BIOGRAPHY Maria de Medeiros was born on August 19, 1965, in Lisbon, Portugal. After graduating from the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Paris, she devoted herself to theatre and cinema, first as an actress, before broadening her work to script writing and directing short and feature films. Since her first role in Joao Cesar Monteiro¿s Silvestre (1982), Maria de Medeiros has starred in over 30 feature movies in Portugal, Spain, France and the United States. In 1994, she was awarded Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for her role in Teresa Villarde¿s Três Irmãos. In 1995, her performance in Joaquim Leito¿s Adao e Eva won her the Portuguese Golden Globe Award. In 2000, she directed Capitaes de Abril, which was presented in the official selection of Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival. FILMOGRAPHY Director, Writer 2000: Capitaes De Abril aka Captains of April 1991: A morte do Principe (C.M.) aka The Death of the Prince Actress 2000: Capitaes De Abril, directed by Maria de Medeiros aka Captains of April 1999: Les Infortunes de la beauté, directed by John Lvoff 1997: Airbag, directed by Juanma Bajo Ulloa 1995: Adao e Eva, directed by Joaquim Leitao aka Adam and Eve 1994: Pulp Fiction, directed by Quentin Tarantino 1994: Três Irmãos, directed by Teresa Villarde aka Two Brother, My Sister 1993: Huevos de Oro, directed by Bigas Luna aka Golden Balls 1991: L'Homme de ma vie, directed by Jean-Charles Tachella aka The Man of My Life 1990: La Divine comédie, directed by Manoel de Oliveira aka The Divine Comedy Henry and June, directed by Philip Kaufman 1988: La Lectrice, directed by Michel Deville aka The Reader 1982: Silvestre, directed by Joao Cesar Monteiro