Maitê Proença

About

Maitê Proença Gallo (São Paulo, January 28, 1958) is a Brazilian actress, presenter and writer. Proença has worked on Brazilian telenovelas, films and plays. Her role in the telenovela Dona Beija was her first major TV success in Brazil, Portugal and some 50 other countries where it was shown. Proença has written two books. Her first book, Entre ossos e a escrita, published in 2005, contained the best of her essays. The second book, Uma Vida Inventada, sold 100,000 copies in Brazil and was exported to Portugal. She has also written two plays one of which, As Meninas, won her several prizes. She has a column in the Brazilian magazine Época. Proença has been a TV host for Video Show (1983), Programa de Domingo (1987) and Saia Justa (2006/2007). In 2006, Proença wrote her first theater play, Achadas e Perdidas. In 2002, she made her debut as a theater producer with the play Buda. In...

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Young HeartsSeries • 1995Chico Anysio ShowSeries • 1982Cara & CoroaSeries • 1995PassioneSeries • 2010Guerra dos SexosSeries • 1983HappinessSeries • 1991The Three SistersSeries • 2008Tower of BabelSeries • 1998Shades of SinSeries • 2004Elas por ElasSeries • 1982O Salvador da PátriaSeries • 1989Jogo da VidaSeries • 1981SassaricandoSeries • 1987Brava GenteSeries • 2000Sai de BaixoSeries • 1996Vila MadalenaSeries • 1999Forever and EverSeries • 2014Um Sonho a MaisSeries • 1985As Três MariasSeries • 1980Corpo SantoSeries • 1987GabrielaSeries • 2012Fight or Love?Series • 2012A Vida Como Ela É...Series • 1996Dona BeijaSeries • 1986