Actor

Madalena Aragão

Born 2005 · Cascais, Portugal

She made her acting debut in 2016, at just 10 years old, in the SIC soap opera, Rainha das Flores . In 2018, she participated for the first time in a short film, A Semente by João Santana. She also co-starred in another short film, by Cláudio Jordão and David Rebordão, which, at the Avanca International Film Festival, won the "Best International Premiere" Award and also a Special Mention in the "Trailer in Motion" Category. At the end of 2020, she played the role of young "Maria José" in the TV movie As vizinhas, based on the story by Teolinda Gersão, for RTP1, as part of the Contado por Mulheres project produced by Ukbar Filmes and directed by Sofia Teixeira Gomes. In 2022, she participated in the Leopardo Filmes feature film, directed by Eduardo Brito, Sibila, based on the book of the same name by Agustina Bessa Luís, where she played the main character "Quina" as a young girl. In the same year, she also participated in one of the films in the Contos da Montanha series, based on the stories of Miguel Torga, namely Maria Lionça, where she played the main character, Maria Lionça, between the ages of 16 and 26.