Joana de Verona

Joana de Verona Correia de Vilela Machado Borges (born 8 December 1989) is a Brazilian-Portuguese actress. She has appeared in more than forty films and series since 2001.

She graduated with an MFA in Theater from the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. She has worked with theater directors such as Carlos Avillez, Luis Miguel Cintra, Gonçalo Amorim, Marco Martins, Monica Garnel, Monica Calle. She works in countries such as Brazil, France, Portugal, Germany and Italy.

Daughter of parents from Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, she was born in São Luís (MA) and came to Portugal at 9 months old. The youngest of four sisters, Verona's name is not a surname, but a given name. Her parents were, respectively, an economist and a primary school teacher.

Selected filmography