Maria Luísa Mendonça

Acting

Maria Luísa Mendonça

Born January 30, 1970 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (age 56)

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

Blue DesertBlue Desert · 2013
Blue Desert
1.02013
MovieRomanceScience Fiction
A man who is tormented by his intuitions and by dreams goes away to find answers to his discomfort. Revelations are made to him along his path, until he meets his soul mate and is prepared to the Blue Desert.
CarandiruCarandiru · 2003
Carandiru
7.62003
MovieDrama
When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo – Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian history.
Amanhã Nunca MaisAmanhã Nunca Mais · 2011
Amanhã Nunca Mais
6.42011
MovieComedy
Walter is an absent father and husband who works in a hospital without time for his family. His redemption happens when his wife sends him to the birthday cake for her daughter, but she does not know is that during the return trip home, the impossible will happen so that everything goes wrong.
HorácioHorácio · 2019
Horácio
5.52019
MovieDrama
Horacio, an old smuggler hiding from the law, lives in a surreal, baroque apartment with Petulia, his daughter, and Milton, his favorite thug. While he keeps his daughter locked up in her bedroom, Horácio flirts with his goon, for whom he has had repressed feelings for years. However, Milton's love for a mysterious woman, and Petula's attempts to free herself with the help of a former lover, clash with Horacio's tyrannical whims.
The Man from the FutureThe Man from the Future · 2011
The Man from the Future
7.22011
MovieComedyFantasy
Zero is a brilliant scientist. However, 20 years ago, he was publicly humiliated when he lost Helena, the love of his life. One day, an accidental experience with one of his inventions causes him to travel back in time to 1991. Having taken the opportunity to change history, Zero returns to own time to find totally changed.
Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num OpalaNossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala · 2008
Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala
5.02008
MovieDrama
The father of a family of lower middle class of São Paulo dies. But he did not realize this and starts to watch the reactions of his children and the collapse of the fragile family structure. Based on a novel of Mário Bortolotto.
The Invisible WomanThe Invisible Woman · 2009
The Invisible Woman
6.12009
MovieComedy
A man is abandoned by his wife and then falls in love with his neighbor, the perfect, ideal woman. The only problem: she doesn't exist!
Underground GameUnderground Game · 2005
Underground Game
6.32005
MovieDramaRomance
To find the woman of his life, man makes a game up: he enters a subway train wagon, picks a woman he likes and waits to see whether she's going to take the same course and connections as he. If she is, he tries to make contact.

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Os MaiasOs Maias · 2001
Os Maias
7.32001
SeriesDramaSoap
Pedro da Maia, meets a beautiful woman called Maria Monforte with whom he gets married despite his father's objection. The marriage produces a son, Carlos Eduardo, and a daughter. Some time later, Maria Monforte falls in love with Tancredo and runs away to Italy with him, taking her daughter along. When Pedro finds out, he goes with his son to his father's house where he commits suicide. Carlos stays at his grandfather's house and is educated by him. Carlos, becomes a doctor and opens his own office. Later he meets a gorgeous woman, Maria Eduarda. The two fall in love and have dozens of nights together. Eventually Carlos finds out later that Maria lied to him about her past and he starts fearing the worst. In the end, Carlos finds out that Maria is his sister. He informs her that they are siblings and that they cannot live like this anymore. Carlos, to forget his tragedies, goes for a trip around the world.

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