The Biography

Portuguese actress. TRAINING: Maia trained at the Cascais Professional Theatre School and earned a degree in Acting from the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. THEATRE: Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists (National Theatre and international tours from Festival d’Avignon); Ricardo Neves-Neves and Maria João Luís' Alice no País das Maravilhas; Tiago Guedes' A Matança Ritual de Gorge Mastromas at the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, Portugal; and Tiago Rodrigues’ Sopro and Mickael Oliveira's A Nossa Vida on tours. TV: Emília and Lusitânia (an audiovisual project produced by TakeItEasy). FILM: Diálogos depois do Fim (directed by Tiago Guedes) and a short film Sagrada Família (directed by Diogo Figueira). AWARDS: The Giuseppe Bertolucci Prize for the Best International Actress Under 35.