Personal Info
Birth date
1967-07-04 (58 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Lisbon, Portugal
Also known as
-Ana Padrão
Biography
Ana Paula Padrão is a Portugese stage and screen actress.
Filmography
The Fire of the Rose
NYR
Overview:
Rosa Fogo is a Portuguese soap opera that aired on SIC from September 2011 to June 2012.Bella Block
2.6
Overview:
Bella Block is a long-running German detective television series starring Hannelore Hoger, first broadcast in 1994 on ZDF. In 2010 the 30th series was produced.The Mata's Family
NYR
Overview:
A family by force... Paulo and Susana have been together for a few years now and decide to take the next step in their relationship by moving in together. But, as they're signing the deed to the house, her father, who was supposed to bring the check, ends up delivering the bad news that there is no money for the house, thus ending this young couple’s dream. However, Artur doesn’t want to come off as a bad parent, so he offers his attic to them so that they can start their life together. So, Paulo’s dream turns into an absolute nightmare, as their life as a couple is, in fact, shared with seven other people who are all very different from them and will start controlling their every move in a permanently tense environment. The Mata family, as it turns out, is all insane, the only exception being Susana. And even her will have a hard time convincing the rest of the family to accept and welcome their new member.Father by Chance
NYR
Overview:
An unlikely love with a happy ending... At age 40, Miguel is at the top of his career as a plastic surgeon, having reached the fame and fortune he worked so hard for. He’s a hopeless bachelor, never committing to any real relationship. This is not just by choice, his situation is a result of never having met his parents and being raised in a children’s home. But, overnight, a simple phone call will change his life entirely, making him recall a point in his life that he’d rather forget. His best friend from the institution was just killed in a car crash along with his wife, but left written instructions behind stating that, if something should happen to him, Miguel should be given custody of his three children, 12-year-old Simão, 8-year-old Jaime and 6-year-old Beatriz. Initially, Miguel will try to dismiss himself from any responsibility but, after meeting the kids, he realizes that he has no choice but to bring them home.Passerelle
NYR
Overview:
The soap opera tells the story of two families: Cardoso and Guimarães whose bosses are, one of them, bank manager and the other owner of a textile factory, linked to the world of fashion.3 Women
7.8
Overview:
A historical fiction series that, from the biographies and cultural and civic intervention of the poet Natalia Correia, the editor Snu Abecassis and the journalist Vera Lagoa (pseudonym of Maria Armanda Falcão), recalls the last years of the Estado Novo (Second Republic) - 1961 to 1973 - from the beginning of the colonial War to the eve of the April Revolution.Ballet Rose
8
Overview:
When the Portuguese police began to investigate, in 1967, an illegal prostitution network, they ended up stumbling upon a huge secret that could shake the foundations of the republican regime: a select group of prostitutes who organized parties with teenage girls to secretly satisfy the sexual desires of bankers, politicians, ministers, aristocrats and powerful businessmen: the Ballet Rose Case.Broken Promise
6
Overview:
The search for love and redemption... Helena is a former secretary of António Fontes Morais’s who cunningly managed to get married to her boss, thus earning the title of a trophy wife. Together, they had two children: Tomás and Camila. Their firstborn is a playboy who has been living in the United States and Camila is a spoiled young woman who spends her days spending money and on her phone. The family enjoys a lavish lifestyle, but António doesn’t go without a driver and armed security since his brother Fausto was murdered, leaving his son Miguel under the care of his aunt and uncle. Helena’s hatred for the Rocha family has grown as much as the cousins Tomás and Miguel's love for Laura. So, without realizing, the nurse sees herself in the middle of a love triangle that will undermine the harmony between the Fontes Morais and Rocha families. Still, Verónica, who is totally in love with Tomás, and Helena will resort to any means necessary in order to get rid of Laura.New Beginning
