Isabel Mota
Acting
Biography
Isabel Mota, born in 1954 in Viseu, Portugal, is a distinguished actress and writer. She began her acting career in 1973 after studying at the Conservatório Nacional de Lisboa. Mota gained prominence in Portuguese theater, notably with the Teatro de Campolide under Joaquim Benite, and became a familiar face on television during the 1980s and 1990s. Her notable works include roles in the film "O Lugar do Morto" (1984) and the television series "Verão Quente" (1993). In the late 1980s, Mota relocated to Paris, where she shifted her focus to writing. Under the pseudonyms Isabel-Victoria da Mota and Jean Miller, she has published over 24 books, encompassing poetry and prose. Mota divides her time between Montmartre and Lisbon, occasionally engaging with readers at local bookstores.
Known For
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Origens
A newspaper reporter comes across a man and woman arguing on the beach, and after obligingly driving the woman around when she seeks him out, he takes her back to discover that the man has been murdered. The woman takes off, but the reporter, after many twists and turns, runs into her on a train. They start a relationship, but he had better pay closer attention to how he got to know her in the first place.
Dead Man's Seat
A nobleman from Alentejo, from a very conservative family, intends to reconquer Olivenza, returning the situation to the times of the Treaty of Tordesillas. To this end, he creates two movements, which prepare for the big day. However, these plans do not work, as the daughter of the Mayor of Olivenza falls in love with the son of the Baron of Altamira, and the war will be different...