Maria de Medeiros Biography, Age, Family, Education, Net Worth, Movies & More

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Maria de Medeiros Esteves Vitorino de Almeida (born August 19, 1965), better known as Maria de Medeiros, is a Portuguese actress, director, and singer who has been involved in both European and American film productions.

Maria de Medeiros

Maria de Medeiros Biography / Wiki

NameMaria de Medeiros
Also KnowMaria de Medeiros Esteves Vitorino de Almeida, Marie De Medeiros, 玛丽亚·德·梅黛洛
GenderFemale
Known ForActing
Place of BirthLisbon, Portugal
Date of BirthAugust 19, 1965
Age(as in 2023 Feb)57
Deathday

Maria de Medeiros Acting Movies

Movie NameCharacterRelease DateOverview
Shelter MeAnna2007-02-13Anna and Mara return from a holiday abroad, and realize that Anis, a young Moroccan immigrant, managed to hide in their car in order to cross the bord…
The Story of MeMargherit2009-08-07Based on the life of Roberto Carlos Ramos, a Brazilian teacher and storyteller brought up in a state educational institution for poor children….
The Remains of NothingEleonora Fonseca Pimentel2004-09-11Set in the 1790s, this historical drama follows the travails of an idealistic noblewoman who helps lead a daring revolution in Italy….
The Divine ComedySónia1991-10-11In a mental institution the patients see themselves as people like Jesus, Lázaro, Marta, Maria, Adão, Eve, Sonia, Raskolnikov, Aliosha e Ivan Karama…
Journey to PortugalMaria2011-06-16Maria, a Ukrainian doctor, comes to Portugal to spend a year with Greco, her husband who is also a doctor. Upon arrival at Faro airport she is the onl…
A Trip to the Orphanage2004-06-06While an opera singers sings in a snowy and cold street, we are allowed to witness a meeting between a man and a woman through blowing net curtains. T…
Adam and EveCatarina Meneses1995-12-22Catarina Menezes is a bisexual TV reporter who decides to have a child on her own and chooses Spanish humanitarian doctor Rafael to father the child, …
I’m Not DeadEléonore2013-08-07Yacine lives with his brother Jamel in a cramped Parisian apartment. He works as a motorcycle courier, although he is also a brilliant political scien…
Two Brothers, My SisterMaria1994-11-04This dark and intense drama follows the slow and painful destruction of a young, passive woman as she watches her family fall apart. Maria is the shy …
SilvestreSílvia / Silvestre1982-05-06A bewitching combinatory adaptation of the Bluebeard tale and a 15th century Portuguese fable of a damsel who disguises herself as a knight errant….
L’homme de ma vieAimee1992-06-03A delightfully classic French comedy of high sophistication and light hearted wit, that in the end suffers for it. This is immensely watchable simply …
Paraíso PerdidoCristina Pratas1995-01-01Cristina is twenty years old. Her father was declared missing in action during the war in Angola many years before. One day in church the girl meets a…
Pacifique2016-01-01Short film….
Hitler in HollywoodMaria de Medeiros2011-05-04A bio-doc about Micheline Presle changes into a thrilling investigation of the long hidden truth about European cinema. This mockumentary thriller unc…
Paris Seen By… 20 Years AfterLa première fugueuse (segment 1)1984-01-01Film comprised of six vignettes each illustrating one aspect of life in the French capital, each set in a different area of the city….
SeaFrancisca2018-09-25Francisca, a beautiful 50-year-old widow (played by Maria de Medeiros), prepared a peaceful future for herself. In an unexpected outburst, she grabs a…
Land of StormsLena1997-10-26Lena disappears mysteriously during the winter of 1976. This is the last stop on a journey that begins in colonial Mozambique on new year’s eve at 195…
Moral OrderMaria Adelaide2020-09-10In 1918, Maria Adelaide Coelho da Cunha, heiress and owner of the Diário de Notícias, leaves the social, cultural and family luxury in which she liv…
Two FridasJudith Ferreto2018-11-24This is not another standard biopic about Frida Kahlo. “Two Fridas” is a poetic film, based on the relation between the Mexican painter and the Co…
In the Country of Last ThingsVictoria2020-11-27A young woman ventures into an unnamed city that has collapsed into chaos and disorder to search for her journalist brother….
