Maria Maya

{{short description|Brazilian actress}} {{distinguish|Mario Maya}} {{Infobox person | name = Maria Maya | birth_name = Maria Antônia Gigliotti Campos Maya | image = Maria Maya 02.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|6|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | parents = Wolf Maya Cininha de Paula | relatives = Chico Anysio (grand-uncle) Lupe Gigliotti (grandmother) Nizo Neto (second cousin) Marcos Palmeira (second cousin) Bruno Mazzeo (second cousin) | spouse = | children = | occupation = Actress }}

'''Maria Antônia Gigliotti Campos Maya''' (born 29 June 1981 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian actress.

== Biography and career ==

She is the daughter of director Wolf Maya and also an actress and director Cininha de Paula, grand-niece of comedian Chico Anysio, granddaughter of Lupe Gigliotti, second cousin of comedian and actor Nizo Neto, Marcos Palmeira and Bruno Mazzeo.<ref name="Museudatv">{{cite web|url=http://www.museudatv.com.br/biografias/Maria%20Maya.htm|title=BIOGRAFIA DA ATRIZ MARIA MAYA.|author=Museudatv|accessdate=2 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415141700/http://www.museudatv.com.br/biografias/Maria%20Maya.htm|archive-date=15 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Maria started in the telenovela ''Cara & Coroa'' in 1995, where he played Nádia.<ref name="Museudatv"/> This was followed by Kelly Bola one of its greatest figures in ''Salsa e Merengue'' in 1996.<ref name="Museudatv"/> After the novel only came back to the novels in 2003; at the time married to actor Ernani Moraes, 25 years older than she, who is separated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://revistaquem.globo.com/Revista/Quem/0,,EMI70060-8219,00-NAO+TENHO+MEDO+DE+NADA+SOU+ABUSADA.html|title=Não tenho medo de nada, sou abusada|date=27 April 2009|accessdate=2 October 2011|author=QUEM|archive-date=11 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711142231/http://revistaquem.globo.com/Revista/Quem/0,,EMI70060-8219,00-NAO+TENHO+MEDO+DE+NADA+SOU+ABUSADA.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

At this time three did miniseries: ''Hilda Furacão'', ''A Muralha'' and ''O Quinto dos Infernos''.<ref name="Museudatv"/> His back was in the novels ''Chocolate com Pimenta'' where did the hypochondriac Lili,<ref name="Museudatv"/> doctor's secretary Paul (played by Guilherme Piva). After he made his most prominent characters, Regininha, a lush samba ''Senhora do Destino'', 2004.<ref name="Museudatv"/> In 2006 he Sandrinha in ''Cobras & Lagartos''.<ref name="Museudatv"/>

In ''India – A Love Story'' played Inês, a girl who wore weird clothes and makeup and tried to warn his parents Melissa and Ramiro, played by Christiane Torloni and Humberto Martins, about the illness of his brother, Tarso (Bruno Gagliasso). Grandfather also helped to uncover some family secrets.<ref name="Museudatv"/>

In 2009, he made a cameo appearance in ''Tempos de Paz'', of Daniel Filho. In the same year and the following year starred in two parts, ''Play'' and ''A Loba de Ray-ban'', in which she plays Fernanda Porto, who falls for Júlia Ferraz (Christiane Torloni).<ref name="Museudatv"/>

In 2011, the novel is ''Aquele Beijo''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reporterdiario.com.br/Noticia/311757/maria-maya-sera-raissa-na-novela-aquele-beijo/|title=Maria Maya será Raíssa em "Aquele Beijo"|author=Repórter Diário|date=29 September 2011|accessdate=3 October 2011}}</ref> In 2013 returns to the novels ''Amor à Vida'', the plot she plays the Bolivian Alejandra.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://redeglobo.globo.com/novelas/vem-ai/amor-a-vida/noticia/2013/04/amor-vida-veja-o-visual-de-maria-maya-na-nova-novela-das-9-da-globo.html|title=Amor à Vida: veja o look de Maria Maya na nova novela da Globo das 9|publisher=Globo.com|date=April 26, 2013|accessdate=May 6, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvg.globo.com/novelas/amor-a-vida/personagem/alejandra-reys-moreno.html|title=Alejandra Reys Moreno|publisher=Globo.com|accessdate=20 May 2013}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Television === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 1995 || ''Cara & Coroa'' || Nádia Pinheiro Brandão || |- | 1996 || ''Salsa e Merengue'' || Kelly Bola || |- | rowspan="2"| 1998 || ''Hilda Furacão'' || Zora || |- | ''Você Decide'' || Grace Kelly || Episode: "Seria Trágico, Se Não Fosse Cômico" |- | 2000 || ''A Muralha'' || Moatira || |- | 2001 || ''Brava Gente'' || Iracema || Episode: "Os Mistérios do Sexo" |- | rowspan="2"| 2002 || ''O Quinto dos Infernos'' || Maria Lélia || |- | ''Sítio do Picapau Amarelo'' || Tonica Ventania || Season 2; Special participation |- | 2003 || ''Chocolate com Pimenta'' || Liliane Campos Soares ''(Lili)'' || |- | 2004 || ''Senhora do Destino'' || Regina Ferreira da Silva ''(Regininha)'' || |- | 2005 || ''Levando a Vida'' || Neidinha || Special Year End |- | 2006 || ''Cobras & Lagartos'' || Sandra Miranda Café ''(Sandrinha)'' || |- | 2007 || ''Conexão Xuxa'' || Herself || New Yellow Team participant |- | rowspan="2"| 2008 || ''Casos e Acasos'' || Sílvia || Episode: "O Desejo Escondido, o Cara Reprimido e o Livro Roubado" |- | ''Toma Lá, Dá Cá'' || Mother Iraci || Episode: "Na Boca do Sapo" |- | 2009 || ''Caminho das Índias'' || Inês Cadore || |- | 2011 || ''Aquele Beijo'' || Raíssa Barbosa || |- | 2013 || ''Amor à Vida'' || Alejandra Reys Moreno || |- |}

=== Film === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | rowspan="2"| 2009 || ''Se Eu Fosse Você 2'' || Saleswoman || rowspan="2"| Support cast |- | ''Tempos de Paz'' || Nurse |- |}

=== Theater === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Title !! Role |- | ''PLAY, sobre sexo, mentiras e videotape'' || Cíntia |- | ''A Loba de Ray-Ban'' || Fernanda Porto |- | ''Obituário Ideal'' || |- |}

==References== {{reflist}}

== External links == *{{IMDb name|0562185}}

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