Inês Castel-Branco

Acting

Inês Castel-Branco

Born

1982-02-25 (44)

Place of birth

Lisboa, Portugal

Known for

Acting

Credits

47 titles

Known for

Strawberries with Sugar poster
6.3

Across several generations, groups of young Portuguese people navigate school life and summer holidays while dealing with friendships, first loves, rivalries, family conflicts and decisions that shape their future. Each season introduces new protagonists, schools and challenges, exploring themes related to adolescence, identity, responsibility and belonging. Sport, music, dance and other forms of expression accompany their journeys of growing up, marked by dreams, choices and ever-changing relationships.

Strawberries with Sugar

2003

Alta Definição poster
7.2

In Alta Definição, Daniel Oliveira interviews one guest every week with an intimate approach.

Alta Definição

2009

Blood Ties poster
6.0

Laços de Sangue is a Portuguese telenovela which broadcast on SIC from September 2010 to October 2011. It is a co-production between SIC and Brazilian Rede Globo. The show also broadcast in several Latin American countries, including Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua. It won the 2011 Emmy for Best Telenovela.

Blood Ties

2010

Salty Sea poster
NR

Mar Salgado is a story of a woman who had 2 twins and thought they died after the were born, but it couldn't be more far from truth, and now 16 years later she'll try to find them.

Salty Sea

2014

Para Sempre poster
6.8

Pedro is an enigmatic man with only one goal: to get Clara back, his first and only love. However, this meeting is almost impossible. Above all, because she is engaged to his brother Lourenço, the man who Pedro will save. And what will Lourenço do when he realizes that his savior may, after all, steal everything from him?

Para Sempre

2021

Winter Sun poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Winter Sun

2013

Film credits

2020s · 7 titles

Genetics poster
NR

Two ghosts explore autobiographical fragments within the broader existential theme of genetic ancestry and its relation to racial hierarchy.

Genetics

2024

Pê poster
9.0

Pê, a man with terminal cancer, wanders through his city, Lisbon. Throughout the day, he is confronted with a reality unaware of his suffering while he prepares his imminent death by writing a farewell letter to his daughter. When emptying her father’s house, the daughter discovers the letter. It is the beginning of a new encounter.

Pê

2022

Um Filme em Forma de Assim poster
4.2

Organized like a dream, structured like a musical and with texts, both spoken and sung, that lead us to unexpected, chaotic and exciting situations, which try to grasp part of what the unattainable Alexandre O'Neill left us.

Um Filme em Forma de Assim

2022

Sunset: The Mystery of the Necklace of São Cajó poster
7.3

Follows the Bourbon de Linhaça family and their precious Necklace of São Cajó, that's been in the family for over 3500 years and hides secrets, curses and a mythical cod recipe.

Sunset: The Mystery of the Necklace of São Cajó

2023

Egas’ Ego poster
5.0

Egas Moniz, a man marked by perseverance and ambition. Audacious and in dissonance with a country full of “narrow-minded” people, Egas Moniz faced everyone so as to impose his scientific ideas, for which he was awarded, at a quite advanced stage of his life, the much-desired Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1949.

Egas’ Ego

2020

Arguments in Favor of Love poster
4.7

Set in a flooded and burning digital wasteland, ghosts argue about genetic testing, grief, and love.

Arguments in Favor of Love

2025

Flying Carpet poster
10.0

Ricardo is a teenager searching for a way out of a ruthless reality that traps him and everyone around him, preventing them from reaching for the stars.

Flying Carpet

2025

Series credits

Strawberries with Sugar poster
6.3

Across several generations, groups of young Portuguese people navigate school life and summer holidays while dealing with friendships, first loves, rivalries, family conflicts and decisions that shape their future. Each season introduces new protagonists, schools and challenges, exploring themes related to adolescence, identity, responsibility and belonging. Sport, music, dance and other forms of expression accompany their journeys of growing up, marked by dreams, choices and ever-changing relationships.

Strawberries with Sugar

2003

Alta Definição poster
7.2

In Alta Definição, Daniel Oliveira interviews one guest every week with an intimate approach.

Alta Definição

2009

Blood Ties poster
6.0

Laços de Sangue is a Portuguese telenovela which broadcast on SIC from September 2010 to October 2011. It is a co-production between SIC and Brazilian Rede Globo. The show also broadcast in several Latin American countries, including Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua. It won the 2011 Emmy for Best Telenovela.

Blood Ties

2010

Salty Sea poster
NR

Mar Salgado is a story of a woman who had 2 twins and thought they died after the were born, but it couldn't be more far from truth, and now 16 years later she'll try to find them.

