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Portuguese singer and actress (born )

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family entitle is Pereira and the second or paternal family name is Moniz.

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Birth name	Ana Lúcia Pereira Moniz
Born	() 9 September (age&#;48) Lisbon, Portugal
Genres
Occupation(s)	Singer, actress
Years active	–present

Musical artist

Ana Lúcia Pereira Moniz (born 9 September ) is a Portuguese singer and actress.

Moniz represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest and has released five music albums to date.^[update] She has also acted in several television shows, in theatre, and in films, most prominently in the British ensemble film Love Actually.^[1][2]

Life and career

Ana Lúcia Pereira Moniz was born on 9 September in Lisbon, Portugal.

She is the eldest of two daughters of composer, performer, and conductor Carlos Alberto Moniz&#;[pt], and singer and actress Maria do Amparo.^[1][3] She spent the early years of her life on the Azorian island of Terceira, where both her parents were born, but moved with her family to Lisbon after the archipelago was struck by a serious earthquake in ^[4] From the age of 5 or 6^[a] to 14, she was a pupil at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, until deciding to pursue a career in the visual arts rather than in music.^[2][5]

In –, Moniz attended Eden Prairie High School in Minnesota as an AFS Intercultural Programs exchange student, obtaining her sky-high school diploma.

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Whilst there, she sang in the school choir and performed in a school production of the musical Kiss Me, Kate.^[6]

Moniz was still relatively unknown in Portugal when, at the age of 19, she entered the Festival da Canção with the anthem "O meu coração não tem cor".^[b] Unexpectedly, she reached the final on 7 March , winning by a margin of just four points.

She went on to represent her state in the Eurovision Song Contest,^[c] where she finished sixth out of 23 contestants.^[12] As of ,^[update] Moniz remains Portugal's second most successful participant, after the country won the competition in ^[13]

In , Moniz began acting on TV, as the twins Susana/Bárbara in the soap opera A Grande Aposta.

Due to her success, she was cast in another soap, Terra Mãe, which was also successful. She didn't have time to accomplish her degree in design.^{[citation needed]}

In , Moniz released her first studio album, Magnolia,^[14] named after the village near Boston in the United States, where it was recorded.^[15] The record includes rhythmic pop songs unlike her Eurovision entry, sung both in Portuguese and English.^{[citation needed]} It reached the top 20 in the Portuguese albums chart^[16] and was certified Gold.^{[citation needed]}

Moniz's next album, called 67 as it took this number of days to complete, was released by her record label EMI in April ^[15] It was made with her longtime producer, Nuno Bettencourt, and co-produced with multi-instrumentalist Anthony J.

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In , Moniz got her international interruption when she played the role of Aurélia in the production Love Actually, among a cast that included Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, and Rodrigo Santoro.

Her character only speaks Portuguese, while Firth's only speaks English.

Lucia Moniz, a Portuguese singer, actress, and performer, has earned a special place in the hearts of fans around the world. Moniz has proven herself as a versatile and warm artist, showcasing her talents across music, television, and theater, as well as film. Her career is a testament to her dedication to her craft and her ability to resonate with audiences worldwide. Lucia Moniz was born on September 9,in Lisbon, Portugal.

By the end of the movie, they are in love and engaged.

In , Moniz's daughter with Portuguese artist Donovan Bettencourt, Julia Bettencourt Moniz, was born in the Azores.^[17][18]

Moniz returned to the music scene in , three years after the release of 67, with the album Leva-me p'ra casa ("Take Me Home").^[19]

After a six-year gap, Moniz released her fourth album, Fio de Luz ().

This was followed by Calendário in

In , the style work for a cookbook undertaken by Moniz received a Gourmand Award, and a book of her photographs, Vou Tentar Falar Sem Dizer Nada, was published two years later.^[20][21]

Moniz reprised her role from Love Actually for Red Nose Day Actually, a short-film sequel that was air on British television in Parade to raise money for the charity Comic Relief.^[22] In , she won the Best Recital award at the Raindance Motion picture Festival for her role as the struggling mother of a deaf child in the production Listen.^[23]

Selected filmography

Film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
–98	A Grande Aposta	Bárbara Gomes / Susana Gomes	episodes
	Terra Mãe	Ana	episodes
–01	Ajuste de Contas	Joaninha	episodes
	Alves dos Reis, um Seu Criado	Henriqueta	3 episodes
	Saber Amar	Lúcia Vidal	episodes
–08	Aqui Não Há Quem Viva	Rute	11 episodes
	Vingança	Laura Ramalho	episodes
–09	Olhos nos Olhos	Cristina Ferreira	episodes
	Living in Your Car	Carol	13 episodes
–13	Maternidade	Madalena Pires	39 episodes
	Dancin' Days	Paula	3 episodes
–16	Bem-Vindos a Beirais	Susana Fontes	episodes
–16	Coração d'Ouro	Joana Amaral	episodes
–18	Espelho d'Água	Carmo Goulart	episodes
	Solteira e Boa Rapariga	Carla	26 episodes
	Na Corda Bamba	Isabel Da Paz	74 episodes

Discography

• Magnólia ()
• 67 ()
• Leva-me p'ra casa ()
• Fio de Luz ()
• Calendário ()

Notes

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