Lourdes Faberes

Lourdes Faberes was born and raised in Manila, Philippines. She moved to the United Kingdom in 1997, and studied and gained an MA in Performance (Advanced Theatre Practice) at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

Faberes has stated that her mother wanted "overachieving children". Although her parents first suggested that she become a lawyer, her mother brought Faberes to various extracurricular activities, including tennis, embroidery, and arms and ammunition. She was first introduced to acting when her mother took her to the National Theatre in the Philippines to improve her elocution. Her acting debut was in a production of The King and I in 1991. Faberes performed for the Philippines repertory company in Miss Saigon. Lourdes Faberes made her screen acting debut in the 'ensemble' of the television series Great Performances, production of Jesus Christ Superstar. In 2004, Faberes starred as Isabel Liu, a Flight Dynamics Officer [Fido], from mission control in the BBC's Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets. Since then, Lourdes Faberes has clocked numerous TV series appearances as well as major roles in many short films.

Recent years have seen her progress when landing a more regular slot in 2018 for Season 1 of Knightfall as Altani. In 2019, Lourdes followed this with further regular appearances, as Sister Li in Season 1 of Grenslanders (Floodlands), a Dutch-Belgian TV series, and as "Pollution", one of the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in the Amazon Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett TV series Good Omens.

Lourdes appeared as a SPECTRE agent in the Bond film, No Time to Die. In 2022, she appeared as Kate Fletcherin in an episode of The Sandman.

In 2022, she starred Emilia in Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre alongside Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Josh Hartnett, Eddie Marsan, and Hugh Grant. For her performance in the role, she was nominated, and won the 2023 9th National Film Awards UK Award for Best Supporting Actress.