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Sara Carinhas

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  • Additional Crew
  • Casting Director
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Sara Carinhas
A narrative inspired by female figures who challenged social conventions in the early 70s, in Portugal. Friendship is the link that unites them on this journey through adversity during the colonial war. It's about the fight for freedom and human rights.
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Sara Carinhas has been studying with Polina Klimovitskaya since 2009. She finished her degree in Artisitc Studies at the Faculdade Letras - Lisbon University.

As an actress she worked with Adriano Luz, Ana Tamen (Jean Racine), Beatriz Batarda, Cristina Carvalhal (Mayenburg) , Fernanda Lapa (Euripides), João Mota (Edmond Rostand); Luis Castro (Raúl Brandão), Nuno Cardoso (Anton Chèckov and William Shakespeare), Marco Martins (Jean Genet), Nuno Carinhas (Bertold Brecht), Olga Roriz, Ricardo Aibéo (Georg Büchner), Ricardo Pais (William Shakespeare) and Victor Hugo Pontes (Virginia Woolf).

And on cinema she worked with Valeria Sarmiento, Manoel Oliveira, Alberto Seixas Santos, Manuel Mozos, Pedro Marques, Tiago Guedes and Frederico Serra, and Rui Simões. Sara was responsible for the dramaturgy, casting direction and actors' direction in the movie "Snu", from Patrícia Sequeira.

She won the "Young Talent L'Oreal Paris award" on the Estoril Film Festival as an actress on the movie "Coisa Ruim" (2008) In 2015 she won the "Portuguese authors society price", the "Honorable mention of the Portuguese's theatre critic association" and the Portuguese "Golden globe", for her performance in "Farse" by Raúl Brandão directed by Luis Castro.

As a stage director she signs the direction and adaptation of "The Waves" by Virginia Woolf (2013) and the co-creation of "Orlando" from the same author. In 2018 she staged "Limbo" with an international cast.
BornJune 30, 1987
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 5 nominations total

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    Known for

    Mulheres, às Armas (2025)
    Mulheres, às Armas
    8.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Lurdes
    Ana Marta Ferreira, Lia Carvalho, Bárbara Branco, and Carolina Carvalho in Bem Bom (2021)
    Bem Bom
    6.5
    • Cristina
    • 2021
    Banzo (2024)
    Banzo
    6.6
    • Luísa
    • 2024
    Pilar López de Ayala, Ricardo Trêpa, and Filipe Vargas in The Strange Case of Angelica (2010)
    The Strange Case of Angelica
    6.3
    • Freira
    • 2010

    Credits

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    Actress



    • Coração de Mãe
      • Rute Guimarães
      • Filming
      • TV Series
      • 2026
    • Prova de Cor
      • Manager
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • O Meu Nome é Luiza de Jesus
      • Tereza Quinhões
      • Post-production
    • Massa Madre
      • Parteira
      • Pre-production
      • Short
    • 2513 - O Número Que Deu Voz às Mulheres
      • Post-production
      • TV Series



    • Rafael Morais and Ana Lopes in Amadeo (2026)
      Amadeo
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Sónia Delaunay
      • 2026
    • Seta (2025)
      Seta
      8.1
      • Agente
      • 2025
    • Antígona, ou a História de Sara Benoliel (2025)
      Antígona, ou a História de Sara Benoliel
      5.4
      Short
      • 2025
    • Mulheres, às Armas (2025)
      Mulheres, às Armas
      8.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Lurdes
      • 2025
    • Banzo (2024)
      Banzo
      6.6
      • Luísa
      • 2024
    • Erro 404 (2024)
      Erro 404
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Agente
      • 2024
    • Afonso Pimentel and Margarida Vila-Nova in Matilha (2024)
      Matilha
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Arquivista PJ
      • 2024
    • Coney Island - As Primeiras Vezes (2023)
      Coney Island - As Primeiras Vezes
      Short
      • Narrator (voice)
      • 2023
    • Rafael Morais and Ana Lopes in Amadeo (2023)
      Amadeo
      5.6
      • Sónia Delaunay
      • 2023
    • Campo de Sangue (2022)
      Campo de Sangue
      4.7
      • Rapariga Bonita
      • 2022
    • Doce (2021)
      Doce
      7.5
      TV Mini Series
      • Cristina
      • 2021
    • Ana Marta Ferreira, Lia Carvalho, Bárbara Branco, and Carolina Carvalho in Bem Bom (2021)
      Bem Bom
      6.5
      • Cristina
      • 2021
    • A Terra do Não Retorno (2020)
      A Terra do Não Retorno
      6.0
      Short
      • 2020
    • Pedro Almendra and Inês Castel-Branco in Snu (2019)
      Snu
      6.5
      • Cantora 1
      • 2019
    • Maria João Bastos, Soraia Chaves, and Victoria Guerra in Três Mulheres (2018)
      Três Mulheres
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Bibliotecária
      • 2018

    Additional Crew



    • Antígona, ou a História de Sara Benoliel (2025)
      Antígona, ou a História de Sara Benoliel
      5.4
      Short
      • acting coach
      • 2025
    • Porta Aberta
      TV Movie
      • actors director
      • 2016
    • Virgílio Castelo in Terapia (2016)
      Terapia
      7.6
      TV Series
      • actors director
      • 2016

    Casting Director



    • Antígona, ou a História de Sara Benoliel (2025)
      Antígona, ou a História de Sara Benoliel
      5.4
      Short
      • casting
      • 2025
    • Mulheres, às Armas (2025)
      Mulheres, às Armas
      8.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2025
    • Pedro Almendra and Inês Castel-Branco in Snu (2019)
      Snu
      6.5
      • Casting Director
      • 2019

    Videos1

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    Personal details

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    • Born
      • June 30, 1987
      • Lisbon, Portugal

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    • Sexual orientation
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    • Race / Ethnicity
      • White

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      Daughter of choreographer Olga Roriz.

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