Maeve Jinkings Melo Silva (born 4 August 1976) is a Brazilian actress.
Early life
Jinkings was born in
Brasilia, Brazil's capital, the daughter of a merchant and a photojournalist. At the age of five she moved with her mother to
Belém, Pará, where she grew up and graduated in Social Communication. When she was 22, she went to
São Paulo
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to study drama at the CPT (Centro de Pesquisa Teatral -Center for Theater Research) headed by director Antunes Filho. She was also approved at EAD – Escola de Arte Dramática (School of Dramatic Arts) of the
University of São Paulo
The University of São Paulo ( pt, Universidade de São Paulo, USP) is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian public university and the country's most prestigious educational institution, the bes ...
.
She is of
African-Brazilian descent, with some English ancestry from her maternal grandfather.
Career
Jinkings' first experience in cinema was in the 2007 feature film ′′Falsa Loura′′ by
Carlos Reichenbach
Carlos Oscar Reichenbach Filho (14 June 1945 – 14 June 2012) was a Brazilian filmmaker.
Early life and career
Reichenbach was born in Porto Alegre to Luise Reichenbach (née Tinger) and Carlos Reichenbach. Reichenbach was one year of age wh ...
. In 2009 she made a short film, ''Passageira S8º'', in
Recife
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. Her breakout was in 2011, with ''
Neighbouring Sounds
''Neighboring Sounds'' (Portuguese: ''O Som ao Redor'') is a 2012 Brazilian drama film directed and written by Kleber Mendonça Filho, produced by Emilie Lesclaux and starring Irandhir Santos, Gustavo Jahn and Maeve Jinkings.
The film was scree ...
'', directed by
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Kleber Mendonça Filho (; born 3 November 1968) is a Brazilian film director, screenwriter, producer, and critic.
Life and career
With a degree in journalism from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Kleber Mendonça Filho began his career as ...
. She would work with Mendonça Filho again in
Aquarius
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. With the 2012 production ''Amor Plástico e Barulho'', she won the Best Actress Award in the 46th Festival de Brasília and the Brazilian Film Festival of Toronto. Jinkings also worked as a casting associate in the films ''Sem Coração'' and ''Big Jato''.
Her debut on television was in 2015, in the
Rede Globo
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telenovela ''
A Regra do Jogo
''A Regra do Jogo'' (English title: ''Rules of The Game'') is a Brazilian primetime telenovela, created by João Emanuel Carneiro for Rede Globo. It premiered on August 31, 2015 at 9 pm timeslot.
Written by João Emanuel Carneiro, internat ...
''.
Filmography
Cinema
Television
References
External links
Official site*
1976 births
Living people
People from Brasília
Afro-Brazilian actresses
Brazilian people of English descent
Brazilian film actresses
Brazilian television actresses
People from Belém
21st-century Brazilian actresses
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