Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel, about to celebrate her 60th birthday and more than 40 years in the business, looks back at all the important moments in her life and career. Successes and disappointments, fights and love, she retraces her entire trajectory.
Marília Soares Pêra (Rio de Janeiro, January 22, 1943 — Rio de Janeiro, December 5, 2015) was a Brazilian actress, singer and theater director. Throughout her career, she won around 80 awards, acting in 49 plays, 29 soap operas and more than 20 films. Pêra won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress in 1982 for her role in Hector Babenco's acclaimed Pixote, and received Best Actress awards at the Gramado Film Festival (Triple Award Winner) and at the Cartegena Film Festival for Carlos Diegues' Better Days Ahead. Other films include Bar Esperança, Angels of the Night and Diegues' Tieta do Agreste.