Maria Ribeiro

• Name — Maria Ribeiro • Birth Name — Maria do Amaral Ribeiro • Born — 9 November 1975 • Birthplace — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Years Active — 1993–present • Children — 2 • Occupation — Actress, screenwriter, director

She worked in soap operas such as A Escrava Isaura, playing the beautiful Malvina, and also Luz do Sol, playing Zoé. She also had a part in the film Tolerância, directed by the gaúcho Carlos Gerbase, playing the young Anamaria. In 2014, she returned to Globo, in the 9pm soap opera Empire. The following year, she released her first book titled Twenty-Eight and a Half, bringing together "chronicles, reflections and venting" with autobiographical texts.

She had a son with ex-husband Paulo Betti, João, born in 2003. She was married to the actor Caio Blat, a union that brought her second son, Bento, born in 2010. In 2015, the couple separated, but soon after reunited. In 2017, the ten-year marriage came to an end. She has stated that she is bisexual. She is a third cousin of rock singer Dinho Ouro Preto, lead singer of the band Capital Inicial.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1994 — Memorial de Maria Moura — Special participation • Incidente em Antares — Gessy • 1995 — História de Amor — Bianca Moretti • 1996 — Malhação — Denise — Season 2; special participation • Você Decide — Episode: "Tempo de Namoro" • O Rei do Gado — Maria — Special participation • 1997 — Você Decide — Renata — Episode: "Delicadeza" • 1999 — Mulher — Special participation • 2000 — Você Decide — Episode: "A Poderosa" • Débora — Episode: "O Poderoso" • 2001 — A Padroeira — Rosa Maria • 2004 — Metamorphoses — Patrícia • A Escrava Isaura — Malvina • 2005 — Prova de Amor — Raquel Miranda • 2007 — Luz do Sol — Zoé Bacelar • 2009 — Poder Paralelo — Marilia de Castro • 2011 — Oscar Freire 279 — Rita • 2012 — Rei Davi — Michal • 2013 — Copa Hotel — Maria Bartolomeu • Saia Justa — Presenter — 2013–2016 • 2014 — Império — Danielle de Medeiros • 2018 — The Mechanism — Andrea Mariano — Episode: "O Último Respiro" • 2020 — Todas as Mulheres do Mundo — Renata • Unsoul — Giovana Skavronski — 2020–2022 • 2021 — Verdades Secretas II — Herself — Episode: "22" • 2022 — Mulheres Fantásticas — Narrator — Episode:"Simone de Beauvoir" • 2026 — Quem Ama Cuida — Beatriz "Bia"