Maitê Proença

Acting

Maitê Proença

Born January 28, 1958 · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (age 68)

Maitê Proença Gallo (São Paulo, January 28, 1958) is a Brazilian actress, presenter and writer. 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 th…

Known For

TolerânciaTolerância · 2000
Tolerância
5.22000
MovieDrama
Julius is a photographer working as a men's magazine photo retoucher. His wife, Marcia, is a criminal lawyer who defends Teodoro, a squatter accused of murder. For years they had a quiet wedlock. However, Marcia gets involved with her client, and as revenge, Julius sleeps with Ana Maria, a friend of their daughter Guida. From this episode on, their lives are no longer the same.
Cena SecretaCena Secreta · 2011
Cena Secreta
9.02011
MovieComedyMystery
BioBio · 2017
Bio
5.22017
MovieScience Fiction
The film tells the story of a man who was born in 1959 and died in 2070, told by people who knew him and somehow contributed to his trajectory.
Bufo & SpallanzaniBufo & Spallanzani · 2001
Bufo & Spallanzani
5.02001
MovieCrimeMystery
Ivan Canabrava is a writer, turned insurance ivestigator who investigates mysterious deaths involving Bufo Marinus. Bufo Marinus is a frog poison causing catalepsy in humans, simulating death, enabling grand insurance fraud and other crimes. Ten years later, now as a successful writer, similar characters possibly using Bufo Marinus reappear and create an intricate plot full of surprises.
The InheritanceThe Inheritance · 2001
The Inheritance
5.72001
MovieComedyDrama
Reunited for their mother’s funeral, four sisters – Selma, Regina, Laura and Lúcia – find themselves forced to divide much more than an apartment in Copacabana. While dividing the articles, the sisters compare options, destinies, lifestyles, and expectations. The turbulent sale of the apartment represents a turning point in their lives: they know they have never been so deeply involved as accomplices, or as sisters.
KuarupKuarup · 1989
Kuarup
4.61989
Movie
This epic Brazilian film was based on the equally epic novel by Antonio Callado. Set between 1954 and 1964, the film's focus is the saga of Jesuit priest Nando. Fed up with civilization, he ventures deep into Amazon country to live with and work among the Xingu Indians.
Elvis & MadonnaElvis & Madonna · 2011
Elvis & Madonna
5.82011
MovieComedyRomance
In Copacabana, lesbian photographer Elvis is hired to deliver pizzas in the night shift on her motorcycle. Her first assignment is a delivery to the transgender hairdresser Lady Madonna, whom she falls in love with.
Paixão PerdidaPaixão Perdida · 1999
Paixão Perdida
5.81999
MovieDrama
A paralized twelve year boy watches his womanizer dad seduce his baby sitter.

