Daniela Melchior

Biography

Daniela Melchior is a Portuguese actress who began her screen career in 2014 on the telenovela Mulheres and later appeared in the teen drama Massa Fresca. Her breakthrough came as Cláudia Andrade in Ouro Verde, and she followed this with other telenovelas before making her film debut in The Black Book. She earned a Sophia Award nomination for best actress for Parque Mayer and provided the Portuguese voice of Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Her first role abroad was Cleo Cazo in The Suicide Squad (2021), which brought a Best Newcomer nomination at the Portuguese Golden Globes. She then appeared in Marlowe (2022) and Assassin Club (2023), joined Fast X (2023) and Road House (2024), and later took roles in Anaconda (2025) and American Sweatshop (2025); she also joined the cast of Balls Up (2026). She also became the first Portuguese actress in an MCU film through Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

30years old

Turns 31 on November 1in 356 days

Born November 1, 1996Lisbon
Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
Daniela Melchior dos Reis Lopes Pereira (birth name)

Movie Career

Films: 8
Career span: 5 years2021 to 2026

Genres

Action63%, 5 films
Adventure50%, 4 films
Thriller50%, 4 films
Comedy38%, 3 films
Crime25%, 2 films

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Big break
James Gunn gave Daniela Melchior the part of Cleo Cazo, or Ratcatcher 2, in The Suicide Squad in 2019. Told to be glamorous at her pre-audition meeting, she went darker and more eccentric at her next audition, which won Gunn over.
A first
Daniela Melchior's second collaboration with James Gunn was announced in June 2022, when she joined his MCU film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, becoming the first Portuguese actress in an MCU film.
Big break
In March 2022, Melchior became part of the cast of the tenth Fast & Furious movie, Fast X. Vin Diesel gave her the part after he watched her work in The Suicide Squad.
Big break
Melchior's first leading role was as Cláudia Andrade in the award-winning Portuguese telenovela Ouro Verde, which ran for 221 episodes in 2017.
Beyond film
Melchior also voiced Gwen Stacy in Portuguese for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which brought her notice from comic book fans in Brazil.
A change of course
Melchior was 16 when she signed with a modeling agency, hoping it would help her break into acting. She did small commercials first, then got her first television role.