- The first South American ever honored in North America with a Best Actress Prize, for Pixote (1980), by the National Society of Film Critics Awards.
- Marília was a very versatile actress: she acted, sang and danced. She was a choreographer, a producer and a theater and musical events director.
- The first time Marília was on a theater stage was with her parents when she was 4 years old.
- Hailed as "one of the decade's (1980s) ten best actresses" by Pauline Kael.
- After Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981), Bar Esperança (1983) and Tieta do Agreste (1996), became the most awarded Brazilian actress.
- Her father was Portuguese.
- There's a theater room named after her in the Leblon Theater in Rio de Janeiro.
- Her husband Bruno Faria is an economist. He's 20 years younger than Marília.
- She lived with Bruno Faria in Rio de Janeiro.
- Daughter of actor Manuel Pêra and actress Dinorah Marzullo.
- Sister of actress Sandra Pêra.
- Regarded by the critics and by the public, as the most accomplished and versatile Brazilian actress after Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981).
- In Portuguese her surname means "Pear", the fruit.
- She did several theater monologues.
- She won a Molière for her role in the play "Fala Baixo Senão Eu Grito" (1969).
- Granddaughter of actress Antonia Marzullo.
- Niece of poet and lawyer Maurício Marzull and Dinah Mazullo Tangerini.
- Ex-sister-in-law of the late composer Gonzaguinha.
- Aunt of Amora Pêra.
- Niece of Abel Pera.
- Made her debut as a theater director in 1978 with the play "A Menina e o Vento" of Maria Clara Machado.
- Her relation with Ricardo Przemyslaw lasted ten years.
- Appeared with ex-husband Paulo Villaça in Quem Ama Não Mata (1982) but they did not played a couple.
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