MARIANA NORTON

RECENT PROJECTS

THE THIEF, HIS WIFE AND THE CANOE - STORY FILMS/SAGESSE PRODUCTION - 2021

MALUDA - MARGINAL FILMES - 2021

 

Born in Lisbon in 1980. Daughter of an Argentine mother and a Portuguese father, both writers. She studied musical theatre in New York, attended a degree in Theatre- Actor Training at the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema, graduated in Music - Jazz from the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa and is a postgraduate degree in Writing Arts from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She gave voice lessons at the Hot Club School of Portugal and dance in Escola Superior de Dança. She began singing professionally with Toranja, sang and recorded records as a guest for numerous projects, from Balla to the Hot Club Jazz Orchestra, having dedicated herself in recent years to Elas and Jazz. In 2013 she composed and edited the album "10 Sides to My Story". In 2017 she released the single Diferente, which was part of the soundtrack of Amor Maior. As an actress, she started working in theatre with 

As Confissões de Adolescente, having more recently worked with Rita Lello - Hoje é o Dia - and Ricardo Neves-Neves - O Solene Resgate; Menos Emergências. On television, since 2007 she has been part of the main cast of soap operas such as the remake of Vila Faia, Dancin' Days, Amor Maior and series such as Beirais and Liberdade 21 and more recently the television film Maluda, by Jorge Paixão da Costa, in the role of Amália Rodrigues. In recent years, she has also devoted herself to writing and directing, having written, directed and starred in the award-winning short film A Viagem and performed the music video Memória de Ana Bacalhau.