Maria de Medeiros

de Medeiros in 2012, photo by PrPhotos

Birth Name: Maria Esteves de Medeiros Victorino de Almeida

Place of Birth: Lisbon, Portugal

Date of Birth: 19 August, 1965

Ethnicity: Portuguese, small amounts of Spanish and French

Maria de Medeiros is a Portuguese actress, director, and singer. She is known for the role of Bruce Willis’ character’s girlfriend Fabienne in Pulp Fiction.

She was born in Lisbon, the daughter of Maria Armanda de Saint-Maurice Ferreira Esteves, a journalist, and António Victorino de Almeida (António Victorino Goulart de Medeiros e Almeida), a composer, music teacher, pianist, and writer. She is a sister of actress and politician Inês de Medeiros and violinist and composer Anne Victorino de Almeida. Maria speaks French fluently, without an accent. She also acts in Spanish, German, and Italian productions. She is married to Agustí Camps, with whom she has two children.

Maria’s paternal grandfather was António Victorino de Lacerda Fernandes e Almeida (the son of Achilles/Aquiles Eugénio Lopes d’Almeida e Adelaide Sofia Diniz Victorino). Achilles was the son of Joaquim Fernandes Lopes and Guilhermina Amélia d’Almeida. Adelaide was the daughter of António Marinho Victorino, and of a mother surnamed Diniz.

Maria’s paternal grandmother was Maria Amélia de Loureiro de Macedo Goulart de Medeiros (the daughter of Augusto Goulart de Medeiros and Maria Júlia de Antas de Loureiro de Macedo). Augusto was born in Horta, Faial, the Azores, the son of Manuel Francisco de Medeiros and Maria Alexandrina Goulart. Maria Júlia was the daughter of Alfredo de Antas da Cunha e Brito Lopes de Macedo and Capitolina Maria de Almeida de Loureiro.

Maria’s maternal grandfather was named Constantino Ferreira Esteves.

Maria’s maternal grandmother was writer Odette de Saint-Maurice (the daughter of Adolfo Amorim y Ortega Más de Saint-Maurice and Armanda Passos). Odette was born in Lisbon. Adolfo was the son of Joaquim Nobre y Ortega Más de Saint-Maurice.