Salty Sea

2014

Para Sempre poster
6.8

Pedro is an enigmatic man with only one goal: to get Clara back, his first and only love. However, this meeting is almost impossible. Above all, because she is engaged to his brother Lourenço, the man who Pedro will save. And what will Lourenço do when he realizes that his savior may, after all, steal everything from him?

Para Sempre

2021

Winter Sun poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Winter Sun

2013

Queridas Feras poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Queridas Feras

2003

Nazaré poster
7.5

“Nazaré” is a contemporary love story in a reality that plagues the country every summer. It is a narrative about the struggle of those who are defeated by flames, rebirth and hope.

Nazaré

2019

Cacau poster
5.7

Cacau is an engaging saga of family secrets, clandestine loves and sacrifices, all sweetened by the irresistible taste of chocolate and the magic of cocoa plantations.

Cacau

2024

Perfect Heart poster
NR

Leonor and Pedro, are young, in love and from different social classes. She is the daughter of a wealthy man. He is from a modest working class family. They experience an intense but dramatically short love affair. When Pedro discovers Leonor’s father’s secret – that he sexually abused a maid – he is the victim of a hit and run accident, leaving him in a deep coma for 5 years. He later awakens to find out that his girlfriend, who was told he had died in the accident, moved on with her life and married someone else, after several years of grieving.

Perfect Heart

2009

The Fire of the Rose poster
NR

Rosa Fogo is a Portuguese soap opera that aired on SIC from September 2011 to June 2012.

The Fire of the Rose

2011

The Taste of Passion poster
7.7

The telenovela tells the love story of Diana and Alexandre in Rio de Janeiro in 2002, where gastronomy, music, and dance play a prominent role. Defined as a realistic romantic comedy, the plot revolves around Diana's struggle to recover the lands inherited by her family in Portugal, which are illegally occupied by Zenilda Paixão, Alexandre's mother. In love with Alexandre, Diana breaks off her engagement with Nelson. After some misunderstandings and missed encounters, she sees her beloved again, but a tragedy prevents a new meeting: the death of her father, the Portuguese Miguel Maria Coelho. Before dying, the owner of the Flor do Douro bar/restaurant asks his eldest daughter to take care of her mother, Cecília, and her sisters Laiza, Teca, and Madona.

The Taste of Passion

2002

Tell Me How It Happened poster
8.7

Television drama series which has been broadcast on RTP1 of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal from 2007 to 2011 and since 2019. It recounts the experiences of a middle-class family, the Lopes (Portuguese: Os Lopes), during the last years of the Estado Novo. In February 2019, RTP announced that the series, after eight years shelved, would be renewed, with the storyline moving firmly into the 1980s. The first episode of the sixth season was broadcast on 7 December 2019 with the Lopes entering 1984.

Tell Me How It Happened

2007

A Madrasta poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Madrasta

2026

More Than Love poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

More Than Love

2016

Filha do Mar poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Filha do Mar

2001

Doce Fugitiva poster
NR

Doce Fugitiva is a Portuguese telenovela, broadcast in the channel TVI. It aired from October 24, 2006 to September 16, 2007. It's a remake of the 2002 Argentine telenovela Kachorra.

Doce Fugitiva

2006

Inspetor Max poster
7.0

"Inspector Max" is a Portuguese television series created by Virgílio Castelo e Produções Fictícias and broadcast on TVI. Its story is a dog called "Max", who is caught by Inspector Jorge Mendes' two sons (Fernando Luís). Jorge Mendes is a lonely man whose wife died when his children were still small. He works at the DIC of Setúbal, Department of Criminal Investigation, in the 1st season. The successful DIC team from Setúbal was invited to go to DECC (Special Department for Combating Crime) and started the 2nd season. His boss, Graça Madureira (Fátima Belo), after some cases resolved in the DECC, was invited to join Interpol. In the 2nd season, the place is occupied by actress Sílvia Rizzo. Max, Jorge and Sérgio, Jorge's best friend, constitute the victorious trio. A series based on mystery and case solving.

Inspetor Max

2004

Super Pai poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Super Pai

2000

Red Moon poster
4.9

A love between two worlds... A private school like any other, but located at the heart of Serra de Sintra. The issues of being young. The love between Afonso and Isabel. But, behind all outward appearances, a terrible secret is about to come undone, putting this impossible love on the line. The fact is that the differences between Afonso and Isabel may be stronger than anything that could bring them together - he's a vampire and is doomed to remain a teenager forever. This is a story of teenage humans and vampires filled with humanity and plenty of thrills.

