Raul Ruiz's critically acclaimed "Mysteries of Lisbon"(2010) put Maria Jo?o 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 Jo?o 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 Jo?o 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, "Sedu??o" (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 Andr�� Badalo or Artur Serra Ara��jo.
Bio:
Raul Ruiz's critically acclaimed "Mysteries of Lisbon"(2010) put Maria Jo?o 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 Jo?o 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 Jo?o 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, "Sedu??o" (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 Andr�� Badalo or Artur Serra Ara��jo.
Tivia:
One of the Supporting Actresses of the Year in the New York Film Poll of Village Voice for "Mysteries of Lisbon".Aunt of Gon?alo and Carolina.Often works with M��rio Laginha.Daughter of Maria Matilde David da Silva Bastos.Sister of Maria In��s David da Silva Bastos.Born in the Parish of Benavente.Sister of Susana David Bastos.Was victim of armed robbery while shooting a TV series in Brazil: that resulted in a security guard getting wounded and the robbers later trying to fire on Maria Jo?o as she angrily attacked one of them after they were apprehended. It took her some time to recover from this traumatic experience, something she achieved through boxing and self-defense classes.
Raul Ruiz\'s critically acclaimed \"Mysteries of Lisbon\"(2010) put Maria Jo?o 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
Trivia:
One of the Supporting Actresses of the Year in the New York Film Poll of Village Voice for "Mysteries of Lisbon".Aunt of Gon?alo and Carolina.Often works with M��rio Laginha.Daughter of Maria Matilde David da Silva Bastos.Sister of Maria In��s David da Silva Bastos.Born in the Parish of Benavente.Sister of Susana David Bastos.Was victim of armed robbery while shooting a TV series in Brazil: that resulted in a security guard getting wounded and the robbers later trying to fire on Maria Jo?o as she angrily attacked one of them after they were apprehended. It took her some time to recover from this traumatic experience, something she achieved through boxing and self-defense classes.
Trademarks:
Piercing blue eyes with shades of turquois
Job title:
Actress
Others works:
TV commercial of Portuguese Yellow Pages company P��ginas Amarelas (2006).
(2013) TV Commercial for portuguese beer Sagres shot in New York City
(2013) Voice work on the portuguese version of "Despicable Me 2"
(1997) TV commercial and photo s
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Raul Ruiz's critically acclaimed "Mysteries of Lisbon"(2010) put Maria Jo?o 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 Jo?o 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 Jo?o 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, "Sedu??o" (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 Andr�� Badalo or Artur Serra Ara��jo.
