Biography
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1963. The writer, theatre director, actor and feminist anti-racist activist is artistic coordinator of the Kuringa theatre workshop in Berlin and founder of the Ma(g)dalena International Network: Feminist Theatre of the Oppressed which comprises groups in Latin America, Africa and Europe. She most recently appeared as an actor in "The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão" by Karim Aïnouz which won the Grand Prix of Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2019. "Ash Wednesday" is her debut film as a director.
Source: 73. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)