Maria João Bastos

Maria João Bastos

Maria João Bastos was born on June 18, 1975 in Lisbon, Portugal, Portugal, is Actress. Raul Ruiz's critically acclaimed "Mysteries of Lisbon"(2010) put Maria João Bastos on the map of the European and International cinema and brought her roles in films like Valeria Sarmiento's "Lines of Wellington"(2012) or Michael Sturminger's "The Casanova Variations"(2014) starring John Malkovich. But long before that, Maria João Bastos was one of the most acclaimed and respected actresses of Portugal and Brazil. She started her career in television in the late 90's in TV series, telenovelas and TV movies of great success in Portugal. Maria João starred also in several theater plays and soon she was invited by Brazilian television giant TV Globo to move to Brazil and be the star of the worldwide Brazilian successful telenovelas. She live in Rio de Janeiro for five years and returned to Portugal where she continued working in some of the most prestigious television productions in the country (the TV series "Equador" shot in 2008 in four continents, "Sedução" (2010), "Destinos Cruzados" (2013), the series "O Bairro" (2014) for example) and cinema, where she was directed by veterans like Ruy Guerra or Fernando Lopes and new generation talents like André Badalo or Artur Serra Araújo.
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Popular As	Maria João Bastos
Occupation	Actress
Age	48 years old
Zodiac Sign	Cancer
Born	June 18, 1975 ( Lisbon, Portugal, Portugal)
Birthday	June 18
Town/City	Lisbon, Portugal, Portugal
Nationality	Portugal

🌙 Zodiac

Maria João Bastos’s zodiac sign is Cancer. According to astrologers, the sign of Cancer belongs to the element of Water, just like Scorpio and Pisces. Guided by emotion and their heart, they could have a hard time blending into the world around them. Being ruled by the Moon, phases of the lunar cycle deepen their internal mysteries and create fleeting emotional patterns that are beyond their control. As children, they don't have enough coping and defensive mechanisms for the outer world, and have to be approached with care and understanding, for that is what they give in return.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Maria João Bastos was born in the Year of the Rabbit. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rabbit enjoy being surrounded by family and friends. They’re popular, compassionate, sincere, and they like to avoid conflict and are sometimes seen as pushovers. Rabbits enjoy home and entertaining at home. Compatible with Goat or Pig.

Biography/Timeline

1993

Maria João was born in Benavente, Santarém District. She holds a degree in Communication Sciences from the Independent University of Lisbon. Maria took an English course in England in 1993, a casting and video and dummy course at Visual LX in 1994 and a theater, film and television course in New York City in the year 2000. She signed an exclusive contract with The Portuguese television station, TVI.

2011

She was the winner of the Golden Globe (Portugal) 2011 as Best Film Actress for her performance in the Portuguese film Mysteries of Lisbon.

2013

Bastos is ambassador of the Jaguar car brand, and representative of the Italian brand Furla, in Portugal. Her character "Liliane Marise", in the novel Destinos Cruzados, was so remarkable that it released a CD that reached first place in the top of Portugal. Incarnating this same personage, also it made a concert in MEO Arena, in Lisbon, October 2013, and another in Guimarães, in the same month. In 2015 she was juror of the Ídolos program at SIC.