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Sofia Alves
Sofia Alves (born 25 September 1973 in Luanda, Angola) is a Portuguese film, television and stage actress. She began her acting career as a stage actress and has since appeared in several Portuguese films and television programmes, mostly telenovelas. She currently stars as Hortense Monforte in the telenovella Remédio Santo. Biography Born on September 25, 1973, in Luanda. She is one of the most requested and most popular actresses on Portuguese television. After, at the end of 1992, having started his television career in ''A Banqueira do Povo'' and participating in series (''Ballet Rose'' (1998) or ''Jornalistas'' (1999), he stood out as the protagonist of several telenovelas. Some of the characters, in soap operas, that highlighted the actress were two protagonists that the actress brought to life, that is, Luísa Negrão and Leonor in ''Olhos de Água'' (TVI, 2000/2001), in which she played the two twin sisters. Also noteworthy are Joana Figueiredo, the character the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luanda
Luanda () is the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport, and also the capital of the Luanda Province. Luanda and its metropolitan area is the most populous Portuguese-speaking capital city in the world and the most populous Lusophone city outside Brazil, with over 8.3 million inhabitants in 2020 (a third of Angola's population). Among the oldest colonial cities of Africa, it was founded in January 1576 as ''São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda'' by Portuguese explorer Paulo Dias de Novais. The city served as the centre of the slave trade to Brazil before its prohibition. At the start of the Angolan Civil War in 1975, most of the white Portuguese left as refugees, principally for Portugal. Luanda's population increased greatly from refugees fleeing the war, but its infrastructure was inadequate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
