Maria João David da Silva Bastos (born 18 June 1975) is a Portuguese actress. She has participated in several Brazilian productions, becoming a known actress in Brazil.
Biography 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.
Bastos is ambassador of the Jaguar car brand, and representative of the Italian brand Furla, in Portugal. Her character "Liliane Marise", a pimba music singer, in the telenovela Destinos Cruzados, was so remarkable that it released a CD that reached first place in the Portuguese music charts. Incarnating this same personage, she made a concert in MEO Arena, in Lisbon, in October 2013, and another in Guimarães shortly after. In 2015 she was juror of the Ídolos program at SIC.
She was the winner of the 2011 Portuguese Golden Globe as Best Film Actress for her performance in the film Mysteries of Lisbon.
Filmography
Television Year Title Role 1992 Cinzas Maria João 1996 Desafios Presenter with Fernanda Serrano 1997 Médico de Família 1999 Todo o Tempo do Mundo Marta Campos 2000 Alta Fidelidade Carla 2001 Cavaleiros de Água Doce Susana Querido Professor Catarina Ganância Joana A Minha Família É Uma Animação 2002 O Clone Amália 2003 Sabor da Paixão Rita Coimbra 2004 Sítio do Picapau Amarelo Isabel Só Gosto de Ti Rita 2005 Segredo Suzana No Comando Mundo Meu Sofia Salgado 2006 Tempo de Viver Raquel Mendes 2008 Casos da Vida - Noivas de Maio Vitória Casos da Vida - Casal do Ano Susana 2009 Ecuador Ann Jamerson Flor do Mar Gabriela 2010 Sedução Ester Vasconcelos 2011 Bairro Diana 2013 Destinos Cruzados Margarida Isabel Cabreira das Caldas (Liliane Marise) 2014 Boogie Oogie Diana2015Coração d'Ouro Beatriz Bacelar Castro de Aguiar 2017Novo MundoLetícia 2020 A Espia Rose Lawson2023-2024Flor sem TempoLeonor Valente2026-presentPáginas da VidaMarta Toledo Dias
Film A Ponte na Califórnia, realization of Pedro Amorim (2016), Short film Casanova Variations, realization of Michael Sturminger (2014) Bairro, realization of Jorge Cardoso, Lourenço de Mello, José Manuel Fernandes and Ricardo Inácio (2013) Linhas de Wellington, realização de Valeria Sarmiento (2012) Em Câmara Lenta, realization of Fernando Lopes (2012) Intriga Fatal, realization of António Borges Correia (2012), TV movie Catarina e os Outros, realization of André Badalo (2011), Short film Je M'Appelle Bernadette, realization of Jean Sagols (2011) A Moral Conjugal, realization of Artur Serra Araújo (2011) Mistérios de Lisboa, realization of Raul Ruiz (2010) Shoot Me, realization of André Badalo (2009), Short film O Último Condenado à Morte, realization of Francisco Manso (2009) O Inimigo sem Rosto, realization of José Farinha (2005) O Elevador, realization of Patrícia Sequeira (2005), Short film O Veneno da Madrugada, realization of Ruy Guerra - Brazil (2005) Cavaleiros de Água Doce, realization of Tiago Guedes (2001), TV movie Alta Fidelidade, realization of Tiago Guedes and Frederico Serra (2000), TV movie
Stage O Método de Gronholm, staging of Virgílio Castelo (2005)
Presentation of shows Presenter of show Wella, Lisbon (1997) Presenter of gala Globos de Ouro, SIC (2003) Presenter of the trophy delivery of the national sport, SIC (2004) Gala hostess "Fashion Model Awards", Fashion TV and SIC (2004)
Advertising Mustela (1997) Mimosa TMN Optimus Daewoo Cerveja CoolBeer CTT (2004) Daníssimo (2005) Páginas Amarelas (2005) Cerveja Sagres (2013)
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