Maeve Jinkings (born August 4, 1976) is a Brazilian actress.Jinkings
was born in Brasilia, Brazil's capital, the daughter of a merchant and
a photojournalist. At the age of five she moved with her mother to
Belém, Pará, where she grew up and graduated in Social
Communication. When she was 22, she went to São Paulo to study drama
at the CPT (Centro de Pesquisa Teatral -Center for Theater Research)
headed by director Antunes Filho. She was also approved at EAD -
Escola de Arte Dramática (School of Dramatic Arts) of the University
of São Paulo.She is of African-Brazilian descent, with some English
ancestry from her maternal grandfather.Jinkings' first experience in
cinema was in the 2007 feature film ′′Falsa Loura′′ by Carlos
Reichenbach. In 2009 she made a short film, Passageira S8º, in
Recife. Her breakout was in 2011, with Neighbouring Sounds, directed
by Kleber Mendonça Filho. She would work with Mendonça Filho again
in Aquarius. With the 2012 production Amor Plástico e Barulho, she
won the Best Actress Award in the 46th Festival de BrasÃlia and the
Brazilian Film Festival of Toronto. Jinkings also worked as a casting
associate in the films Sem Coração and Big Jato.
was born in Brasilia, Brazil's capital, the daughter of a merchant and
a photojournalist. At the age of five she moved with her mother to
Belém, Pará, where she grew up and graduated in Social
Communication. When she was 22, she went to São Paulo to study drama
at the CPT (Centro de Pesquisa Teatral -Center for Theater Research)
headed by director Antunes Filho. She was also approved at EAD -
Escola de Arte Dramática (School of Dramatic Arts) of the University
of São Paulo.She is of African-Brazilian descent, with some English
ancestry from her maternal grandfather.Jinkings' first experience in
cinema was in the 2007 feature film ′′Falsa Loura′′ by Carlos
Reichenbach. In 2009 she made a short film, Passageira S8º, in
Recife. Her breakout was in 2011, with Neighbouring Sounds, directed
by Kleber Mendonça Filho. She would work with Mendonça Filho again
in Aquarius. With the 2012 production Amor Plástico e Barulho, she
won the Best Actress Award in the 46th Festival de BrasÃlia and the
Brazilian Film Festival of Toronto. Jinkings also worked as a casting
associate in the films Sem Coração and Big Jato.
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