Actress based in New York City

Thais Sobreira is a New York-based actress born in Rio de Janeiro.

Fluent in English, Portuguese, French and Russian, she is a former ballet dancer trained at the prestigious Saint Petersburg Conservatory Rimsky-Korsakov under the guidance of Russian classical ballet legend Gabriela Komlieva.

Most recently she starred in Her Song, a film produced by Oscar-winning director James Ivory, written and directed by John M. Keller, where she was part of a distinguished cast, including actors such as Kalki Koechlin, Zach Grenier, Eléa Clair, and Marie-Christine Adam. The film is set to open the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival 2026 in San Jose, California, as announced in Variety.

In 2025, in New York, she joined the cast of the short play festival presented by Theatre Breaking Through Barriers, a company founded in 1979 and an Off-Broadway reference for its pioneering work in promoting the inclusion of artists with disabilities in collaboration with artists without disabilities.

Notable performances include her work on stage as Serafina, the lead in Tennessee Williams' The Rose Tattoo, at the Opéra de Paris in Oscar-winning director Michael Haneke's staging of Don Giovanni; on screen in John M.Keller's The White Stuff, selected for the Chelsea Film Festival 2022, New York Shorts International Film Festival 2022, alongside Zach Grenier and Danny Bolero; in François Goetghebeur's Rio, la Plage (French national TV channel France 2); on voice overs in Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius's film OSS 117 Rio Ne Répond Plus, in Eric Besnard's 600Kg d'Or Pur, in Patrick Mille's Going to Brazil and Philippe Triboit's series Guyane.

Thais is also a Lyric Soprano with classical opera base training, able to perform in various styles, such as musical theater and Brazilian music. She is the Portuguese voice for some of the most prestigious museums and brands in the world, such as the Louvre Museum, the Orsay Museum, the Palace of Monaco, the Château de Versailles, the Orangerie Museum, the Mercier Champagne, the Catedral de Sal, the Güell Park, the Museum of the Bible in Washington, The Harley Davidson Museum.

As someone with experience traveling and living around the world, she is passionate about different cultures and languages. She is also a WSET-certified sommelier.

Thais is committed to humanitarian work; she is a member of the advisory board of Presidio Dance Theatre in San Francisco, a highly acclaimed, multi-generational dance company that tours nationally and internationally, supporting humanitarian causes. She has also volunteered her time, performing with the company, providing dance seminars, and supporting its community outreach and educational programs.