Catarina Cardoso Garcia da Fonseca Furtado (born 25 August 1972) is a Portuguese television presenter, actress and

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. Catarina was born in

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and is a daughter of RTP journalist

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Career

Throughout her career on television which started in the early 1990s, she has worked for

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and RTP television networks, as well as the radio stations

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and RDP Antena 3. While an underage girl, Catarina had a short non-talking role in the film '' Non, ou a Vã Glória de Mandar'' directed by

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. Later on she starred in films like '' Killing Time'' (an English film that appeared in the

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), ''Fatima'' (an Italian movie by

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), ''Anjo da Guarda'' and ''Pesadelo cor-de-rosa'', among others. Catarina's first big success was as a presenter on the TV show ''Top +'' on RTP, a Portuguese program featuring popular music videos and the national weekly

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. It was a music show that led to her hosting a

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program on the SIC network, years before Portuguese MTV was founded. She went on to do a variety of shows, including ''Treasure Hunt'' (''Caça ao Tesouro''), on SIC television, which was often shot on location in Portugal's smaller towns, where Catarina arrived in a

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. On January 8, 2018, she was announced as one of the four hosts of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest alongside

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, and

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Personal life

Catarina attended the Conservatório Nacional (until 1990) specializing in

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. She also trained in journalism and studied

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at London's International School of Acting from 1995 to 1997, as well as

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's Method Studio in England. She is married to João Reis, an actor, and has a daughter, Maria Beatriz (born in 2006) and a son, João Maria (born in 2007). Catarina Furtado is rated on the site

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Films and television

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'' * '' Filhos do Rock'' (2013–14) * ''

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'' (2011–present) * '' Cidade Despida'' (2010) * ''Dá-me Música'' * '' A minha geração'' (2008) * '' Dança Comigo'' (2006–07) * ''Pequenos em Grande'' (2005) * ''

Operação Triunfo ''Operação Triunfo (OT)'' is the Portuguese version of the original Star Academy (in the original Spanish version of the reality show ''Operación Triunfo'' broadcast by RTP). The first two seasons were hosted by Catarina Furtado, and the ot ...

'' (2003) * ''Pequenos e Terríveis'' (1999) * ''Uma Noite de Sonho'' (1995) * '' Caça ao Tesouro'' (1994) * '' Chuva de Estrelas'' (1993) *

(1992) * ''

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'' (1991/1992) * Gala

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* ''As Mais Belas Canções de Natal'' * ''SIC No País do Natal'' * Gala

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* '' Uma Aventura'' * '' O Lampião da Estrela'' * ''Catarina.com'' * ''Fátima'' * ''A Ferreirinha'' * ''Natal dos Hospitais''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Furtado, Catarina Portuguese television presenters Portuguese actresses Portuguese people of Goan descent 1972 births Living people Actresses from Lisbon Portuguese women television presenters

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