Daniela Melchior

Daniela Melchior ((European Portuguese: [dɐniˈɛlɐ mɛɫʃiˈɔɾ]); born November 1, 1996) is a Portuguese actress. After beginning her career in her home country, she garnered worldwide attention with her English-language debut as Cleo Cazo / Ratcatcher 2 in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) film The Suicide Squad (2021). Melchior started her career in 2014 with several Portuguese film and television productions, including Ouro Verde, A Herdeira, The Black Book, and Parque Mayer. She also provided the Portuguese voice for Spider-Gwen / Gwen Stacy in Sony Pictures Animation's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, who is voiced by Hailee Steinfeld in the original English version. In August 2021, Melchior appeared as Cleo Cazo / Ratcatcher 2, in her first English-language theatrical film, James Gunn's DCEU film The Suicide Squad alongside Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena and Viola Davis, being the first actress from Portugal to play a DC character in a DCEU film. James Gunn described her as being "the heart of the film", being the second actor with more time on screen. Melchior will star with Henry Golding, Noomi Rapace and Sam Neill in spy movie Assassin Club directed by Camille Delamarre and written by Thomas C. Dunn. Production was finalised in Turin, Italy. She will star in Marlowe directed by Neil Jordan, alongside Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger and Jessica Lange. By March 2022, she joined the cast of the tenth Fast & Furious film titled Fast X, starring Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, John Cena (second time after The Suicide Squad), Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Nathalie Emmanuel, Sung Kang, Scott Eastwood, Michael Rooker, Charlize Theron, Jason Statham, Helen Mirren, Cardi B, Jason Momoa, Brie Larson, Alan Ritchson and Rita Moreno. In June 2022 she announced that she will collaborate for the second time after The Suicide Squad with James Gunn's MCU film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel (first time before Fast X), Will Poulter and Sylvester Stallone (second time after The Suicide Squad), making her the first actress from Portugal to portray a Marvel character and to appear in an MCU film. In August 2022, she was cast in Road House, a remake of the 1989 film starring Patrick Swayze.