Mariana Vasconcelos Bandhold, more popularly known by her stage name as Mariana Bandhold, is a

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- American singer, actress, and songwriter from the

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. She was a contestant in the second season of

The Voice Portugal ''The Voice Portugal'' (''A Voz de Portugal'' in the first season) is a Portuguese reality singing competition and local version of ''The Voice'', originally broadcast as ''The Voice of Holland''. It premiered on 29 October 2011, on RTP1, with t ...

Career

Bandhold began singing at the age of 7. Bandhold was already acting by the age of 12, when she starred as

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in famed Portuguese director Filipe La Féria's 2007 production of ''

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'', at the Teatro Politeama in Lisbon. in 2007, Bandhold and her mother, singer Ana Vasconcelos, starred together as a team in '' Família Superstar'', a family-based, team song competition. In 2014, Bandhold participated in the second season of

, being coached by

Mickael Carreira Mickael Carreira (born Mickael Araújo Antunes on 3 April 1986) is a Portuguese pop singer and songwriter. He is most famous for his ballads and the romanticism of his songs made him one of the best selling artists in Portugal. In total, his alb ...

. She advanced as a semifinalist, but was eliminated in the live shows. Bandhold's mother would go on to participate in

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of The Voice Portugal.

Personal life

Bandhold was born in Cascais, on the

, to a Portuguese mother, actress and singer Ana Vasconcelos, and an American father, and grew up in the

. She attended the

Carlucci American International School of Lisbon The Carlucci American International School of Lisbon (known as CAISL) is a prominent private international school in Linhó, Sintra, a wealthy suburb of Lisbon on the Portuguese Riviera. Founded in 1956, CAISL is the oldest American school in the ...

until graduating high school, and subsequently graduated from the AMDA College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts, in Hollywood,

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Discography

Filmography

Theatre

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bandhold, Mariana Living people 1995 births The Voice of Portugal contestants 21st-century Portuguese women singers Portuguese women songwriters Portuguese dancers People from Cascais Portuguese people of American descent