Joana Isabel de Alvim Ribeiro (March 25, 1992) is a Portuguese actress and model.
Joana Ribeiro was born on 25 March 1992 in Lisbon, Portugal to an engineer father and veterinarian mother. She studied first at the Luís Madureira School in Alfragide, and then completed secondary studies in Lisbon. Ribeiro initially studied architecture, but changed her focus to acting. She signed with an agency, Lisbon Elite, and played in the short film Herança do Silêncio (Silent Inheritance).
Ribeiro's breakout role was as Mariana Côrte-Real in the telenovela Dancin' Days. Her next role was in another telenovela, Sol de Inverno (Winter Sun). She was cast as Susan Delgado in Amazon Prime Video's cancelled 2020 The Dark Tower series.
Internationally, she's acted in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018) by Terry Gilliam, Fatima (2020) by Marco Pontecorvo (in which she played Our Lady of Fátima), Infinite by Antoine Fuqua (2021) and The Man Who Fell to Earth by Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet (2022).
She was one of the ten "Shooting Stars" at the Berlin Film Festival in 2020.
Known For
Dreaming of Lions
Isa
2025
Daqui Houve Resistência
(5 episodes)
2025
The Englishman's Papers
Camila
2024
Broken Promise
Verónica Rocha · (254 episodes)
2024
The Veil
Sandrina · (2 episodes)
2024
Lusitânia
Helena, A Renegada · (1 episode)
2023
Dialogues After the End
Calypso
2023
A Sibila
Germana "Germa" Teixeira
2023
First Age
2023
Shadow - A Mother Knows
(4 episodes)
2022
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Lisa Dominguez · (10 episodes)
2022
Nightride
Sofia
2022
5Starz
Celia · (6 episodes)
2021
Glória
(10 episodes)
2021
Shadow
Kamyla
2021
Infinite
Leona
2021
Name Above Title
Morena 1 e 2 / Topázio / Irmã Astrid
2020
Fatima
Mary
2020
The Dark Tower
Susan Delgado
2020
Crooked Lines
Luísa Ribeiro
2019
Prisioneira
Teresa Cunha · (219 episodes)
2019
Portugal Não Está à Venda
Mariana
2019
A Teia
Diana Figueirado · (175 episodes)
2018
The Black Book
Charlotte Corday
2018
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Angelica
2018
Paixão
Ana Rita Sobral · (320 episodes)
2017
Madre Paula
Madre Paula · (13 episodes)
2017
Muletas
Tânia
2017
At an Uncertain Time
Ilda
2015
Will for Revenge
Luísa Nogueira · (296 episodes)
2015
Gasolina
2015
Winter Sun
Margarida · (282 episodes)
2013
Dancin' Days
Mariana Matos Corte-Real · (341 episodes)
2012
Alta Definição
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
2009
Domingos
Self
2009
Bodyhackers
Renée Welles