Fátima Ptacek

Fátima Ptacek
Ptacek at the 2014 Alma Awards
Born (2000-08-20) August 20, 2000
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active2007–present
Websitewww.fatimaptacek.com

Fátima Ptacek (/pəˈtɑːɛk/; born August 20, 2000) is an American film and television actress and model, and a human rights activist working with UN Women's #HeForShe campaign for gender equality. She is best known as the lead actor in the 2012 Academy Award winning short film Curfew and its 2014 full-length feature film version Before I Disappear. She has lent her voice as the lead role of Dora Márquez in the Nickelodeon animated television series Dora the Explorer from 2012 to 2019 and Dora and Friends: Into the City! from 2014 to 2017.