Rita Blanco
Rita Gouveia Blanco ( born January 11, 1963 in Algés, Lisbon ) is a Portuguese actress.
Career
Even before completing her studies at the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema ( 1985) it was in 1983 for the first time on stage, Luís Miguel Cintra in staging of Jean -Paul Wenzel Mariana Espera Casamento, at his Teatro da Cornucopia. Thither they always returned for occasional gigs back, as in pieces by David Mamet, Eduarda Dionísio, or even later in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Sangue no Pescoço do Gato ( " blood on the neck of the Cat ," 2005). For her role in Nunca Nada de Luísa Costa Gomes Ninguém of 1991 she was given the Theatre Prize Prémio Garrett.
Also for theater productions by João Canijo she stood on the stage, for the first time in Crimes do Coração ( " Crimes of the Heart" ) by Beth Henley, 1988, then again and again, as in Confissões ao Luar ("A Moon for the Misbegotten " ) by Eugene O'Neill 1994. their main roles for Canijos Movies Blanco became known to a wider public, particularly through his television miniseries Alentejo Sem Lei ( 1990). Getting attention she had received already in the television series A Mala de Cartão (1988 ), on the side of Irene Papas.
In addition to numerous appearances at the theater (including in 1993 at the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, 1995 at the Cine - Teatro Monumental and 1997 at the Teatro S. Luiz ) she appeared in the 1990s in sitcoms, talk shows, game shows and humorous formats of the TV channel SIC. She showed here rarely their qualities as versatile and convincing actress who mostly saw the criticism in her feature film roles in it. By his own admission television productions are mostly " disposable " products.
After a heavily discounted television activity from the end of the 1990s she played back in a variety of telenovelas and television series, including since 2007 the successful Conta -me como foi - family saga of the public RTP. This shows, humorous and maneuvering between nostalgia and criticism, a Portugal of the 1960s to the 70s, and its variation between in -breaking Modern Estado Novo and the regime. Still, 2007 was the first time for Blanco then commercials front of the camera, for the supermarket chain Pingo Doce. Your biggest international attention it received in 2013, in her starring role in the Franco- Portuguese surprise hit Portugal, mon amour.
Reception
It is one of the most renowned contemporary actresses of the Portuguese film, and has won multiple awards, so in 2002 with the Globo de Ouro for a ganhar Vida, and 2011 for Sangue do Meu Sangue, when Caminhos do Cinema Português Film Festival.
Filmography
- 2005: El sueño de una noche de San Juan ( voice); R: Ángelo de la Cruz, Manolo Gómez
- 2005: O Fatal Ista; R: João Botelho
- 2005: Por Favor (TV ); R: Jorge Rodrigues, Fernando Ávila
- 2006: Parte de Mim (Short Film ); R: Margarida Leitão
- 2006-2007: Tempo de Viver (TV series)
- 2007: História Desgraçada (Short Film ); R: Elsa Bruxelas
- 2007: O capacete Dourado; R: Jorge Cramez
- 2007: Corrupção; R: João Botelho (not drawn by him)
- 2007-2010: Conta -me Como Foi (TV series)
- 2008: A Corte do Norte; R: João Botelho
- 2009: O Destino do Senhor Sousa (Short Film ); R: Joao Constancio
- 2010: Movies do desassossego; R: João Botelho
- 2011: A Família Mata ( TV series)
- 2011: Marionetas (Short Film ); R: Mary Archer
- 2011: Sangue do Meu Sangue; R: João Canijo
- 2012: Maternidade (TV series)
- 2012: Assim, assim; R: Sérgio Graciano
- 2012: O Profeta (TV ); R: Artur Ribeiro
- 2012: Love ( Amour ); R: Michael Haneke
- 2012-2013: Maternidade (TV series)
- 2013: Portugal, mon amour (La Cage Dorée ); R: Ruben Alves
- 2013: Odisseia (TV series)