Portuguese actress
Founded Teatro Experimental de Cascais (TEC), in 1965, of which she was the mainstay and one of the leading stars until 1974. She returned to it, alternating dramas and comedies, in 1987.
Trophy for best actress in a musical show, for her part in the vaudeville "Mulheres de Calas" , by Vtor Pavo dos Santos, offered by the magazine "Nova Gente", Lisbon, by popular vote.
Acclaimed stage actress, of which a number of great plays: "Deseja-se Mulher" , of Almada Negreiros; "Esopaida" , of Antnio Jos da Silva; "A Casa de Bernarda Alba", of Garca Lorca; "A Maluquinha de Arroios", of Andr Brun; "D. Quixote", of Yves Jamiaque; "Ivone, Princesa de Borgonha", of Gombrowicz; "Acto sem Palavras", of Samuel Beckett; "A Verdadeira Histria de Jack, o Estripador" , of Elizabeth Huppert; " Procura de Alberto" , of G. Leautier; "Maria Stuart", of Maraini; "O Balco", of Jean Genet; "Opereta", of Gombrowicz", "Erros Meus M Fortuna Amor Ardente", of Natlia Correia", among others. Her movie career pales besides her powerful stage appearances, and yet those who worked with her said that "she was a great actress, who had the power of attracting the camera to her" - quoted from Artur Semedo who directed her in O Rei das Berlengas .
