Teca Pereira

Acting

Teca Pereira

Born

1952-07-20 (74)

Place of birth

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Known for

Acting

Credits

41 titles

Maria Tereza Ferreira Pereira (born July 20, 1952 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian actress and dancer. Known for her work in television and cinema in recent years, she began her career as a dancer in theater in the 1970s, where she established herself as an actress, especially in musical theater. Pereira has won several awards, including a Mambembe Trophy and an Aplauso Brasil Award, in addition to having been nominated for an APETESP Theater Award.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 16 titles

Just Short of Perfect poster
6.0

A divorced lawyer falls for a charismatic cardiologist. But when their difference in size leads to family friction, is she ready to listen to her heart?

Just Short of Perfect

2021

Old Bandits poster
6.9

An elderly retired couple teams up with young partners to plan a daring bank robbery, while trying to outwit a detective determined to stop them.

Old Bandits

2026

Marighella poster
7.6

Afro-Brazilian poet and politician, the legendary Carlos Marighella. Driven to fight against the erosion of civil and human rights following the CIA-backed military coup of 1964 and the brutal, racist right-wing dictatorship that followed, the revolutionary leaves behind his wife and son to take up arms, becoming a notorious enemy to the power structure.

Marighella

2021

Gugu's World poster
7.0

Gugu, a black boy living with his grandmother, experiences memories and revelations when the old city where she lived returns.

Gugu's World

2026

Drenched in Blood poster
6.3

After his father's death, Gabriel leaves for Armação Beach in search of his origins. What he ends up finding is a complex plot around the mysterious figure of his grandfather, a whale skeleton and a city that wants to bury the past at any cost.

Drenched in Blood

2026

White House poster
6.5

Dé, Adrianim and Martins are three black teenagers from Chatuba, Rio de Janeiro. When Dé receives the news that Almerinda, his grandmother, is in the terminal phase of Alzheimer's disease, he decides to enjoy the last days of her life together with his two best friends.

White House

2025

The Hijacking of Flight 375 poster
7.7

Brazil, 1988. An unemployed tractor driver hijacks VASP flight 375 and orders commander Murilo to crash the plane on the Planalto Palace to kill the president - whom he considers guilty for the country's devastating economic crisis.

The Hijacking of Flight 375

2023

Firmina poster
NR

An elderly woman, when moving to her new apartment, is trapped and incommunicable. Upon hearing the cries for help coming from downstairs, she needs to race against time to save her neighbor.

Firmina

2023

Saideira poster
6.0

Two sisters with very different personalities and who have not spoken with each other for years come together to fulfill their grandfather’s last wish, a kind of wild treasure hunt that leads them to know their true history, helping them to grieve the sufferings of the past and reconnect with themselves and with one another.

Saideira

2024

All the Dead Ones poster
4.6

The story of the decline of the Soares family in the final months of the 19th century. Isabel is the dying mother, and her daughters are Maria and Ana. The three women try hard to forget about their pasts in the coffee farm and face the industrial times that start to take over Brazil.

All the Dead Ones

2020

Dona Elza poster
8.0

Elza is a retired teacher who, after her husband’s death, finds herself alone and isolated. In search of a new way to live, she begins exploring her neighborhood and, by chance, joins a theater class. From that moment on, she immerses herself in the transformative power of art.

Dona Elza

2024

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Clarice Vê Estrelas

2026

SUNDOWN SYNDROME poster
NR

Phantom Ladies Over Rio. Summer. Rio de Janeiro under possessions. Gay times. Sharks on attack. Claudete, a 64-year-old black woman, is facing a great dilemma: she only falls in love with gay men.

SUNDOWN SYNDROME

2024

Ritmo de Natal poster
7.1

No synopsis available yet.

Ritmo de Natal

2023

TPM! Meu amor poster
4.9

No synopsis available yet.

TPM! Meu amor

2023

A Redenção de Cam poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Redenção de Cam

2024

2010s · 9 titles

Trash poster
7.1

Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong.

Trash

2014

Divine Love poster
5.9

In 2027 Brazil, civil servant Joana mainly deals with divorce cases. As a member of a branch of evangelical Christians known as the Divino Amor group, she uses her position to offer a kind of physical therapy to couples who want to separate. Although Joana and her husband Danilo regularly consummate their marriage, neither her constant prayers nor any other methods of assistance seem to be able to fulfill their desire for a child.

Divine Love

2019

Father’s Chair poster
7.0

Theo is living the good life in an upscale Brazilian neighborhood. He’s a hardworking doctor, husband, and father. However, Theo has chosen his career over his family, and little by little he discovers that his world is crumbling around him. His beloved mentor and surrogate father is dying, and his wife announces that she wants a divorce. Yet nothing prepares him for the day when he comes home to discover that his 15-year-old son, Pedro, has disappeared. Theo takes to the road in search of his son. In a journey that leads him throughout Brazil, Theo discovers what really matters to him. Searching for his missing son, Theo finds himself.

