Martha Canga Antonio • Belgium
Shooting Stars 2016
Martha da Rosa Canga Antonio was picked from 450 youngsters auditioning for the lead role as 15-year-old Mavela in Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah's Black
Martha da Rosa Canga Antonio was picked from 450 youngsters auditioning for the lead role as 15-year-old Mavela in Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah's second feature Black [+see also:
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film profile]. On the film's premiere in Toronto, Indiewire named her as "one of nine up-and-coming actors to watch" for her performance as a girl falling head over heels in love with a boy from a rival gang in the contemporary take on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.