Helena Moreno (actress)

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Helena Moreno
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Helena Moreno in 2016
Born
Angola
NationalityAngolan
Other namesHelen Morena
OccupationActress, teacher

Helena Moreno (born 28 February 1989[dubious – discuss]), also known as Helena Morena, is an Angolan actress who has appeared in several Angolan telenovela series. Outside of entertainment, she has worked as a Portuguese language teacher.

Career[]

Helena Moreno was born on 28 February 1989 in Luanda, Angola.[1] Her family was poor, and her childhood home was a shack without windows in a shanty town. Despite this, she has stated that her childhood was happy.[2]

Her first television appearance was in 2002, when she had a walk on part in the Angolan telenovela Revira Volta. She appeared again in a telenovela, but this time in an ongoing capacity as Weza Henriques Pereira in Sweet Pitanga. This led to radio work as a presenter for the show Bombástico. Further genre work followed, when in 2012 she was cast as Marisa Lemos in Windeck.[1] She was honoured during a 2014 celebration of Angolan women, alongside and for working to improve Angolan culture in the arts.[3]

Outside of entertainment, Moreno has also worked as teacher in the Portuguese language at an American school at both the primary and secondary levels.[1]

Personal life[]

Moreno announced in 2016 that she was pregnant with her boyfriend Milton Miguel,[4] and at the baby shower in August, that she was expecting a boy. She said that the name of the child, Helton, was a portmanteau of Helena and Milton.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Helena Moreno Uma Talentosa Actriz" (in Portuguese). PlatinaLine. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. ^ ""Houve uma vez que eu mijei-me, porque não conseguia pedir ao professor para ir a casa de banho" – Helena Moreno" (in Portuguese). AngoRussia. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Huambo: Gala de beneficência distingue mulheres mais destacadas da sociedade". ANGOP (in Portuguese). 31 March 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Actriz angolana Helena Moreno está grávida do seu primeiro filho com Milton Miguel" (in Portuguese). PlatinaLine. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Actriz Helena Moreno realiza chá de bebé do primeiro filho" (in Portuguese). PlatinaLine. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2017.

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