Maria Fernanda Cândido

Maria Fernanda Cândido

Born: May 25, 1974
in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
Maria Fernanda Cândido is a Brazilian actress, television presenter, and former model.

Real success came in 1999. After sending a videobook to TV director Jayme Monjardim, of Rede Globo, she was invited to audition and soon joined the cast of Terra Nostra soap-opera in the role of an Italian young woman, Paola.[5] For that job, she hired a dialect coach in order to improve her Italian pronunciation.[6] The role led to her winning the prestigious Troféu Imprensa[7] and in 2000 she was voted the most beautiful woman of the century in a poll conducted by Fantástico a Sunday evening TV show. At the time, she was compared to the young Sophia Loren, the Italian legend, paralleling the latter's beauty and talent.[8] Like her character in the soap-opera, Cândido's great-grandmother, arrived in Brazil around 1880. The actress is a descendant of the Bortolacci and Malvezi families on her mother's side and the Guiraldelli on her father's side, both coming from Venice, northern Italy. "The funny thing is that I go by the Cândido family name, highlighting the only part of my heritage that is actually Brazilian," she stresses. Another coincidence between her own family's history and the soap-opera, is that her family settled in the same area where the plot was set, the Oeste Paulista, the western region of the State of São Paulo. The character is also the daughter of Italian Anacleto, who works on a coffee farm, the same occupation of her great-grandparents when they arrived in Brazil.[9] As part of her research to play Paola, she watched films such as Bicycle Thieves, Marriage Italian-Style and The Gold of Naples, and to better understand the context in which her character would have lived, she also watched 1900, Bernardo Bertolucci.

Movies for Maria Fernanda Cândido...

