Dipaly Banerjee
Alba Baptista is a Portuguese actress best known for her role in Netflix’s ‘Warrior Nun.’ She stars as the 19-year-old protagonist, awakened from her deathbed by divine forces, and now holds the power to fight evil. Although she bagged the role in the fantasy drama series as her first English language show, the star had been acting since she was a teenager. She made her acting debut in a minor role in the 2012 short film ‘Amanhã é um Novo Dia,’ followed by the leading role in the 2014 short film, ‘Miami,’ when she was just 16. In the same year, she entered the world of TV with the show, ‘Jardins Proibidos.’ Since then, Alba’s acting career has skyrocketed.
The 27-year-old is known for films and shows, such as ‘Leviano,’ ‘Magnetick Pathways,’ ‘A Impostora,’ ‘A Criação,’ ‘Jogo Duplo,’ ‘Linhas De Sangue’ ‘The Child,’ ‘Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,’ ‘Filha de Lei,’ ‘Jardins Proibidos,’ and others. Alba actually garnered critical acclaim for her performances in Portuguese films and shows that gave way to international recognition in the European film festival, where she won the Revelation Award. With her portrayal of Ava Silva in ‘Warrior Nun,’ she has received worldwide acclaim, and her fans are eager to know about the personal life of the award-winning star.
Alba Baptista Has a Supportive Family
Alba Baptista was born to Portuguese-Brazilian parents in Lisbon, Portugal, where she also grew up. Alba’s father, Luiz Baptista, is a mechanical engineer and a Site manager at Siemens AG, and her mother, Elsa Baptista, used to work as an interpreter in Brazil, where the couple met and fell in love. Alba has a brother, Renato Baptista, and a sister Ana Luisa Baptista. Due to her father’s profession, the family had to move around a lot. However, she spent most of her childhood in her hometown, Lisbon.
The talented star knows how to speak four languages — Spanish, English, French, and German — apart from her native language Portuguese. When she is not working hard on set, Alba loves to detox with her friends and family or spend the weekend reading, singing, or swimming. The actress also loves to take care of her body by leading a healthy lifestyle. It is not a surprise that she has been featured in magazines such as Maxim and Vogue.
Young Alba always wanted to pursue acting as her career, and fortunately, her parents supported her every step of the way. In an interview with Vogue, she said, “I always had the appeal (for movies), but I didn’t know it was what I wanted until I was called for casting in Miami. And I didn’t even know what casting was, how it worked. It was because of Miami that I realized that I love this and wanted to explore, learn, and grow”.
The talented actress received many awards for her early roles, including her role in Simao Cayatte’s short film ‘Miami,’ for which she received the Best Actress Award at the Festival Iberico de Cine. Alba’s sheer determination and dedication made her way to international success as the protagonist in Netflix’s hit series, ‘Warrior Nun.’
Alba Baptista is Happily Married to Chris Evans
Although Alba prefers to keep her private life well away from the limelight, we do know she is in a happy, healthy, loving union with 43-year-old ‘Captain America’ star Chris Evans. They reportedly began dating back around 2021, only to go public via their Instagram stories in early 2023 before tying the knot less than nine months later in September 2023. The Marvel actor had actually been vocal about wanting to settle down for quite a few years, so him admitting the same again in his in 2022 People’s Sexiest Man Alive feature was no surprise, but what was surprising was a sourse later claiming he’d already found a partner in Alba.
“It’s serious,” the source said about Chris and Alba. “They are in love and Chris has never been happier. His family and friends all adore her.” Then, merely two months later, in January 2023, they went public via Instagram Stories by sharing a series of prank videos of them scaring one another over the course of their relationship. This was followed by Chris posting a few romantic snapshots with his partner on his stories on Valentine’s Day. As for their marriage, despite their over 15-year age gap, they had two beautiful wedding cermonies before seemingly settling down in his home state of Massachusetts.
“We kind of had two ceremonies. We had one on the East Coast, we did one in Portugal—my wife’s Portuguese,” Chris candidly told fans during his October 2023 appearance at New York Comic Con, per Page Six. “But they were just…wonderful and beautiful. It’s a lot planning a wedding — for those of you who are married, you know, it takes a lot out of you… “But now that we’re through that, we’ve just kind of been enjoying life, gearing up for autumn—my favorite season. It’s, like, the best time of year right now. Now we’re just relaxing and enjoying life and reflecting.” However, it wasn’t until March 2024 that Alba and Chris made their first-ever public appearance together as a couple and red-carpet debut at the annual Vanity Fair Oscar Party.
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