Maria de Medeiros
Maria de Medeiros was born in Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal on August 19th, 1965 and is the Movie Actress. At the age of 58, Maria de Medeiros biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Maria Esteves de Medeiros Victorino de Almeida, DamSE (born 19 August 1965), known professionally as Maria de Medeiros (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐˈɾiɐ ðɨ mɨˈðɐjɾuʃ]), is a Portuguese actress, director, and singer who has been involved in both European and American film productions.
Early life
Maria de Medeiros was born in Lisbon, Portugal, the daughter of musician and composer António Victorino de Almeida. She played her first part on screen at the age of 15. At 18, she moved to France to pursue her acting studies and was a student at the CNSAD.
Medeiros speaks French fluently and has acted extensively on stage and on screen in French productions. She also acts in German, Spanish and Italian productions. Medeiros is the first Portuguese woman to be designated a UNESCO Artist for Peace.
Film career
Three early 1990s roles are among Medeiros' most memorable film appearances. Anne's esthetic similarity to Ana's Nin gave her her her principal role in Henry & June (1990), in which she played the author. Maria in Ken McMullen's film about the rise of the Paris Commune in 1871 appeared in 1990. Medeiros appeared in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction in 1994, as Fabienne de Andch Coolidge, the girlfriend of Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis).
Medeiros directed the film April Captains (in which she also played a small part) about the 1974 Carnation Revolution in Portugal in 2000. The film was shown in the Uncertain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.
Medeiros appeared in the film My Life Without Me, starring Sarah Polley, in 2003. Isabella Rossellini and Mark McKinney co-starred in Guy Maddin's Canadian film The Saddest Music in the World (2004) directed by Guy Maddin and co-starring Isabella Rossellini and Mark McKinney.
Music career
Medeiros released the album A Little More Blue in 2007, in which she performs songs by Brazilian artists including Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Ivan Lins, and Dolores Duran. She sings in Portuguese, French ("Joana"), and English ("A Little More Blue" by Veloso).
On The Legendary Tigerman album Femina, she performed "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" in 2009.
Pennsulas & Continentes, her second album, was released on February 23, 2010.