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Maria de Medeiros

Maria de Medeiros

13 movies on Netflix

Biography

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.

61years old

Turns 62 on August 19in 304 days

Born August 19, 1965Lisbon
Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Also credited as Maria de Medeiros Esteves Vitorino de Almeida and Maria Esteves de Medeiros Victorino de Almeida

Movie Career

Films: 13
Career span: 28 years1990 to 2018

Genres

Comedy54%, 7 films
Drama54%, 7 films
Biography15%, 2 films
Crime15%, 2 films
Romance15%, 2 films

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Big break
Because she looked like Anaïs Nin, Medeiros was given the main part in Henry & June (1990), where she portrayed the author.
Early training
Medeiros got her first screen part when she was 15. At 18 she went to France to study acting, attending the Conservatoire national superieur d'art dramatique (CNSAD) and graduating in 1988.
Behind the camera
Medeiros took both directing and acting duties on April Captains, a 2000 film centered on Portugal's 1974 Carnation Revolution. That same year, the movie appeared in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes.
Languages
For her 2007 album A little more Blue, Medeiros sang Brazilian songs in Portuguese, French and English, including works by Chico Buarque and Caetano Veloso.

Maria de Medeiros movies on Netflix

Black Is Beltza2018IMDb rating 5.8as Amira (voice)
The Forbidden Room2015IMDb rating 6.2as Blind Mother / Clotilde
Les maîtres du suspense2014IMDb rating 6.1as Maria / Scarlett
Pasolini2014IMDb rating 5.9as Laura Betti
Chicken with Plums2011IMDb rating 7.0as Faringuisse
Holidays by the Sea2011IMDb rating 5.6as Madame Collier
David's Birthday2009IMDb rating 6.6as Francesca
My Stars2008IMDb rating 5.7as Adeline
My Life Without Me2003IMDb rating 7.4as The Hairdresser
The Saddest Music in the World2003IMDb rating 7.0as Narcissa
Airbag1997IMDb rating 6.7as Fátima do Espíritu Santo
Pulp Fiction1994IMDb rating 8.8as Fabienne
Henry & June1990IMDb rating 6.3as Anaïs Nin

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

Pulp Fiction1994 Crime, Dramaas Fabienne
IMDb rating 8.82.5M votes
Henry & June1990 Biography, Dramaas Anaïs Nin
IMDb rating 6.315K votes
My Life Without Me2003as The Hairdresser
IMDb rating 7.427K votes
Chicken with Plums2011as Faringuisse
IMDb rating 7.010K votes
The Saddest Music in the World2003as Narcissa
IMDb rating 7.06.6K votes
David's Birthday2009as Francesca
IMDb rating 6.62.7K votes
Airbag1997as Fátima do Espíritu Santo
IMDb rating 6.75.4K votes
Holidays by the Sea2011as Madame Collier
IMDb rating 5.6460 votes

Most often with

Guy Maddin directed two of these films. Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

Uma Thurman

Isabella Rossellini

Amanda Plummer

Mathieu Amalric

Louis Negin

Guy MaddinDirector, 2 films

Films together

Uma Thurman2 films together, 1990 to 1994
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- Pulp Fiction1994IMDb rating 8.8Medeiros as FabienneThurman as Mia Wallace
- Henry & June1990IMDb rating 6.3Medeiros as Anaïs NinThurman as June Miller
Isabella Rossellini2 films together, 2003 to 2011
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- Chicken with Plums2011IMDb rating 7.0Medeiros as FaringuisseRossellini as Parvine
- The Saddest Music in the World2003IMDb rating 7.0Medeiros as NarcissaRossellini as Lady Helen Port-Huntley
Amanda Plummer2 films together, 1994 to 2003
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- My Life Without Me2003IMDb rating 7.4Medeiros as The HairdresserPlummer as Laurie
- Pulp Fiction1994IMDb rating 8.8Medeiros as FabiennePlummer as Honey Bunny / Yolanda
Mathieu Amalric2 films together, 2011 to 2015
Mathieu Amalric's page
- The Forbidden Room2015IMDb rating 6.2Medeiros as Blind Mother / ClotildeAmalric as Thadeusz M___ / Ostler
- Chicken with Plums2011IMDb rating 7.0Medeiros as FaringuisseAmalric as Nasser-Ali Khan
Louis Negin2 films together, 2003 to 2015
Louis Negin's page
- The Forbidden Room2015IMDb rating 6.2Medeiros as Blind Mother / ClotildeNegin as Marv / Smithy / Mars / Organizer / Mr. Lanyon
- The Saddest Music in the World2003IMDb rating 7.0Medeiros as NarcissaNegin as Blind Seer
Guy MaddinDirector, 2 films, 2003 to 2015
All films by Guy Maddin
- The Forbidden Room2015IMDb rating 6.2Medeiros as Blind Mother / Clotilde
- The Saddest Music in the World2003IMDb rating 7.0Medeiros as Narcissa

Awards

Six awards and honors, two of them major.

Maria de Medeiros's awards and nominations, grouped by award
Year	Award	Film	Result
Golden Globes
	Golden Globes		Won
Venice Film Festival
	Volpi Cup for Best Actress		Won
Other honors
1996	Genie Awards		Won
	Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres		Won
	Gérard-Philipe Price		Won
	Knight of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword		Won

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