Maria Padilha
Acting
Biography
Maria Padilha Gonçalves, (Rio de Janeiro, May 8, 1960), is a Brazilian actress. She is an actress, theatrical producer and founder of the Personal Awakening group. She began her career as an actress acting in children's plays. He made numerous works in the theater, cinema and television and was cover of the magazine Playboy in March of 1994. In the TV stood out in novels of Globe Network like Water Viva, Mico Preto, The Owner of the World, Bad Angel, The Cravo and the Rose , Women in Love and Side by Side.
Born: May 8, 1960
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Known For
Histórias de Alice
It tells the story of a Brazilian filmmaker, Lucas. When his mother, Alice, dies in Belo Horizonte, he searches for his family's Portuguese roots across the ocean, discovering an intricate love story. Lucas's father, Olavo, was the son of a very wealthy Portuguese industrialist, Joaquim, who was disinherited when he married Alice, Lucas's mother, a very poor woman who lived in a rooming house in the city of Porto, Portugal. With the Second World War looming, they all left for Brazil, settling in Minas Gerais. While investigating his distant past, Lucas makes discoveries about possible criminal acts committed by his own father, Olavo. Lucas is helped by Teresa, a young Portuguese woman who works as a restorer of old Portuguese churches in the interior of Portugal. Lucas, assisted by Teresa, seeks to reconstruct the stories of his mother Alice, and ends up falling in love with Teresa.
Side by Side
Winner of the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela, "Side by Side" focuses on two women of different origins and social classes. The brave Isabel, daughter of a former slave and in love with the capoeira player Zé Maria; and Laura, descendant from a wealthy family and destined to an undesired marriage to Edgar. In addition to an unshakable friendship, the two share the same purpose in life: the conquest of freedom in the conservative society of Rio de Janeiro of the early 20th century.
Anjo Mau
Anjo Mau is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo between September 8, 1997 and March 27, 1998, in 173 chapters. Featured Glória Pires, Kadu Moliterno, Maria Padilha, Daniel Dantas, Leonardo Brício, Alessandra Negrini, Mauro Mendonça and Gabriel Braga Nunes in leading roles.
Cara & Coroa
Decadence
Eu Prometo
Sai de Baixo
It follows the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the doorman of the apartment building in which they lived.
Justiça 2
Anos Rebeldes
Mini series about the 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, when a politically engaged student falls in love with a left wing journalist's daughter who doesn't care for politics. The romance follows 15 years of Brazilian history, since President João Goulart deposition by military reactionary forces, until the first signs of restoration of democracy, in the 1980s.
Água Viva
Filmography
as Laurita Vargas
as Verônica
as Angelina
as Silvana
as Self
as Mariza Valente
as Silvana
as Claudine
as Diva Celeste
as Roberta
as Leonor Berganti
as Teresa
as Marli Matoso
as Marisa
as Hilda Moraes Sampaio Vianna
as Emengarda Cauper
as Mara
as Dinorá de Moura Valente
as Maria Lúcia
as Silvia
as Helena
as Stella Medeiros Faccini
as Sônia Tavares Branco
as Bruna
as Alberta Gonzaga
as Magda
as Maria Luiza
as Giovana Alcântara
as Maria Satamini
as Karen (Karina Dumont)
as Amanda
as Maria Luiza
as Christina
as Maria Leopoldina, Imperatriz do Brasil
as Maria Leopoldina, Imperatriz do Brasil
as Reny
as Kátia
as Estudante
as Elisabeth Pires da Mota (Beth)