Daniela Lavender
Acting
Daniela Lavender, Lady Kingsley (born Daniela Barbosa de Carneiro, 14 December 1974, Bahia, Brazil) is a Brazilian actress, appearing on Brazilian television and in English-language television, film, and stage. Part of a close-knit family of 30, she began training in ballet, jazz, and contemporary dance at age eight, later studied flamenco under Roberto Amaral and Yolanda Arroyo in Los Angeles, and earned a journalism degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC) before studying drama at the Dirceu de Mattos School in Rio. She moved to London and passed the audition for the London International School of Performing Arts (LIPA) despite the language barrier. She won Best Actress at the Denver Film Festival for her role in the independent film Emotional Backgammon (2003), and toured with the British Shakespeare Company in A Midsummer Night's Dream (2009, as both Hi…
