Tanya Ruivo
Biography
Born in Canada in 1982. Graduated in 2005 from Balleteatro. Had academic training with João Paulo Seara Cardoso, Victor Hugo Pontes, LÃgia Roque, Isabel Barros, Roberto Merino, among others. The year she graduated, she joined the Theatre Company of Montemuro. She worked at Beja with Lendias d’Encantar, at Coimbra with Teatro Marionet, at Viana do Castelo with Teatro Noroeste and at Porto with Panmixia. Throughout her career she came across the likes of José Carretas, Peter Cann, Graeme Pulleyn, Leonor Keil, Margarida Mestre, Pascal Luneau and Fernando Gomes. Tanya took a 3-year hiatus from her acting career to pursue the dream of travelling the world by bicycle.
Known For & Full Filmography6 Titles
Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • as Irmã Lourdes
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Diana (adult)
In 1989, Miguel is a child fascinated with the world of video games and the heroes of film and television. In the early hours of playing console, he comes across a message on his television that alerts him to the danger his mother is in. Miguel's efforts to warn her are in vain because she does not hear him and is in an accident.
Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Banhista
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2017, 16 episodes • as Star Whores
Four inconsequential and bohemian friends want to write a television series. To do this, they create a game that will help them decide who will be the protagonist and who will also serve as their source of inspiration.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The River Douro, in Porto, is the area of the Portuguese maritime territory where most suicides by precipitation occur. Gastão dedicates his life to rescuing these bodies, not trying to save them, instead giving them back to their families so they can have a closure.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as Susana
Dinis just wants his normal life back, even if it means becoming the very thing that turned his life upside down.