Lourenço Ortigão

Lourenço Ortigão
Ortigão in 2025
Born
Lourenço Osório de Aragão Ortigão Pinto[1]

(1989-08-09) 9 August 1989 (age 36)
Lisbon, Portugal
OccupationActor
Years active2009–present

Lourenço Osório de Aragão Ortigão Pinto (born 9 August 1989), known as Lourenço Ortigão, is a Portuguese actor.

Career

In his television career, Ortigão made his debut in 2009 in the seventh season of Morangos com Açúcar. This was followed, from 2011, by his involvement in the cast of the telenovela Remédio Santo.[2]

Alongside his television work, his film debut came with Morangos com Açúcar - O Filme in 2012.

He was part of the cast of the telenovels Doida por Ti (2012–2014) and Belmonte (2013–2014).[3]

In 2014, he was a contestant and won the second season of the television dance competition Dança com as Estrelas, from TVI channel.[4]

In 2015, Ortigão appeared as the lead in the TVI telenovela A Única Mulher.[3][5] Also in 2015, he was invited by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to present an award category at the International Emmy Awards.[5]

Ortigão featured on the cover of the September 2015 issue of Men's Health magazine,[6] and returned for a second cover in March 2021.[7] He was additionally on the cover of the Portuguese edition of GQ in June 2016[8] and in the July/August 2019 issue.[9]

In 2017, he joined the main cast of A Herdeira and appeared in the film Perdidos.[3]

In 2018, Ortigão became an ambassador for Oriflame.[10]

In 2019, he starred in the telenovela Prisioneira.[11] In 2021, he took part in the RTP series Até Que a Vida Nos Separe, marking his first television project outside TVI.[12] That same year, he filmed the television adaptation of the period drama A Rainha e a Bastarda, which was broadcast by RTP in 2022.[13]

Ortigão was one of the actors selected for the 2021 edition of the Passaporte project, an initiative by the Portuguese Cinema Academy aimed at promoting the internationalisation of Portuguese actors.[14][15]

In July 2021, he left TVI, and in August 2021 joined SIC, becoming part of the channel's entertainment division.[16] His first project for the channel was O Clube, for the OPTO streaming platform.[17]

In 2022, he starred in the SIC telenovela Por Ti. That same year, he joined the cast of the RTP1 series Pôr do Sol.[18] He took a break from telenovelas following the birth of his son, returning in 2024 to A Promessa (SIC) in the role of the villain Tomás Fontes Morais.[19]

In 2023, he won the first season of the SIC programme Hell's Kitchen - Famosos.[20][21]

Personal life

In December 2016, Ortigão opened a restaurant, Villa Saboia, in Estoril. He also launched the digital recipe platform "Enjoy Cooking", in partnership with the Pescanova brand.[22]

From 2010 to 2014, he was in a relationship with actress Sara Matos, with whom he co-starred in Morangos com Açúcar (Season 7).[23]

Since late 2017, he has been in a relationship with the Portuguese-British actress and model Kelly Bailey.[24] The couple have a son, born on 9 July 2023.[25]

Filmography

TV

Year Title Role Notes Channel
2009-2010 Morangos com Açúcar Rui Oliveira Protagonista TVI
2011-2012 Remédio Santo Miguel Coelho Borges Main Cast
2012-2013 Doida por Ti Alberto Lopes Main Cast
2013-2014 Belmonte (TV series) Lucas Belmonte Co-Protagonist
2014 Dança com as Estrelas II Himself Participant
2015-2017 A Única Mulher Luís Miguel Sacramento Protagonist
2017-2018 A Herdeira Vicente Villalobos Protagonist
2019 Juntos em Festa Himself Presenter
2019-2020 Prisionera Fredy Cruz Antagonist
2024-2025 A Promessa Tomás Fontes Morais Protagonist SIC

Cinema

Year Movie Role Ref.
2012 Morangos com Açúcar - O Filme Rui Oliveira
2017 Perdidos Vasco

