Deixe-me Viver 2026
Let Me Live
Júlia · Lead
A young woman with terminal cancer chooses to stop treatment and live the time she has left.
Cat Dantas
ActorRio de Janeiro / Los Angeles
Lead in Deixe-me ViverMarché du Film — Cannes 2026
Cannes, May 2026Four looks on the red carpet
Cat Dantas is a Brazilian actor . At twenty, she has already led two films , worked in network television and built an audience of more than five million people — who watched her character in Deixe-me Viver over 100 million times before the film reached Cannes.
FilmDeixe-me Viver · Os Emergentes
TelevisionRecord · TV Globo · BBC · Disney+
TrainingLee Strasberg · UCLA · Art of Acting Studio
LanguagesPortuguese · English
Work
Film, television and the screens in between.
Film2.39 : 1
Os Emergentes 2026
The Upstarts
Jessica
Nunca Prometi um Mar de Rosas 2024
Ida · Lead
The story of Ida, a young autistic woman — played by Cat in the lead.
Television16 : 9
As Sete Marias 2026
Zahara
A Vida de Jó 2025
Zilá (ages 16–21)
Família é TudoTV Globo · 2024
Família é Tudo 2024
Mister Maker Around the WorldBBC
Mister Maker Around the World
Gata Garota · Os Barbosa · Acampamento MisteriosoTelevision
- Gata Garota
- Os Barbosa
- Acampamento Misterioso
UpcomingNot yet released
Juntos Para Sempre · Julieta e RomeoUpcoming
- Juntos Para Sempre Film
- Julieta e Romeo
Recognition
- Best ActressMG NY Talents · 2019
- NomineeRio WebFest · 2019
- ScreeningMarché du Film, Cannes · 2026
Scenes
Scenes from set, self-tapes and her own channels — two of them performed in English.
Festival de Cannes · 79th edition
Cannes
20.05.2026Marché du FilmPalais C
On 20 May 2026, Deixe-me Viver screened at the Marché du Film, inside the Palais des Festivals. Cat walked the red carpet in four looks — among them a gown of handmade roses by Victoria Alta Costura.
“If I can, so can you. You’ll have your own Cannes.”
Next stop
Miami
Avant-première of Deixe-me Viver at the Brazilian Film Festival of Miami, September 2026.
About
Cat Dantas is a Brazilian actor working between Rio de Janeiro and Los Angeles, drawn to intense, transformative characters across film, television and streaming.
She trained for ten years at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute (2014–2024), studied Acting and Auditioning for Film at UCLA with casting director Wendy Kurtzman, and now trains with Ivana Chubbuck. In 2026 she led Deixe-me Viver as Júlia — a young woman who stops her cancer treatment to live the time she has left — and took the film to the Marché du Film in Cannes. The same year, she reached theaters in the comedy Os Emergentes.
On television and streaming she has worked with Record, TV Globo and Disney+, and abroad with the BBC on Mister Maker Around the World. Online, her scenes reach millions: the character Júlia alone passed 100 million views on TikTok before the film premiered.
- Based in
- Rio de Janeiro / Los Angeles
- Languages
- Portuguese (native), English (native)
- Height
- 1.67 m
- Eyes
- Dark brown
- Hair
- Dark brown
- Representation
- Destaque Imagem
Training
- Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film InstituteTen years, in person and online2014 – 2024
- UCLAActing and Auditioning for Film — with casting director Wendy Kurtzman2023
- Art of Acting Studio, Los AngelesFilm & TV Intensive2025
- Ivana Chubbuck2026
- Eduardo Milewicz“Quando Ascende a Câmera”2025
- Walter RippelOn-camera creation and acting intensive2023 – 2026
- Wolf Maya Acting School2021 – 2023
- New York Film Academy2022
Recognition
- Best Actress — MG NY Talents, 2019
- Nominee — Rio WebFest, 2019
- Marché du Film — Cannes, 2026
Digitals
For casting directors.
No makeup
Studio digitals
Press
Headlines in their original language.
- A Tarde · CineinsiteFilme brasileiro gravado na Bahia será exibido em Cannes12.05.2026
- Correio da ManhãNeochanchada até a medula — on Os Emergentes09.07.2026
- Heloisa TolipanCom mais de 5 milhões de seguidores, atriz faz filme que debate ortotanásia2026
- Metrópolis · TV CulturaDeixe-me Viver: bastidores do drama que enfrenta vida, morte e espiritualidade07.12.2025
- Band · Vem Com a GenteOs Emergentes chega hoje aos cinemas de todo o Brasil09.07.2026
- TV Porto BahiaTrancoso recebe superprodução de Deixe-me Viver2025
- PopternativeCat Dantas talks acting career, content creation on TikTok and much more — interview in English29.06.2023
Contact
Bring Cat to your next project.
Castings, film and series, brand partnerships — through her agency.