Sofia Alves

Sofia Alves (born 25 September 1973 in Luanda, Angola) is a Portuguese film, television and stage actress. She began her acting career as a stage actress and has since appeared in several Portuguese films and television programmes, mostly telenovelas. She currently stars as Hortense Monforte in the telenovella Remédio Santo. Biography Born on September 25, 1973, in Luanda. Still young, in 1993, he appeared in cinema at the hands of director Manoel de Oliveira — he had a participation in the film Vale Abraão, adapted from the homonymous work by Agustina Bessa Luís. Played Lolota, daughter of Ema, the Portuguese bovarinha and protagonist of the film, and Carlos, characters played by Leonor Silveira and Luís Miguel Cintra, respectively. She would work again with Mestre Oliveira in A Caixa, adapted from the play by Prista Monteiro and filmed in 1994, where she plays the prostitute. For the rest, he would return to cinema by the hand of João Mário Grilo, in the film 605 Forte, and with Joaquim Gouveia, in Um Piscar de Olhos. In theater, he had sporadic participations, integrating the cast of the plays O Dia Seguinte, by Luiz Francisco Rebello at Teatro da Trindade; Rita's Education, by Willy Russel, staged by Celso Cleto at Casino Estoril, Socorro! I am pregnant, with the same director, interpreting texts by Inês Pedrosa on abortion, and Boa Noite, Mãe, alongside Manuela Maria who toured the country for 2 years with a large national tour, followed by Madrid, where it was a great success (Sources: ABC Spain; Expresso; Ludicum; La Guia Go). Hedda Gabler, by Ibsen, sold out the Teatro de Belas Artes in Madrid, (Sources: Guia del Ócio; Instituto Português da Cultura; Expresso; DN Artes). Sabina Freire followed, for the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the Republic, with the high patronage of the President of the Republic Aníbal Cavaco Silva, a show that was once again on stage at the Teatro de Belas Artes in Madrid, with applause from the critics and the [(Source: Correio da Manhã). After a three-year hiatus, he returns to the stage with A Casa do Fim da Linha by playwright Celso Cleto.