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Grace Mendes
Grace Mendes (born 15 August 1974) is a Portuguese actress of Angolan background, famous for her performance as Sandra on the telenovela ''Ninguém como Tu''. She is also well known for playing Marlene on ''Makemba Hotel'', Rosa Bittencourt on ''Windeck'', Nayr on ''Jikulumessu'', and Yolanda on ''Maison Afrochic''. Mendes began acting at age 19, with her being part of the cast in theatre and TV productions. Her first role was in the telenovela ''Ganância'', where she played the wife of the character Cardeal, played by Francisco Nicholson. She went on to play in various telenovelas afterwards in Angola and Portugal. In addition to acting, she has also done humanitarian work in Angola, such as with opening free health clinics in Luanda. Mendes dated Angolan actor Fredy Costa Fredy Costa (born 9 September 1980) is an Angolan-French actor, known for his roles in telenovelas such as ''Windeck'' and ''A Única Mulher''. He was born in Luanda and raised in Paris, France. He began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisbon
Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainland Europe's westernmost capital city (second overall after Reykjavík, Reykjavik), and the only one along the Atlantic coast, the others (Reykjavik and Dublin) being on islands. The city lies in the western portion of the Iberian Peninsula, on the northern shore of the River Tagus. The western portion of its metro area, the Portuguese Riviera, hosts the westernmost point of Continental Europe, culminating at Cabo da Roca. Lisbon is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world and the second-oldest European capital city (after Athens), predating other modern European capitals by centuries. Settled by pre-Celtic tribes and later founded and civilized by the Phoenicians, Julius Caesar made it a municipium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Televisão Independente
TVI - initialism for Televisão Independente ("Independent Television") - is Portugal's fourth terrestrial television channel, launched in 1993. It was the most watched channel in Portugal from 2005 to 2019, and again in 2024. It competes directly with Sociedade Independente de Comunicação, SIC and RTP1. It is one of the two private free-to-air channels in Portugal, among the seven Digital terrestrial television, terrestrial free-to-air channels broadcasting from the country. History Plans for a television channel for the Church The Catholic Church of Portugal demanded the end of the television monopoly in Portugal and wanted its channel as far back as the early 80s. At the time, there were only two television channels, RTP1 and RTP2, both owned by the state. In October 1981, Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon António Ribeiro demanded the government to authorize the creation of an exclusive television channel for the church, under Article 41-4 of the Constitution of the Portuguese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From Lisbon
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of acting pertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role", which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 Births
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, the Greek junta's collapse paves the way for the establishment of a parliamentary republic and Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the hosts won the championship title, as well as '' The Rumble in the Jungle'', a boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazaré (TV Series)
''Nazaré'' is a Portuguese telenovela which began airing on Sociedade Independente de Comunicação, SIC on 9 September 2019 and ending on 8 January 2021. Plot Nazaré is a force of nature. Young, determined, strong and willing to do almost anything to save her mother's life, which depends on an expensive surgery. At the fisherman's village, blessed with the big waves, where Nazaré lives, she does some hard work to save up some money. Boyfriend and childhood sweetheart Toni is always there to back her up. Wood industry mogul and owner of Atlantida, António Blanco, will discover his brother and business partner Félix is stealing money from the company. From confidence to complete distrust, António will order his brother to move out of his home and leave the business. But Félix and wife Verónica have a plan: they order a forest fire that will impact everyone's lives. One love is forged by fire and one death will change everything. Toni knows that the fire will happen. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox (Portuguese TV Channel)
Star Channel (previously known as Fox) is a Portuguese pay television channel. It primarily specializes its content in American television series and feature films. Since 2019, it is owned by Walt Disney Company. Its main competitor is AXN. In the past (until 2015), the channel also aired comedies; these were later moved to the Portuguese feed of FX, which in November 2015 was renamed Fox Comedy. History As Fox In February 2003, it was announced that Fox would start broadcasting on Cabovisão from March 1, one of the cable companies that existed at the time, as an exclusive channel to the platform. Cristina Gomez, director-general of Cabovisão, explained to the Lusa news agency that the channel was "a unique experience in Portugal", combining "the greatest hits from the Fox studio, some Portuguese movies and the most important television series". The primary target was defined as viewers in the 18-45 age range, with the aim of leading the entertainment segment in Portugal, sim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Impostora
