Catarina Furtado

• Name — Catarina Furtado • Birth Name — Catarina Cardoso Garcia da Fonseca Furtado • Born — 25 August 1972 • Birthplace — Lisbon, Portugal • Occupation — * Television presenter • actress • Years Active — 1991–present • Father — Joaquim Furtado • Children — 2

Throughout her career on television which started in the early 1990s, Furtado has worked for SIC and RTP television networks, as well as the radio stations Rádio Comercial and RDP Antena 3. While an underage girl, she had a short non-talking role in the film Non, ou a Vã Glória de Mandar directed by Manoel de Oliveira. Later on she starred in films like Killing Time (an English film that appeared in the Cannes Film Festival), Fatima (an Italian movie by Fabrizio Costa), Anjo da Guarda and Pesadelo cor-de-rosa, among others. Furtado's first big success was as a presenter on the TV show Top + on RTP, a Portuguese program featuring popular music videos and the national weekly record chart. It was a music show that led to her hosting an MTV program on the SIC network, years before Portuguese MTV was founded. She went on to do a variety of shows, including Treasure Hunt (Caça ao Tesouro), on SIC television, which was often shot on location in Portugal's smaller towns, where Catarina arrived in a helicopter. On 8 January 2018, Furtado was announced as one of the four hosts of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest alongside Sílvia Alberto, Daniela Ruah, and Filomena Cautela.

Furtado is of Goan descent through her mother. Her great-great-grandfather was born in Candolim, Portuguese Goa. Furtado attended the Conservatório Nacional (until 1990) specializing in dance. She also trained in journalism and studied drama at London's International School of Acting from 1995 to 1997, as well as Lee Strasberg's Method Studio in England. She was married to João Reis, an actor, from 2005 to 2023 and has a daughter, Maria Beatriz (born in 2006) and a son, João Maria (born in 2007). Furtado is rated on the site AskMen.com.

Catarina Furtado is recorded at birth as Catarina Cardoso Garcia da Fonseca Furtado. Recorded as actress, screenwriter and television presenter.

Catarina Furtado is recorded as having studied at Independente University and Conservatório Nacional de Lisboa. Born in 1972 at Lisbon.