Maria João David da Silva Bastos (born 18 June 1975) is a Portuguese actress. She has participated in several Brazilian productions, becoming a known actress in
Brazil
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.
Biography
Maria João was born in
Benavente,
Santarém District. She holds a degree in Communication Sciences from the
Independent University of Lisbon. Maria took an English course in
England
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in 1993, a casting and video and dummy course at Visual LX in 1994 and a theater, film and television course in
New York City
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in the year 2000. She signed an exclusive contract with The Portuguese television station,
TVI.
Bastos is ambassador of the
Jaguar car brand, and representative of the Italian brand
Furla, in Portugal. Her character "Liliane Marise", a
pimba music singer, in the telenovela ''Destinos Cruzados'', was so remarkable that it released a CD that reached first place in the Portuguese music charts. Incarnating this same personage, she made a concert in
MEO Arena, in
Lisbon
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, in October 2013, and another in
Guimarães shortly after. In 2015 she was juror of the
Ídolos program at
SIC.
She was the winner of the 2011
Portuguese Golden Globe as Best Film Actress for her performance in the film ''
Mysteries of Lisbon''.
Filmography
Television
Film
* ''A Ponte na Califórnia'', realization of
Pedro Amorim (2016), Short film
* ''
Casanova Variations'', realization of Michael Sturminger (2014)
* ''
Bairro'', realization of
Jorge Cardoso, Lourenço de Mello,
José Manuel Fernandes and Ricardo Inácio (2013)
* ''
Linhas de Wellington'', realização de Valeria Sarmiento (2012)
* ''Em Câmara Lenta'', realization of
Fernando Lopes (2012)
* ''
Intriga Fatal, realization of
António Borges Correia (2012), TV movie
* ''Catarina e os Outros'', realization of André Badalo (2011), Short film
* ''Je M'Appelle Bernadette'', realization of Jean Sagols (2011)
* ''A Moral Conjugal'', realization of Artur Serra Araújo (2011)
* ''
Mistérios de Lisboa'', realization of Raul Ruiz (2010)
* ''Shoot Me'', realization of André Badalo (2009), Short film
* ''O Último Condenado à Morte'', realization of Francisco Manso (2009)
* ''O Inimigo sem Rosto'', realization of José Farinha (2005)
* ''O Elevador'', realization of Patrícia Sequeira (2005), Short film
* ''
O Veneno da Madrugada'', realization of
Ruy Guerra -
Brazil
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(2005)
* ''
Cavaleiros de Água Doce'', realization of
Tiago Guedes (2001), TV movie
* ''
Alta Fidelidade'', realization of
Tiago Guedes and
Frederico Serra (2000), TV movie
Stage
* ''O Método de Gronholm'', staging of
Virgílio Castelo (2005)
Presentation of shows
* Presenter of show ''Wella'',
Lisbon
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(1997)
* Presenter of gala ''Globos de Ouro'',
SIC (2003)
* Presenter of the trophy delivery of the national sport, SIC (2004)
* Gala hostess "Fashion Model Awards", Fashion TV and
SIC (2004)
Advertising
* Mustela (1997)
* Mimosa
* TMN
* Optimus
* Daewoo
* Cerveja CoolBeer
* CTT (2004)
* Daníssimo (2005)
* Páginas Amarelas (2005)
* Cerveja Sagres (2013)
References
External links
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1975 births
Living people
People from Benavente, Portugal
Portuguese television actresses
Portuguese film actresses
Portuguese stage actresses
Portuguese expatriates in Brazil
Pimba music