2017Winner
Best Performance
Mexeu com uma, mexeu com todas
Maria da Penha
Actor
Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
February 1, 1945
Biography
Maria da Penha Maia Fernandes is a Brazilian women's rights activist and pharmacist who fought for her attacker to be convicted. Maria da Penha has three daughters and is now a leader of movements defending women's rights in Brazil.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2019Nominee
Best Performance
Women in Resistance
2012Nominee
Best Performance
Maria da Penha: Um Caso de Litígio Internacional