Lourdes Faberes

Lourdes Faberes is a British Asian actress and filmmaker, known for work in TV, theatre and film. She most recently played Pollution in the Amazon series Good Omens. Other recent credits include playing the assassin, `Altani' on History Channel's Knightfall, and playing the covert operative, `Michelle' Ito on NBC's series, Whiskey Cavalier. She will appear in the new Bond film, No Time to Die, due for release in November 2020. She is due to join Stephen Graham and Jason Isaacs in the British Feature Film, Boiling Point.

Early life and theatre

Lourdes Faberes was born in Manila, Philippines.[1] She moved to the United Kingdom in 1997 to study at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, gaining an MA in Performance (Advanced Theatre Practice). Described in media as British Asian,[2] Faberes is currently based in London and is a British citizen.

Career

Lourdes Faberes made her screen acting debut in the 'ensemble' of the television series Great Performances, production of Jesus Christ Superstar.[3] In 2004, Faberes starred as Isabel Liu, a Flight Dynamics Officer [Fido], from mission control in the BBC's Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets.[4] Since then, Lourdes Faberes has clocked numerous TV series appearances as well as major roles in many short films. Recent years have seen her progress when landing a more regular slot in 2018 for Season 1 of Knightfall as Altani.[5] In 2019, Lourdes followed this with further regular appearances, as Sister Li in Season 1 of Grenslanders (Floodlands), a Dutch-Belgian TV series, and as "Pollution", one of the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in the Amazon Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett TV series Good Omens.[6][7]

Lourdes will appear as a Spectre agent in the upcoming new Bond film, No Time to Die, due for release in November 2020. [8]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2020 No Time to Die [8] Spectre Agent (for release November 2020)
2016 The Heart of the Forest (Short) [5] Eve Short film
2016 Mother of Pearl (Short) Pearl Short film
2014 Balsa Wood (Short) [5] Lorna Short film
2014 Someone You Love [5] Pepita Ponce Danish film
2014 My Son & the Hole Punch (Short) Sue Short film
2013 47 Cleveland (Short) Red / Blue Short film
2011 Bellinger's Affair (Short) Linh Bellinger Short film
2011 Cross Your Fingers (Short) Maya Short film
2011 Room 304 [5][9] Maid film
2009 Barry Brown (Short) Hendoo girl Short film
2009 State of Play [5] Reporter (uncredited) film
2009 Spread [5] Prince Stelio's Gang (uncredited) film
2008 A Dying Breed [10] Christine Abernathie film
2007 Joe's Palace (TV film) Laarni Stephen Poliakoff film

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2019 Good Omens (TV series) [7] Pollution[1][6] Series 1 (3 episodes)
2019 Grenslanders (Dutch TV series) [5][1] Sister Li Series 1 (3 episodes)
2019 Whiskey Cavalier [5][1] Michelle Ito 1 episode
2018 Knightfall (TV series) [5] Altani 3 episodes
2019 Doctors (TV series) [5] Anya Deriada 1 episode
2019 Grantchester (TV series) [5] Mya Lyall Series 2 ( 1 episode)
2012 Safelight 19 (TV series) [11] Alpha Feral 1 episode
2009 Law and Order (TV series) Dr. Julia Lam 1 episode
2009 Holby City (TV series) [5] Hansa Nichols 2 episodes
2008 Coming Up (TV series) [5] Panan 1 episode
2004 Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets[5][4] Flight Dynamics Officer Isabel Liu Regular role (BBC)
2004 New Tricks (TV series) [5] Patricia Lee 1 episode
2002 Manchild (TV series) [5] Pi Lau 1 episode
2001 Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible [5] Woo Woo 1 episode
2000 Great Performances in Jesus Christ Superstar [3] Ensemble 1 episode

References
  1. "Lourdes Faberes". sohovoices.co.uk. 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  2. Tristram Fane Saunders (20 March 2017). "The 'yellowface' row proved British theatre is stuck in the past - but could a new play bring it forward?". The Daily Telegraph. The play is staged in a Peter Brook-esque empty space, and has a British Asian cast led by 42-year-old actress Lourdes Faberes as the titular warlord.
  3. "Great Performances » Season 29 » Jesus Christ Superstar". famousfix.com. 2000. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  4. "The ultimate journey of human exploration comes to BBC One November 2004" (PDF). BBC. 2004.
  5. "Lourdes Faberes". cam.co.uk. 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  6. "There's a ton of new footage in this new Good Omens featurette". Radio Times. 2019.
  7. "10 Filipino actors on US and UK TV shows". cnnphilippines.com. 2019.
  8. "No Time to Die". metacritic.com. 2020.
  9. "Scandinavian Film Festival 2012 - Room 304". Scandinavian Film Festival L.A. 2019.
  10. "Film Detail - A Dying Breed". British Film Council. 2018.
  11. "Safelight 19 is a post apocalyptic series set in 2022". mandy.com. 2012.
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