| Beatriz Batarda | |
| Birth Name: | Beatriz da Silveira Moreno Batarda |
| Birth Date: | 11 April 1974 |
| Birth Place: | London, England |
| Nationality: | Portuguese |
| Years Active: | 1988; 1993–present |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Children: | 3 |
| Partner: | Bruno Nogueira (2013–present) |
Beatriz da Silveira Moreno Batarda Fernandes (born 1 April 1974) is a British-born Portuguese actress named as one of European films 'Shooting Stars' by European Film Promotion in 1998.[1] She studied design at IADE Institute in Lisbon and trained in acting at Guidhall School of Music and Drama in London.[2] [3]
She was born in London on 1 April 1974 and grew up in Lisbon, daughter of painter Eduardo Batarda, who was born in Coimbra, in 1943, where he attended the medical school since 1960 before dropping out three years later. He then studied painting at the Lisbon School of Fine Arts (1963-1968). With a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, her father studied at the Royal College of Art in London between 1971 and 1974, where Beatriz Batarda would eventually born.[4] She has worked with Lisbon's Cornucópia Company as well as with the Teatro Nacional D.Maria, where she played Berenice, Fedra, Miss Hilda Wangel, Iphygenia and Miss Julie. In 2000, Batarda graduated from London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama with an honours degree in acting. She was awarded a gold medal for Best Actress of the Year and appeared on stage in London in Beyond a Joke by Christopher Morahan and Love Labour's Lost directed by Stephen Unwin. Her first film appearance was in the documentary E Agora Maria? Her credits in film include roles in José Álvaro Morais Peixe Lua and Michael Dowse' It's All Gone Pete Tong. Her television credits include a guest appearance in the US sitcom Relic Hunter, My Family for the BBC and as Annette Forsyte in the remake of Forsyte Saga, Granada Television. She also has directed "Olá e Adeusinho" (Hello and Goodbye) by Athol Fugard at Teatro Cornucopia and "Azul Longe Nas Colinas" (Blue Remembered Hills) by Dennis Potter at Teatro Nacional D. Maria.
She was married to pianist Bernardo Sassetti until his death in 2012.[5] The couple had two daughters. Since at least 2013, she maintains a public relationship with comedian Bruno Nogueira with whom she had another daughter.[6] [7] In 2012, the couple already worked on A Bizarre Salad, from Karl Valentin, where Nogueira performed as an actor and Batarda was stage director.[8] She is also a first cousin of actress Leonor Silveira.[9]
In 2004 she won the Golden Globe at the Golden Globes, Portugal for Best Actress for Quaresma (2003).In 2005 she won two Golden Globes at the Golden Globes, Portugal for Best Actress for Noite Escura (2004) and for A Costa dos Murmúrios (2004).In 2008 she won the Golden Globe at the Golden Globes, Portugal for Best Actress for Construtor Solness, where she played Miss Hilda Wangel.In 2011 she won the SPA award Portugal for Best Actress for Duas Mulheres (2009).