8
Overview:
Álvaro and Maria do Carmo lived happily in Angola. He was a successful businessman and she was a mild mannered housewife. They have two children together, Ana and João, who were studying and living their teenage years in Luanda... Until the day the civil war broke out and everything fell apart. Amidst declarations of independence, a wave of violence breaks out and the established peace and order fades away. In July, 1975, the Mendonça family, along with over five hundred thousand people, leave their belongings behind and embark on an air convoy that would become the biggest exodus in the history of the Portuguese people to a homeland that most only knew from photos and dubbed it Metropolis. In Lisbon, Joaquim and Natália, Álvaro’s brother-in-law and sister, take the Mendonça family in their small apartment, where they will try to get their lives back in order. However, over that hot summer of 1975, the integration seemed to be far from easy.Error 404
7
Overview:
Shaken by sadness, lack of motivation and apathy, Rita discovers an application on her cell phone that offers her the opportunity to live other people's lives. Feeling the need to make a radical change in her life, she decides to install the mysterious application called “Appy” and dive into the different experiences it offers. However, what Rita does not understand is that the errors in the application, still in the experimental phase, will trigger irreparable consequences in her life.And the World May End
NYR
Overview:
What side is love on? Vera and Rodrigo are absolutely passionate about each other and get married, having João as the product of their love. But, like any other marriage, their relationship has its ups and downs between intense passion and their differing life views. Vera is a up and coming lawyer and Rodrigo an agronomy engineer. She's an urban woman who doesn’t do well in a rural environment while he loves the country and bulls, not too keen on city life. To make things worse, along comes Eduardo, Vera's boss and a brilliant but vicious lawyer. He hopes to prevent any possibility of reconciliation between Vera and Rodrigo and ensure that Vera keeps full custody of their son João. He wants this because, when he was deployed in Angola as a military, Eduardo swore to Rodrigo’s father João Maria, that he’d have his revenge.Gigola
3.5
Overview:
George, a charismatic and adventurous young woman, born from an old, catholic family, falls in love, in her teens, with a female teacher named Sybil. Devastated by her lover's eventual suicide, some years later, George embarks on an exciting and reckless journey to the depths of Pigalle's nightlife, circa 1960. After an encounter with a very wealthy, still attractive, but older woman, Odete, who offers her money and gifts in return for sexual favours, George becomes Gigola, a kind of gigolo for women only.Doomed Love
5.9
Overview:
A loner, narcissistic and suicidal teenager attracts most of the people he meets like a fatal aura, a black light. He falls deeply in love with Teresa but does she exist or is she a mere figment, an image, a reflection? Teresa is an apparition. A pretext for an amoral violent uprising, for doomed love.Uma Aventura na Casa Assombrada
4.8
Overview:
The "Spirit World", a red diamond with supernatural powers, stolen five centuries before, of the hands of the last Aztec emperor, is the center of this adventure in a cursed house in the wilds of the Sintra hills. The heiress of the house, Filipa, enlists the help of our heroes in search of the precious stone, but there are many obstacles to overcome. Facing ghosts of Indian warriors, statues that come alive, bats, trap doors, secret passageways and a German fearsome killer seeking revenge, our heroes will have to gather all their strength and wits to reach the mythical diamond before it is too late.Alma Viva
