Who is Alba Baptista? Meet Chris Evans’ new wife who speaks five languages and dreams of being a Hollywood superstar… after A-list Cape Cod ceremony

Fans were surprised by reports that A-list actor Chris Evans tied the knot with his girlfriend Alba Baptista in a private ceremony in Cape Cod, Massachusetts on Saturday.

Baptista, 26, and Evans, 42, exchanged vows at a private estate in the presence of Hollywood stars including Robert Downey Jr., Jeremy Renner and Chris Hemsworth, according to Page six.

The wedding ended “on a high note” when guests turned in their phones and signed nondisclosure agreements ahead of the ceremony, a source told the outlet.

The couple had reportedly been together for almost two years before the wedding.

With that in mind, DailyMail.com takes a closer look at the Lisbon, Portugal-born actress following her marriage to the Captain America lead.

Personal information

Baptista is the daughter of a Brazilian engineer and Portuguese translator and says she speaks five languages: English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish. iMDb.

She said W magazine in August 2022 that she attended “a very strict school that gave us a lot of discipline.”

Baptista added, “And that’s why you had to be flawless in your language – very, very clear.”

Baptista had more than 737,000 followers on Instagram on Sunday evening.

Among the 631 accounts she follows are Ariana DeBose, Johnny Depp, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Jamie Chung, Ana de Armas, Kaia Gerber and her new brother-in-law: Chris’ younger brother Scott Evans.

Baptista also follows organizations such as Greenpeace and NASA; and companies such as A24, Chanel, Prada and Vogue.

Road to Hollywood

Baptista told the industry outlet Disappear from her in 2021 about her path to becoming an actress, saying she was recruited by a talent agent as a teenager.

“It just happened to happen when I was fifteen,” she said. ‘I was invited to an audition for a leading role in a film where the director simply asked me existentialist questions.’

She said the director “wanted to understand how (her) mind worked and processed philosophical information.

‘This approach made me fall in love with the idea of ​​acting.’

Baptista said she longs to “discover new realities and possibilities within the reach of my own mind, to be in control of foreign emotions” and “to simultaneously hide myself and give myself completely.”

She added: “It still fascinates me to this day. It will probably remain that way for the rest of my life.’

Professional life

Baptista has been acting for over ten years, with her most prominent role in the film Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris from 2022, in which she plays Natasha.

She got her start in Portugal and appeared in a number of TV shows including Jardins Proibidos, Filha da Lei, Madre Paula, A Criação and A Impostora.

Baptista made her debut in an English-language production in 2020 in the Netflix series Warrior Nun, in which she played the role of Ava Silva.

Kristina Tonteri-Young and Lorena Andrea were her costars on the Simon Barry-created series on the streamer, which was canceled late last year.

Baptista spoke about the series with Disappear from hersaying that “it’s not just an action and fantasy show, but also a plot about women’s empowerment” and “how girls, women, are stronger together.”

She added, “I’m proud to represent this mentality alongside my amazing cast members.”

Baptista has four projects planned in the future as they are in different stages of production. Among them are Amelia’s Children, Borderline, Bodyhackers and Dulcineia.

Early romance with Evans

Baptista and Evans were initially linked in November last year, an insider said People that they had been seeing each other for ‘more than a year’.

The source said: ‘They are in love, and Chris has never been happier… his family and friends all adore her.’

As news of their relationship became public, Baptista and Evans were seen holding hands during a romantic walk in New York City’s Central Park days after the report was published. The next day, he left an emoji reaction on one of her social media posts.

They became Instagram official in January after appearing in a clip where they playfully tried to scare each other.

They continued to document their romance via social media, engaged in PDA in Valentine’s Day posts in February and went on getaways that included skiing, apple picking and watching the Northern Lights.

Bachelor no longer

Evans had had a number of high-profile romances prior to Baptista, having dated Jessica Biel (who subsequently married Justin Timberlake) for five years; Minka Kelly and Jenny Slate.

According to him, he was also briefly linked to actresses Emmy Rossum, Kate Bosworth, Dianna Agron and Christina Ricci. American weekly.

Evans was named People’s 2022 Sexiest Man Alive last November; he told the publication that he was looking forward to settling down after years of being single.

“That’s definitely something I want: a wife, kids, a family,” the actor said. ‘If you read about most of the best artists, whether actors, painters or writers, most of them (admit it) were not about the work they created (the thing they are most proud of) , but about the relationships; the families they created, the love they found, the love they shared.”

He said his life experience supported the idea: “It’s also something from my long 41 years that also rings true.

‘Those things are the most important. I love the idea of ​​tradition and ceremony. I’ve had a lot of that in my life, so the idea of ​​creating that, I can’t think of anything better.”