Maitê Proença Gallo (born 28 January 1958) is a Brazilian actress, television presenter and writer.
Biography Maitê Proença was born in São Paulo, Brazil. Her mother was Margot Proença, a philosophy and music teacher who died when Maitê was 12, killed by her father. Her father was Eduardo Gallo (died in 1989). She has a younger brother, René Augusto Proença Gallo, born in 1963. She is of Portuguese descent; both of her grandfathers were Portuguese.Maitê Proença escreve carta pedindo desculpas aos portugueses [Terra], October 14, 2009.
As a child, Proença studied in an American school and spoke fluent English, as well as French, Spanish, and Italian. She attended the undergraduate psychology programme at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo and the University of São Paulo, where she studied journalism. Proença also attended a number of courses at the Sorbonne at the end of the 1970s, while living in France. Between 1977 and 1979 she traveled around the world to Europe, Asia, and Africa. She has maintained this habit, traveling to more than 70 countries.
In 1979, Proença had a serious car accident. She underwent two surgical operations and was bedridden for almost a year.
Career Proença has worked on Brazilian telenovelas, films and plays. Her role in the telenovela Dona Beija was her first major TV success in Brazil, Portugal and some 50 other countries where it was shown.
Proença has written two books. Her first book, Entre ossos e a escrita, published in 2005, contained the best of her essays. The second book, Uma Vida Inventada, sold 100,000 copies in Brazil and was exported to Portugal. She has also written two plays one of which, As Meninas, won her several prizes. She has a column in the Brazilian magazine Época.
Proença has been a TV host for Video Show (1983), Programa de Domingo (1987) and Saia Justa (2006/2007). In 2006, Proença wrote her first theater play, Achadas e Perdidas. In 2002, she made her debut as a theater producer with the play Buda.
In 2009, due to controversial remarks on the Brazilian TV show Saia Justa, Proença prompted public outrage in Portugal and was accused of being Lusophobic, though she has since affirmed numerous times her love for Portugal. She has since denied the accusation and recorded several apologies, as well as issuing one on her official blog. Proença emphasized that despite the misunderstanding, she is of recent Portuguese ancestry and likes Portugal and the Portuguese. For about a week, the affair was discussed or reported on several Portuguese television networks and major newspapers.
Personal life Proença released a book in 2008 entitled "An Invented Life", which reveals that at age 16, living in Paris, she had her first boyfriend, a Frenchman who was a few years older. Through carelessness, she became pregnant by him. After several fights, and various comings and goings, he decided that he would not support her, and abandoned her, pregnant. Without the emotional means to have a child, she went to a clinic in the area where she had an abortion and a quiet recovery. She revealed in interviews that she was sure of what she was doing at the time, not regretting the act, stating that women need to have the freedom to deal with their lives, with their own bodies. Over time, she had several boyfriends.
In 1982, having lived back in Brazil for a few years, Proença decided to live with her fiancé, Paulo Marinho, Odile Rubirosa's ex-husband, with whom she lived for 12 years and had her only daughter, Maria, born in October 1990. In 1995, she had a brief affair with cast member Victor Fasano. From 1996 to 2000 she lived with her boyfriend, Edgar Moura. From 2004 to 2007, she had a relationship with press officer Rodrigo Paiva. Later she briefly dated the Carioca entrepreneur Toninho Dias Leite and the Portuguese writer Miguel Sousa Tavares, as well as the businessman Alexandre Colombo, with whom she was with for two years, ending in 2011.
In spite of her relationship with Edgar Moura, with whom she lived for 4 years, and with Paulo Marinho, with whom she lived for 12 years, where on her personal website Paulo is described as "husband", Proença was never officially married with either one of them, to avoid losing the pension paid by SPPREV - São Paulo Previdência, which according to data from 2013, published by Época at the time was disclosed as being about R$13,000. Proença had been receiving this since 1989, the year of her father's death by suicide; her father was a prosecutor. In 2008 the value reached R$21,500. This pension is the result of complementary law 180/1978, which provides: "The pension attributed to the incapable or invalid shall be due for the duration of incapacity or invalidity and the unmarried daughter until marriage." According to the report, to keep the pension, it is common practice for many women to hold a religious marriage, live with a husband and even have children, but not officially register the relationship.
In November 2021, Maitê announced relationship with Adriana Calcanhotto, which ended in October 2022. Despite her experiences, Maitê refuses the bisexual label.
