Daniela Lavender

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title: "Daniela Lavender" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["living-people", "brazilian-film-actresses", "brazilian-expatriates-in-the-united-kingdom", "actresses-from-bahia", "1974-births", "wives-of-knights"] description: "Brazilian actress" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela_Lavender" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Brazilian actress ::

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Field	Value
name	Daniela Lavender
birth_name	Daniela Barbosa de Carneiro
birth_date
birth_place	Bahia, Brazil
occupation	Actress
years_active	2000–present
spouse	{{plainlist
* {{marriage	Ben Lavender
other_names	Daniela Kingsley
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| name = Daniela Lavender | birth_name = Daniela Barbosa de Carneiro | birth_date = | birth_place = Bahia, Brazil | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2000–present | spouse = {{plainlist|

| other_names = Daniela Kingsley

Daniela Lavender, Lady Kingsley ( Barbosa de Carneiro; 14 December 1974) is a Brazilian actress, appearing on Brazilian television and on English-language television, film and stage, including touring with the British Shakespeare Company.

Early life

Lavender was born in Bahia, Brazil, daughter of a policeman father and English teacher mother. At the age of eight, Lavender began training in ballet, jazz and contemporary dance. Lavender studied Flamenco dancing under Roberto Amaral and received a journalism degree from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. She studied drama at Dirceu de Mattos school in Rio de Janeiro, studied English for a year and traveled to London. She auditioned for the London International School of Performing Arts, playing Queen Anne from Shakespeare's Richard III, and passed the audition in spite of the language barrier.

Acting career

Lavender appeared in the low budget independent film Emotional Backgammon (2003){{cite web |title=Emotional Backgammon(2003) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0260878 |publisher=IMDb |title=Award winning actress, Daniela Lavender, stars in husband's, Sir Ben Kingsley, production TAJ (2010) |url=http://www.ethnicnow.com/channels/news/press-release/29/4663/award-winning-actress-daniela-lavender-stars-in-husbands-sir-ben-kingsley-production-taj.html |publisher=EthnicNow |format=Press release |date=27 January 2010 |title="EastEnders" Episode dated 25 March 2003 (2003) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0807899/ |publisher=IMDb |title="Casualty" Dirty Laundry (2001) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0537238/fullcredits#cast |publisher=IMDb |title=Daniela Lavender: Texto De Shakespeare (2009) |url=http://www.caras.com.br/edicoes/817/textos/daniela-lavender-texto-de-shakespeare |publisher=Caras.com |language=Portuguese |date=2 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705055806/http://www.caras.com.br/edicoes/817/textos/daniela-lavender-texto-de-shakespeare/ |archivedate=5 July 2009 |title=Cast (2009) |url=http://www.britishshakespearecompany.com/cast2009.html |work=British Shakespeare Company |accessdate=26 May 2010 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205090756/http://www.britishshakespearecompany.com/cast2009.html |archivedate=5 February 2010

Other work

Lavender has supported Action for Brazil's Children Trust (ABC) as an ambassador, to raise awareness and funding to assist the disadvantaged.

Personal life

In her professional life, Lavender uses the surname of her first husband, Ben Lavender, to whom she was married from 1996 to 2003. Her second husband is actor Ben Kingsley, who she married on 3 September 2007.

Filmography

Film and television

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Year	Title
2000	Longitude
2001	Down to Earth
2001	Casualty
2002	Ali G Indahouse
2002	Manchild
2003	Emotional Backgammon
2003	EastEnders
2004	Paixão Crua
2009	Midsummer Night's Dream
2009	Precious
2010	The Scientist
2013	A Birder's Guide to Everything
2015	Tut
2018	Backstabbing for Beginners
2018	Paper Year
2018	Intrigo: Death of an Author
2018	Night Hunter
2019	A Dog's Journey
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Theatre

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Year	Title	Venue
2011	A Woman Alone	title=A Woman Alone — review
	Viva Maria	Ovalhouse
	*The Beelzebub Sonata *	Gate Theatre
	*Steel Magnolias *	The Troubadour
	*Tartuffe *	The Troubadour
	Sexual Perversity in Chicago	The Troubadour
	*Lysistrata *	The Troubadour
	*A Voice Screaming to Heaven *	The Troubadour
	*Viva O Povo Brasileiro *	Shanty Towns
	*Lanterna De Fogo *	Princesa Isabel
	*Trouser Press *	Independent
	*Nick Cave *
	*Mulheres De Areia *
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References

References

1. Soutar, Ian. (13 August 2009). "Lady's not afraid of English mud". [[Sheffield Telegraph]].
2. "Schools, Courses, Theatre and Circus". Artes.com.
3. (2011-02-11). "Knight in da house". [[The Independent]].
4. [http://www.abctrust.org.uk/news2008.htm#danielalavender "event: Daniela Lavender supporting ABC Trust"] {{Webarchive. link. (6 October 2011 . Action for Brazil's Children Trust. May 2011.)
5. (12 October 2016). "Daniela Lavender, Sir Ben Kingsley's Wife: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know".
6. (7 September 2007). "Kingsley weds Brazilian actress". BBC.
7. ''Manchild'', BBC, 2002. Series 1 episode 3. Dir. David Evans. Character: Spanish Waitress.
8. [http://www.castingsociety.com/resume/608.doc "Chemin Sylvia Bernard Casting Director"] (doc). Casting Society.
9. [http://www.cinemamontreal.com/movies/33092/Precious.html ''Precious'']. Cinema Montreal. 2009.
10. Langton, Richard. (7 April 2011). "A Woman Alone — review". Guardian (Webcitation).
11. Bowie-Sell, Daisy. (12 April 2011). "A Woman Alone, Tabard Theatre, review". The Telegraph.

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