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Raul Ruiz's critically acclaimed "Mysteries of Lisbon" (2010) put Maria João 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 João 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, soap operas and TV movies of great success in Portugal. Maria João was invited by TV Globo to move to Brazil and be the star of the worldwide Brazilian successful soap operas. She lived 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, "Sedução" (2010), "Destinos Cruzados" (2013), "O Bairro" (2014), "Três Mulheres" (2017-2022), "Crónica dos Bons Malandros" (2020), "A Espia" (2020) and "Da Mood" (2021), now in Brazil. In cinema, Maria João was directed by veterans like Ruy Guerra "Veneno da Madrugada", Fernando Lopes "Em Câmara Lenta" or Fernando Vendrell "Sombras Brancas" and new generation talents like André Badalo "Shoot Me" or Artur Serra Araújo "A Moral Conjugal". Maria João did her first steaming production in 2019, "The Mechanism" directed by José Padilha for Netflix, then "Motel Valkirias" (HBO) and premiered in 2023 "Turn of the Tide" (Netflix).

One of the Supporting Actresses of the Year in the New York Film Poll of Village Voice for &quot;Mysteries of Lisbon&quot;.

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 João 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.

Sister of Maria Inês David da Silva Bastos.

Sister of <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm5060954/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Susana David Bastos</a>.

Often works with <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0481297/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Mário Laginha</a>.

Daughter of Maria Matilde David da Silva Bastos.

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