5.94
Overview:
Like every summer, little Salomé returns to her family village nestled in the Portuguese mountains for the holidays. As the vacations begin in a carefree atmosphere, her beloved grandmother suddenly dies. While the adults are tearing each other apart over the funeral, Salomé is haunted by the spirit of the one who was considered a witch.Lura
NYR
Overview:
This film dives into a new world of possibilities, from the diversity of emotions tcreated by this one man alone in this house to his behavior and transformation on the world that he is creating.Second Life
4.1
Overview:
Nicholas celebrates his 40th birthday in his country house, with some friends. He has everything he ever wished for, but, on that night, he will end up dead, on his swimming pool. From that moment on, a dead Nicholas wonders how his life would be if he had made a different choice, ten years ago. We then follow two stories: on one hand the police, trying to solve the mystery of Nicholas' death and on the other, Nicholas himself, living a different life. A second life.The Stone Raft
5.2
Overview:
An inexplicable crack in the Pyrenees Mountains provokes excitement and scientific curiosity. As the geological fracture deepens and widens, the European community begins to disassociate itself from the calamity, and panic ensues among tourists and residents attempting to escape. When Spain and Portugal physically separate from the continent, the detached Iberian peninsula aimlessly floats off to sea, becoming home to a group of god-like humans.Acting
TBAShe Was Staring and Saw Nothing as Unknown
2024Broken Promise (279 Episodes) as Helena Fontes Morais
2024Error 404 (8 Episodes) as Andreia (Terapeuta)
2023A Sibila as Narcisa Soqueira
2023The Sugar Captains (8 Episodes) as Isabel Ramos
2022Alma Viva as Fatima
2022The Best Years as Eva
2020Moral Order as Berta de Morais
2019Crooked Lines as Helena Almeida
20183 Women (13 Episodes) as Lucienne Abecassis
2018Cabaret Maxime as Stella
2018Vidas Opostas (313 Episodes) as Cecília
2016Campo de Víboras as Unknown
2016Game of Checkers as Dalila
2015At an Uncertain Time as Marta
2015Heart of Gold (326 Episodes) as Benedita Morgan
2013Winter Sun (282 Episodes) as Helena
2013The Lecture as Woman
2013New Beginning (1 Episode) as Teresa Castro
2013Lura as Unknown
2012Operation Autumn as Maria Iva Delgado
2012Photo as Inês
2012Anita Garibaldi as Unknown
2011The Fire of the Rose (164 Episodes) as Amélie Sampaio
2011The Mata's Family (40 Episodes) as Natércia
2011Maternidade (1 Episode) as Lúcia
2010Gigola as Cybil / Alice
2010Espírito Indomável (1 Episode) as Beatriz Figueira
2009Uma Aventura na Casa Assombrada as Leonor
2009Twist of Fate as Ada Albuquerque
2009A Esperança Está Onde Menos Se Espera as Helena Figueiredo
2009Quando o Anjo e o Diabo Colaboram as Alcoviteira
2009A Vida Privada de Salazar as Unknown
2009Father by Chance (26 Episodes) as Luísa
2009Second Life as Flower Shop Attendant
2008Amália as Lucinda Rebordão, Amália's mother
2008And the World May End (181 Episodes) as Luísa Morais
2008Doomed Love as Preciosa Botelho
2008The Lovebirds as Rosa
2007Call Girl as Inês
2007Resistirei (197 Episodes) as Inês
2004Mistura Fina (110 Episodes) as Madalena Fraga
2004The Miracle According to Salomé as Dona Rosa
2004O Jogo (3 Episodes) as Pilar
2003The Immortals as Sara
2002Gente Feliz com Lágrimas (1 Episode) as Marta
2002The Stone Raft as Joana
2002Um Estranho em Casa (60 Episodes) as Rosário
2000Amo-te Teresa as Teresa
1999Todo o Tempo do Mundo (1 Episode) as Isabel
1998Ballet Rose (1 Episode) as Genoveva
1997Land of Storms as Unknown
1996Five Days, Five Nights as Zulmira
1996God's Comedy as Senhora Arquitecta
1995Fado, Major and Minor as Ninon
1993Bella Block (1 Episode) as Comissária Fernandes
1993On the Edge of the Horizon as Prostitute
1993Family Matters as Constança
1993Poor George as Julie
1992The Charlots Return as Unknown
1992Aqui D'El Rei! as Rosa (voice)
1991My Daughter's Keeper as Rosa Marques
1991Jolly Joker (21 Episodes) as Unknown
19901871 as Séverine
1988Passerelle (120 Episodes) as Catarina
1987Top Managers as Unknown