Acting
Manuela Couto
Born
1958-04-05 (68)
Place of birth
Setúbal, Portugal
Known for
Acting
Credits
46 titles
Known for
7.2In Alta Definição, Daniel Oliveira interviews one guest every week with an intimate approach.
Alta Definição
2009
1.0No synopsis available yet.
Heart & Soul
2018
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Queridas Feras
2003
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Anjo Meu
2011
7.5“Nazaré” is a contemporary love story in a reality that plagues the country every summer. It is a narrative about the struggle of those who are defeated by flames, rebirth and hope.
Nazaré
2019
6.7On her birthday, Joana's joy turns to despair when her abusive husband discovers her pregnancy and attempts to harm her. Fleeing the city, she finds refuge on a boat with criminals, but realizing the danger, she sees land beyond so leaps into the water and swims to Terceira Island, leaving her life behind. Exhausted on the shore, she encounters Chico, a lost child, during a religious ceremony. Joana arrives with the child, inadvertently becoming mistaken for a saint 'Our Lady of the Sea', revered by the island's faithful.
Lady of Tides
2024
Film credits
2020s · 5 titles
6.6Burma, 1917. Edward, a civil servant for the British Empire, jilts his lovestruck fiancée Molly the day she arrives to be married. As he flees into an unexpected odyssey across Asia, the free-spirited Molly-amused by his moves-follows in pursuit, embarking on a globe-trotting cat-and-mouse chase.
Grand Tour
2024
NRA homage to all Portuguese actors. The news that Olga Drummond, the greatest Portuguese actress of all-time, is arriving to a nursing home for performers provokes agitation between residents and workers.
Olga Drummond
2020
6.6Amadeo: a mysteriously restless and indefatigable man as if always sensing brevity of the time he had left. An artist out of definition, whose painting questions the painting itself, indomitable, scandalous and misunderstood. For being «Infinitely» according Almada, is someone who never had the time within him. How many lives are there in Amadeo de Souza Cardoso’s brief life?
Amadeo
2023
2.0Two friends cannot find their way around the city of Lisbon. It is a film, which could be a poem, that has no genre and serves as a bridge between the narratives, forms, and dreams of the characters they encounter.
Arrabalde
2024
6.0Pedro travels for the first time in one of the vans leading a group of workers to France. While, for the others, this is another work trip, each kilometer brings Pedro closer to a place that seduces him: the colossal mountains of the Alps.
Under the Mountains' Shadow
2025
2010s · 4 titles
7.4Based on the incredibly true story of a Spanish man with Multiple Sclerosis who tried to finish an Iron-Man: 3,8km swimming, 180km cycling and 42 running. And he was told that he could not make 100 meters.
100 Meters
2016
5.4Cristina disappears. Tiago, her boyfriend, says that she was kidnapped, two police officers (Marco and Madalena) investigate the case and try to find the truth.
Impossible Love
2015
6.1The story revolves around Anastácio, a supporter of Leões de Alcochete and Mr. Barata, a supporter of Inferno Futebol Clube. One day, the two teams face each other. Which team will win?
O Leão da Estrela
2015
6.2Portugal, 1975. A time of rough changes. A young gay artist trapped in a small seaside town ran by communist winds. Al Berto, the writer, embodies an entire moving generation. He and his friends exude youth, eccentricity and hope for the future - but right after the fall of Portugal's dictatorship system, the country is not yet ready for his love story.
Al Berto
2017
2000s · 3 titles
5.9An urban family inherits an old country house located in a small village. Upon their arrival they try to adapt to the new lifestyle, but they soon learn that the village is overshadowed by superstition and mysterious folklore. As they are plagued by strange events, they learn more about the history of their family, and slowly begin to believe by inheriting the house, they also inherited a curse.
Blood Curse
2006
7.0A boy in Lisbon, in this Lisbon in permanent renovation.
Antonio, a Boy in Lisbon
2002
NRA country house. A weekend. A family. Time goes by. Silence prevails. "But listen to the breath of the unceasing message made of silence."
Weekend
2007
1990s · 3 titles
10.0Macau 1897. Life is easy for Portuguese settlers. Young reveler Francisco Frontaria is deemed as irresponsible for all his partying and boozing. Shunned and exiled for crossing a line by insulting the daughter of a prominent family, he finds himself penniless and vagrant.
Amor e Dedinhos de Pé
1993
5.0One night Jorge will meet with a Japanese industrialist, who will allow him to abandon his teaching position and resume his chemical work. However, when he gets home he finds a person there.
Poor George
1993
7.51917, a beautiful apparition of Our Lady forever alters the lives of three children: Lucinda, Jacita and Francisco who lived in Villa Fatima in Portugal.
Fátima
1997
Series credits
7.2In Alta Definição, Daniel Oliveira interviews one guest every week with an intimate approach.
Alta Definição
2009
1.0No synopsis available yet.