Movies

TolerânciaTolerância · 2000
Tolerância
5.22000
MovieDrama
Julius is a photographer working as a men's magazine photo retoucher. His wife, Marcia, is a criminal lawyer who defends Teodoro, a squatter accused of murder. For years they had a quiet wedlock. However, Marcia gets involved with her client, and as revenge, Julius sleeps with Ana Maria, a friend of their daughter Guida. From this episode on, their lives are no longer the same.
Cena SecretaCena Secreta · 2011
Cena Secreta
9.02011
MovieComedyMystery
BioBio · 2017
Bio
5.22017
MovieScience Fiction
The film tells the story of a man who was born in 1959 and died in 2070, told by people who knew him and somehow contributed to his trajectory.
Bufo & SpallanzaniBufo & Spallanzani · 2001
Bufo & Spallanzani
5.02001
MovieCrimeMystery
Ivan Canabrava is a writer, turned insurance ivestigator who investigates mysterious deaths involving Bufo Marinus. Bufo Marinus is a frog poison causing catalepsy in humans, simulating death, enabling grand insurance fraud and other crimes. Ten years later, now as a successful writer, similar characters possibly using Bufo Marinus reappear and create an intricate plot full of surprises.
The InheritanceThe Inheritance · 2001
The Inheritance
5.72001
MovieComedyDrama
Reunited for their mother’s funeral, four sisters – Selma, Regina, Laura and Lúcia – find themselves forced to divide much more than an apartment in Copacabana. While dividing the articles, the sisters compare options, destinies, lifestyles, and expectations. The turbulent sale of the apartment represents a turning point in their lives: they know they have never been so deeply involved as accomplices, or as sisters.
KuarupKuarup · 1989
Kuarup
4.61989
Movie
This epic Brazilian film was based on the equally epic novel by Antonio Callado. Set between 1954 and 1964, the film's focus is the saga of Jesuit priest Nando. Fed up with civilization, he ventures deep into Amazon country to live with and work among the Xingu Indians.
Elvis & MadonnaElvis & Madonna · 2011
Elvis & Madonna
5.82011
MovieComedyRomance
In Copacabana, lesbian photographer Elvis is hired to deliver pizzas in the night shift on her motorcycle. Her first assignment is a delivery to the transgender hairdresser Lady Madonna, whom she falls in love with.
Paixão PerdidaPaixão Perdida · 1999
Paixão Perdida
5.81999
MovieDrama
A paralized twelve year boy watches his womanizer dad seduce his baby sitter.
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.
Sal de PrataSal de Prata · 2005
Sal de Prata
5.22005
MovieDrama
After her boyfriend's death, a successful executive finds some unfinished scripts in the dead man's computer, and decides to make a film of them. Her relationship with the world of movie-making is going to change her life.
My Hindu FriendMy Hindu Friend · 2016
My Hindu Friend
4.02016
MovieDrama
Diego is a film director who, when he is told that he has a malignant disease which could be fatal, marries his girlfriend of many years, says goodbye to his friends and begins a routine of long days of treatment in hospital. While learning to live with the pain and also conversing with death, he meets a Hindu boy who is a fellow patient and who becomes his friend. But one day the boy disappears. Diego is discharged, but his life has changed forever. His marriage fails and, living alone, he begins to wonder whether he may in fact be dying and no one has told him. He tries to find out what happened to his Hindu friend, and eventually meets another woman.
À  Beira do Abismo me Cresceram AsasÀ Beira do Abismo me Cresceram Asas · 2017
À Beira do Abismo me Cresceram Asas
2017
MovieComedy
Barros - A LagoaBarros - A Lagoa · 2008
Barros - A Lagoa
2008
MovieHorror
A young woman, who watched her boyfriend disappear in the waters of the legendary Lagoa dos Barros, begins hypnotic treatment with a renowned psychologist specializing in mental health pathologies.
The ForestThe Forest · 2002
The Forest
6.12002
MovieDramaRomance
Young man, of Portuguese nobility ascendancy, starts working in a rubber plantation in the Amazon, in 1912, and falls in love with pretty Yayá, a married woman.
Brasa AdormecidaBrasa Adormecida · 1986
Brasa Adormecida
6.01986
MovieComedy
Rich girl travels with her fiancé (a cousin) to the family farm, where they're going to marry. But finds another cousin in love with her who does everything to hamper the wedding.
The Lady from the Shanghai CinemaThe Lady from the Shanghai Cinema · 1987
The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema
5.51987
MovieCrimeMystery
After meeting a beguiling woman in a movie theater, a realtor becomes embroiled in a mysterious plot involving murder, double identities and movies.
Marquesa de SantosMarquesa de Santos · 1984
Marquesa de Santos
7.51984
MovieRomance
The story of Domitila de Castro Canto e Melo, the Marquise of Santos, the most famous of the mistresses of Dom Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil.
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema NacionalCelebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional · 1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
MovieDocumentary
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
Kiss 2348/72Kiss 2348/72 · 1990
Kiss 2348/72
6.91990
MovieDramaComedy
Worker Norival's life turns upside down when he is caught kissing his co-worker Catarina during work hours. He is fired for just cause and faces the hardships of the labor lawsuit he filed against the company.
Viva Sapato!Viva Sapato! · 2003
Viva Sapato!
5.12003
MovieComedy
A light-hearted and high-spirited story, full of spice, sensuality and romance, Viva Zapato tells the tale of Dolores, a beautiful Cuban dancer who decides to leave her failing marriage and open a restaurant by the beach with her aunt from Brazil. When her aunt sends her a pair of shoes instead of the money to start up the restaurant, she angrily sells the useless gift for spare change. Her dream fades away - until she discovers that the money was hidden in the heel. The zany search for the shoes begins, as she follows the footsteps through the lively streets of Havana, running into the quirky, colorful characters that bring Viva Zapato and Dolores' dream.
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!Peréio, Eu Te Odeio! · 2023
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
8.02023
MovieDocumentary
23 years in the making, “Pereio, Eu Te Odeio!” is a documentary on legendary Brazilian actor Paulo Cesar Pereio, an irreverent and controversial artist and public figure, as told by the testimonies of friends, family, and society members who hate him.
What Ever Happened to Dulce Veiga?What Ever Happened to Dulce Veiga? · 2008
What Ever Happened to Dulce Veiga?
4.42008
MovieDramaMystery
In the 1980s, a journalist sets out to find the whereabouts of a famous singer/actress who disappeared decades earlier. During his search, he goes across several states in what ultimately becomes not only a search for a missing person but a journey of self-discovery.
Vox PopuliVox Populi · 1997
Vox Populi
5.01997
MovieDrama
A man is accused of shooting his wife and her lover but as we find out. It wasn't her lover...
Prova de FogoProva de Fogo · 1980
Prova de Fogo
4.31980
MovieDrama
As soon as Mauro, an Administration student, discovers a strong vocation for mediumship, he drops everything to go deeper and dedicate himself to Umbanda, a religion he embraces so strongly that it makes him give up his studies. Determined to open his own spiritist center, Mauro moves to the countryside.