Vermelho Monet
Title: Vermelho Monet
Character: Antoinette Léfèvre
Released: May 9, 2024
Type: Movie
Follows the story of Johannes Van Almeida, a painter who was just released from prison and wants to start his life anew, but everything changes when art dealer Antoinette, and international actress in crisis Florence Lizz, get in his way.
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The Passion According to G.H.
Title: The Passion According to G.H.
Character: G.H.
Released: April 11, 2024
Type: Movie
G.H., a well-to-do Rio sculptress, enters her maid’s room, sees a cockroach crawling out of the wardrobe, and, panicking, slams the door on it. But the sight of the dying insect provokes a mystical crisis.
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Title: Rebirth
Character: Cândida
Released: January 22, 2024
Type: TV
After making a pact with Jequitibá, José Inocêncio becomes a mythical figure, known as the most successful cocoa farmer in the region. While still young, he wins the heart of Maria Santa. Their intense passion results in four children: José Augusto, José Bento, José Venâncio, and the youngest, João Pedro, who never had the opportunity to know his mother, as she dies while giving birth to him. This tragedy fuels José Inocêncio’s anger, blaming João Pedro for the loss of his great love. Throughout their lives, indifference and resentment mark the relationship between the father and his youngest son. As if the past weren’t enough, years later, the arrival of the mysterious Mariana puts all these emotions to the test when both father and son fall in love with the same woman. This situation reawakens feelings that were either dormant or previously unknown to them.
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A Bunch of Bastards
Title: A Bunch of Bastards
Character: Damiana
Released: May 31, 2023
Type: Movie
An isolated villa, a family just like the others. Michele has remarried beautiful Damiana, and lives with her and her daughter Fiore, a seductive teen with whom he has an intricate relationship. In the middle of the night, Sergio, an ex-con, bursts in the villa and abducts the family. his mission: retrieve and bring back to Caligola, the man who hired him, some important documents, now seeminlgy buried somewhere in the greenhouse near the house.
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The Book of Wonders
Title: The Book of Wonders
Character: Paula
Released: March 15, 2023
Type: Movie
This is the crazy bet of a mother ready to do anything to help her 12-year-old son, Louis, wake up from his coma. After Louis' accident, Thelma decides to do for him the "10 things to do before the end of the world" that he had written in his diary. By listening to these adventures, Louis will see how beautiful life is and that he must come back! By fulfilling a teenager's dreams at the age of forty, Thelma will experience an incredible journey that will take her farther than she ever imagined.
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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Title: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Character: Vicência Santos
Released: April 6, 2022
Type: Movie
Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team of wizards and witches. They soon encounter an array of old and new beasts as they clash with Grindelwald's growing legion of followers.
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The Uncertain Place of Desire
Title: The Uncertain Place of Desire
Character: Ana Thereza
Released: September 19, 2019
Type: Movie
A woman finds herself facing a situation where a strong desire would cause her to change her entire life. This and Ana Thereza's other personal questions serve as a starting point for addressing the main object of this documentary: desire. Not only in the denotative sense of the word, but, above all, by its forms and possibilities of growth, ascension and, moreover, in what way is it capable of building itself from idealization and subjectivity.
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The Traitor
Title: The Traitor
Character: Maria Cristina de Almeida
Released: May 23, 2019
Type: Movie
Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to Italy, he makes a bold decision that will change his life and the destiny of Cosa Nostra forever.
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Bio
Title: Bio
Released: August 24, 2017
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of a man who was born in 1959 and died in 2070, told by people who knew him and somehow contributed to his trajectory.
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Title: Edge of Desire
Character: Joyce Garcia
Released: April 3, 2017
Type: TV
An ambitious woman who, for love, abandons Law School and ends up in the criminal world. A policewoman who dreams about becominga MMA championwhile fighting organized crime. A young dreamer torn between finding true love and her search for freedom. Written by International Emmy Award winner Gloria Perez, "Edge of Desire" presents three strong-willed women that have one thing in common: the tenacity to fight for what they want.
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Fé nas Marias
Title: Fé nas Marias
Released: November 17, 2016
Type: Movie
A homage to Virgin Mary by brazilian women.
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My Hindu Friend
Title: My Hindu Friend
Character: Livia Monteiro Bueno
Released: October 22, 2015
Type: Movie
Diego is a film director who, when he is told that he has a malignant disease which could be fatal, marries his girlfriend of many years, says goodbye to his friends and begins a routine of long days of treatment in hospital. While learning to live with the pain and also conversing with death, he meets a Hindu boy who is a fellow patient and who becomes his friend. But one day the boy disappears. Diego is discharged, but his life has changed forever. His marriage fails and, living alone, he begins to wonder whether he may in fact be dying and no one has told him. He tries to find out what happened to his Hindu friend, and eventually meets another woman.
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O Amuleto
Title: O Amuleto
Character: Elisabete
Released: May 28, 2015
Type: Movie
Moçambique beach in Florianópolis, have a lot of unsolved murders cases. One day, Diana, Alex, Paulinho and Marcinha went to a party in the forest. In the next day, three teenagers are found death. Diana is the only survivor, but she doesn't remember what happen. The only thing that will help to solve the case is the videos recorded with their cell phones.
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Title: Happily Ever After?
Character: Marília Vieira Drummond / Samanta
Released: January 26, 2015
Type: TV
When the mysterious call girl Danny Bond comes on the scene, a crime of passion changes forever the lives of all involved. Who will the victim be? And the villain? After all, in a story so full of secrets and infidelity, who can get away with it to live happily ever after?
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Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Dalva e Herivelto, Uma Canção de Amor - O Filme
Title: Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Dalva e Herivelto, Uma Canção de Amor - O Filme
Character: Lurdes Torelly
Released: January 15, 2015
Type: Movie
The singer Dalva de Oliveira and the composer Herivelto Martins lived intensely on the stage and in life. The 13 years of marriage and the disagreements, which gained emphasis with the separation, contributed to an important artistic and cultural production.
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Apneia
Title: Apneia
Character: Mãe de Chris
Released: November 6, 2014
