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

A Grande Família
2002
Her Own Destiny
2004
Jequitibá
1993
Seize the Day
2009
Gypsy Heart
1995
Brava Gente
2001
Beyond the Horizon
2013
Summer Affair
1998
Sessão de Terapia
2012
Hidden Truths 2
2021
Os Maias
2001
Magnifica 70
2015

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
56
Writing
1
Producing
1
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
2021
Hidden Truths 2
as Araídes Cunha
2019
Horácio
as Petula
2018
Todo Clichê do Amor
as Anne
2018
An Eye and a Knife
as Cris
2018
Naked
as Isabel
2018
Second Chance
as Karen Michele Athayde
2017
Dear Death: The Movie
as Dora
2017
Vade Retro
as Lucy
2015
Magnifica 70
as Isabel Souto
2015
Amorteamo
as Dora
2013
Habi, The Foreigner
as Margarita
2013
Blue Desert
2013
Beyond the Horizon
as Inês Serapião Pomatelli
2012
Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit
2012
Sessão de Terapia
as Clarice
2011
The Man from the Future
as Sandra
2011
Amanhã Nunca Mais
as Miriam
2010
Extreme Happiness
as Madam
2010
Sunstroke
as Ana
2009
The Invisible Woman
as Marina
2009
If I Were You 2
as Denise
2009
Seize the Day
as Alice Soares
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
2006
Minha Nada Mole Vida
as Vera Gleisiman
2005
Underground Game
as Ana
2005
Mandrake
as Berta
2005
Carandiru: The Series
2004
Her Own Destiny
as Leila Ferreira da Silva
2003
Carandiru
as Dalva
2003
Brava Gente
as Mônica
2003
Os Normais
as Mônica
2002
The Three Marias
as Maria Rosa
2002
Brava Gente
as Isabel
2002
A Grande Família
as Carmen Jade / Rosa Perfumada
2002
Os Normais
as Samla
2001
Os Normais
as Bete
2001
Os Maias
as Rachel Cohen
2001
Brava Gente
as Mãe de Pedro
2001
Brava Gente
as Valdinha
2001
Brava Gente
as rapariga
2001
Brava Gente
as Marilene
2000
A Muralha
as Margarida Olinto
1998
Foolish Heart
as Ana
1998
Summer Affair
as Amanda Mendonça
1997
Amar...
as Lídia
1996
Who Killed Pixote?
as Malu
1995
Gypsy Heart
as Vera Avelar Falcão
1995
Cutie Pie... Her Loves and Sins
as Letícia
1993
Jequitibá
as Buba