Sofia Espírito Santo was born in Lisbon on the 4th January, 1975. She doesn't have any brothers or sisters but 11 cousins instead!She went to school in Lisbon.She graduated in Landscape Architecture, by the Technical University of Lisbon. She also studied in Berlin.In 2001, while she was working at the Valencia's Botanical Garden (in Spain) she realized that she really wanted to become an actress. She come back to Lisbon and applied for the National Conservatory.In September she was starting the classes, and three months later working as a professional actress.Since then she attended the New York Film Academy in Hollywood, and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.