Biography

Ana Maria Nascimento e Silva (Rio de Janeiro, April 12, 1952 - Rio de Janeiro, November 30, 2017) was a Brazilian actress. From a film, television and theater actress, Ana Maria Nascimento e Silva moved on to film production. Daughter of Greek Harry Anastassiadi, former president of Fox Film for Latin America, she graduated in art history and accumulated several extension courses in Europe. She made her film debut in Paraíso no Inferno (1977), a feature film directed by actor Joel Barcelos. From then on, she acted in a series of Brazilian cinema films, such as Film Thieves (1977), by Fernando Coni Campos, A Força de Xangô (1977), by Iberê Cavalcanti, Os Trombadinhas (1979), by Anselmo Duarte. , Sonho de Verão (1990), by Paulo Sérgio Almeida, and The third bank of the river (1993), by Nelson Pereira dos Santos, and even internationally, such as the Portuguese production Eternidade.