Actress and filmmaker based in New York City
Thais Sobreira is a Brazilian-French actress and filmmaker based in New York City. A former classical ballet dancer and lyric soprano, she is fluent in English, Portuguese, French, and Russian.
Most recently, she starred as Fabiola in Her Song, produced by Academy Award-winning director James Ivory and written and directed by John M. Keller, alongside Kalki Koechlin, Zach Grenier, Éléa Clair, and Marie-Christine Adam. The film opened the 2026 Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival, was featured in Variety, and is officially eligible for the 99th Academy Awards, with theatrical releases in Los Angeles and New York.
Thais founded La Pomme Films, an independent production company dedicated to creating compelling, character-driven stories that resonate across cultures. Through La Pomme Films, she is bringing MASKS to the screen, a psychological thriller she wrote, is producing, and will star in.
Her international credits include The White Stuff, Tennessee Williams’ The Rose Tattoo, Academy Award-winning director Michael Haneke’s production of Don Giovanni at the Paris Opera, and Academy Award-winning director Michel Hazanavicius’ OSS 117: Rio Ne Répond Plus. She recently performed with Theatre Breaking Through Barriers, the pioneering Off-Broadway company founded in 1979 and dedicated to advancing disability inclusion in theater, collaborating with playwright Adam Linn.
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Thais trained in classical ballet at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory under the guidance of legendary ballerina Gabriela Komleva.
