Leonor Silveira

Biography

Leonor da Silveira Moreno e Lemos Gomes is a Portuguese film actress who made her film debut in The Cannibals for director Manoel de Oliveira in 1988. She has appeared in most of Oliveira's films since then.

Known For

No, or the Vain Glory of Command

Tethys

Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember

Self

Voyage to the Beginning of the World

Judite

I’m Going Home

Marie

Living Bad

Elisa

Manoel de Oliveira, O Caso Dele

Narrator

The Life of Mirrors

Há-de Haver Uma Lei

Dona Berta

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	As Meninas Exemplares
2025	The Life of Mirrors
2025	The Tree of Knowledge	Hecatinha
2023	Living Bad	Elisa
2023	Bad Living	Elisa
2023	Há-de Haver Uma Lei	Dona Berta
2023	Blackpot	Victor
2023	Tommy Guns	Freira
2020	All the Dead Ones	Dona Romilda
2020	Name Above Title	Magda Policarpo / Irmã Priscilla
2018	Rage	Júlia
2016	John From	Mãe
2016	Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira and Me	Dona do Bordel
2014	João's Nightmare
2012	Gebo and the Shadow	Sofia
2010	The Strange Case of Angelica	Mãe
2009	Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl	Woman on Train
2007	Christopher Columbus, The Enigma	Mãe
2007	Manoel de Oliveira, O Caso Dele	Narrator
2006	Magic Mirror	Alfreda
2003	A Talking Picture	Rosa Maria
2002	The Uncertainty Principle	Vanessa
2001	I’m Going Home	Marie
2001	Porto of My Childhood	Vamp
2000	Word and Utopia	Queen Christina
1999	The Letter	La religieuse
1998	Inquietude	Suzy
1997	Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember	Self
1997	Voyage to the Beginning of the World	Judite
1997	Porto Santo	Fanny
1996	Party	Leonor
1995	The Convent	Piedade
1994	Three Palm Trees	Mulher de Preto e Branco
1993	Oliveira, l'architecte
1993	Abraham's Valley	Ema Cardeano Paiva
1992	Twin Flames	Leonor
1992	No Dia dos Meus Anos
1991	The Divine Comedy	Eva
1991	Retrato de Família	Amazona
1990	No, or the Vain Glory of Command	Tethys
1988	The Cannibals	Margarida
	Wings

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	Casa-Abrigo	Madalena
2024	Hotel do Rio	Elisa
2021	Glória
2016	In Treatment	Catarina Magalhães