
Margarida Vila-Nova
Acting
Biography
Margarida Vila-Nova was born on June 6, 1983 in Lisbon, Portugal. She is an actress and director, known for Letters from War (2016), Causa Própria (2022) and The Good Girls Club (2020).
Born: June 6, 1983
Place of Birth: Lisbon, Portugal
Known For

Alta Definição
In Alta Definição, Daniel Oliveira interviews one guest every week with an intimate approach.

Pê
Pê, a man with terminal cancer, wanders through his city, Lisbon. Throughout the day, he is confronted with a reality unaware of his suffering while he prepares his imminent death by writing a farewell letter to his daughter. When emptying her father’s house, the daughter discovers the letter. It is the beginning of a new encounter.

Mysteries of Lisbon
The tragic story of the many lives of Father Dinis, his dark origins and his pious works, and the different fates of all those who, trapped in a sinister web of love, hate and crime, cross paths with him through years of adventure.

A Wolf Among the Swans
Thiago Soares is a young man from the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro who leaves hip hop behind and embarks on the world of classical ballet. His story takes on unexpected turns through his troubled relationship with his mentor, the Cuban Dino Carrera, who improves Thiago's talent until he reaches stardom by becoming the principal dancer of the Royal Ballet in London.

Letters from War
In 1971, António Lobo Antunes' life is brutally interrupted when he is drafted into the Portuguese Army to serve as a doctor in one of the worst zones of the Colonial War – the East of Angola. Away from everything dear he writes letters to his wife while he is immersed in an increasingly violent setting. While he moves between several military posts he falls in love for Africa and matures politically. At his side, an entire generation struggles and despairs for the return home. In the uncertainty of war events, only the letters can make him survive.

A Falha
Twenty-five years after leaving school, a group of former students decide to organise a reunion. But, contrary to expectations, these "old boys" realise that time has accentuated their differences. The atmosphere is tense, the conversation taut and the old grudges resurface in no time.

Between the Shadows
Natália, trapped in a tedious routine, leaves in search of a stolen heart. In a surreal world where hearts are the common currency, she endures several perils, in order to decide if she wants to give her heart up or keep it for herself.

Matilha

South
The series develops around cases of homicides that occurred during the summer, at the time of the economic and social crisis that affected Portugal.

The Jester
Set four years after the Portuguese revolution and the simultaneous loss of the Portuguese empire in Africa, the story concerns a director who sells guns to finance his play.
Filmography
as Raquel
as Júlia
as Narradora (voice)
as Tia
as Mafalda
as Lúcia
as Teresa
as Filha
as Raquel
as Narradora
as Ana Martins
as Vera Leão
as Ângela Macedo
as Mafalda
as Maria
as Narrator
as Maria Luísa Marreiros
as Lígia
as Maria José
as Leonor Trigo
as Filipa
as Marquesa de Alfarela
as Vitória Mendes Soares
as Marquesa de Alfarela
as Mãe
as Self
as Filipa Coutinho
as Leopoldina - 26 anos
as Maria Gama
as Sofia
as Maria Laurinda Amaral
as the daughter
as Natacha
as Enfermeira
as Bárbara Correia Marques
as Sandra
as Girl of Movie Crew