Ismenia Mendes

Actor · Born April 23, 1990 (36) · Porto, Portugal

Ismenia Mendes was born in Porto, Portugal. She emigrated with her parents from Portugal to the United States at a young age. She has dual citizenship (US and Portugal) and speaks English and Portuguese fluently. At age eighteen, Ismenia attended The Juilliard School for Drama in New York City where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts.

What are Ismenia Mendes' films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

37%

Morality

20%

Society

16%

Bonds

14%

Survival

13%

Identity2

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4

Serious

Tone · Weight

lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 0

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 0

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Engaged

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 1 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 2

Easy watch

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0

Open-ended

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Shapeshifteras Gina in Are You Happy Now (2021)
Heroas Seriema in Adieu, Lacan (2022)

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Bittersweet

2

Contemplative

2

Tense

2

Absurd

2

Joyful

1

Other

1

How their films linger

Bittersweet2 Thought-provoking2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ismenia Mendes' films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Ismenia Mendes' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

11 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

Hayseed(2023)
as Darlene Halsey
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Mac Beth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
as Lady Macbeth
Adieu, Lacan(2022)
as Seriema
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Are You Happy Now(2021)
as Gina
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Oresteia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
as Cassandra/Chorus H
Marys Seacole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
as Miriam
Little Voice(2020)
Show 2 episodes · as Laila
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Tenderly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
as Marissa
Evil(2019)
Show 1 episode · as Carsie
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Lost Holiday(2019)
as Amber Jones
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Orange Is the New Black(2013)
Show 8 episodes · as Tali Grapes
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 6^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 11 titles from 2013 to 2023.

Film career

2013Screen debut· Orange Is the New Black

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting11 of 11 · 63^rd

By decade

2010s3 · acting2020s8 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Ismenia Mendes' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 42^nd percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 38^th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

38^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

48^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

41^stpercentile

Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 7 titles, by percentile

75^th and up2
50^th to 74^th3
Below 25^th2

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 7 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

Universally Panned1
Crowd Pleaser3
Mixed3

Most divisive · actor

Lost Holiday (2019)

83^rd percentile spread · 41% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Orange Is the New Black (2013)

Midcredits 88^th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 22. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.