Joana Brandão

Acting

Joana Brandão

Born

1977-07-31 (49)

Place of birth

Portugal

Known for

Acting

Credits

32 titles

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 2 titles

2010s · 4 titles

2000s · 4 titles

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

Water Mirror poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Water Mirror

2017

Dancin' Days poster
NR

Dancin' Days is a Portuguese soap opera which began airing on SIC in June 2012.

Dancin' Days

2012

Anjo Selvagem poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Anjo Selvagem

2001

Living Passion poster
4.4

With Algarve and South Africa as main stages, Paixão tells the story of a love that was destroyed by a lie. This is the story of a man determined to fight for justice and to recover ten years of his life and an unshakable love that resists time and all threats.

Living Passion

2017

Prisioneira poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Prisioneira

2019

More Than Love poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

More Than Love

2016

Quer o Destino poster
10.0

A story of love and revenge of a woman who, as an adult, returns to the place where she was raped and where she will be surprised with her ability to overcome.

Quer o Destino

2020

Father by Chance poster
NR

An unlikely love with a happy ending... At age 40, Miguel is at the top of his career as a plastic surgeon, having reached the fame and fortune he worked so hard for. He’s a hopeless bachelor, never committing to any real relationship. This is not just by choice, his situation is a result of never having met his parents and being raised in a children’s home. But, overnight, a simple phone call will change his life entirely, making him recall a point in his life that he’d rather forget. His best friend from the institution was just killed in a car crash along with his wife, but left written instructions behind stating that, if something should happen to him, Miguel should be given custody of his three children, 12-year-old Simão, 8-year-old Jaime and 6-year-old Beatriz. Initially, Miguel will try to dismiss himself from any responsibility but, after meeting the kids, he realizes that he has no choice but to bring them home.

Father by Chance

2009

The Mata's Family poster
NR

A family by force... Paulo and Susana have been together for a few years now and decide to take the next step in their relationship by moving in together. But, as they're signing the deed to the house, her father, who was supposed to bring the check, ends up delivering the bad news that there is no money for the house, thus ending this young couple’s dream. However, Artur doesn’t want to come off as a bad parent, so he offers his attic to them so that they can start their life together. So, Paulo’s dream turns into an absolute nightmare, as their life as a couple is, in fact, shared with seven other people who are all very different from them and will start controlling their every move in a permanently tense environment. The Mata family, as it turns out, is all insane, the only exception being Susana. And even her will have a hard time convincing the rest of the family to accept and welcome their new member.

The Mata's Family

2011

3 Women poster
8.0

A historical fiction series that, from the biographies and cultural and civic intervention of the poet Natalia Correia, the editor Snu Abecassis and the journalist Vera Lagoa (pseudonym of Maria Armanda Falcão), recalls the last years of the Estado Novo (Second Republic) - 1961 to 1973 - from the beginning of the colonial War to the eve of the April Revolution.

3 Women

2018

Regresso a Sizalinda poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Regresso a Sizalinda

2010

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

Rua Sésamo poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Rua Sésamo

1989

Maternidade poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Maternidade

2011

Direct Flight poster
NR

Life at 500 mph... Patrícia, Marta, Yara and Weza are flight attendants who share a close friendship travelling between Portugal and Luanda. Filled with humour, strength and hope, these four friends have each other’s back unconditionally, in their highs and lows. As they’re hitting 30, new concerns come up, which they put off, such as marriage, motherhood and their own careers. When confronted with their first big disappointments in their adult lives, they’ll start to question the way they saw their future play out up until then... And the men in their lives as well... Their odd work hours and the distance that separates them leave little room for them getting together so, when their days off match and their flight schedule permitting, they get together and up to speed with each other. When everything in their lives seems to be decided for them, they’ll end up realizing that each day can turn into a new start after all.

Direct Flight

2010

Filha da Lei poster
6.7

Filha da Lei, a criminal series on a Chief Inspector, Isabel Garcia, and the investigation of the most important police case in Portugal in the last 20 years. Garcia is faced with the greatest challenge of her career when she is assigned to lead the Investigation of the violent serial murders that devastate the city. Samuel Lopes, Trainee Inspector with a degree in Criminal Psychology, joins the Garcia Brigade where he will have to earn his place and the respect of the most experienced inspectors. The interaction with the Trainee Inspector helps Garcia to better understand his daughter Sara, a 16-year-old teenager who was married to the implacable journalist Jaime.

Filha da Lei

2017

Near Distance poster
NR

A Portuguese series, dealing with terrorism, crime, and the economical crises in Portugal.

Near Distance

2016

Teorias da Conspiração poster
NR

Conspiracy Theories

Teorias da Conspiração

2019

Feitiço de Amor poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Feitiço de Amor

2008

Desliga a Televisão poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Desliga a Televisão

2019

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