Maria Padilha
Birthday: Born in 1960-05-08 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Deathday: Alive
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.
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Decadência
Character: Sônia Tavares Branco
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Malhação
Character: Alberta Gonzaga
Malhação is a Brazilian television series for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the Múltipla Escolha High School....
Justiça
Character: Silvana
In this realistic and touching series told in an innovative format, seemingly independent plots intertwine to show how justice can sometimes be a personal matter....
Água Viva
Character: Elisabeth Pires da Mota (Beth)
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Os Normais
Character: Mara
Rui and Vani, are a couple facing normal discussions, problems and situations such as infidelity and convivency problems, but they solve it with great humor....
Paraíso Tropical
Character: Marisa
The search for a successor provokes the beginning of a clash between two young and talented executives of his group: Daniel Bastos, a lad of simple origins and excellent character, who is not only handsome and charming, but also intelligent and skilled, and Olavo Novaes, an ambitious and unscrupulous man who is ready to fight for the position, at any cost. To fight against Olavo‘s treacherous plans, Daniel will have the help of the sweet and sensitive Paula, a young lady raised as an only child ...
Sai de Baixo
Character:
It follows the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the doorman of the apartment building in which they lived....
Mico Preto
Character: Amanda
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Mulheres Apaixonadas
Character: Hilda Moraes Sampaio Vianna
The series surrounds the damaged relationship between a saxophonist and a woman who falls in love for a former boyfriend, whom she had left to marry him....
Lado a Lado
Character: Diva Celeste
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....
O Mapa da Mina
Character: Giovana Alcântara
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O Cravo e a Rosa
Character: Dinorá de Moura Valente
A spoiled feminist, daughter of a rich father, even though she doesn't admit it, falls in love with a rustic farmer whom she marries....
Cinquentinha
Character: Leonor Berganti
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Cara & Coroa
Character: Bruna
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O Dono do Mundo
Character: Karen (Karina Dumont)
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O Quinto dos Infernos
Character: Emengarda Cauper
O Quinto dos Infernos was a 2002 mini Brazilian historical comedy television series. It was written by Carlos Lombardi, and directed by Wolf Maya and 48 episodes were produced. The protagonist was Marcos Pasquim....
Justiça 2
Character: Silvana
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O Som e a Sílaba
Character: Angelina
Sarah is a young autistic woman with an extraordinary ability for lyrical singing. She begins taking lessons with renowned soprano Leonor Delise, but there is tension in the relationship. Sarah will learn to turn her silences into emotions; Leonor will have to restore her faith in humanity and reconcile with her daughter. Music will be the bond that transforms their lives....
Anjo Mau
Character: Stella Medeiros Faccini
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....
Bandidos da Falange
Character: Kátia
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A Regra do Jogo
Character: Claudine
Discussing the limits between good and bad, the plot is set in Rio de Janeiro and tells the story of Romero Rômulo (Alexandre Nero), an ex-politician that has a life less obvious then it seems....
Labirinto
Character: Silvia
Accused of murdering a millionaire, a man manages to escape. Finding help along the way, he starts a struggle to prove his innocence....
Vale Tudo
Character: Laurita Vargas
The story of a mother and daughter with opposing views on the path to success in life takes the audience on a contemporary journey about character, ethics and honesty....
Toma Lá, Dá Cá
Character: Marli Matoso
Brazilian comedy about two couples living next to each other in the same building. This show explores the antics between the two couples....
Que História é Essa, Porchat?
Character: Self
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Anos Rebeldes
Character: Maria Satamini
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....
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Praça Saens Peña
Character: Teresa
Paulo works as a high school literature teacher, his wife Teresa is a local shopkeeper, and their daughter Bel is still in school. They live in a rented flat in Saens Peña Square, in the heart of Tijuca, a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. An unexpected and alluring job offer may have a profound effect on the routine of this family and even jeopardize a 20-year marriage....
Belly Up
Character: Helena
Two hit men, a veteran and a beginner, chatter in a bar on Brazil-Paraguai border, while waiting for their victim to appear....
Zoando na TV
Character: Maria Lúcia
Angel works in a wedding dress store. Ulisses, her boyfriend, works as personal trainer. They are swallowed for the television and, to leave, need to discover how to use the Ulisses' ring....
País do Desejo
Character: Roberta
Roberta is a renowned classical pianist battling a chronic kidney disease. However, an unexpected encounter with Father José will forever change her life....
Heart and Guts
Character: Estudante
Financial problems in a religious school for girls force the government to interfere. While waiting in the conference hall to communicate the fact to the school administrators, the intervenor falls asleep and a crazy dream begins, involving teachers, students and strange characters....
Boca
Character: Maria Luiza
A photo-journalist goes to Brazil to investigate a savage crime boss. She becomes infatuated with the story....
Saturday
Character: Magda
On a Saturday morning, an advertising crew arrives at a decadent old building downtown São Paulo to shoot a TV commercial. And then everything goes wrong, beginning with a broken elevator...
Land
Character: Christina
The Amazonian jungle, Brazil, 1987. Ruthless landowners are evicting peasants from their land. The peasants look to the priest for help, and are contemplating taking up arms. A stranger arrives who provides an answer to their plight....
Rio de Topless
Character: Self
Topless muse in Rio de Janeiro, Ana Paula Nogueira uses the ban on bare breasts and her story to debate freedom and feminism in the city that exported thongs and which has the false reputation of being libertarian....
Histórias de Alice
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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...
Doce Família
Character: Verônica
To fulfill her dream of wearing her mother's wedding dress, Tamara undergoes a transformation, but she will only find peace when she learns to love herself....
Boca de Ouro
Character: Maria Luiza
When major drug-dealer Boca de Ouro dies, a reporter interviews his ex-lover, now married with children and living in a poorhouse, to try to understand more about his complex personality. The problem is that the woman tells him three different versions of Boca's life, according to her own mood and ambiguous feelings towards her dead lover....
The Honest Candidate 2
Character: Mariza Valente
Brazilian politician João Ernesto surrenders to justice and is arrested for corruption, before attempting to overturn with sincerity and real proposals....
Vento Sul
Character:
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Marquesa de Santos
Character: Maria Leopoldina, Imperatriz do Brasil
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Os Bigodes da Aranha
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Sensuality, beauty, sophistication, elegance turning into a great debauchery. Both sides: chic and tacky. Where does one start? Where does the other end? Black tie party with pool, "waterfalls", champagne and murder. A police farce full of humor to the sound of great hitz by Artie Shaw, Marilyn Monroe, Alberta Hunter, Andre Previn and Gipsy Kings....