I’m Hungry, I’m Cold1984-07-07Two teenage girls from Belgium run away to Paris and have to learn how to survive….
Women DirectorsElvira Notari2014-12-31Registe, talking on a blade is an Italian documentary about the Italian Cinema signed by women and about the pioneer of the Silent Cinema Elvira Notar…
Alcibíades1992-01-01A musical fable inspired by Plato’s Symposium. In a shameless speech, Alcibiades, a prominent young Athenian aristocrat, propounds his strategies to…
Easter2023-03-16Autobiographical documentary about an Easter vacation spent by the Ruivo’s family in the country town of Castelo de Vide, where the resurrection of …
StrandedJenny Johnsen2001-09-24A team of astronauts on the first mission to Mars crashes onto the surface, losing contact with Earth. With no other recourse, and help millions of mi…
David’s BirthdayFrancesca2009-09-08Two couples are enjoying their summer at the beach, but when the grown son of one couple arrives, it surprisingly stirs something in the husband of th…
Les Infortunes de la beautéCéline1999-08-11This romantic comedy from France explores the misadventures of several friends looking for love and trying to define beauty. Daphne is a lovely women …
Golden BallsMarta (La mujer, 45 kilos)1993-09-24Benito González is a flamboyant engineer in Melilla, with a brash and pushy personality. His dream is to build the tallest building ever in the regio…
The Thousand Wonders of the UniversePrésident Blandine Brucker1997-07-14A science-fiction film centered around planet Earth receiving a coded message from outer space and the subsequent disappearance of 12,000 inhabitants …
Captains of AprilAntónia2000-04-21Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship–which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salaz…
News from the Good LordKarenine1996-06-12When novelist Alessandro Battavia commits suicide, a taxi driver named Evangile and her brother Nord believe they are characters imagined in a novel, …
Second lifeLaurie2000-10-25Vansan is 30 years old, but he never learned to make decisions. Whatever it is. Should he marry his girlfriend, should he start a business with his fr…
Holidays by the SeaMadame Collier2011-06-29A comedy about funny adventures of the group of French people during the summer vacation….
The Detective and DeathMaria1994-09-30Death never gives back what it takes. Only sometimes change one life for other…
Limited EditionNancy Pickford1997-01-22Edward is an editor in a small English publishing house. The story concerns what happens when he receives a very good manuscript from Nicholas, an old…
On The Ropes2007-04-04
Man of the CrowdsDr. Giordano2001-04-18Pawel Markowicz suffers from Stendhal syndrome and it is to Dr.Giordano that he tells his secret….
Saint-Exupéry: La dernière missionConsuelo1996-07-10Life and times of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, famous French pilot and even more famous writer who disappeared on a routine reconnaissance flight during …
Honolulu BabyMargherita2001-03-23
BabelAlice1999-01-01An elaborate fantasy tale intended for family audiences, Babel tells the story of the Babels, a strange breed of four-foot-tall creatures who once coe…
The KillerMadame Blanchard2017-09-13In lawless badlands, reclusive Cabeleira sets out to discover the fate of his gunman father and grows to be a feared assassin himself….
Elvire Jouvet 40Claudia1987-11-18
A Dama da Lapa2004-01-01
Retrato de FamíliaOfelia1991-12-12Ofelia is the daughter of photographer Miguel and of deceased circus artist Lea. When her father is hospitalised with a nervous breakdown, she decides…
Poorly Extinguished FiresTweedy Bird1994-01-12A French army journalist bears witness to the atrocities of the Algerian war in 1962 in this gripping French war movie. It is based on the 1967 novel …
Résilience
Onyx: Kings of the GrailMargarita Torres2019-03-22Egypt, 11th century. When a famine ravages the country, the prosperous Andalusian kingdom of Denia comes to the aid of the sultan, who, in gratitude, …
The Saddest Music in the WorldNarcissa2003-09-17In Depression-era Winnipeg, a legless beer baroness hosts a contest for the saddest music in the world, offering a grand prize of $25,000….