References

  1. ^ "Lourenço Ortigão vai ser apresentador nos Emmy Internacionais". www.dn.pt.
  2. ^ ""Remédio Santo" é salto na carreira de Lourenço Ortigão" (in European Portuguese). 2011-08-06. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  3. ^ a b c "Recorde o percurso de Lourenço Ortigão na TVI". SELFIE (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  4. ^ "Vídeo de 'Dança com as Estrelas': Lourenço Ortigão vence David Carreira". PT Jornal (in European Portuguese). 2014-09-15. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  5. ^ a b "Televisão - Lourenço Ortigão vai ser apresentador nos Emmy Internacionais - Media - DN". DN (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2015-11-17.
  6. ^ "Lourenço Ortigão recebe carinho dos pais em ocasião especial". MoveNotícias (in European Portuguese). 2015-08-25. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  7. ^ "Lourenço Ortigão mais forte que nunca (e uma edição dedicada à Água)". Men's Health (in European Portuguese). 2021-03-22. Archived from the original on 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  8. ^ "Lourenço Ortigão: a entrevista". gqportugal.pt (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  9. ^ "Lourenço Ortigão faz capa histórica na GQ" (in European Portuguese). 2019-07-17. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  10. ^ Lourenço Ortigão e Rita Pereira abraçam um projeto em conjunto (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via tvi.iol.pt.
  11. ^ "Conheça a personagem de Lourenço Ortigão em "Prisioneira" [Vídeo] | Zapping". zapping-tv.com (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  12. ^ SAPO (2020-09-16). ""Até que a Vida nos Separe": Lourenço Ortigão no elenco da nova série da RTP1". SAPO (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  13. ^ Farinha, Ricardo (2021-06-13). "Lourenço Ortigão: "Temos de abrir portas e não fazer só novelas, há outros caminhos"". NiT (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  14. ^ "De Lourenço Ortigão a Suzana Borges: 14 atores e atrizes no programa de casting Passaporte 2021". SAPO (in European Portuguese). 2021-05-21. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  15. ^ "Lourenço Ortigão - Lourenço Ortigão - Tem um novo desafio em mãos, fora da TVI: "Estou muito feliz! Aqui vou eu!"". VIP.pt (in European Portuguese). 2021-05-22. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  16. ^ "Lourenço Ortigão é o novo rosto da SIC. "Isto ia acabar por acontecer"". Notícias ao Minuto (in European Portuguese). 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  17. ^ "Lourenço Ortigão protagoniza terceira temporada de "O Clube"". Jornal de Notícias (in European Portuguese). 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  18. ^ Serra, Inês (2022-08-09). "Pôr do Sol regressa à RTP". MHD (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  19. ^ "Lourenço Ortigão é 'Tomás' na nova novela da SIC, 'A Promessa'". SIC (in European Portuguese). 2024-06-12. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  20. ^ Oliveira, Eduardo (2023-12-11). "Lourenço Ortigão é o grande vencedor do "Hell's Kitchen Famosos"". NiT (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  21. ^ "Lourenço Ortigão e Ana Marta Ferreira foram os grandes finalistas do 'Hell's Kitchen': "Nunca quisemos competir uns contra os outros"". SIC (in European Portuguese). 2023-12-14. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  22. ^ Guerreiro, Adriano (2016-12-15). "Lourenço Ortigão abre restaurante e lança site de receitas". NiT (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  23. ^ "Caras | Juntos há quatro anos, Sara Matos e Lourenço Ortigão terminam relação". Caras (in European Portuguese). 2014-07-27. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  24. ^ "Kelly Bailey e Lourenço Ortigão assumem namoro" (in European Portuguese). 2018-01-10. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  25. ^ "Revelados novos detalhes do nascimento do filho de Lourenço Ortigão e Kelly Bailey". SIC (in European Portuguese). 2023-07-12. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
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