Maria João Abreu
Acting
Biography
Maria João Abreu, was a Portuguese film, television and stage actress. Her most notable works include Portuguese TV series Médico de Família, Aqui Não Há Quem Viva, Golpe de Sorte, and her strong presence in the typical Portuguese genre of "teatro de revista". She was famous for her uplifting roles, mostly associated with humour.
Born: April 14, 1964
Place of Birth: Lisbon, Portugal
Known For
A Revista é Liiiinda!
A multidisciplinary display of culture, with an abundant dose of comedy as well as sharp social and political critique.
Alta Definição
In Alta Definição, Daniel Oliveira interviews one guest every week with an intimate approach.
Tell Me How It Happened
Television drama series which has been broadcast on RTP1 of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal from 2007 to 2011 and since 2019. It recounts the experiences of a middle-class family, the Lopes (Portuguese: Os Lopes), during the last years of the Estado Novo. In February 2019, RTP announced that the series, after eight years shelved, would be renewed, with the storyline moving firmly into the 1980s. The first episode of the sixth season was broadcast on 7 December 2019 with the Lopes entering 1984.
Mother Knows Best
The family of Ana Luisa meets at home to celebrate her father's birthday. As the guests sit around the table they will share memories of the past, in which all have a common denominator: the late Josefa, Ana Luisa's mother. Hearing the stories, Ana Luisa realizes the impact that his late mother had on their life choices and imagines what would have happened if she had followed other paths, taken other options and said what was unsaid. At the same time, an event of unknown origin causes a change in space and time, enabling people all over the world the access to parallel universes. Ana Luisa will thus have the opportunity to change the past...
Espírito Indomável
Médico de Família
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.
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.
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.
Jardins Proibidos
Filmography
as Sãozinha Grilo
as Palmira Silva
as Maria do Céu Garcia
as Alexandra Chambel
as Maria do Céu Garcia
as Isabel Galvão
as Ana Luísa
as Dona Fernanda
as Estrela
as Cremilde Santos
as Leonor
as Alzira
as Susana
as Mariana Inglesa
as Mónica Mata
as Esposa do Condutor
as Glória Duarte
as Mãe de Alexandra
as Self
as Julieta Dias
as Carlota
as Sofia Reis
as Amália
as Clara
as Milú
as Catarina
as Guida Santos
as Girl with Bag
as Maria dos Prazeres
as Various characters
as Anabela
as Paula
as Lucinda
as Branquinha
as Mulher de Joaquim
as Celeste
as Cleópatra
as Vários Papéis
as Empregada
as Funcionária/Odete/Sra. Coelho
as Vários Papéis
as Madame
as Fifi
as Maria dos Anjos