Type: Movie
Apnea presents a week in the life of Chris and her friends. Chris does not want to sleep. Afraid of her sleep apnea and her own unconsciousness, Chris stays up several nights in search of some sort of sense to her life that she did not see during the day, always living on the edge of her own body, and of existence itself, and dragging everything around with her.
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Title: Sessão de Terapia
Character: Júlia
Released: October 1, 2012
Type: TV
Set in an office of a psychoanalyst, the series follows the professional and personal day-to-day work of therapist Theo. Displayed daily, each episode of the plot is marked by the story of one of his patients, and the last episode of the week will always bring an assessment of Theo's by his supervisor Dora.
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Title: Side by Side
Character: Jeanette Dórleac
Released: September 10, 2012
Type: TV
Winner of the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela, "Side by Side" focuses on two women of different origins and social classes. The brave Isabel, daughter of a former slave and in love with the capoeira player Zé Maria; and Laura, descendant from a wealthy family and destined to an undesired marriage to Edgar. In addition to an unshakable friendship, the two share the same purpose in life: the conquest of freedom in the conservative society of Rio de Janeiro of the early 20th century.
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Irina
Title: Irina
Released: May 19, 2012
Type: Movie
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Title: As Brasileiras
Character: Sandra
Released: February 2, 2012
Type: TV
After the breakthrough success of 'The Cariocas', the spin-off 'The Brazilians - The Women' embraces all the diversity of Brazil and its women. Powerful, fragile, funny, protective, beautiful, talented, insightful, and especially unique; they all have a certain charm. No matter what their birthplace, age, lifestyle or preference, these remarkable women have one thing in common: they are Brazilian. Brilliantly witty and entertaining, every independent episode provides an exclusive look at the life experiences of the women who inspire everyone.
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Title: O Brado Retumbante
Character: Antonia
Released: January 17, 2012
Type: TV
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Aparecida - O Milagre
Title: Aparecida - O Milagre
Character: Beatriz
Released: December 17, 2010
Type: Movie
Marcos Resende is a cold and crisis man command MetalNobre company. Mark lost his faith in God when her father, Antonio, died in the construction of the Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida. He had asked the day before to Our Lady Aparecida cleats for him to play in a team and his father would buy them. Mark is separated from wife and Sonia have feuds with son Lucas, in addition to keeping a bad emotional relationship with Beatriz, an official of the company and his mother, Julia. After a misunderstanding, Lucas suffers a serious motorcycle accident. Then Mark revive its history and living with his father. And when he turns to Julia, she reveals the mysterious grace of his family.
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Title: Dalva e Herivelto: Uma Canção de Amor
Character: Lurdes Nura Torelly
Released: January 4, 2010
Type: TV
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Title: Capitu
Character: Capitu
Released: December 9, 2008
Type: TV
A melancholy Dom Casmurro, who writes a book to tell his vision of his own story and also to restore, in old age, the moments lived in adolescence alongside the great love of his life, Capitu, a girl who seduced him with her "hangover eyes".
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Sal de Prata
Title: Sal de Prata
Character: Cátia
Released: September 23, 2005
Type: Movie
After her boyfriend's death, a successful executive finds some unfinished scripts in the dead man's computer, and decides to make a film of them. Her relationship with the world of movie-making is going to change her life.
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Title: Como uma Onda
Character: Lavínia Amarante
Released: November 22, 2004
Type: TV
Como uma Onda is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from November 22, 2004 and June 18, 2005. Featured Alinne Moraes, Ricardo Pereira, Henri Castelli, Herson Capri, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Kadu Moliterno, Joana Solnado, Hugo Carvana, Laura Cardoso and Mel Lisboa in the lead roles.
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Title: Um Só Coração
Character: Ana Schmidt
Released: January 6, 2004
Type: TV
The story takes place between the 1920s and 1950s in Greater São Paulo. Going through historical moments, such as the Week of Modern Art, the Revolution of 1924, the economic crisis of 1929 and the Vargas Era, there is the story of Yolanda Penteado, a young woman from a traditional family of São Paulo's high society, who arouses admirations to go through. She had never been easily involved with any other admirer until she meets Martim, a young medical student who catches her eye. However, he was an advocate of the anarchist movement, causing disapproval of Yolanda's mother, Guiomar, but the two will fight to get together, even with the disapproval of the family.
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Dom
Title: Dom
Character: Ana
Released: September 19, 2003
Type: Movie
Free adaptation of Machado de Assis' "Dom Casmurro". Bento marries an actress, and soon afterwards she gets pregnant. Then, he begins to suspect the child isn't his, but his best friend's.
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Title: Esperança
Character: Nina Salvattore Bellini
Released: June 17, 2002
Type: TV
The story of two young Italian lovers of different, rival families who are separated after he moves to Brazil and falls for another woman, while she is forced to marry a fascist.
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Title: Saia Justa
Released: April 17, 2002
Type: TV
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Title: Aquarela do Brasil
Character: Isa Galvão
Released: August 22, 2000
Type: TV
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Title: Terra Nostra
Character: Paola
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
This top-seller recounts the saga of Italians who immigrated to Brazil during the XIX century, seeking their fortunes in America. The forbidden love between Giulliana and Matteo flowers in the midst of the sweeping changes ushered in by the arrival of these Europeans in Brazilian towns. This great epic has thrilled viewers in more than eighty countries.
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The Secret Agent
Title: The Secret Agent
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Set in the late 1970s during the final years of Brazil’s military dictatorship, Marcelo, a university professor in his 40s is on the run. He travels from São Paulo to the seaside city of Recife during Carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son. But he soon finds out he has been tailed and spied on by neighbors in his new refuge, leaving him no possible escape from the tentacles of corruption.
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Secret Agents
Title: Secret Agents
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
1977. In a Brazil tormented by the military dictatorship, Marcelo, a man in his forties fleeing a troubled past, arrives in the city of Recife where he hopes to build a new life and reconnect with his family. That's without taking into account the death threats that lurk and hover over his head.