Alice Braga

Acting · Born 1983-04-15 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Biography

Alice Braga Moraes (born 15 April 1983) is a Brazilian actress and producer. She has appeared in several Brazilian films, starring as Angélica in the acclaimed City of God (2002), as Karinna in Lower City (2005), and as Dolores in Only God Knows (2006). Braga came to international prominence after appearing opposite Will Smith in I Am Legend (2007), and has since become a familiar face in Hollywood, having appeared in films such as Predators (2010), The Rite (2011), Elysium (2013), The Shack (2017), Soul (2020), and The Suicide Squad (2021). She portrayed the starring role of Teresa Mendoza in the crime drama-thriller television series Queen of the South (2016–2021).

Filmography

• City of God as Angélica
• I Am Legend as Anna Montez
• The Suicide Squad as Sol Soria
• The Shack as Sophia
• Soul as Counselor Jerry (voice)
• 22 vs. Earth as Counselor Jerry (voice)
• Blue Brazil as Narrator (voice)
• Blindness as Woman with Dark Glasses
• Repo Men as Beth
• Lower City as Karinna

TV

• We Are Who We Are as Maggie Teixeira
• Dark Matter as Dr. Amanda Lucas
• Film 2013
• Lady Night as Self
• Queen of the South as Teresa Mendoza
• A Murder at the End of the World as Sian Cruise
• Samantha! as Samantha com Y
• As Brasileiras as Mirtes
• Sucré salé as Self
• Carandiru: The Series