Lourdes Faberes
Lourdes Faberes is a Philippines-born actress based in the United Kingdom. She is best known for her roles as Pollution in the Amazon series Good Omens, the assassin Altani on History Channel's Knightfall, Michelle Ito on ABC's series, Whiskey Cavalier and Kate Fletcher in [The Sandman (TV series)|The Sandman TV series].
Early life and theatre
Lourdes Faberes was born and raised in Manila, Philippines. She moved to the United Kingdom in 1997, and studied and gained an MA degree in Performance at the Royal Central [School of Speech and Drama].Faberes has stated that her mother wanted "overachieving children". Although her parents first suggested that she become a lawyer, her mother brought Faberes to various extracurricular activities, including tennis, embroidery, and arms and ammunition. She was first introduced to acting when her mother took her to the National Theatre in the Philippines to improve her elocution. Her acting debut was in a production of The King and I in 1991. Faberes performed for the Philippines repertory company in Miss Saigon.
Career
Faberes made her screen acting debut in the 'ensemble' of the television series Great Performances, production of Jesus Christ Superstar. In 2004, Faberes starred as Isabel Liu, a Flight Dynamics Officer , from mission control in the BBC's Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets. Since then, Faberes has clocked numerous TV series appearances as well as major roles in many short films.Recent years have seen her progress when landing a more regular slot in 2018 for Season 1 of Knightfall as Altani. In 2019, Faberes followed this with further regular appearances, as Sister Li in Season 1 of Grenslanders, a Dutch-Belgian TV series, and as "Pollution", one of the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in the Amazon Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett TV series Good Omens.
Faberes appeared as a SPECTRE agent in the Bond film, No Time to Die. In 2022, she appeared as Kate Fletcher in an episode of The Sandman.
In 2022, she starred as Emilia in Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre alongside Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Josh Hartnett, Eddie Marsan, and Hugh Grant. For her performance in the role, she was nominated, and won the 2023 9th National Film Awards UK Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2016 | Accolade Competition | Award of Excellence | The Heart of the Forest | Won | |
| 2017 | Asians on Film Festival | Best Original Script | The Heart of the Forest | Won | |
| 2017 | Asians on Film Festival | Best Best Ensemble Cast | The Heart of the Forest | Nomitated | |
| 2023 | 9th National Film Awards UK | Best Supporting Actress | Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre |