Maria Flor

Maria Flor

actress, director, writer

Maria Flor was born on Aug 31, 1983 in Brazil. Maria Flor's big-screen debut came with Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop directed by Walter Carvalho in 2004. Maria Flor is known for Irmãos Freitas directed by Sergio Machado, Daniel Rocha stars as Popó (Acelino Freitas) and Rômulo Braga as Luiz Cláudio Freitas. Maria Flor has got 4 awards and 8 nominations so far. The most recent award Maria Flor achieved is CinEuphoria Awards. The upcoming new tvshow Maria Flor plays is Os Ausentes - Season 1 which will be released on Jul 22, 2021.

Maria Flor Leite Calaça (born August 31, 1983), usually known as Maria Flor, is a Brazilian actress.She was discovered in 2002, and her first role was in the film O Diabo a Quatro, filmed in the same year, and released nationwide in Brazil in 2005. It was also her first role as a protagonist in a movie. She became famous after her role as Rê, a very insecure and innovative character, in Malhação telenovela. This was also her first television role.She played Tina, a romantic character, in the telenovela Cabocla. To be able to play her character, Maria Flor spent almost a month in a farm learning how to be a peasant. In the movie Cazuza - O Tempo Não Pára she played a groupie following the rock band Barão Vermelho. In the film Quase Dois Irmãos she played a wealthy girl, daughter of a politician, and that gets involved with a drug dealer. She also represented the cast of the film during the 2005 Créteil International Women's Film Festival.She played a prostitute in the movie O Diabo a Quatro. In her research to play this character she talked to real prostitutes and strippers. Maria Flor won the best actress award of the Festival de Cuiabá (Cuiabá Film Festival) for her performance in this film. In the biographical film Dois Filhos de Francisco, Maria Flor played Solange, who was the first love of the sertanejo singer Zezé Di Camargo, of the Zezé di Camargo & Luciano duo.She played Taís Junqueira in the telenovela Belíssima, which started airing in November, 2005. Taís Junqueira is a Brazilian woman working in Greece as a prostitute, after receiving a proposal promising her a job as a ballerina. During the telenovela, her character tried to return to Brazil. In 2006, she played Carol in the 2006 film Podecre! and Letícia in the movie Proibido Proibir.Maria Flor played the role of Bel in the 2007 film Chega de Saudade Her first role as the main character of a telenovela was in the 2007 telenovela Eterna Magia, where she played the role of Nina Sullivan, who is a witch who refuses to use her magical abilities. In 2008, she participated of one episode of the TV series Casos e Acasos, and starred the end of the year special Aline.Her international career started in the Fernando Meirelles film 360, starring Anthony Hopkins, Rachel Weisz and Jude Law.Besides working as an actress, Maria Flor starred the summer campaign for Blue Man, a bikini and Bermuda shorts factory.

  • Birthday

    Aug 31, 1983
  • Place of Birth

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Known For

Awards

4 wins & 8 nominations

CinEuphoria Awards
2015
Best Ensemble - National Competition
Winner - CinEuphoria
2015
Best Supporting Actress - National Competition
Winner - CinEuphoria
Cartagena Film Festival
2009
Best Supporting Actress (Mejor Actriz de Reparto)
Winner - Golden India Catalina
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