Maria de Medeiros

Maria de Medeiros was born on Aug 19, 1965 in Portugal. Maria de Medeiros's big-screen debut came with Silvestre directed by João César Monteiro in 1981. Maria de Medeiros is known for The Venerable W. directed by Barbet Schroeder, Ashin Wirathu stars as Self and U. Zanitar as Self - Wirathu's Master. Maria de Medeiros has got 23 awards and 18 nominations so far. The most recent award Maria de Medeiros achieved is Gijón International Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Maria de Medeiros plays is What Spring Does with the Cherry Trees which will be released on Mar 09, 2022.

Maria de Medeiros is the oldest of three daughters by the pianist, maestro and composer António Vitorino D'Almeida and Maria Armanda Esteves. Her sisters are Inês de Medeiros, stage actress and film and stage director and Ana Medeiros, violinist, composer, and music teacher.Studied at Lycée Français Charles Le Pierre, Lisbon, and when she was 15 years old, she acted in her father's movie, Silvestre. Went to Paris in 1984, aiming to take a college degree in the Beaux Arts, and ended by taking Philosophy, and Drama instead, at the National Schools of Arts and Theatre Techniques.Lived and filmed in Portugal, and abroad, then she returned to Paris, where she is established since 1987. She married a Catalonian (Spain), and has two daughters. She acquired the French nationality because of her children, and because she has a French culture as well as a Portuguese one. She is fluent in Portuguese, French, English, German and Spanish.