Maria Flor

She was discovered in 2002, and her first role was in the film O Diabo a Quatro, filmed in the same year, and released nationwide in Brazil in 2005. It was also her first role as a protagonist in a movie. She became famous after her role as Rê, a very insecure and innovative character, in Malhação telenovela. This was also her first television role.

She played Tina, a romantic character, in the telenovela Cabocla. To be able to play her character, Maria Flor spent almost a month in a farm learning how to be a peasant.[http://exclusivo.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI406844-EI1487,00.html "Malhação não torna você um ator", diz Maria Flor - Terra] (retrieved on August 14, 2007) In the movie Cazuza - O Tempo Não Pára she played a groupie following the rock band Barão Vermelho. In the film Quase Dois Irmãos she played a wealthy girl, daughter of a politician, and that gets involved with a drug dealer. She also represented the cast of the film during the 2005 Créteil International Women's Film Festival.

She played a sex-worker in the movie O Diabo a Quatro. In her research to play this character she talked to real-life sex-workers. Maria Flor won the best actress award of the Festival de Cuiabá (Cuiabá Film Festival) for her performance in this film. In the biographical film Dois Filhos de Francisco, Maria Flor played Solange, who was the first love of the sertanejo singer Zezé Di Camargo, of the Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano duo.{{Cite web |url=http://dirce.globo.com/Dirce/home/0,6993,RM756810-533,00.html |title=Dirce - Globo.com |access-date=October 7, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050319143910/http://dirce.globo.com/Dirce/home/0,6993,RM756810-533,00.html |archive-date=March 19, 2005 |url-status=dead }}

She played Taís Junqueira in the telenovela Belíssima, which started airing in November, 2005. Taís Junqueira is a Brazilian woman working in Greece as a prostitute, after receiving a proposal promising her a job as a ballerina. During the telenovela, her character tried to return to Brazil.[http://exclusivo.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI593947-EI1118,00.html Maria Flor vai estrear no horário nobre da Globo - Terra (July 16, 2005)][http://revistaquem.globo.com/Quem/0,6993,EQG1047363-2157,00.html Quem Acontece] In 2006, she played Carol in the 2006 film Podecre! [http://cineminha.uol.com.br/celebridade.cfm?id=69563 Maria Flor at Cineminha] and Letícia in the movie Proibido Proibir.[http://adorocinema.cidadeinternet.com.br/filmes/proibido-proibir/proibido-proibir.asp Pribido Proibir at Adoro Cinema] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708235600/http://adorocinema.cidadeinternet.com.br/filmes/proibido-proibir/proibido-proibir.asp |date=July 8, 2007 }}

Maria Flor played the role of Bel in the 2007 film The Ballroom {{Cite web |url=https://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0977642/ |title=Chega de Suadade at IMDB |access-date=June 28, 2018 |archive-date=May 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518053257/http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0977642/ |url-status=dead }} Her first role as the main character of a telenovela was in the 2007 telenovela Eterna Magia,[http://revistaquem.globo.com/Quem/0,6993,EQG1541726-2346,00.html Flor das Seis - Quem magazine] where she played the role of Nina Sullivan, who is a witch who refuses to use her magical abilities.[http://eternamagia.globo.com/Novela/Eternamagia/Personagens/0,,PS1490-8672,00.html Nina Sullivan (Maria Flor's character) at Eterna Magia's official website] In 2008, she participated of one episode of the TV series Casos e Acasos,{{cite web|title=Maria Flor participa de Casos e Acasos |url=http://ofuxico.terra.com.br/materia/noticia/2008/05/14/maria-flor-participa-de-casos-e-acasos-81681.htm |accessdate=December 30, 2008 |date=May 15, 2008 |language=Portuguese |publisher=O Fuxico Terra |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427075426/http://ofuxico.terra.com.br/materia/noticia/2008/05/14/maria-flor-participa-de-casos-e-acasos-81681.htm |archivedate=April 27, 2009 }} and starred the end of the year special Aline.{{cite web | title = Maria Flor vai viver Aline, personagem espevitada criada pelo cartunista Adão Iturrusgarai | url=http://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/revistadatv/mat/2008/11/22/maria_flor_vai_viver_aline_personagem_espevitada_criada_pelo_cartunista_adao_iturrusgarai-586510253.asp | accessdate = December 30, 2008 | date = November 22, 2008 | language = Portuguese | publisher=O Globo }}

Her international career started in the Fernando Meirelles film 360, starring Anthony Hopkins, Rachel Weisz and Jude Law.{{cite web | title = Anthony Hopkins e Maria Flor são dirigidos por Fernando Meirelles | url=http://www.adorocinema.com/cinenews/anthony-hopkins-e-maria-flor-sao-dirigidos-por-fernando-meirelles-6782/ | accessdate = April 22, 2011 | date = April 14, 2011 | language = Portuguese | publisher=AdoroCinema }}

Besides working as an actress, Maria Flor starred the summer campaign for Blue Man, a bikini and bermuda shorts factory.[http://www.maismoda.com.br/news/archives/00000495.htm Mais Moda] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040820063310/http://www.maismoda.com.br/news/archives/00000495.htm |date=August 20, 2004 }}

Maria Flor was born in Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro. She is the daughter of Renato Calaça, a cinema audio technician and Márcia Leite, who is a screenwriter.

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• {{IMDb name|1382817|Maria Flor}}
• [http://exclusivo.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI406844-EI1487,00.html Maria Flor Interview at Terra] (in Portuguese)
• [http://www.mulheresdocinemabrasileiro.com/entrevistamariaflor.htm Interview at Mulheres do Cinema Brasileiro Website] (in Portuguese)

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