Alba Baptista Is on Her Way to Becoming Hollywood's Next It Girl

glamour.com:

By Alba Baptista sure has a lot of similarities to her character in . For one, she and Natasha, the 1950’s Dior model she plays in the film, both read philosophy for fun. (At the time of our interview, Baptista was reading Nietzce.) And just like Natasha, Baptista often feels like a fish out of water in her own field. “If you’re an introvert, it can be harder to move through this industry,” she tells Glamour. “I get anxious every time I get a phone call.”Still, Baptista doesn’t seem to be having any trouble booking roles.

Born and raised in Lisbon, Baptista has been acting professionally since she was 15 when she was first discovered and asked to audition for a short film. “I ended up getting the lead role and absolutely loved the experience,” she says. “The discovery of connecting yourself with unknown emotions was such a big revelation for me at the time, so I kept with it.” That led to starring in the fantasy series Warrior Nun on Netflix, and at the time of our call, she was about to venture to Vancouver to film a secret project alongside Samara Weaving she could only describe as “absolutely crazy.”Mrs.

Harris Goes to Paris marks Baptista’s American feature film debut. Part dramedy, part fairytale, the film was written and directed by Anthony Fabian and stars as an overlooked cleaning woman who saves up enough money to travel to Paris to buy what she’s always dreamed of: a couture Christian Dior gown.

Snobbery and fittings ensue; along the way, Mrs. Harris befriends Dior model Natasha (Baptista) and André (), a dreamy yet bumbling accountant.