles in a number of Portuguese TV shows and movies, including Jogo Duplo, A Impostora, Filha da Lei and A Criaco. Her debut for an English-speaking audience came in the form of the Netflix series Warrior Nun, in which she was seen from 2020 to 2022.
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Who is Alba Baptista?
Baptista is a Luso-Brazilian actress. Her Portuguese mother met her Brazilian father when she went to Rio de Janeiro for her profession as a translator. Born in 1997, Baptista grew up in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. She certainly resembled her translator mother, as she speaks no less than five languages: Portuguese, English, German, French and Spanish.
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How did Alba build her career?
In Simo Cayatte’s short film Miami, Alba Baptista made her acting debut at the age of 16. She won the Best Actress award at the Festival Ibérico de Cine for her performance. She developed her career by participating in the telenovelas A Impostora and Jogo Duplo, as well as the Portuguese series A Criaço.
In the years that followed, Alba built a successful film career in Portugal and played leading roles in three popular series. She played the roles of “Catarina” in Edgar Pêra’s Caminhos Magnétykos and “Econócio” in Ivo Ferreira’s Equinócio, among others.
She made a cameo in the Gonçalo Waddington-directed film Patrick, which had its world premiere at the 2019 San Sebastián International Film Festival. She starred in the 2020 feature film Fatima directed by Marco Pontecorvo, alongside Harvey Keitel, Sônia Braga and Joana Ribeiro.
She made her English language debut on July 2, 2020 as Ava, the protagonist of the Netflix series Warrior Nun. In the second season, which premiered on November 10, 2022, she played the same role one more time. She portrayed Natasha in Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris in 2022, a 1950s Dior muse.
What did she act in?
Baptista made her acting debut at barely 16 years old when she played the lead role in ‘Miami’, a 2014 short film by Simo Cayatte. She received her first major award for film, Best Actress at the Festival Ibérico de Ciné, for her instantly popular portrayal.
Her acting career has only gotten better and better since then. She played important roles in movies like ‘Patrick’, ‘Magnetic Pathways’ and ‘The Child’. Baptista recently had breakthrough roles in the movies “Mrs. Harris goes to Paris” and the Netflix series “Warrior Nun”, which was her English language debut.
For her acting career, Baptista has already bagged an amazing number of awards, including the European Shooting Star award at the Berlin Film Festival. She was also listed in the Top 10 Breakout Stars of 2020 by IMDb.
How did Alba meet Evans?
Baptista and Evans have been following each other on Instagram for over a year, though it’s not known how they first met. This Halloween, the “Captain America” actor also posted an image of jack-o-lanterns to his page, which people commented looked strikingly like the profile picture of his suspected girlfriend’s mother. Evans recently revealed to People his desire to eventually get married and have kids. He said that’s definitely something I want. Some things you only want for yourself, your family or your friends.
Chris Evans posted dozens of Valentine’s Day photos with Alba Baptista
Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️
Chris Evans via Instagram Stories ✨ pic.twitter.com/kixfEDiZWv— Chris Evans News (@CEvansNews) February 14, 2023
This Valentine’s Day, Chris Evans finally opens up about his relationship with the actress Alba Baptista, who is 25 years old. For the past year, Chris Evans has kept his romance a secret. The actor honored his wife in a number of Instagram Stories that he posted on his account. In it, he revealed dozens of personal images and videos taken of them together during the time when their relationship was almost completely private.
