Alba Baptista
Alba Baptista is a Portuguese actress. She began her career in her native Portugal and starred in multiple Portuguese series and film such as Jardins Proibidos, A Impostora, A Criação, and Patrick. From 2020 to 2022, she starred in the Netflix series Warrior Nun, which marked her English-language debut.
Early life
Baptista was born in Lisbon, Portugal. Her Portuguese mother met her father, a Brazilian engineer from Rio de Janeiro, when she worked as a translator in Brazil. She attended a German school in Portugal. Around age 15, she decided to become an actress.Career
At age 16, Baptista began her career as the main character in Simão Cayatte's short film Miami. She furthered her career in the Portuguese series A Criação and the telenovelas A Impostora and Jogo Duplo.Her film works includes Caminhos Magnétykos by Edgar Pêra, Equinócio by Ivo Ferreira, and Patrick '', which was premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.From 2020 to 2022, she played the lead role of Ava in the Netflix's series Warrior Nun, which marked her English–language debut.
In 2022, she played Natasha in Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris''.