Ana Rita Camarneiro Mendes (born 15 January 1988) is a Portuguese

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and

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Career

She started her career in television at

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, the public service broadcasting organisation of Portugal. There, she did

stand-up comedy Stand-up comedy is a comedy, comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up. Stand-up comedy consists of One-line joke ...

and worked as a scriptwriter for late-night talk show '' 5 Para A Meia-Noite''. She also wrote the

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' in 2012. She played a role in ''

Mau Mau Maria ''Mau Mau Maria'' is a 2014 Portuguese comedy film directed by José Alberto Pinheiro. It was released on 30 October 2014. Cast *Débora Monteiro *Diana Chaves *Inês Aires Pereira *São José Correia *Inês Castel-Branco *Victor de Sousa *José ...

'', a 2014 comedy film. In late 2014, Camarneiro joined private broadcaster SIC Radical, where she became the new presenter of the ''CC All-Stars'' show. In addition to her activities in television, Camarneiro has also worked for radio stations on several occasions. She currently co-hosts Antena 3's ''Prova oral'' up to five times per week.

Personal life

Camarneiro is a native of

Figueira da Foz Figueira da Foz (), also known as Figueira for short, is a city and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. Practically at the midpoint of the Iberian Peninsula's Atlantic coast, it is located at the mouth of the Mondego River, west ...

Coimbra District Coimbra District ( pt, Distrito de Coimbra, or ) is located in the Centro Region, Portugal. The district capital is the city of Coimbra. Municipalities The district is composed by 17 municipalities: * Arganil * Cantanhede * Coimbra * Condeixa ...

, in central

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. She has two older brothers, one of which is the novelist Nuno Camarneiro. Before committing on her current career, she successfully completed a master's degree course in

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at the

University of Coimbra The University of Coimbra (UC; pt, Universidade de Coimbra, ) is a Public university, public research university in Coimbra, Portugal. First established in Lisbon in 1290, it went through a number of relocations until moving permanently to Coi ...

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1988 births Living people People from Figueira da Foz Portuguese women comedians Portuguese radio presenters Portuguese women radio presenters Portuguese television actresses Portuguese television directors Portuguese women television presenters Portuguese women psychologists Women television directors {{Portugal-actor-stub