Ana Rita Camarneiro Mendes (born 15 January 1988) is a Portuguese

comedian A comedian (feminine comedienne) or comic is a person who seeks to entertainment, entertain an audience by making them laughter, laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting foolishly (as in slapstick), or employing prop c ...

and

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Career

She started her career in television at Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, the public service broadcasting organisation of Portugal. There, she did

stand-up comedy Stand-up comedy is a performance directed to a live audience, where the performer stands on a stage (theatre), stage and delivers humour, humorous and satire, satirical monologues sometimes incorporating physical comedy, physical acts. These ...

and worked as a scriptwriter for late-night talk show '' 5 Para A Meia-Noite''. She also wrote the

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' in 2012. She played a role in '' Mau Mau Maria'', a 2014 comedy film. In late 2014, Camarneiro joined private broadcaster

SIC Radical SIC Radical is a Portuguese basic cable and satellite television channel owned by Sociedade Independente de Comunicação. SIC Radical is an entertainment channel targeted at teens and young adults. SIC Radical programing has shifted through i ...

, where she became the new presenter of the ''CC All-Stars'' show. In addition to her activities in television, Camarneiro has also worked for radio stations on several occasions. She currently co-hosts Antena 3's ''Prova oral'' up to five times per week.

Personal life

Camarneiro is a native of

Figueira da Foz Figueira da Foz (), officially Figueira da Foz City (), often called simply Figueira for short, is a city and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. Practically at the midpoint of the Iberian Peninsula's Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coa ...

Coimbra District Coimbra District (, or ) is located in the Centro Region, Portugal. The district capital is the city of Coimbra. Municipalities The district is composed by 17 municipalities: * Arganil * Cantanhede * Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ), of ...

, in central

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. She has two older brothers, one of which is the novelist

Nuno Camarneiro Nuno Camarneiro (born 17 August 1977) is a Portuguese novelist. Biography Nuno Camarneiro was born in Figueira da Foz, Portugal, in 1977. He holds a degree in Physics Engineering by the University of Coimbra, worked at CERN and got his Ph.D. by ...

. Before committing on her current career, she successfully completed a master's degree course in

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

at the

University of Coimbra The University of Coimbra (UC; , ) is a Public university, public research university in Coimbra, Portugal. First established in Lisbon in 1290, it went through a number of relocations until moving permanently to Coimbra in 1537. The university ...

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1988 births Living people People from Figueira da Foz Portuguese women comedians Portuguese radio presenters Portuguese women radio presenters Portuguese television actresses Portuguese television directors Portuguese women television presenters Portuguese women psychologists Women television directors {{Portugal-actor-stub