The ComedianAntoinette Vervier1997-12-24Behind the scenes of the theater, while the last performance has just ended, the comedian returns to his box….
Henry & JuneAnais Nin1990-09-28While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller and his wife, June, meet Anais Nin, and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexu…
Chicken with PlumsFaringuisse2011-10-26Nasser-Ali, a talented musician, loses the will to live after his wife breaks his beloved violin during an argument. He searches for a replacement, an…
Midsummer MadnessLivia2007-10-12St. John’s Night is a traditional midsummer Latvian celebration where family and friends get together to build bonfires, drink and have a good time….
Meetings with a Young PoetCarole Thomas2014-04-04A young poet, Paul Susser (Vincent Hoss-Desmarais), meets his master, the great author Samuel Beckett (Stephen McHattie), in a small café. The two me…
Tempest in a TeapotVita1997-01-01American actor-director Arnold Barkus made this low-budget French film, a comedy set in New York, with scenes taking place in Chinatown, in a Franco-G…
Jenseits der BrandungTherese1994-01-01
Call Me ElisabethMado2006-11-15A 10-year-old girl lives in post WWII rural France with her parents, who are about to divorce. Her older sister leaves home to finish school, and the …
Porto of My ChildhoodMiss Diablo2001-09-19Manoel de Oliveira’s autobiographical documentary about returning to his hometown….
MarafonaMaria Viola da Silva2001-01-01
The Art of AmáliaNarrator (voice)2000-12-08Documentary about the life of Portuguese Fado singer Amalia Rodrigues (1920-1999) with an interview and collection of footage from performances throug…
EurekaIn 1870, four different stories happen in four different places in the world….
Le PolygrapheClaude1996-05-26In this French Canadian thriller, an actress wins the role of a murder victim in a film based on the true story of an unsolved crime. She discovers he…
The Masters of SuspenseMaria / Scarlet2014-12-19Hubert Wolfe, bestselling author, suffers from the writer’s block for a long time. Thus, he often used a ghost writer, the talented but taciturn Dany….
A EstrangeiraAna as a Child1982-02-01The shady side of an Italian textile trade in northern Germany is the subject of this slow-paced but atmospheric drama featuring Alberto Sordi as Toto…
Fallen HeroesCécile2008-03-28Forty year-old Bruno Ledeux, seen sitting across from the doctor, gives the impression of a man who is no longer young but not yet old.Condemned to re…
Vertiges1985-04-09In a specialized, hermetic drama about love won and lost, not necessarily by the same individuals, novice director Christine Laurent has focused on th…
100 MetersNoelia2016-11-04Based on the incredibly true story of a Spanish man with Multiple Sclerosis who tried to finish an Iron-Man: 3,8km swimming, 180km cycling and 42 runn…
AlexBárbara1991-02-16The story of a child who faces the emptiness that surrounds the figure of his parents, disappeared in Africa….
The Son of JosephViolette Tréfouille2016-04-20A young man who lives with his mother and has never known his father, heads off to look for him. He finds a cynical and Machiavellian man who works as…
The Gang of the JotasMaria2013-02-06The Gang of the Jotas is a wacky take on the famous suitcase mixup at the airport. Nils and Didier are arriving to the South of Spain to play in a bad…
Water and SaltVera2001-08-01Ana lives in a little village by the sea, with her husband and daughter. He decides to leave for a few days. That seems to be the ideal solution, beca…
1871Maria1990-09-09A young actress becomes politically aware within the Paris Commune of 1871….
AirbagFátima do Espíritu Santo1997-06-20Mommy’s boy Juantxo is engaged. Dragged to the party by his friends Konradin and Paco, he loses his expensive wedding ring inside the body of a prosti…
Where the Sun BeatsLaura (voice)1989-09-10Laura lives in the country with her considerably older husband. When Nuno, her brother who study in Lisbon, pays a visit, he realizes that his sister …
The Xango from Baker StreetSarah Bernhardt2001-09-27Rio de Janeiro, 1886. A precious Stradivarius violin presented to Emperor Dom Pedro II is stolen. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called to solve t…
