Ângela Ramos

Acting

Ângela Ramos

Born 1997-01-24 · Porto, Portugal

Ângela Ramos is a Portuguese actress, Film Director and Editor from Porto, Portugal. She studied film direction at Lisbon's Film & Theatre School and has an MA in Film Directing and another in Film Editing from the Cinema and Audiovisual School of Catalonia. In acting, she is known for Bela Mandil (2019), directed by Helena Estrela. Ângela directed Camarim (2016), Não Há Cigarras no Inverno (2017), and CAPUT (2020). Her films are known for having a solid feminist motif that touches on topics like gender, psychological abuse, and mental health.

Acting credits

Magellan poster
6.4

At the dawn of the modern era, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan leads an expedition under the Spanish crown in search of the first westward route to the Spice Islands. He embarks on a perilous journey across the uncharted Pacific, where his fleet faces starvation, mutiny, and the psychological toll of endless seas. Upon reaching the shores of Cebu, Magellan is pulled into a fatal conflict with the natives by his drive to spread Catholicism, culminating in his tragic doom.

Magellan

2025

Bela Mandil poster
NR

Through saline paths, hand in hand, two lovers wander, in “Bela Mandil”.

Bela Mandil

2019

The Luminous Life poster
7.0

It’s springtime in Lisbon and Nicolau turns 24, but he’s not celebrating. Living in his parents’ house, hostage to a dream of being a musician that never comes true and plagued by the ideal image of an ex-girlfriend who left him a year ago and never came back, Nicolau feels incapable of moving forward and inventing a life of his own. He takes odd jobs until the day he discovers that his mother is just as dissatisfied with life as he is. Nicolau is shaken, but he doesn’t stumble.

The Luminous Life

2025

Resonga la Marea poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Resonga la Marea

No artwork available
NR

In a country dominated by repressive police and institutional powers, The Nebula operates clandestinely at night. To strengthen the Resistance, it reconstructs and revives corpses. Two members embark on a mission to break this cycle of violence.

The Romantic Nebula

2026

Eternal Flame poster
NR

One day they meet randomly on the street: João is unemployed, Clara works in the film industry as a production assistant. They were colleagues at film school. She invites him to participate in this film she’s working on. “Eternal Flame” it’s a melancholic comedy about the dynamics of a film crew and the growing pains of a young slacker. A homage to the family of Portuguese cinema and cinema itself

Eternal Flame

2025

Beatriz, The Wife poster
NR

A spin-off of Lav Diaz's Magellan (2025), focusing on Beatriz's side of the story during her husband's maritime expedition. Plot TBA.

Beatriz, The Wife

Behind the camera