TV Shows

Young HeartsYoung Hearts · 1995
Young Hearts
6.21995
SeriesComedy
Malhação is a Brazilian television series for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the Múltipla Escolha High School.
PassionePassione · 2010
Passione
6.82010
Series
An ambitious young woman with a traumatizing past targets an Italian man, the distant son of a wealthy Brazilian family.
Brava GenteBrava Gente · 2000
Brava Gente
8.32000
SeriesComedyDrama
Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from stories and national stories, and plays by famous playwrights, screenwriters and signed by a number represented by several actors and actresses. The genres of the stories varied each week with the style of each director or author. Brava Gente in the stories ranged from comedies and dramas. In all 53 episodes were shown, broadcast on Tuesday nights.
Tower of BabelTower of Babel · 1998
Tower of Babel
6.81998
SeriesDrama
The former expert in fireworks, José Clementino gets a job as a bricklayer in the construction of a magnificent shopping center, one of the many works carried out by the construction engineer, César Toledo. During the feast of the ridge, where engineers and workers gather to celebrate the laying of the slab work, Clementino's wife flirts with several men. At one point, when he gives for the missing woman, Mason goes looking for her and is in a far corner of the building having sex with two men. Overcome with rage, Clementino kills his wife and one of the men paddle strokes. The family hears the screams and Toledo contains Clementino, with the help of a group of workers. Shocked by the violence of the employee, the employer called the police, and even later, an indictment against him at trial. His testimony is crucial to the conviction of Clementino, to discover their terrible crimes and audacious, which is a court suspicious.
Forever and EverForever and Ever · 2014
Forever and Ever
7.32014
SeriesDrama
Revolves around Caíque, a doctor who can see and speak to spirits, and his passion for Laura, a journalist who seeks to discover her mother.
Lady RevolutionLady Revolution · 2016
Lady Revolution
5.42016
SeriesDrama
Guerra dos SexosGuerra dos Sexos · 1983
Guerra dos Sexos
8.61983
SeriesComedy
Cousins ​​Charlô and Otávio once had a romance, but today they detest each other. However, fate plays a trick on them: they will receive a large inheritance, on the condition that they live together.
Vila MadalenaVila Madalena · 1999
Vila Madalena
7.51999
SeriesDrama
Two couples have their destinies intertwined after their happiness is unexpectedly interrupted. This is the starting point of the telenovela, which shares the same name as the São Paulo neighborhood where the story takes place. Solano Xavier is a man of humble origins who never had the chance to obtain a formal education. Unemployed for months, he celebrates with his wife Eugênia the fact that he has landed a temporary job as a truck driver. She reciprocates the good news by telling him she is pregnant. Solano, however, falls victim to a trap: unknowingly, he is transporting contraband goods on one of his trips. Detained by the police, he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to 17 years in prison. Throughout the telenovela, Solano discovers that Arthur is the main person responsible for the scheme that led to his imprisonment.
Sai de BaixoSai de Baixo · 1996
Sai de Baixo
8.31996
SeriesComedy
It follows the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the doorman of the apartment building in which they lived.
Que História é Essa, Porchat?Que História é Essa, Porchat? · 2019
Que História é Essa, Porchat?
7.42019
Series
Jogo da VidaJogo da Vida · 1981
Jogo da Vida
8.51981
SeriesDrama