Marlene de Sousa2004-11-13Betty, a famous brasilian ‘telenovelas’ star, is in search of her twin sister Marlene, who vanished when the kids were four years old (Marlene is now …
My Life Without MeHairdresser2003-03-07A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies without telling her family of her illness….
The Broken KeyAlthea2017-11-16In a near future, due to the effects of an uncompromising law on the eco-sustainability of supports, paper has become a rare item, a luxury possession…
SorceressAgnès1987-09-23Dominican friar Etienne de Bourbon visits a 13th-century French village in search of heretics for the Inquisition. Despite the opposition of the local…
Easy in MindCecile1989-07-05A woman who only has a couple of months left to live decides to go on a final journey, crossing several countries….
Black Is BeltzaAmira (voice)2018-10-05New York City, October 10, 1965. A group of wooden giant figures from Pamplona, representing Basque culture and traditions, parade down the street; bu…
Pulp FictionFabienne1994-09-10A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster’s moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime cape…
The JesterDulce (voice)1987-10-31Set four years after the Portuguese revolution and the simultaneous loss of the Portuguese empire in Africa, the story concerns a director who sells g…
La Lectricel’infirmière muette1988-08-17Constance is a young lady who likes to read – and who likes to dream while reading – to imagine, to create images. This is what she does for «La Le…
The Forbidden RoomThe Blind Mother / Clotilde2015-10-07A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon, and a battalion of child soldiers all get more than they bargained for as they we…
PasoliniLaura Betti2014-09-25We are with Pasolini during the last hours of his life, as he talks with his beloved family and friends, writes, gives a brutally honest interview, sh…
Seances2016-04-28Seances, co-created with the National Film Board of Canada, presents a wholly new way of experiencing film narrative. By dynamically generating a seri…
Meeting Venus1991-11-17Celebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast production of Tannhauser. Ms. Anderson balks at the no…
I, CesarChantal Petit2003-04-09Cesar is a young schoolboy living in Paris with his family. Their life is ordinary, but Cesar wants more excitement (which he creates, in one instance…
Medea MiracleL’amie de Médée2007-09-08Irene moves to Paris to begin a new life with her husband Jason and their two daughters, but an act of betrayal and her desire for revenge soon sends …

Maria de Medeiros Directing Movies

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
Captains of AprilDirector2000-04-21Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship–which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salaz…
Invisible WorldDirector2012-10-29An anthology film following different stories around the theme of invisibility in the modern world….
Repare BemDirector2012-01-01The lives of three generations of women who suffered political persecution during the military dictatorship in Brazil….
Welcome to São PauloDirector2004-07-16All the feature is given prestige to by the narration in Caetano Veloso’s voice, that also signs one of the segments of the project. São Paulo is the…
Je t’aime… moi non plus: Artistes et critiquesDirector2007-05-09Documentary about the love-hate relationship between filmmakers and film critics with interviews made at Cannes Film Festival….
Our ChildrenDirector2022-02-02Vera, who fought in the armed left-wing movements against the Brazilian military dictatorship, has lived in multiple South American countries. Her dau…

Writing

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
Captains of AprilWriter2000-04-21Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship–which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salaz…
Repare BemWriter2012-01-01The lives of three generations of women who suffered political persecution during the military dictatorship in Brazil….

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