Maitê Proença
Acting • Born 1958-01-28
Biography
Maitê Proença Gallo (São Paulo, January 28, 1958) is a Brazilian actress, presenter and writer. Proença has worked on Brazilian telenovelas, films and plays. Her role in the telenovela Dona Beija was her first major TV success in Brazil, Portugal and some 50 other countries where it was shown. Proença has written two books. Her first book, Entre ossos e a escrita, published in 2005, contained the best of her essays. The second book, Uma Vida Inventada, sold 100,000 copies in Brazil and was exported to Portugal. She has also written two plays one of which, As Meninas, won her several prizes. She has a column in the Brazilian magazine Época. Proença has been a TV host for Video Show (1983), Programa de Domingo (1987) and Saia Justa (2006/2007). In 2006, Proença wrote her first theater play, Achadas e Perdidas. In 2002, she made her debut as a theater producer with the play Buda. In 2009, due to controversial remarks on the Brazilian TV show Saia Justa, Proença prompted public outrage in Portugal and was accused of being Lusophobic, though she has since affirmed numerous times her love for Portugal. She has since denied the accusation and recorded several apologies, as well as issuing one on her official blog. Proença emphasized that despite the misunderstanding, she is of recent Portuguese ancestry and likes Portugal and the Portuguese. For about a week, the affair was discussed or reported on several Portuguese television networks and major newspapers.
Filmography
79 credits
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Movie • 1997
Self
Kuarup
Movie • 1989
Maureen
The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema
Movie • 1987
Suzana
What Ever Happened to Dulce Veiga?
Movie • 2008
Dulce Veiga
The Forest
Movie • 2002
Dona Yayá
Primeiro Dia de um Ano Qualquer
Movie • 2013
Consuelo
Tolerância
Movie • 2000
Márcia
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
Movie • 2023
Paixão Perdida
Movie • 1999
Anna Rondi
Sal de Prata
Movie • 2005
Estrela de Cinema
Underground Game
Movie • 2005
Mercedes
Bufo & Spallanzani
Movie • 2001
Delfina Delamare
Prova de Fogo
Movie • 1980
Mãe Sandra
A Hora Mágica
Movie • 1998
Lyla Van
My Hindu Friend
Movie • 2016
Debora
Kiss 2348/72
Movie • 1990
Catarina
Brasa Adormecida
Movie • 1986
Elvis & Madonna
Movie • 2011
Soraya
À Beira do Abismo me Cresceram Asas
Movie • 2017
Bio
Movie • 2017
Barros - A Lagoa
Movie • 2008
Dra. Rafaela Dantas
Sixteen-Oh-Sixty
Movie • 1995
Vox Populi
Movie • 1997
Viva Sapato!
Movie • 2003
Caroline
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
Movie • 1989
The Inheritance
Movie • 2001
Atriz no Funeral
Marquesa de Santos
Movie • 1984
Domitila de Castro Canto e Melo, Marquesa de Santos
Sexo Frágil
Movie • 1986
A-N-A
Em Busca de Carlos Zéfiro
Movie • 2020
Reading
Chiquinho Brandão: Um Sopro Vital
Movie
Cena Secreta
Movie • 2011
Sassaricando
TV • 1987
Camila Varela
O Salvador da Pátria
TV • 1989
Professora Clotilde Ribeiro
Young Hearts
TV • 1995
Daniela Amorim
A Vida Como Ela É...
TV • 1996
Magda
A Vida Como Ela É...
TV • 1996
Viúva de Carvalhinho
A Vida Como Ela É...
TV • 1996
Senhorinha
A Vida Como Ela É...
TV • 1996
Neuza
A Vida Como Ela É...
TV • 1996
Jandira
A Vida Como Ela É...
TV • 1996
Nora
A Vida Como Ela É...
TV • 1996
Solange
A Vida Como Ela É...
TV • 1996
Geralda
Gabriela
TV • 2012
Dona Sinhazinha Guedes Mendonça
El mirador
TV • 1991
Self
Elas por Elas
TV • 1982
Ieda
Dona Beija
TV • 1986
Dona Beija (Ana Jacinta de São José)
Sai de Baixo
TV • 1996
Saia Justa
TV • 2002
Good Morning, Verônica
TV • 2020
Diana
Guerra dos Sexos
TV • 1983
Juliana de Alcântara Pereira Barreto
Shades of Sin
TV • 2004
Vera Campos Sodré (Verinha)
O Sorriso do Lagarto
TV • 1991
Ana Clara
Três Irmãs
TV • 2008
Walquíria Pascolli
Vila Madalena
TV • 1999
Eugênia Junqueira
Passione
TV • 2010
Stela Gouveia
Forever and Ever
TV • 2014
Kitty Santana
Cara & Coroa
TV • 1995
Heloísa Souto Brandão
Happiness
TV • 1991
Helena de Sousa
The Fault is Cabral's
TV • 2016
Herself
Contos de Verão
TV • 1993
Pâmela Tomé
Jogo da Vida
TV • 1981
Carla Barros
Torre de Babel
TV • 1998
Clara Soares
A Vida Como Ela É...
TV • 1996
Osvaldina
A Vida Como Ela É...
TV • 1996
Dalila
A Vida Como Ela É...
TV • 1996
Clara
Liberdade, Liberdade
TV • 2016
Dionísia Raposo Viegas Manttini
As Três Marias
TV • 1980
Maria da Glória
Dinheiro Vivo
TV • 1979
Joaninha (Joana Albuquerque)
Um Sonho a Mais
TV • 1985
Valéria
Corpo Santo
TV • 1987
Adriana
Brava Gente
TV • 2000
Maria
Brava Gente
TV • 2000
Betina
A(u)tores
TV • 2021
#Provoca
TV • 2019
Selfie
Fight or Love?
TV • 2012
Madonna
Que História é Essa, Porchat?
TV • 2019
Self
Clive James' Postcard from
TV • 1989
Self
Chico Anysio Show
TV • 1982
Tenória Escada
Marquesa de Santos
TV • 1984
Domitila de Castro Canto e Melo, Marquesa de Santos