Carolina Carvalho

Carolina Carvalho
Born
Ana Carolina Carvalho dos Santos

(1994-12-03) December 3, 1994
Lisbon, Portugal
OccupationActress
Years active2014[1]–present

Ana Carolina Carvalho dos Santos (born Lisbon, December 3, 1994) is a Portuguese television, theatre and film actress.

Carolina has been on the cover of several magazines and for various brands, but she dedicates most of her professional life to television.

Considered a sure bet in national acting, the actress is represented by the Naughty Boys agency and has played several leading roles.

Currently, she is a global brand ambassador for Tezenis.[2]

On January 27, 2023, she became a mother to a boy, the result of her relationship with David Carreira.[3]

Biography

Carolina Carvalho began by attending a year-long acting course directed by John Frey at the Studio for Actors in 2015.[4]

She began her career in the theater in 2016 with the play Uma Noite de Cenas, which was performed at the Teatro do Bairro. That same year, the actress made her television debut in the SIC soap opera Rainha das Flores, where she played the role of Elisa, and in Amor Maior as the character Joana, also on SIC.

In 2017 was a year of change for the actress, as in addition to changing her role with the character "Nina" in the RTP1 series Sim, Chef!, Carolina embarked on a trip abroad. Her destination was Brazil, where she lived and studied at the Wolf Maya Acting School in Rio de Janeiro, and where she received acting training for film from director Sérgio Penna.

Back in Portugal in 2018, Carolina returned to national television drama with the character Mariana in Vidas Opostas, on SIC.

The following year, in 2019, the actress brought to life the character Jéssica Toledo in the SIC series, Golpe de Sorte.[5] Furthermore, she returns to the theater with the play "Doença da Juventude" by Ferdinand Butcher, in which she played the role of Maria.

In 2020, she returned to play the character Jéssica in the new season of Golpe de Sorte and made her big screen debut as Lena Coelho in the film Bem Bom by the legendary girl band "As Doce". Also in the same year, she starred in her first project, "A Generala", a series on SIC's OPTO platform.[6][7]

In 2021, she played the antagonist in the soap opera A Serra on SIC, in the role of Mariana Pereira Espinho.[8]

Filmography

Television

Year Project Role Note Channel
2016 - 2017 Rainha das Flores Elisa Additional Cast SIC
Amor Maior Joana Trigo
2018 - 2019 Vidas Opostas Mariana Dias Main Cast
2019 - 2020 Golpe de Sorte Jéssica Toledo
2019 Golpe de Sorte: Um Conto de Natal
2021 - 2022 A Serra Mariana Pereira Espinho Antagonist
2021 Estamos em Casa Himself Presenter
A Rainha e a Bastarda Beatriz de Castela Main Cast RTP1
Doce Lena Coelho Co-Protagonist
2022 Da Mood Tatiana Ramalho Protagonist
Pôr do Sol Jéssica Main Cast
2023 Marco Paulo Júlia Lemos SIC
2023 - 2024 Papel Principal Aurora Guerra Protagonist
2023 A Casa da Aurora Aurora Guerra, no papel de Aurora Silva
2025 O Clube season 6 Beatriz Leão Garay
O Clube season 7
Favàritx Diana Silva (inspector) RTP1
Faro Helena Ramos
2026 2513 - O Número Que Deu Voz às Mulheres Carolina Beatriz Ângelo TVI

Streaming

Year Project Role Note(s) Platform
2020 A Generala Maria Luísa Paiva Monteiro / Otávio Paiva Monteiro Protagonist OPTO / SIC
2023 Marco Paulo Júlia Lemos Main Cast
2025 O Clube Beatriz Leão Garay Protagonista (seasons 6–7)
Lua Vermelha: Nova Geração Eunice Luz Main Cast

Cinema

Year Title Role Note
2020 Bem Bom Lena Coelho

Awards

TV 7 Dias/Impala Television Trophies

Year Award Work Result
2021[9] Best Actor in a Series Onde Está Elisa? Won

References

  1. ^ "Carolina Carvalho: A atriz que conquistou o coração de David Carreira". Notícias ao Minuto (in Portuguese). 2019-02-04. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  2. ^ "Carolina Carvalho protagoniza Campanha Tezenis". Lux Woman.
  3. ^ "Primeiro filho de David Carreira e Carolina Carvalho já nasceu". CM Jornal. 28 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Currículo" (PDF). Blast. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  5. ^ "Conheça todas as personagens e atores de "Golpe de Sorte" da SIC [fotos]". Zapping (in European Portuguese). 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  6. ^ Neto, Ricardo. "A história de Maria Teresinha Gomes, a "Generala" da SIC". Fantastic - Mais do que Televisão. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  7. ^ "Há novos nomes no elenco de "A Generala"… e vêm da TVI". Zapping (in European Portuguese). 2020-08-28. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  8. ^ Neto, Ricardo. "SIC define núcleo protagonista da próxima novela". Fantastic - Mais do que Televisão. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  9. ^ "Vencedores - Troféus Impala de Televisão 2021". Toféus Televisão. Archived from the original on 25 April 2025. Retrieved 26 April 2025.