Maria Ceiça
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Maria Ceiça is a Brazilian actress, singer and performer, born in Rio
de Janeiro who has a significant career in theater, movies and
television. Trained at the Martins Pena Theater School in Rio de
Janeiro, she began her professional career in 1989 at the TV Globo,
with the telenovela "Pacto de Sangue". Since then, she has appeared in
various telenovelas for TV Globo and Rede Record, interpreting highly
popular characters with Brazilian and Portuguese public audiences, such
as Tuquinha Batista in the telenovela "Felicidade" or Márcia in "Por
Amor". Winner of the Andorinha Trophy, Special Jury Prize at the Film
Festival of Portuguese Language Countries , in 2006 and honored by a
Special Tribute at the African Film Festival in New York in 2005, she
has starred in many films, including several important Brazilian and
international productions , such as "Filhas do Vento" ( Brazil ),
winner of 6 Kikitos (Awards) at the Gramado Festival (the most
important Brazilian cinema festival), "Cruz e Sousa, o poeta do
Desterro " ( Brazil ), and "Se eu fosse você" (Brazil). She played the
lead female role in the internationally acclaimed movies, "Testamento"
( Cape Verde, 1997 ), winner of Best Film Kikito at the Gramado
Festival and several other international awards in 1997, and "The Hero"
(Angola, 2004), winner of the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize
in 2004 and other awards. In theater, she has performed in more than 15
pieces on all stages of Brazil, including major hits such as "Boeing -
Boeing", "A Lua que me Instrua", and "The Blacks" from Jean Genet. She
has also performed as a singer in two shows, based on Brazilian Popular
Music (MPB). Since 1997, she has also performed for the TV Escola, an
educational channel aimed at teachers and students from Brazilian
public schools. In 2007, she served as Superintendent (Coordinator) of
Racial Equality at the Secretariat of Social Assistance and Human
Rights of the State of Rio de Janeiro. Currently, Maria Ceiça is under
contract for Rede Record TV and runs her own production company, the
Luminis Produtora Produções Artísticas.
