Evelina Pereira

Early life Evelina Pereira was born on 11 May 1982 in Porto, northwestern Portugal, to a family of artists. She got involved in theatre productions, ballet, and jazz dance at a very young age. She studied singing, piano, and violin at the Porto Music Conservatory. She was a lead singer in the all-female band Antilook that consisted of four other models, Vera Deus, Rute Marques, Raquel Loureiro, and Luísa Beirão.

Pageantry

Best Model of the World Pereira competed in the 15th Best Model of the World pageant and won the title "Best Model of the World" on 30 November 2012, succeeding Best Model of the World 2011 Şenay Akay of Turkey. As the 22nd holder of the title, she became the first woman from Portugal to win Best Model of the World. This is the second time that Portugal has won the title, after Miguel Teixeira won the male division in 1996.

Acting career She has played roles in a variety of films and television series.

Her debut film role was in the 2003 Portuguese drama film The Fascination. She has acted in American and Portuguese films, including the 2007 American comedy heist film Ocean's Thirteen, 2007 American martial arts–buddy action comedy film Rush Hour 3, 2009 Portuguese short drama film Eu, Ofélia, 2010 Portuguese–American mystery and action drama film Backlight, and the 2011 American romantic comedy film Friends with Benefits starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis.

Backlight, in which Evelina Pereira played the lead character Helena, was the second highest-grossing Portuguese film in 2010.

Her television work includes appearances in Made in Portugal (1995), Herman 98 (1998), O Amigo Público (1998), Gala Portugal Fashion (1999), Mundo VIP (2001), Só Visto (2005), Nip/Tuck (2006), Fama Show (2009), Entourage (2009), DeLuxe (2010), As Tardes da Júlia (2010) 5 Para a Meia-Noite (2010), A Última Ceia (2010), and Destino Imortal (2010).

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2003 The Fascination Journalist Patrícia Neves 2007 Ocean's Thirteen Informer 2007 Rush Hour 3 Foreign Minister 2009 Eu, Ofélia Short film 2010 Backlight Helena 2011 Friends with Benefits Belgian

Television Year Title Role Notes 1995 Made in Portugal Herself 1998 Herman 98 Herself Episode: "1.13" 1998 O Amigo Público Herself (as Antilook) 1999 Gala Portugal Fashion Herself Television film 2001 Mundo VIP Herself 2005 Só Visto Herself 2006 Nip/Tuck Muse 2009 Fama Show Herself Episode: "17 May 2009" 2009 Entourage Bianca 2010 DeLuxe Herself Episode: "16 January 2010" 2010 As Tardes da Júlia Herself Episode: "22 January 2010" 2010 5 Para a Meia-Noite Herself Episode: "27 January 2010" 2010 A Última Ceia Herself 2010 Destino Imortal Valentina