2024 Angel Film Awards - Monaco International Film Festival angel awards

President of Jury LESLIANA PEREIRA

Angolan and Portuguese Actress, Presenter, Producer and Entrepreneur




Lesliana Massoxi Amaro Gomes Pereira is an award-winning actress and producer, with a career that spans television, cinema and theater. A graduate of TV Globo's Oficina de Atores, she starred in the acclaimed film Rainha Ginga, which earned her the award for Best African Actress from the Academy of African Cinema in 2015. In theater, her performance in plays such as The Merchant of Venice and Bela e Perigosas showed her versatility as an actress.

In addition to her career as an actress, Lesliana is also a successful producer, with films such as A Caixa and Quem é o Pai da Miúdo, which reflect her creative and innovative outlook on the seventh art.

Currently, she plays the character Monifa Tchyio, the villain in the soap opera O Rio, broadcast on DSTV.

Lesliana has extensive experience as a presenter of television programs in Angola and internationally, in addition to being the official face of Banco de Fomento Angola for a decade.

With a deep involvement in the film and television industry, she brings a rich background to this festival's jury, contributing with her sharp eye and multifaceted experience.

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