Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1970-01-30 (55 years old)

Place of Birth

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Also Known As

Maria Luíza Mendonça

Maria Luísa Mendonça

Biography

Maria Luísa Mendonça (Rio de Janeiro, January 30, 1970) is a Brazilian actress, director and presenter. Known for her complex and dramatic characters, she became one of the most renowned actresses in the country.

Known For

7.6%

Carandiru

Mar 21, 2003

7.2%

The Man from the Future

Sep 2, 2011

6.1%

The Invisible Woman

Jun 5, 2009

6.1%

If I Were You 2

Feb 1, 2009

7.9%

Os Normais

Jun 1, 2001

6.4%

Querô

Mar 17, 2007

6.7%

Mandrake

Oct 30, 2005

4.7%

Second Chance

May 14, 2018

6.0%

Seize the Day

Sep 14, 2009

7.4%

Magnifica 70

May 24, 2015

6.0%

Who Killed Pixote?

Nov 1, 1996

4.5%

A Mulher do Meu Amigo

Nov 21, 2008

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Acting

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Americana

2024

My Drywall Cocoon

2022

Meu Álbum de Amores as Maria Helena

2021

L.O.C.A. – Liga das Obsessivas Compulsivas por Amor as Vera

2019

Horácio as Petula

2018		An Eye and a Knife as Cris
2018		Second Chance as Karen Michele Athayde
2018		Todo Clichê do Amor
2018		Naked as Isabel

2017		Dear Death: The Movie as Dora
2017		Vade Retro as Lucy

2015		Magnifica 70 as Isabel Souto
2015		Amorteamo as Dora

2013		Blue Desert
2013		Beyond the Horizon as Inês Serapião Pomatelli
2013		Habi, The Foreigner as Margarita

2012		Sessão de Terapia as Clarice
2012		Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit

2011		Amanhã Nunca Mais as Miriam
2011		The Man from the Future as Sandra

2010		Extreme Happiness as Madam
2010		Sunstroke as Ana

2009		Seize the Day as Alice Soares
2009		The Invisible Woman as Marina
2009		If I Were You 2 as Denise

2008		A Mulher do Meu Amigo as Pâmela
2008		Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala as Silvia
2008		Queridos Amigos as Raquel

2007		O Magnata as Vilma
2007		Querô as Alzira

2005		Mandrake as Berta
2005		Carandiru: The Series
2005		Underground Game as Ana

2003

Carandiru as Dalva

2002

The Three Marias as Maria Rosa

2001		Os Normais as Nara
2001		Os Maias as Rachel Cohen

2000		Brava Gente as Mãe de Pedro
2000		Brava Gente as Valdinha
2000		Brava Gente as rapariga
2000		Brava Gente as Marilene
2000		Brava Gente as Isabel
2000		Brava Gente as Mônica
2000		A Muralha as Margarida Olinto

1998		Foolish Heart as Ana
1998		Corpo Dourado as Amanda Mendonça

1997

Amar... as Lídia

1996

Who Killed Pixote? as Malu

1995		Explode Coração as Vera Avelar Falcão
1995		Engraçadinha... Seus Amores e Seus Pecados as Letícia

1993

Renascer as Buba

Writing

2009

The Invisible Woman as Screenplay