| Maria Flor | |
|---|---|
| Born | Maria Flor Leite Calaça August 31, 1983 Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Occupation | actress |
Maria Flor Leite Calaça, usually known as Maria Flor (born on August 31, 1983 in Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil), is a Brazilian actress. She is the daughter of Renato Calaça, a cinema audio technician and Márcia Leite, who is a screenwriter.
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Maria Flor was discovered in 2002, and her first role was in the movie 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 soap opera. This was also her first television role.
She played Tina, a romantic character, in the soap opera Cabocla. To be able to play her character, Maria Flor spent almost a month in a farm learning how to be a peasant.[1] In the movie Cazuza - O Tempo Não Pára she played a groupie following the rock band Barão Vermelho. In the movie 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 movie 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 movie. In the biographical movie 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.[2]
She played Taís Junqueira in the soap opera 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 soap opera, her character will try to return to Brazil.[3][4] In 2006, she played Carol in the 2006 movie Podecre! [5] and Letícia in the movie Proibido Proibir.[6]
Maria Flor played the role of Bel in the 2007 movie Chega de Saudade [7] Her first role as the main character of a soap opera was in the 2007 soap opera Eterna Magia,[8] where she played the role of Nina Sullivan, who is a witch who refuses to use her magical abilities.[9] In 2008, she participated of one episode of the TV series Casos e Acasos,[10] and starred the end of the year special Aline.[11]
Her international career started in the Fernando Meirelles film 360, starring Anthony Hopkins, Rachel Weisz and Jude Law.[12]
Besides working as an actress, Maria Flor starred the summer campaign for Blue Man, a bikini and Bermuda shorts factory.[13]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Malhação | Rê | Soap opera |
| 2004 | Cabocla | Tina | Soap opera |
| Cazuza - O Tempo Não Pára | Unnamed girl | Movie | |
| Quase Dois Irmãos | Juliana | Movie | |
| 2005 | O Diabo a Quatro¹ | Rita de Cássia | Movie |
| Dois Filhos de Francisco | Solange | Movie | |
| Belíssima | Taís Junqueira | Soap opera | |
| 2006 | Podecre! | Carol | Movie |
| Proibido Proibir | Letícia | Movie | |
| 2007 | Chega de Saudade | Bel | Movie |
| Eterna Magia | Nina Sullivan | Soap opera | |
| 2008 | Casos e Acasos | Fernanda | TV series |
| Aline | Aline | TV special | |
| 2009 | Som & Fúria | Kátia | Miniseries |
| 2009-2011 | Aline | Aline | TV series |
| 2010 | Quincas Berro D'Água | Movie | |
| O Bem Amado | Violeta | Movie and 2011 Miniseries |
¹ Movie produced in 2002, but commercially released only in 2005.