Biography

Daughter of a great stage and television actor, João Guedes, she started as a ballet dancer, than dedicated herself to amateur athletics in a popular club of her region, Leixões Futebol Club - javelin thrower, hurdles, voleyball and boat sailing. At 12 years old she had her first taste of the comedy stage, in the play "Pluft, the Little Ghost" by Alda Rodrigues at Teatro Experimental do Porto. Her charismatic beauty and athletic body were used for a number of characters by several directors, never type cast but in small parts only, of which emerges her portrayal of Rita Portugal in "O Bobo", by José Álvaro Morais. She knew more success on the theatrical stage, though, in amateur groups, both in darma and popular comedy. She was in the first play by the famous Grupo 4, a courageous trial of independent theatre when Portugal was still under government censorship.
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First cousin once removed of Rodrigo Guedes de Carvalho and Tiago Guedes.

Sister of Francisco Jorge da Silva Guedes de Carvalho (b. Matosinhos, Matosinhos, 29 July 1949, d. Porto, 24 March 2025), João Carlos da Silva Guedes de Carvalho (b. 22 October 1952) and Bárbara da Silva Guedes de Carvalho (b. 27 February 1956).

Daughter of João Guedes and wife Maria Estela de Azevedo da Silva (b. 7 October 1924).

Born at the Parish of Matosinhos.