Madalena Aragão

She made her acting debut in 2016, at just 10 years old, in the SIC soap opera, Rainha das Flores.^[1]

In 2018, she joined the second season of the telenovela Paixão, on SIC.^[2] That year, she participated for the first time in a short film, "A Semente" by João Santana. She also co-starred in another short film, by Cláudio Jordão and David Rebordão, which won the "Best International Premiere" award at the Avanca International Film Festival and also received a Special Mention in the "Trailer in Motion" category.^[3]

In 2019, she made a guest appearance on the TVI soap opera A Teia, where she played the young version of the main character, Diana, originally portrayed by Joana Ribeiro. Also in 2019, she joined the regular cast in the first season of the soap opera Nazaré,^[4] at the SIC and later, still in the same year, she took on the role of "Ana Catarina" in the TVI soap opera Quer o Destino, which premiered in March 2020.^[5]

Also in 2020/2021, she joined the cast of Para Sempre, in another production by Plural/TVI.^[6] At the end of 2020, she played the role of young "Maria José" in the TV movie As Vizinhas, based on the short story by Teolinda Gersão, for RTP1, as part of the Contado por Mulheres project produced by Ukbar Filmes and directed by Sofia Teixeira Gomes.^[7]

In 2021, she participated as the character "Elvira" in the series Lusitânia, produced by "Take it Easy Filmes" for RTP1 and directed by Frederico Serra.^[8]

In 2022, she participated in the Leopardo Filmes feature film, directed by Eduardo Brito, Sibila, based on the book of the same name by Agustina Bessa Luís, where she played the main character "Quina" as a young woman.^[9] In the same year, she also participated in one of the films in the Tales of the Mountain series, based on the stories of Miguel Torga, specifically Maria Lionça, where she played the main character, Maria Lionça, between the ages of 16 and 26. This series was produced by Fado Filmes and directed by Luís Galvão Teles.^[10]

She ran a blog called "Madalena Is Not a Queer"^[11] where she vented and shared her doubts about growing up, and a YouTube page with her name, "Madalena Aragão".

In 2023, the actress's great success was recognized by Forbes Portugal, in the "Forbes Under 30 Portugal 2023" list.,^[12] which “highlights the brightest game changers under 30 who are revolutionizing business and transforming the world in bold and creative ways” and was nominated for a Golden Globes (Portugal) on SIC in the “Revelation” category.^[13]

She starred in the teen series on TVI, Morangos com Açúcar (2023).^[14]

Aragão has been in a relationship with footballer João Neves since 2024.^[15]