Maria do Amaral Ribeiro (born 9 November 1975) is a Brazilian actress, screenwriter and film director.
Biography
She worked in soap operas such as A Escrava Isaura, playing the beautiful Malvina,[1] and also Luz do Sol, playing Zoé.[2] She also had a part in the film Tolerância, directed by the gaúcho Carlos Gerbase, playing the young Anamaria.[3]
In 2014, she returned to Globo, in the 9pm soap opera Empire.[4][5] The following year, she released her first book titled Twenty-Eight and a Half, bringing together "chronicles, reflections and venting" with autobiographical texts.[6]
Personal life
She had a son with ex-husband Paulo Betti, João, born in 2003.[7] She was married to the actor Caio Blat, a union that brought her second son, Bento, born in 2010.[8] In 2015, the couple separated, but soon after reunited.[9] In 2017, the ten-year marriage came to an end.[10]