Father’s Chair

2012

Êles poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Êles

2019

Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte poster
6.4

Small-town trickster Pedro Malasartes has to face two great enemies: Próspero, who will do anything to impede such a lazy, cowardly person like Malasartes from dating his sister, Áurea; and Death incarnated, who wants to take a vacation after two thousand years collecting lives and intends on tricking Malasartes into assuming his tedious job.

Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte

2017

Magal e os Formigas poster
5.6

No synopsis available yet.

Magal e os Formigas

2016

The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga poster
7.7

Based on Guimarães Rosa's (classic Brazilian author) short story, the movie tells the story of Augusto Matraga, a bankrupt and violent farmer who lives above the Law in Minas Gerais' hinterland. During a difficult time, he finds himself in the middle of a trap that nearly kills him. Born again, Matraga resorts to faith and hard work in the pursuit of redemption. Years later, he arrives at the village reigned by the hinterland's ruler and his thugs. This new friendship will challenge his destiny. Inside Matraga, the Saint and the Warrior will duel until his time comes.

The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga

2011

A Felicidade de Margô poster
NR

After a stint with the police, Margô decides to tame her impetuous temper and adopt a different lifestyle in the metropolis of São Paulo, far from drugs and crime. Upon achieving her long-awaited promotion, an encounter with a law enforcement officer on the verge of a nervous breakdown puts Margô's dream to the test.

A Felicidade de Margô

2017

Opala Azul Negão poster
NR

Maicon Douglas is in love with Silmara. One day her mother wakes up in bad health and Maicon needs to urgently take her to the hospital. Maicon calls his friends, everyone boards a Opala Azul Negão to try their luck in a city of contrasts.

Opala Azul Negão

2017

Series credits

Belíssima poster
5.4

Júlia and Pedro suffer from the cruelty of their grandmother, Bia Falcão. Júlia runs the luxurious Belíssima factory and falls in love with Nikos, a friend of her sister-in-law Vitória.

Belíssima

2005

Anything Goes poster
5.9

The story of a mother and daughter with opposing views on the path to success in life takes the audience on a contemporary journey about character, ethics and honesty.

Anything Goes

2025

Two Faces poster
5.8

In the past, as Adalberto Rangel, he met and seduced Maria Paula. With a calculated coldheart, he married her, stole her fortune, then abandoned her, unaware she was pregnant at the time. Ten years later, accompanied by her son Renato, Maria Paula plots to recover her dignity and to find justice by getting revenge against the indignities done to her.

Two Faces

2007

The Changeling poster
6.3

Apollo and Emma's love story is a fairy tale—until Emma mysteriously vanishes. Bereft, Apollo finds himself on a death-defying odyssey through a New York City he didn't know existed.

The Changeling

2023

Above Justice poster
7.1

In this realistic and touching series told in an innovative format, seemingly independent plots intertwine to show how justice can sometimes be a personal matter.

Above Justice

2016

Família Paraíso poster
10.0

The Paradise Family House was renovated. Machadinho takes out a loan and goes into debt. He promotes Shirlei, who will have to keep Leleco in check to avoid unnecessary expenses.

Família Paraíso

2022

Second Call poster
7.8

'Second Call' focuses on the resilience stories of teachers and students in a complex public education system. After some time off from teaching, Lúcia Helena returns to the classroom, now giving night classes to teenagers and adults. Along with other three teachers and the principal, she faces institutional adversities and the lack of appreciation without flinching. The conflicts involve both the faculty and the student body and, in this scenario, Education emerges as a hope, reminding everyone that it is never too late to have a second chance.

Second Call

2019

Perfect Days poster
6.4

Téo, a solitary medical student burdened by the care of his paraplegic mother, becomes infatuated with Clarice, an aspiring screenwriter he meets at a barbecue. When she rejects his advances, he resorts to an extreme measure: drugging and kidnapping her. He forces Clarice—sedated and trapped as his passenger—on a road trip through the very locations she scripted in her screenplay, attempting to awaken her love through repetition and manipulation.

Perfect Days

2025

Reencarne poster
5.0

In this supernatural thriller, the dark mysteries of the quest for immortality take over the scorching rural roads of the Goiás countryside.

Reencarne

2025

Joint Venture poster
8.2

Set in a fictional modern-day Sao Paulo, where marijuana has been legalized, this series follows 29-year-old Biriba, a drug dealer who decides to give up his criminal life and enter the legal drug sales industry. Unfortunately for Biriba, going straight is more difficult than he could have imagined.

Joint Venture

2019

The Wise Ones poster
3.7

A mini-series of four episodes which has 4 different stories in each episode. Focused on 3rd age, the series shows how it was and how is the life of the elderly. The series teaches that we should not judge anyone by appearances.

The Wise Ones

2015

The Freitas Brothers poster
5.2

In the mid 90s, Luís Cláudio Freitas is forecast as the great promise of the Brazilian boxing. His younger brother, Acelino "Popó" Freitas is new in the career so nobody takes him seriously.

The Freitas Brothers

2019

Death Corner poster
NR

Luca is a boxer who discovers the art of fighting on the streets of Salvador. But living in this underworld will not be an easy task. He has to deal with Mãe Rosana, who is capable of anything to achieve her goals.

Death Corner

2016