José Condessa

José Condessa

José Jorge Esteves Condessa (born 6 June 1997), professionally known as José Condessa or Zé Condessa is a Portuguese actor from Lisbon. He is known for his role in the Netflix series, Turn of the Tide (2023).

Early life and career

Condessa was born and raised in Lisbon, Portugal. He started his acting career in local amateur theatre at the Academia de Santo Amaro. He attended the Escola Profissional de Teatro de Cascais and made his theatre debut with the Companhia do Teatro Experimental de Cascais. Condessa first featured in 2014 as Rafael in the soap opera, Jardins Proibidos.[1] He has appeared in series and soap operas such as Santa Bárbara, Filha da Lei, Ministério do Tempo, Espelho d'Água, Cenas de Família, A Herdeira and Valor da Vida. In 2020, he starred in his first soap opera in Brazil, playing Juan in the seven-part soap Salve-se Quem Puder. The soap opera was interrupted on 28 March due to problems with the progress of COVID-19, ending with the title 'end of the first season'. The actor was due to return to his role in August, but he was confirmed for another Portuguese soap opera on TVI, which TV Globo had previously been aware of, which led to his disappearance from the programme because it was no longer possible to reconcile schedules.

Personal life

He is dating Luisinha Oliveira. [2]

He's a Benfica fan[3] and a good friend of footballer Ruben Dias.[4]

Filmography

TV

Year	Show	Role	Notes	Channel
2014 - 2015	Jardins Proibidos	Rafael José Silva (Rafa)	Protagonist	TVI
2015 - 2016	Santa Bárbara	Luís Fernandes
2016 - 2017	Rainha das Flores	Tiago Piedade	Co- Protagonist	SIC
2017	Filha da Lei	Flávio	Guest Star	RTP1
	Ministério do Tempo	Sancho
2017 - 2018	Espelho d'Água	Vítor Gama	Protagonist	SIC
2017 - 2019	Cenas de Família	Pedro	—	FOX
2017 - 2018	A Herdeira	Salvador	Main Cast	TVI
2018 - 2019	Valor da Vida	Bruno Vasconcelos
	Dança com as Estrelas 4	Ele Próprio	Winner
2020	Salve-se Quem Puder	Juan de La Piedra	Co- Protagonist	Rede Globo
2020 - 2021	Bem Me Quer	David Quintela Trindade de Sousa	Protagonist	TVI
2021	Até que a Vida Nos Separe	Joaquim 20's	Main cast	RTP1
	Pôr do Sol	António	Guest Star
	O Crime do Padre Amaro	Padre Amaro	Protagonist
2023	Lúcia, a Guardiã do Segredo	Francisco Andrade	Guest Star	OPTO
2024	Cacau	Tiago Saavedra	Protagonist	TVI
	A Filha

Cinema

Year	Film	Role
2016	A Mãe É que Sabe	Ana Luísa's boyfried
2018	A Barriga da Mariana	Francisco
	Gabriel	Rui
2020	O Som Que Desce na Terra	Domingos Bento
	O Tesouro	Egas

Streaming

Year	Serie	Role	Notes	Streaming Service
2023	Rabo de Peixe/ Turn of the Tide	Eduardo Melo	Main Character	Netflix

References

1. "Era apenas um 'miúdo'. José Condessa estreou-se na TVI há 10 anos! Veja como era o ator". TVI Ficção (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-26.
2. FM, Cidade. "José Condessa e Bárbara Branco anunciaram separação". Cidade FM (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-26.
3. "Visão | José Condessa: De jogador de futebol a estrela de "Rabo de Peixe"". Visão (in European Portuguese). 2023-05-26. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
4. "Na praia, José Condessa mostra momentos com um grande amigo, que é um jogador de futebol muito conhecido!". Novelas (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-26.