Lourdes Faberes

Lourdes Faberes (born c.  1974/1975)[1] is a Filipina-born actress and filmmaker now residing in the United Kingdom. She is best known for her work in television, theatre and film. She played Pollution in the Amazon series Good Omens. Other recent credits include playing the assassin, Altani on History Channel's Knightfall, and playing the covert operative, Michelle Ito on ABC's series, Whiskey Cavalier. She also appeared in the most recent Bond film, No Time to Die.

Lourdes Faberes
Lourdes Faberes portrait by Gail Hadani NYC 2019
Born1974/1975 (age 46–47)
Manila, Philippines
NationalityBritish
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present

Early life and theatre

Lourdes Faberes was born in Manila, Philippines.[2] She moved to the United Kingdom in 1997 to study at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, gaining an MA in Performance (Advanced Theatre Practice). Faberes is a naturalised British citizen and is based in London.

Faberes has stated that her mother wanted "overachieving children". Although her parents first suggested that she become a lawyer, her mother brought Faberes to various extracurricular activities, including tennis, embroidery, and arms and ammunition. She was first introduced to acting when her mother took her to the National Theatre in the Philippines to improve her elocution. Her acting debut was in a production of The King and I in 1991.[3] Faberes performed for the Philippines repertory company in Miss Saigon, despite not being able to sing.[3] She then moved to London and studied at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2000, going on to perform with an extensive career in many of London's top theatres.[4][3][2]

Career

Lourdes Faberes made her screen acting debut in the 'ensemble' of the television series Great Performances, production of Jesus Christ Superstar.[5] In 2004, Faberes starred as Isabel Liu, a Flight Dynamics Officer [Fido], from mission control in the BBC's Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets.[4] Since then, Lourdes Faberes has clocked numerous TV series appearances as well as major roles in many short films. Recent years have seen her progress when landing a more regular slot in 2018 for Season 1 of Knightfall as Altani.[6] In 2019, Lourdes followed this with further regular appearances, as Sister Li in Season 1 of Grenslanders (Floodlands), a Dutch-Belgian TV series, and as "Pollution", one of the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in the Amazon Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett TV series Good Omens.[7][8]

Lourdes appeared as a SPECTRE agent in the Bond film, No Time to Die.[9]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Joe's Palace (TV film) Laarni Stephen Poliakoff film
2008 A Dying Breed [10] Christine Abernathie film
2009 Barry Brown (Short) Hendoo girl Short film
2009 State of Play [6] Reporter (uncredited) film
2009 Spread [6] Prince Stelio's Gang (uncredited) film
2011 Bellinger's Affair (Short) Linh Bellinger Short film
2011 Cross Your Fingers (Short) Maya Short film
2011 Room 304 [6][11] Maid film
2013 47 Cleveland (Short) Red / Blue Short film
2014 Balsa Wood (Short) [6] Lorna Short film
2014 Someone You Love [6] Pepita Ponce Danish film
2014 My Son & the Hole Punch (Short) Sue Short film
2016 The Heart of the Forest (Short) [6] Eve Short film
2016 Mother of Pearl (Short) Pearl Short film
2021 No Time to Die [9] SPECTRE Agent film
2021 Boiling Point Sara Southworth film
2022 Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre TBA film

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2000 Great Performances in Jesus Christ Superstar [5] Ensemble 1 episode
2001 Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible [6] Woo Woo 1 episode
2002 Manchild (TV series) [6] Pi Lau 1 episode
2004 Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets[6][4] Flight Dynamics Officer Isabel Liu Regular role (BBC)
2004 New Tricks (TV series) [6] Patricia Lee 1 episode
2008 Coming Up (TV series) [6] Panan 1 episode
2009 Law and Order (TV series) Dr. Julia Lam 1 episode
2009 Holby City (TV series) [6] Hansa Nichols 2 episodes
2012 Safelight 19 (TV series) [12] Alpha Feral 1 episode
2018 Knightfall (TV series) [6] Altani 3 episodes
2019 Doctors (TV series) [6] Anya Deriada 1 episode
2019 Grantchester (TV series) [6] Mya Lyall Series 2 ( 1 episode)
2019 Grenslanders (Dutch TV series) [6][2] Sister Li Series 1 (3 episodes)
2019 Whiskey Cavalier [6][2] Michelle Ito 1 episode
2019 Good Omens (TV series) [8] Pollution[2][7] Series 1 (3 episodes)

References
  1. Tristram Fane Saunders (20 March 2017). "The 'yellowface' row proved British theatre is stuck in the past - but could a new play bring it forward?". The Daily Telegraph. The play is staged in a Peter Brook-esque empty space, and has a British Asian cast led by 42-year-old actress Lourdes Faberes as the titular warlord.
  2. "Lourdes Faberes". sohovoices.co.uk. 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  3. "Lourdes Faberes: 'All my friends were in Miss Saigon, but I can't sing'". thestage.co.uk. 2017. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017.
  4. "The ultimate journey of human exploration comes to BBC One November 2004" (PDF). BBC. 2004.
  5. "Great Performances » Season 29 » Jesus Christ Superstar". famousfix.com. 2000. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  6. "Lourdes Faberes". cam.co.uk. 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  7. "There's a ton of new footage in this new Good Omens featurette". Radio Times. 2019.
  8. "10 Filipino actors on US and UK TV shows". cnnphilippines.com. 2019.
  9. "No Time to Die". metacritic.com. 2020.
  10. "Film Detail - A Dying Breed". British Film Council. 2018.
  11. "Scandinavian Film Festival 2012 - Room 304". Scandinavian Film Festival L.A. 2019.
  12. "Safelight 19 is a post apocalyptic series set in 2022". mandy.com. 2012.
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