Trivia

Fluent in four languages including Portuguese, English and French.

Studied philosophy at university.

Currently living in France.

Maria and Agustí are parents of two girls named Júlia (b. 1997) and Leonor (b.2003).

Worked with Uma Thurman in Henry & June (1990) and Pulp Fiction (1994).

Moved to Paris in 1984 and enrolled in the National Schools of Arts and Theatre Techniques.

In 2005, she was a jury member for 2nd and 3rd audition round at CNSAD (Conservatoire National Superieur d'Art Dramatique) in Paris.

In Paris, producing the musical CD, A Little More Blue, in which she sings with Brazilean music themes. (April 2007)

Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007.

Has a sister named Inês de Medeiros and a half-sister named Ana Medeiros.

Created a Dame of the Ancient, Most Noble and Enlightened Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, of the Scientific, Literary and Artistic Merit on 10 June 1992 and a Dame of the Order of the Arts and the Letters of France on 19 January 2004.

Great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter of the 1st Baron of São José de Porto Alegre Nobleman of Coat of Arms of de Almeida (crest) with a brica in blue charged with a trefoil in gold for difference with crown of Baron.

Daughter of António Vitorino D'Almeida, great-great-great-great-grandson of the 1st Baron of São José de Porto Alegre Nobleman of Coat of Arms of de Almeida (crest) with a brica in blue charged with a trefoil in gold for difference with crown of Baron, and first wife journalist Maria Armanda de Saint-Maurice Ferreira Esteves.