Maria de Medeiros (born 19 August 1965 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese actress, singer and film director equally at home in European arthouse and Hollywood productions. She is best known internationally as Fabienne in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994), but her filmography spans over a hundred titles across five languages. Her directorial debut, Capitães de Abril (2000), a drama about Portugal's Carnation Revolution, was selected for the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes. She has also released four music albums drawing on jazz, fado and French chanson.
At the closing gala of the 24th edition of the Transylvania International Film Festival (June 13-22, 2025) in Cluj, Maria de Medeiros received the Transylvania Trophy award for her outstanding contribution to world cinema.
At TIFF.24, her latest film Una Quinta Portuguesa (2025, directed by Avelina Prat) was screened, in which she plays the mysterious owner of a Portuguese quinta.
The film Reflet dans un diamant mort (directed by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani), in which de Medeiros appears, had its world premiere at Berlinale 2025.
At the Cannes Film Festival 2025, two films featuring her were screened: Le Roi Soleil (directed by Vincent Maël Cardona) and Ange (directed by Tony Gatlif).
The drama Una Quinta Portuguesa had its world premiere at the Malaga Film Festival on March 17, 2025, and was nominated for the Lola Gaos Award for Best Actress.
