Portuguese actress
Speaks Portuguese, English and French.
She has done a variety of work for Portugals leading media companies such as RTP, SIC, Radio Comercial, and Antena 3, as a host, interviewer, actress, and spokesperson.
She represents Portugal as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations.
Awarded the prestigious Ordem de Mrito (Grau Comendador), one of Portugueses highest honors, by President Jorge Sampaio on June 10th 2005.
Shes a Tv host.
Parents: Helena and Joaquim Furtado.
Has a sister named Marta.
Catarina and husband, actor Joo Reis , are parents of a girl named Maria Beatriz (b.May 25th 2006 in Cruz Vermelha Hospital, Lisbon).
Catarina has a stepdaughter (Maria) from Joo previous relation and a stepson (Francisco) from Joo relation to actress Joana Seixas.
She wrote, produced and presented some radio programs.
She has a dance course from Escola de Dana do Conservatrio Nacional de Lisboa.
In 1991 she studied in CENJOR school, a school that forms journalists.
Catarina studied in London International School of Acting (1995/1997).
Catarina and Joo Reis are parents of a boy named Joo Maria (b. October 27th 2007 in Luz Hospital, Lisbon).
Cousin of actress Mafalda Vilhena.
