Maitê Proença
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 2009, due to controversial remarks on the Brazilian TV show Saia Justa, Proença prompted public outrage in Portugal and was accused of being Lusophobic, though she has since affirmed numerous times her love for Portugal. She has since denied the accusation and recorded several apologies, as well as issuing one on her official blog. Proença emphasized that despite the misunderstanding, she is of recent Portuguese ancestry and likes Portugal and the Portuguese. For about a week, the affair was discussed or reported on several Portuguese television networks and major newspapers.
Acted in
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
2023
Em Busca de Carlos Zéfiro
2020
as Reading
Good Morning, Verônica
2020
as Diana
Bio
2017
À Beira do Abismo me Cresceram Asas
2017
My Hindu Friend
2016
as Debora
Forever and Ever
2014
as Kitty Santana
Primeiro Dia de um Ano Qualquer
2013
as Consuelo
Gabriela
2012
as Dona Sinhazinha Guedes Mendonça
Elvis & Madonna
2011
as Soraya
Passione
2010
as Stela Gouveia
Três Irmãs
2008
as Walquíria Pascolli
What Ever Happened to Dulce Veiga?
2008
as Dulce Veiga
Barros - A Lagoa
2008
as Dra. Rafaela Dantas
Sal de Prata
2005
as Estrela de Cinema
Underground Game
2005
as Mercedes
Shades of Sin
2004
as Vera Campos Sodré (Verinha)
Viva Sapato!
2003
as Caroline
The Forest
2002
as Dona Yayá
Bufo & Spallanzani
2001
as Delfina Delamare
The Inheritance
2001
as Atriz no Funeral
Tolerância
2000
as Márcia
Vila Madalena
1999
as Eugênia Junqueira
Paixão Perdida
1999
as Anna Rondi
A Hora Mágica
1998
as Lyla Van
Torre de Babel
1998
as Clara Soares
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
as Self
Vox Populi
1997
A Vida Como Ela É...
1996
as Magda
A Vida Como Ela É...
1996
as Senhorinha
A Vida Como Ela É...
1996
as Viúva de Carvalhinho
A Vida Como Ela É...
1996
as Neuza
A Vida Como Ela É...
1996
as Nora
A Vida Como Ela É...
1996
as Solange
A Vida Como Ela É...
1996
as Jandira
A Vida Como Ela É...
1996
as Geralda
Sai de Baixo
1996
A Vida Como Ela É...
1996
as Osvaldina
A Vida Como Ela É...
1996
as Dalila
A Vida Como Ela É...
1996
as Clara
Sixteen-Oh-Sixty
1995
Cara & Coroa
1995
as Heloísa Souto Brandão
Young Hearts
1995
as Daniela Amorim
Contos de Verão
1993
as Pâmela Tomé
Felicidade
1991
as Helena de Sousa
El mirador
1991
as Self
O Sorriso do Lagarto
1991
as Ana Clara
Kiss 2348/72
1990
as Catarina
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1989
Kuarup
1989
as Maureen
O Salvador da Pátria
1989
as Professora Clotilde Ribeiro
Sassaricando
1987
as Camila Varela
The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema
1987
as Suzana
Brasa Adormecida
1986
Sexo Frágil
1986
as A-N-A
Dona Beija
1986
as Dona Beija (Ana Jacinta de São José)
Marquesa de Santos
1984
Guerra dos Sexos
1983
as Juliana de Alcântara Pereira Barreto
Elas por Elas
1982
as Ieda
Jogo da Vida
1981
as Carla Barros
Prova de Fogo
1980
as Mãe Sandra