Red Moon

2010

Vila Faia poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Vila Faia

2008

Sweet Strawberries poster
5.4

When the school year starts at Barra Secondary school, a big artistic contest is launched to find the new talents of tomorrow. All students are excited, but a string of mysterious disappearances preceded by cyberbullying will disturb this cheerful excitement and divide the students. Everyone has something to hide, so everyone could be the next one to disappear...

Sweet Strawberries

2023

Taskmaster Portugal poster
8.6

Five public figures are challenged by “Taskmaster” Vasco Palmeirim and his assistant Nuno Markl to overcome a series of fun tests with a small dose of madness.

Taskmaster Portugal

2022

Conta-me poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Conta-me

2020

Uma Aventura poster
6.5

Pedro, Teresa, Luísa, Chico and João form a fearless group that is not complete without Faial, the German shepherd of João. Together they are prepared to face the worst, experiencing the most incredible adventures.

Uma Aventura

2000

Maternidade poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Maternidade

2011

21st Avenue poster
6.0

Raul Vasconcelos and Helena Brito founded a partnership over 20 years ago and has over a hundred lawyers in its service. Raul has an ego as big as the world and it was that self-assuredness that made him notorious in the courtroom. Besides being an astute lawyer, he’s a hopeless playboy who with age developed the tendency to say and do whatever he feels like. His trouble is that he’s constantly abusing that privilege. Helena is a confident woman, albeit more discreet and concerned about the firm's public perception, constantly considering how her actions might negatively affect the partnership and its bottom line. Her personality led her to take over managing the firm, taking care of all bureaucratic affairs. Other lawyers stand out in the firm, as is the case of Pedro Pimentel, who just made senior partner. He’s impeccably put together and has a smile that wins over most women, but behind this agreeable façade of his there’s a person with a lust for power and fame.

21st Avenue

2008

Os Batanetes poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Os Batanetes

2004

Glória poster
6.6

A small town in Portugal becomes engulfed in a web of political intrigue when a young engineer is recruited as a KGB spy in this historical thriller.

Glória

2021

Naked City poster
6.0

Showing reality like it is... What happens when a promising and smart young woman is suddenly called upon to lead he most sophisticated police force in the country. To Ana Belmonte, this is the promotion of her lifetime, to the Criminal Police, this is a shake-up in their deep-seated hierarchy. This young inspector will be confronted with crimes that are tough to crack, where everyone is a suspect and leads can lead to the most unexpected places. But she’ll also have to face the jealousy and anger within her own department, where there are as many allies as there are enemies, and she’s a woman in a men’s world. Having been promoted by her former stepfather and national director Alberto Machado, Ana is going to permanently change the lives of those around her, whether they like it or not.

Naked City

2010

Felp poster
7.2

A comedy about difference, identity, and empathy. But with stuffing. And plastic eyes. In a country where plush dolls live as second-class citizens, a community fed up with being left on the shelf decides to organize. Between neighborhood cafes, shady laundromats, and bottled activism, FELP (Spectacular Front for Furry Freedom) is born, a movement that fights for rights as basic as political representation and access to clothes dryers with a "Delicates" setting. In this world where the main crime is being made of fur, there are power struggles, furry intrigue, doll trafficking, and conspiracy theories linking the Templars to Manzarra's success. Throughout the episodes, we will follow the journey of this group of dolls who only wanted to be treated with respect, but end up being tried in court.

Felp

2025

3 Caminos poster
6.3

2000, 2006 and 2021. Three trips, three stages of five lives. Jana, Luca, Roberto, Yoon Soo and Raquel are in their mid-20s / early 30s on their first two "Caminos", and past 40 on their third. So much will happen until then: Jana's anti-establishment rage will have calmed somewhat, revealing unexpected compassion in the German woman. Luca, the Italian, will hit rock bottom and resurrect himself with a little help from his friends. Roberto, the Mexican, will learn to forgive himself by accepting that another's death was not his fault. And while their passion for music makes Korean Yoon Soo and Spaniard Raquel the perfect couple, they must learn the hard way that they have mistaken friendship for love before they can once again find peace of mind. All of them experience friendship and loss, jealousy and love, courage and despair, forgiveness, bliss and finding their own personal purpose in life.

3 Caminos

2021

I Get That a Lot poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

I Get That a Lot

2013

A Filha poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Filha

2024

Sou Menino Para Ir poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sou Menino Para Ir

2018