ANA VILAÇA

International competition, Actress

Ana Vilaça was born in Porto in 1991. She graduated in Interpretation from ACE and in Acting from the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA) in the United Kingdom. She is the co-author and protagonist of By Flávio, by Pedro Cabeleira, winner of the Sophia Award in 2023 and a candidate for the Golden Bear in the Official Selection of the Berlinale in 2022. She has worked with directors such as Daniel Soares, Ivo M. Ferreira, David Pinheiro Vicente, and Carlos Conceição. In theatre, she stood out in A Colônia, by Marco Martins. She collaborated with Daniel Soares on Mau Por Um Momento (Honorable Mention - Palm d’Or), a collaboration that will extend to the director's next feature film. In 2025, she will star in Entroncamento, the highly anticipated film by Pedro Cabeleira, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Entroncamento had its commercial premiere in March of this year and continues to attract viewers.