Maria João Abreu
Birthday: Born in 1964-04-14 in Lisbon, Portugal
Deathday: 2021-05-13
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.
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A Serra
Character: Sãozinha Grilo
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Patrões Fora
Character: Palmira Silva
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Isto É o Agildo
Character: Vários Papéis
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Golpe de Sorte
Character: Maria do Céu Garcia
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Alta Definição
Character: Self
In Alta Definição, Daniel Oliveira interviews one guest every week with an intimate approach....
História do Teatro de Revista em Portugal
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Donos Disto Tudo
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Conta-me Como Foi
Character: Clara
Conta-me como foi (transl. Tell me how it was) is a Portuguese 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 w...
Mundo ao Contrário
Character: Susana
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Mar Salgado
Character: Cremilde Santos
Mar Salgado is a story of a woman who had 2 twins and thought they died after the were born, but it couldn't be more far from truth, and now 16 years later she'll try to find them....
A Família Mata
Character: Mónica Mata
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Paixão
Character: Isabel Galvão
With Algarve and South Africa as main stages, Paixão tells the story of a love that was destroyed by a lie. This is the story of a man determined to fight for justice and to recover ten years of his life and an unshakable love that resists time and all threats....
Pai à Força
Character: Carlota
A bachelor is taken by surprise when he encounters some special children....
Espírito Indomável
Character: Glória Duarte
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Cidade Despida
Character: Mãe de Alexandra
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Os Nossos Dias
Character: Leonor
Os Nossos Dias follows the daily lives of its many characters. Among the typical soap opera-esque romances featured in the show, significant social-awareness issues have also been featured, i.e., domestic violence, living with HIV, and homophobia....
Sentimentos
Character: Julieta Dias
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Feitiço de Amor
Character: Sofia Reis
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Não Há Duas Sem Três
Character: Branquinha
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A Casa é Minha
Character: Estrela
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Vidas de Sal
Character: Celeste
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O Cacilheiro do Amor
Character: Madame
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A Mulher do Sr. Ministro
Character: Empregada
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Polícias
Character: Mulher de Joaquim
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A Senhora das Águas
Character: Maria dos Prazeres
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Desculpem Qualquer Coisinha
Character: Funcionária/Odete/Sra. Coelho
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Queridas e Maduras
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Toda a gente me diz isso
Character: Alzira
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O Último Tesouro
Character: Esposa do Condutor
The discovery of a dagger from the XIX century, with the localization of a great treasure, involves Pedro, a university history professor in the greatest adventure of all time....
As Lições do Tonecas
Character: Cleópatra
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O Posto
Character: Maria dos Anjos
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Um Mistério Misterioso
Character: Fifi
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Cos(z)ido à Portuguesa
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Trapos e Companhia
Character:
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Os Malucos do Riso
Character: Vários Papéis
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Sabado à Noite
Character: Various characters
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Bons Vizinhos
Character: Guida Santos
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Camilo Em Sarilhos
Character: Milú
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Regresso a Sizalinda
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Sul
Character: Alexandra Chambel
The series develops around cases of homicides that occurred during the summer, at the time of the economic and social crisis that affected Portugal....
Médico de Família
Character: Lucinda
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Movie Credits
Call Girl
Character: Amália
A powerful entrepreneur wants to build an exclusive resort hotel in Villanova, but he discovers the location he has in mind is protected by local land-use regulations. He hires Maria, a beautiful and elegant prostitute, to seduce the mayor, leaving him open to blackmail if he won't give the entrepreneur what he wants. Maria has no trouble twisting Meireles around her finger, but police detectives Madeira and Neves get wind of the plan and set out to expose the plot......
A Revista é Liiiinda!
Character:
A multidisciplinary display of culture, with an abundant dose of comedy as well as sharp social and political critique....
Portugal à Gargalhada
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With the sophistication expected from the most refined Broadway musicals, this show revisits the ways and tradition of the most beloved genre of Portuguese theatre....
Florbela
Character: Mariana Inglesa
Shaken by a divorce in the 1920s, Portuguese poetess Florbela Espanca uses her writing to deal with her tumultuous relationship with men, eroticism and love....
Amo-te Teresa
Character: Paula
Amo-te Teresa tells the forbidden love story of Teresa and Miguel, aged 35 and 15, respectively. Teresa is a doctor and, after a frustrated love life, she decides to abandon Lisbon and returns to her native land. Immediately, a strong attraction forms between Teresa and Miguel, a friend of her oldest son....
Outside
Character: Catarina
Laura works as a newscaster and José Maria as a stockbroker, and while they live in the same housing complex, their lives never cross directly. Nevertheless, he watches her from a distance, seeing all her movements without her knowledge. But their lives finally meet when he is invited onto her news program. From there, a romance begins which coincides with the desire of two beings who finally find a reason to seek love once again....
Mother Knows Best
Character: Ana Luísa
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 ...
A Falha
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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....
Antonio, a boy in Lisbon
Character: Girl with Bag
A boy in Lisbon, in this Lisbon in permanent renovation....
Letters from War
Character: Dona Fernanda
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 uncertaint...
Submission
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Lúcia is raped by her husband and presses charges against him. She fights the Portuguese legal system along with the Prosecutor's Assistant, Maria João Correia, to force her husband, the son of the State's Vice Attorney, into Court. The case takes place in closed session where Lúcia tries to find justice in a predominantly male world....
Bunker or Tales I Heard When the World Fell
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In a world polluted by atomic radiation, five survivors find shelter in an underground bunker. The sudden discovery of a rare and miraculous medicine will become a source of quarrel within the group....
Golpe de Sorte - Um Conto de Natal
Character: Maria do Céu Garcia
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