Tanya Ruivo

Acting

Born: April 25, 1982

Birthplace: Montreal, Canada

Born in Canada in 1982. Graduated in 2005 from Balleteatro. Had academic training with João Paulo Seara Cardoso, Victor Hugo Pontes, Lígia 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.