Sara Matos

She discovered her passion for acting at the age of 10^{[citation needed]}. She completed her Theatre studies at the Cascais Professional Theatre School and was a permanent member of the cast of the company "Projeto Novos Atores" (New Actors Project).^[1] In 2002, she took a course in dramatic expression at Casa do Artista; in 2004 she also took a course in dramatic expression at ACT, and in 2007 she took a workshop on acting for television.

She made her television debut in the teen series on TVI, Morangos com Açúcar, in 2009.^[2]

Before that, she completed her first year at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. In Morangos com Açúcar she played Margarida Bacelar, a character that made her quite well-known to the public and where she formed a romantic pairing with Lourenço Ortigão.^[3]

Right after the end of the series, she starred in the telenovela Anjo Meu, written by Maria João Mira, where she acted alongside Pedro Teixeira and played the role of Eva Rebelo da Cunha.^[4] In 2012, she was named Actress of the Year in the Theatre category by readers of the magazine "Lux", for her role in the play "Closer" by Patrick Marber.^[5] Ainda em 2012, participou no filme Morangos com Açúcar voltando a desempenhar o papel de Margarida Bacelar. Em 2013 foi protagonista na telenovela Doida por Ti, da autoria de Maria João Mira, com o papel de Olívia Pimenta.^[6]

She participated in representation workshops in Brazil.

She was the winner of the 1st edition of the TVI talent show "Dancing with the Stars", where she was paired with dancer André Branco.^[7] Participou também na telenovela Belmonte interpretando Marta Nogueira.^[8] However, she was removed from the cast because she received an invitation to join a new television project, O Beijo do Escorpião, written by António Barreira and João Matos, where she played her first antagonist and main villain in the telenovela, Alice Vidal.^[9] In 2014 she won the Golden Globe Award for Breakthrough Performance of the Year in the Acting category.^[10]

After finishing filming the telenovela O Beijo do Escorpião and ending her exclusive contract with TVI, she dedicated 2015 to film and theater, where she was part of several successful productions such as O Pátio das Cantigas (2015), O Leão da Estrela (2015), and O Último Animal. In theater, she was part of the play O Protagonista at Palco 13.

In October 2015, she signed an exclusive contract with SIC, with the promise of a role in the next telenovela that would replace Coração d'Ouro.^[11] In 2016, she played the protagonist Clara Arnauth in the telenovela Amor Maior, written by Inês Gomes.^[12] She played the lead role in the telenovela Vidas Opostas, in 2018.

In 2019, she played Mandy in the play "Zoom," directed by Diogo Infante.^[13] In the same year, she played her first comedic character in soap operas, with Terra Brava (SIC).^[14]

After filming wrapped on Terra Brava, she was invited to play "Andreia," a high-class escort, in the series "O Clube" on SIC's new platform, OPTO.^[15] While filming the series, she was simultaneously rehearsing for the play Yerma, where she played the character herself, returning to the Cascais Experimental Theatre.^[16]

In 2021, she made her debut as a presenter, hosting an episode of the weekly program on SIC, Estamos em Casa (We Are Home).^[17] While still a presenter, she hosted the music show, Ídolos (6th season), for the same channel.^[18]

In 2022, she starred in the telenovela Sangue Oculto (Hidden Blood), where she played three triplet characters, a role that earned her the Golden Globe for fiction in 2023.^[19]

On July 2024, she announced her first participation in an international project, Ponto Nemo, which would only premiere the following year on Amazon Prime Video, where, in addition to Sara, the Portuguese actress Margarida Corceiro also stands out.^[20]

From 2010 to 2014, she dated fellow actor Lourenço Ortigão, with whom she starred in Morangos com Açúcar (7th season).^[21]

She is the mother of Manuel, born on September 15th, 2021, from her relationship with the actor and presenter Pedro Teixeira, from 2014 to 2023.^[22]

In 2025 she will be^{[clarification needed]} in a relationship with the singer Tiago Bettencourt.^[23]

Television

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Year	Project	Role	Notes	Channel
2009 – 2010	Morangos com Açúcar (7th grade)	Margarida Bacelar	Protagonist	TVI
2011 – 2012	Anjo Meu	Eva Rebelo da Cunha	Co-Protagonist
2012	Morangos com Açúcar – O Filme	Margarida Bacelar	Protagonist
2012 – 2013	Doida por Ti	Olívia Pimenta
2013	Dança com as Estrelas (1st edition)	Herself	Competitor (Winner)
	Belmonte	Marta Nogueira	Main Cast
2014	O Beijo do Escorpião	Alice Vidal	Antagonist
2016 – 2017	Amor Maior	Clara Resende Arnauth	Protagonist	SIC
2018 – 2019	Vidas Opostas	Maria Pinho
2019 –2021	Terra Brava	Elsa Santinho	Main Cast
2019	Um Desejo de Natal	Marina Pereira	Protagonist
2020	O Clube (season 1)	Andreia Amado
2021	O Clube (season 2)
	Estamos em Casa	Herself	Presenter
	Amor Amor	Elsa Santinho	Special Participation
2022	Lua de Mel		Guest Actress of Terra Brava
	Ídolos (season 7th)	Herself	Presenter
2022 – 2023	Sangue Oculto	Carolina Batista	Protagonist
		Benedita Corte Real
		Júlia Pereira de Mello
2025	Ponto Nemo	Sónia		RTP1
	O Grito	Sofia Neves

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Streaming

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Year	Project	Role	Note(s)	Platform
2020 – 2021	O Clube	Andreia Amado	Protagonist	OPTO / SIC
2025	Ponto Nemo	Sónia		Amazon Prime Video
	O Grito	Sofia Neves		HBO Max

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Cinema

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Year	Title	Role
2007	A Way For Dancing	—N/a
2012	Morangos com Açúcar – O Filme	Margarida Bacelar
2014	Max Magilika	Malígnia
2015	O Pátio das Cantigas	Amália
	O Leão da Estrela	Joana
2025	O Pátio da Saudade	Vanessa

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Theater

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Year	Stage
2007	Epilepsia
	Inferno
	O Sonho
2010	As 3 Manas
2012	Closer
2015	O Protagonista
2019	Zoom
2020	Yerma
2023	Sonho de uma noite de Verão

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TV 7 Dias/Impala Television Trophies