Maria Flor

Maria Flor
Born	Maria Flor Leite Calaça August 31, 1983 (1983-08-31) (age 28) 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.

Career

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]

Filmography

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-	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.

References

1. ^ "Malhação não torna você um ator", diz Maria Flor - Terra (retrieved on August 14, 2007)
2. ^ Dirce - Globo.com
3. ^ Maria Flor vai estrear no horário nobre da Globo - Terra (July 16, 2005)
4. ^ Quem Acontece
5. ^ Maria Flor at Cineminha
6. ^ Pribido Proibir at Adore Cinema
7. ^ Chega de Suadade at IMDB
8. ^ Flor das Seis - Quem magazine
9. ^ Nina Sullivan (Maria Flor's character) at Eterna Magia's official website
10. ^ "Maria Flor participa de Casos e Acasos" (in Portuguese). O Fuxico Terra. 2008-05-15. http://ofuxico.terra.com.br/materia/noticia/2008/05/14/maria-flor-participa-de-casos-e-acasos-81681.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-30. ^{[dead link]}
11. ^ "Maria Flor vai viver Aline, personagem espevitada criada pelo cartunista Adão Iturrusgarai" (in Portuguese). O Globo. 2008-11-22. http://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/revistadatv/mat/2008/11/22/maria_flor_vai_viver_aline_personagem_espevitada_criada_pelo_cartunista_adao_iturrusgarai-586510253.asp. Retrieved 2008-12-30. 
12. ^ "Anthony Hopkins e Maria Flor são dirigidos por Fernando Meirelles" (in Portuguese). AdoroCinema. 2011-04-14. http://www.adorocinema.com/cinenews/anthony-hopkins-e-maria-flor-sao-dirigidos-por-fernando-meirelles-6782/. Retrieved 2011-04-22. 
13. ^ Mais Moda

External links

• Maria Flor at the Internet Movie Database
• Maria Flor Interview at Terra (in Portuguese)
• Interview at Mulheres do Cinema Brasileiro Website (in Portuguese)

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Name	Maria Flor
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Date of birth	1983-08-31
Place of birth	Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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