Amélia Videira

Amélia Videira is a Portuguese actress, particularly known for her roles in soap operas and films on Portuguese television.

Maria Amélia da Cruz Lobo Videira was born in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon on 18 June 1945. She wanted to be an actress from a young age but this was vetoed by her mother who would not allow her to attend the National Conservatory of Lisbon to train as an actor. Instead, she studied at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School, obtaining a master's degree in theatre studies and followed this with a course at the University of Minho to be a specialist trainer. She then took continuing education courses at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon. She received training in Movement Analysis, Psychodrama, Dance and Disability, Dance Therapy, Mime, Psychomotricity and Relaxation, and other subjects.