Filmography Television YearTitleRoleNotes1979Dinheiro VivoJoana1980As Três MariasMaria da Glória (Glória)1981Jogo da VidaCarla Barros1982Sítio do Picapau AmareloBelleEpisode: "Beauty and the Beast"Elas por ElasWoman idealized by YedaSupport cast1983Vídeo ShowPresenterQuarta NobreEliana Episode: "Mandrake"Guerra dos SexosJuliana de Alcântara Pereira Barreto1984Marquesa de SantosDomitila de Castro, Marchioness of Santos1985Um Sonho a MaisValéria Moura Góes1986Dona BeijaAna Jacinta de São José (Dona Beja)1987Corpo SantoAdriana FerreiraSassaricandoCamila Abdalla VarellaDiálogoPresenter1987–88Programa de Domingo1987–891989O Salvador da PátriaClotilde Ribeiro1991O Sorriso do LagartoAna ClaraFelicidadeHelena Sousa1993Contos de VerãoPâmela JordãoVocê DecideEpisode: "Máscara Negra" 1994Episode: "A Viúva Negra"Confissões de AdolescenteVivian Episode: "Bárbara Vai a Luta"1995Cara & CoroaHeloísa Souto Brandão1996Você DecideEpisode: "O Fã"A Vida como Ela É...Various characters1997Sai de BaixoPatrícia Renta Episode: "Bonitinho, Mais Ordinário"1998Torre de BabelClara Soares1999MulherEpisode: "Perdas e Danos"Vila MadalenaEugênia Junqueira2001Estrela-GuiaKalinda2002Brava GenteBetina Episode: "O Enterro da Cafetina"2003MalhaçãoDaniela Correia AmorimSeason 102004Da Cor do PecadoVera Campos Sodré (Verinha)2005A Lua Me DisseReginaEpisodes: "April 18–30, 2005"2006A DiaristaRegiana Episode: "Saia Injusta"Saia JustaPresenter2006–102008Faça Sua HistóriaBebete Episode: "O Califa de Copacabana"Três IrmãsWalquíria Pascolli2009Caminho das ÍndiasFernanda Estavanato (Nanda)2010PassioneStella Gouveia2012GabrielaDona Sinházinha Guedes MendonçaGuerra dos SexosMadonnaEpisodes: "October 27–30, 2012" 2014Extra OrdináriosApresentadora2014–15 2015Alto AstralCatarina Santana (Kitty)2016Tá no Ar: a TV na TVHelenaEpisode: "February 2, 2016" Liberdade, Liberdade Dionísia Raposo Viegas Manttini2017Me Chama de BrunaMiranda2024Good Morning, VerônicaDianaMain role (season 3)
Internet Year Title Role Notes2013 Maitêndo Fundo Herself Short for the channel Porta dos Fundos)2016 A Lenda do Mão de LuvaDionísiaGshow Webseries
Films Year Title Role Notes 1979 O Eterno Adeus 1980 Prova de Fogo Sandra 1983 História Passional 1986 Sexo FrágilAna 1987 Brasa Adormecida Bebel 1988 The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema Suzana1989 Kuarup Maureen Solidão, Uma Linda História de Amor 1990 Beijo 2348/72 Catarina 1995 16060 Eleanor1998 Vox PopuliShort film A Hora Mágica Susana / Lyla Paixão Perdida Anna Rondi 2000 Tolerance Márcia2001 Bufo & Spallanzani Delfina Delamare A Partilha Herself Cameo Atlantis: The Lost Empire Helga Brazilian voice dubbing 2002 The Forest Dona Yayá 2004 Viva Sapato! Caroline2005 Jogo Subterrâneo Mercedes Sal de Prata Estrela de Cinema 2007 BarrosRafaela DantasShort film 2008 Onde Andará Dulce Veiga? Dulce Veiga 2010 Elvis & Madona Soraya 2012 Primeiro Dia de um Ano Qualquer Consuelo Castilhos 2015 A Natureza está FalandoWaterDubbing 2016 My Hindu Friend Débora2017 Bio Doctor Sinopse Short film
Theater Year Title Role Notes 1982 Mentiras Alucinantes de Um Casal Feliz 1988 As Guerreiras do Amor 1988 La Malasangre 1989 Na Sauna1994 História de Nova York - Dorothy Parker Confissões das Mulheres de 301994–95 2000 Isabel Princess Isabel 2000–012002 Paixão de Cristo da Nova JerusalémMary Com a Pulga Atrás da OrelhaMadame Chandebise 2002–03 2005 Achadas e Perdidas18 characters 2005–07 2009 As Meninas 2013 À Beira do Abismo Me Cresceram Asas Teresinha 2017 A Esposa IdealAlice2017–18
References
External links
Maitê Proença - official blog www.maite.com.br - official web site