Heart & Soul
2018
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Queridas Feras
2003
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Anjo Meu
2011
7.5“Nazaré” is a contemporary love story in a reality that plagues the country every summer. It is a narrative about the struggle of those who are defeated by flames, rebirth and hope.
Nazaré
2019
6.7On her birthday, Joana's joy turns to despair when her abusive husband discovers her pregnancy and attempts to harm her. Fleeing the city, she finds refuge on a boat with criminals, but realizing the danger, she sees land beyond so leaps into the water and swims to Terceira Island, leaving her life behind. Exhausted on the shore, she encounters Chico, a lost child, during a religious ceremony. Joana arrives with the child, inadvertently becoming mistaken for a saint 'Our Lady of the Sea', revered by the island's faithful.
Lady of Tides
2024
5.5Zé Maria Magalhães is an innocent young man who, suddenly, sees his dreams and family destroyed by a man's greed: Miguel Ferreira da Fonseca, a powerful banker. For 15 years, Zé Maria is forced to remain hidden, in a life of lies, in another country, imprisoned by the memories of the past, having to assume a new identity. Today, he is a great farmer, owner of the Ouro Verde empire, known as Jorge Monforte, and has become one of the richest men in Brazil. The course of time only fueled his desire for revenge, making him lose the sense of right and wrong and the ability to love. Fifteen years later, he returns to Portugal, ready to avenge the past and destroy Miguel Ferreira da Fonseca.
Ouro Verde
2017
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Santa Bárbara
2015
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Doida por Ti
2012
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ilha dos Amores
2007
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Sentimentos
2009
2.7No synopsis available yet.
Olhos nos Olhos
2008
5.5No synopsis available yet.
Belmonte
2013
NRFátima and Laurinda are mother and daughter and the only thing they have in common is their blood ties. While Fátima suffers a series of misfortunes because of her daughter, Laurinda seeks to ascend socially at any cost through a millionaire marriage with the Martins de Mello heir. Meanwhile, Raquel, the widow of Fatima's brother, returns to Portugal to confront the Martins de Mello family, whom she judges guilty of her husband's death in the 9/11. Parallel to intrigues, rivalries, secrets, blackmail and betrayals, the arrival of a great mystery haunts everyone's lives forever: The enigmatic Tubarão.
Tempo de Viver
2006
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Amanhecer
2002
7.0"Inspector Max" is a Portuguese television series created by Virgílio Castelo e Produções Fictícias and broadcast on TVI. Its story is a dog called "Max", who is caught by Inspector Jorge Mendes' two sons (Fernando Luís). Jorge Mendes is a lonely man whose wife died when his children were still small. He works at the DIC of Setúbal, Department of Criminal Investigation, in the 1st season. The successful DIC team from Setúbal was invited to go to DECC (Special Department for Combating Crime) and started the 2nd season. His boss, Graça Madureira (Fátima Belo), after some cases resolved in the DECC, was invited to join Interpol. In the 2nd season, the place is occupied by actress Sílvia Rizzo. Max, Jorge and Sérgio, Jorge's best friend, constitute the victorious trio. A series based on mystery and case solving.
Inspetor Max
2004
NRNanda dies after giving birth to twins, Francisco and Clara. Marta, the maternal grandmother, agrees to keep the boy, but gives the girl, who has Down syndrome, up for adoption. Helena, the doctor who delivers the baby, becomes attached to the child and secretly adopts her. Years later, Leo returns to Portugal and discovers he is a father. In an attempt to regain custody of the children, he relies on Marta's opportunistic support. But Helena is determined to fight him for Clara's guardianship. Remake of the Brazilian telenovela of the same name.
Páginas da Vida
2026
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Super Pai
2000
3.7A story with multiple plotlines, portraying the 24 hours of life in the beautiful city of Lisbon. It begins with three significant events: a wedding that is about to be cancelled, a crime, and the disappearance of a child. This plot centers on the lives of three sisters.
No One Like You
2005
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Sozinhos em Casa
1993
3.3No synopsis available yet.
Star Hill
2021
NRA Portuguese series, dealing with terrorism, crime, and the economical crises in Portugal.
Near Distance
2016
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ele é Ela
2009
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Casos da Vida
2008
6.7It is 1905 and Luis Bernardo Valença, a thirty-seven-year-old bachelor and owner of a small shipping company, is revelling in Lisbon's luxurious high society. But his life is turned upside down when King Dom Carlos invites him to become governor of Portugal's smallest colony, the island of São Tomé e Principe.
Equador
2008
NRNo synopsis available yet.
O Mundo Não Acaba Assim
2020
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ideias com História
1993
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Mulheres Assim
2016
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Amadeo
2026
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Senhores Doutores
1997
6.2Between the mysterious Orient, the paradisiacal peninsula of Troia, the urbanity of Setúbal and the placid splendor of Alcácer do Sal, "Jogo Duplo" is a telenovela that will confront dysfunctional families, impossible loves and cultural differences, reflecting on the human condition in all its opposites.
Jogo Duplo
2017