Biography
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. 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 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 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 novel 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, 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
all 42
TV Shows 24
Movies 18
self 1
Matilha (2024)
Turn of the Tide (2023)
Sombras Brancas (2023)
Motel Valkirias (2023)
Timeless Love (2023)
Da Mood (2022)
A Rainha e a Bastarda (2022)
Amor Amor (2021)
Crónica dos Bons Malandros (2020)
The Spy (2020)
Último Acto (2019)
Na Corda Bamba (2019)
3 Mulheres (2018)
País Irmão (2017)
Coração d’Ouro (2015)
Casanova Variations (2014)
Boogie Oogie (2014)
O Bairro (2014)
Bairro (2013)
Destinos Cruzados (2013)
A Moral Conjugal (2012)
Lines of Wellington (2012)
Em Câmara Lenta (2012)
Intriga Fatal (2012)
My Name Is Bernadette (2011)
Mysteries of Lisbon (2011)
Catarina and the others (2011)
Sedução (2010)
Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)
O Inimigo Sem Rosto (2010)
Shoot Me (2010)
Alta Definição (2009)
O Último Condenado à Morte (2009)
Equador (2008)
In Evil Hour (2006)
Sabor da Paixão (2002)
Segredo de Justiça (2001)
Cavaleiros De Água Doce (2001)
Alta Fidelidade (2000)
Todo o Tempo do Mundo (1999)
Cinzas (1992)
A Ponte na Califórnia
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1975-06-18 (48 years old)
Birth PlaceLisbon, Portugal
CitizenshipsPortugal
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