Alice Braga Movies
The niece of famed actress
Sonia Braga, Brazilian actress
Alice Braga rode to fame on the back of key performances in works produced in her native country, such as
City of God (2002) and
Sólo Dios Sabe (2005). She then branched out into international crossover hits as the female lead in such pictures as the Hollywood sci-fi/action opus
I Am Legend (2007, starring
Will Smith), the
David Mamet-helmed sports drama
Redbelt (2008), and the illegal immigrant-themed muckraker
Crossing Over (2008). That same year, she re-teamed with
City of God director
Fernando Meirelles for the haunting film
Blindness, playing the only woman left in her village with the ability to see, after a mysterious condition renders everyone else blind. She also joined the cast of the sci-fi thriller
Repossession Mambo (2009), opposite
Jude Law and
Forest Whitaker. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