''A Impostora'' ( English: ''The Pretender'') is a Portuguese telenovela that was broadcast and produced by TVI. It is directed by Jorge Queiroga and written by António Barreira. The telenovela premiered on September 4, 2016 and ended on November 30, 2017. It was filmed in Portugal and Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac .... Plot Season 1 An airplane disappears mysteriously; on board was Verónica, the twin sister of Vitória, the victim of a fraud by a millionaire. Presumed dead, Verónica assumes the identity of her sister and plans to avenge herself on the entrepreneur's family, finding a strong opponent in his wife Diana. Cast (†) Deceased actor Children References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Impostora, A 2016 telenovelas Televisão In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Televisão Pública De Angola
Televisão Pública de Angola E.P. (Public Television of Angola) or TPA is the national broadcaster of the Southern African state of Angola. It operates two generalist television channels (TPA 1 and TPA 2) and a news channel (TPA Notícias). TPA is headquartered in the capital city Luanda and broadcasts in the Portuguese language. History Before the creation of TPA, some experiments were made in the colonial era of Angola: the first was made in 1962, from Rádio Clube do Huambo. On January 8, 1964, Rádio Clube de Benguela made the second experiment. In 1969, the Portuguese government is forced to recognize the urgence and need of the establishment of television services, in favor of the regime, at the short term. On June 22, 1970, Luanda tested television for the first time, with the attempt of televising the radio show ''Café da Noite''. In 1972, there was also a proposal for TVA (which started in 1974) which failed, as the government had favored a television station set up by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Zimbo
TV Zimbo is the first private TV station in Angola. TV Zimbo is owned by the private media publisher Medianova. History The channel was unveiled to the public on December 12, 2008. Set to operate in an experimental phase of three months (later delayed and extended to six months) from 5pm to midnight, the channel was set to start on December 14 with support from the Portuguese channel TVI and a staff of about 310 people, some of them trained in Portugal, Brazil and South Africa. The channel was to broadcast in the UHF band terrestrially and also on DStv and Visabeira's TV Cabo. On launch day, the channel aimed to provide "credible" news to "a growing number of Angolans". During its experimental stage, the channel was criticized for not being under the auspices of the then-new Press Law, which awaited a special law for the regulation of television signals in Angola. TV Zimbo was founded on 14 December 2008 and started regular programming on 15 May 2009, in time for the 2009 ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morangos Com Açúcar
''Morangos com Açúcar'' (lit. ''Strawberries with Sugar''; distributed internationally as ''Sweet Strawberries'') is a Portuguese teen drama. It was broadcast daily on the Portuguese TV station TVI between 30 August 2003 to 15 September 2012. The Portuguese show has also been broadcast in Angola, Syria, Brazil, Romania and Galicia. Based on the early years of the Brazilian series Malhação. Format There are two versions of the show: one airs during the normal school year, and the other one, "Férias de Verão" (lit. summer break), airs during the summer months. From the first to the fourth season, the main scenario was a private school. The fifth and sixth seasons took place mainly in a public school, and from the seventh season onwards, in a public arts school. Show history and audience shares First series (2003–04) *Show Title: ''Morangos com Açúcar Série I (Strawberries with Sugar Series I)'' *Premiere Date: 30 August 2003 *Finale Date: 6 July 2004 *Viewing Share: 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it shares Portugal-Spain border, the longest uninterrupted border in the European Union; to the south and the west is the North Atlantic Ocean; and to the west and southwest lie the Macaronesia, Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, which are the two Autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous regions of Portugal. Lisbon is the Capital city, capital and List of largest cities in Portugal, largest city, followed by Porto, which is the only other Metropolitan areas in Portugal, metropolitan area. The western Iberian Peninsula has been continuously inhabited since Prehistoric Iberia, prehistoric times, with the earliest signs of Human settlement, settlement dating to 5500 BC. Celts, Celtic and List of the Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