The cheerful and outgoing Jordana lived alongside Silas for 20 years, helping him become wealthy. Despite this, he abandons her to run away with the opportunistic Carla. After the separation, Jordana faces financial difficulties. She then meets Dona Mena, an eccentric and lonely old woman abandoned by her family. Jordana takes care of Dona Mena and, when she dies, inherits four bronze cupids containing a million dollars. The problem is that the cupids disappear without a trace. The cupids become the subject of a fight between Dona Mena's nephews, Loreta and Carlito. The two are the villains of the story. Jordana, however, ends up falling in love with Carlito. In the final chapters, Jordana manages to recover the cupids and rebuild her life. She has the help of her friend Vieira.
Chico Anysio ShowChico Anysio Show · 1982
Chico Anysio Show
9.01982
SeriesComedy
O Salvador da PátriaO Salvador da Pátria · 1989
O Salvador da Pátria
7.91989
SeriesDrama
Sassá Mutema is a farm laborer who becomes the target of the city's powerful figures' cruelty. With Clotilde's support, he discovers that it's possible to start a new life alongside a great love.
Elas por ElasElas por Elas · 1982
Elas por Elas
8.21982
SeriesComedy
Seven high school friends reunite after 20 years. Memories of the past and coincidences of the present reveal the secrets and affections that bind the women and their families.
The Three SistersThe Three Sisters · 2008
The Three Sisters
5.82008
SeriesDrama
In the coastal city of Caramirim, the three surfing sisters from the Jequitibá family fight for environmental protection in the region. But Violeta wants to build a hotel complex on the site.
Shades of SinShades of Sin · 2004
Shades of Sin
6.72004
SeriesComedyDrama
A Maranhense young woman and a carioca tourist photographer fall for each other and get separated by destiny and a woman obsessed with his family's fortune.
The Fault is Cabral'sThe Fault is Cabral's · 2016
The Fault is Cabral's
7.62016
SeriesComedy
Five great names from the Brazilian stand up, from different regions of the country, come together to share everyday matters and the particular characteristics of Brazilians in a comical, acidic and fun way.
GabrielaGabriela · 2012
Gabriela
7.72012
SeriesComedy
Naïve and provocative Gabriela is a raggedy migrant worker who arrives in town to mesmerize all with her playful and simple, yet raw sensuality. Set in 1925, the story unravels in Ilhéus, a quiet northeastern coastal city thriving with cocoa crops and aspirations for progress, even though the traditional ways still rule.
Cara & CoroaCara & Coroa · 1995
Cara & Coroa
8.81995
SeriesDrama
Fernanda and Vivi are identical, but from different worlds. A cruel plan swaps their identities and transforms their lives into a game of lies and ambition.
Corpo SantoCorpo Santo · 1987
Corpo Santo
8.51987
SeriesDrama
Saia JustaSaia Justa · 2002
Saia Justa
7.02002
Series
Fight or Love?Fight or Love? · 2012
Fight or Love?
8.72012
SeriesComedy
An inheritance of millions brings the fun-loving Charlô (Irene Raveche) and her bad-tempered cousin Otávio (Tony Ramos) closer than they ever expected. The inheritance, which includes a mansion and a chain of clothing stores, stipulates that the assets remain in the family. And since no one is willing to give up their part they decide to share the mansion and the business, despite the mortal hatred they harbor for each other. Charlô’s adopted son Felipe (Edson Celulari) also becomes caught up in the situation. However, he turns against his mother and becomes Otávio’s right-hand man at the company.
#Provoca#Provoca · 2019
#Provoca
9.02019
Series
A Vida Como Ela É...A Vida Como Ela É... · 1996
A Vida Como Ela É...
5.91996
SeriesDramaComedy
Adaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951 and 1961. The stories were considered scandalous at the time as Rodrigues used immoral characters and black humor to satirize the hypocrisy and repression in people's daily lives.