Maria Antônia Gigliotti Campos Maya (born 29 June 1981 in

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) is a Brazilian

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Biography and career

She is the daughter of director Wolf Maya and also an actress and director Cininha de Paula, grand-niece of comedian

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, granddaughter of

Lupe Gigliotti Lupe Gigliotti (1 July 1926 – 19 December 2010) was a Brazilian television, stage, and film actress. Gigliotti was born Maria Paula Viana Lupicina in Maranguape, Ceará, Brazil, on 1 July 1926. She was the sister of Brazilian actor and comedi ...

, second cousin of comedian and actor Nizo Neto,

Marcos Palmeira Marcos Palmeira de Paula (born 19 August 1963) is a Brazilian actor, TV host and producer. He is nephew of the siblings Chico Anysio and Lupe Gigliotti. In 2013, he was nominated for an International Emmy Award for best actor for his role in ...

and Bruno Mazzeo. Maria started in the telenovela ''Cara e Coroa'' in 1995, where he played Nádia. This was followed by Kelly Bola one of its greatest figures in ''

Salsa e Merengue Salsa e Merengue is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast at the 7pm timeslot by TV Globo, from September 30, 1996 to May 2, 1997, in 177 episodes. It is written by Miguel Falabella and Maria Carmem Barbosa, with text supervision of Gil ...

'' in 1996. After the novel only came back to the novels in 2003; at the time married to actor Ernani Moraes, 25 years older than she, who is separated. At this time three did miniseries: ''

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'', '' A Muralha'' and ''

O Quinto dos Infernos O Quinto dos Infernos is a 2002 Brazilian historical comedy television miniseries. It was written by Carlos Lombardi, and directed by Wolf Maya and 48 episodes were produced. The protagonist was Marcos Pasquim. Cast * Marcos Pasquim - D. Pedro ...

''. His back was in the novels ''

Chocolate com Pimenta ''Chocolate com Pimenta'' (English title: ''Pepper Chocolate'') is a Brazilian telenovela, set in the roaring 1920s, starring Mariana Ximenes and Murilo Benício. It was produced and broadcast by Rede Globo in 2003 and 2004. It was written by W ...

'' where did the hypochondriac Lili, doctor's secretary Paul (played by Guilherme Piva). After he made his most prominent characters, Regininha, a lush samba ''

Senhora do Destino ''Senhora do Destino'' (English: ''Her Own Destiny'') is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from June 28, 2004 to March 11, 2005, with a total of 221 episodes. Replacing '' Celebridade'' and being replaced by '' Amér ...

'', 2004. In 2006 he Sandrinha in ''

Cobras & Lagartos ''Cobras & Lagartos'' (English title: ''Snakes & Lizards'') is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from 24 April to 18 November 2006, totaling 179 episodes. The show featured Mariana Ximenes, Daniel de Oliveira as mai ...

''. In ''

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'' played Inês, a girl who wore weird clothes and makeup and tried to warn his parents Melissa and Ramiro, played by

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and Humberto Martins, about the illness of his brother, Tarso (

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). Grandfather also helped to uncover some family secrets. In 2009, he made a cameo appearance in '' Tempos de Paz'', of

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. In the same year and the following year starred in two parts, ''Play'' and ''A Loba de Ray-ban'', in which she plays Fernanda Porto, who falls for Júlia Ferraz (

). In 2011, the novel is ''

Aquele Beijo ''Aquele Beijo'' (English: ''That Kiss'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced by Rede Globo. It is written by Miguel Falabella, Flávio Marinho and Antonia Pellegrino, and directed by Roberto Talma and Cininha de Paula, it premiered on October 17, ...

''. In 2013 returns to the novels ''

Amor à Vida ''Amor à Vida'' (English: ''Trail of Lies'') is a Brazilian telenovela created by Walcyr Carrasco. It premiered on 20 May 2013 on TV Globo in the 9 pm timeslot and ended on 31 January 2014. It is directed by Wolf Maya and Mauro Mendon� ...

'', the plot she plays the Bolivian Alejandra.

Filmography

Television

Film

Theater

References

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* 1981 births Living people Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian television actresses Brazilian telenovela actresses Brazilian film actresses 21st-century Brazilian actresses Brazilian LGBT musicians Bisexual actresses {{Brazil-actor-stub