"Ivania has great screen presence and a stunning ability to show the full emotions of her character...she is an ideal actress to have around the film set." - Martin Nigel Davey, 'Expresso'

Ivania Elena (is one of) the best people I have had the privilege to work with. Off-camera, she's a cheerful, gentle human being; yet once the camera starts rolling..her precision and perfectionism takes over and she gives everything to the scene. I am looking forward to our next collaboration.
- Joao Paulo Simoes, 'Stolen Waters & Other Absences'

Ivania has just choreographed a 15 minute preview of theatre play Huis Clos directed by Luke Kernaghan. This was also her debut as movement director in the theatre world!

The preview was performed at the Soho Theatre in London and was well received!

Ivania has now shot the role of Natalia in the upcoming feature Antlers of Reason III. Natalia has been Ivania's biggest acting challenge to date. This part involved a gruesome rape scene that left Ivania emotionally distraught.
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Ivania has now recorded the first 4 chapters of Otomana, a portuguese novella by Joao Paulo Simoes. Please check Manufacturastudios.blogspot.com for more details & voice clips.

Expresso is a light hearted comedy that premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. A DVD (with a foreword by Dame Judi Dench) is now on sale at Expresso Films & proceeds are donated to the MacMillan Trust.

Human Residue is now on imdb! In it, Ivania plays Abby, a strong & independent young woman who does her best to hide her broken heart. After volunteering for a well paid medical research programme, she spends 30 days in an isolation bunker with 6 other people but when the experiment ends, nobody comes to let them out.
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