Binete Undonque is a Bissau Guinean and Portuguese actress who moves between Guinea-Bissau, Portugal and the United Kingdom. Graduated in acting at the Cascais Professional Theatre School (Portugal) and Giles Foreman Center for Acting School (England). Her experience as an actress has been strongly influenced by both theatre and cinema. In theatre she developed her practice with illustrious directors such as Rogério de Carvalho with the play The Blacks (2017); Zia Soares, through the play The Scavenger's Laugh (2021); Rodrigo Francisco, with Beyond Caring (2022); Peter Kleinert, with Twelfth Night (2022); Beatriz Batarda, with C., Celeste and The First Virtue (2023), among others. In the film industry, she starred in Sabura (2025) by Falcão Nhaga, Nome (2023) by Sana Na N'Hada, and Rosinha and Other Wild Animals (2023), by Marta Pessoa; on television, she starred in Fernando Vendrell's 3 Women. Nome earned her the Best Actress award at the International Pan-African Film Festival in Luanda, another at the International Images Film Festival for Women in Harare, and a special mention at the Independent International Film Festival of Bordeaux. She is currently studying film at the School of Arts and Creative Industries at London South Bank University in England.
Binete Undonque
Actress
