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Daniela Melchior (European Portuguese: [dɐniˈɛlɐmɛlʃiˈɔɾ]; born 1 November 1996) is a Portuguese actress. Born in Almada, Setúbal, she launched her career in 2014 with a role in the telenovela Mulheres. She went on to appear in the teen drama Massa Fresca (2016), telenovelas Ouro Verde (2017), and A Herdeira (2018). Melchior made her film debut in 2018 with The Black Book. She provided the Portuguese dubbing for Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and was cast in the comedy-drama Parque Mayer in the same year. Her performance in the latter earned her a nomination for the Sophia Award for Best Actress. She had her international breakthrough as Cleo Cazo in the DCEU film The Suicide Squad (2021), which earned her a nomination for Best Newcomer at the Portuguese Golden Globes. Subsequently, she took on minor roles in English-language films, including Marlowe (2022), Assassin Club (2023), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) and Fast X (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniela Melchior, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Aetherium is a 2025 American epic science fiction film written and directed by Matt Reeves and produced by Zack Snyder and Steven Spielberg. It is the first installment of a two-part film and was distributed by Lionsgate. Set in a dystopian future of 2256, the film's ensemble cast includes Daniela Melchior, Gemma Arterton, Ed Skrein, Djimon Hounsou, Freddie Highmore, Patrick Stewart, Sam Neill, John Kani, Angela Bassett, Jamie Dornan, Maribel Verdú, Charlie Hunnam, Josh Brolin, and Anthony Hopkins. In the film, Serana Tomalla (Melchior), a gunslinging adventurer and the outcast daughter of Emperor Vitruvius (Brolin), is forced to confront her family and the heritage she rightfully abandoned in order to save her people from her father's oppression. Aetherium had its world premiere at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on October 28th, 2025, and was released in theaters on November 11th; it became the highest-grossing film of 2025, earning $2.86 billion worldwide against a break-even point of $291 million. The film received universal acclaim with critics and audiences raving the groundbreaking visual effects, story, futuristic setting, the style, Hans Zimmer's musical score, performances (particularly Melchior and Hopkins), and the motivating ending. Among its accolades, it won a Golden Globe Award for Best Visual Effects and a Saturn Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. A sequel entitled Aetherium: A Child Of God is in development.
