---
name: "Maria Fernanda Cândido"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/maria-fernanda-candido"
fi1m_id: "maria-fernanda-candido"
imdb_id: "nm0194655"
tmdb_id: 228057
wikidata_id: "Q2069825"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 May 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T16:15:39.180386+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Maria Fernanda Cândido

## Identity

Maria Fernanda Cândido

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/maria-fernanda-candido
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** maria-fernanda-candido
- **IMDb ID:** nm0194655
- **TMDB ID:** 228057
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2069825
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Fernanda_C%C3%A2ndido, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2069825, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0194655/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/228057

Actor. Born 21 May 1974 in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 May 1974, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
- **Active:** 2022–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Fernanda_C%C3%A2ndido, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2069825, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0194655/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/228057

## Coming up

- *Lost Objects* (2027-10-21)

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Secret Agent*](https://film.one/film/the-secret-agent.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Maria Fernanda Cândido is a Brazilian actress and former model. She was born on 21 May 1974 in Londrina, Paraná. She began her career as a model before making her acting debut in the play *Anchieta, Nossa História*.

She achieved national recognition in 1999 playing Paola in the telenovela *Terra Nostra*. Her film roles include Vicência Santos in *Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore* (2022), Maria Cristina de Almeida Guimarães in *The Traitor* (2019), and Elza in *The Secret Agent* (2025). She has received awards including a Troféu Imprensa and the Best Actress prize at the Gramado Festival for *Dom* (2003). She is married to Petrit Spahira and has two children.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, cnnbrasil.com.br.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Secret Agent* (2025), Fi1m 84, as Elza — [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-agent.md)
- *Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore* (2022), Fi1m 50, as Vicência Santos — [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-of-dumbledore.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Lost Objects* (2027), Actor
- *The Secret Agent* (2025), as Elza — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-agent.md)
- *Weightless* (2024), Actor
- *Vermelho Monet* (2024), as Antoinette Léfèvre
- *The Passion According to G.H.* (2024), as G.H.
- *Rebirth* (2024), series, as Cândida
- *The Book of Wonders* (2023), as Paula
- *IndependênciaS* (2022), series, as Maria Graham
- *Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore* (2022), as Vicência Santos — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-of-dumbledore.md)
- *A Bunch of Bastards* (2021), as Damiana
- *The Uncertain Place of Desire* (2019), as Ana Thereza
- *The Traitor* (2019), as Maria Cristina de Almeida
- *Bio* (2017), Actor
- *Edge of Desire* (2017), series, as Joyce Garcia
- *Fé nas Marias* (2016), Actor
- *My Hindu Friend* (2016), as Livia Monteiro Bueno
- *O Amuleto* (2015), as Elisabete
- *Happily Ever After?* (2015), series, as Marília Drummond
- *Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Dalva e Herivelto, Uma Canção de Amor - O Filme* (2015), as Lurdes Torelly
- *Apneia* (2014), as Mãe de Chris
- *Sessão de Terapia* (2012), series, as Júlia
- *Side by Side* (2012), series, as Jeanette Dórleac
- *Irina* (2012), Actor
- *The Brazilians* (2012), series, as Sandra
- *O Brado Retumbante* (2012), series, as Maria Antonia Ventura
- *Aparecida - O Milagre* (2010), as Beatriz
- *Dalva e Herivelto: Uma Canção de Amor* (2010), series, as Lurdes Nura Torelly
- *The Princess and the Vagabond* (2010), as Rainha Valentina
- *Capitu* (2008), series, as Capitu
- *Sal de Prata* (2005), as Cátia
- *Like a Wave* (2004), series, as Lavínia Amarante
- *Um Só Coração* (2004), series, as Ana Schmidt
- *Dom* (2003), as Ana
- *Esperança* (2002), series, as Nina Salvattore Bellini
- *Os Normais* (2001), series, as Fabiana
- *Aquarela do Brasil* (2000), series, as Isa Galvão
- *Terra Nostra* (1999), series, as Paola Spezatto
- *Serras Azuis* (1998), series, as Magali

## Gallery

- ![Maria Fernanda Cândido](https://film.one/media/person/7085/gallery-7e14bd34910e.jpg) Maria Fernanda Cândido — Kacy Bao, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Maria_Fernanda_C%C3%A2ndido_at_2025_Cannes_Red_Carpet_for_O_Agente_Secreto_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Maria_Fernanda_C%C3%A2ndido_at_2025_Cannes_Red_Carpet_for_O_Agente_Secreto_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Abertura da 39ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo Foto:LiadePaula/MinC SÃO PAULO-SP 21/10/2015](https://film.one/media/person/7085/gallery-7d9aaf722852.jpg) Abertura da 39ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo Foto:LiadePaula/MinC SÃO PAULO-SP 21/10/2015 — Secretaria Especial da Cultura do Ministério da Cidadania, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Abertura_da_39%C2%AA_Mostra_Internacional_de_Cinema_de_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_%2821787395923%29.jpg/1280px-Abertura_da_39%C2%AA_Mostra_Internacional_de_Cinema_de_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_%2821787395923%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Abertura da 39ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo Foto:LiadePaula/MinC SÃO PAULO-SP 21/10/2015](https://film.one/media/person/7085/gallery-34b26efedfcf.jpg) Abertura da 39ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo Foto:LiadePaula/MinC SÃO PAULO-SP 21/10/2015 — Secretaria Especial da Cultura do Ministério da Cidadania, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Abertura_da_39%C2%AA_Mostra_Internacional_de_Cinema_de_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_%2822220482260%29.jpg/1280px-Abertura_da_39%C2%AA_Mostra_Internacional_de_Cinema_de_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_%2822220482260%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Abertura da 39ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo Foto:LiadePaula/MinC SÃO PAULO-SP 21/10/2015](https://film.one/media/person/7085/gallery-3e8299c1737b.jpg) Abertura da 39ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo Foto:LiadePaula/MinC SÃO PAULO-SP 21/10/2015 — Secretaria Especial da Cultura do Ministério da Cidadania, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Abertura_da_39%C2%AA_Mostra_Internacional_de_Cinema_de_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_%2822220609810%29.jpg/1280px-Abertura_da_39%C2%AA_Mostra_Internacional_de_Cinema_de_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_%2822220609810%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Maria Fernanda Cândido](https://film.one/media/person/7085/gallery-996e23841fdf.jpg) Maria Fernanda Cândido — Image via TMDB
- ![Maria Fernanda Cândido](https://film.one/media/person/7085/gallery-16be27c10725.jpg) Maria Fernanda Cândido — Image via TMDB
- ![Maria Fernanda Cândido](https://film.one/media/person/7085/gallery-2ec0b4c157a8.jpg) Maria Fernanda Cândido — Image via TMDB
- ![Abertura da 39ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo Foto:LiadePaula/MinC SÃO PAULO-SP 21/10/2015](https://film.one/media/person/7085/gallery-1d630294942f.jpg) Abertura da 39ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo Foto:LiadePaula/MinC SÃO PAULO-SP 21/10/2015 — Secretaria Especial da Cultura do Ministério da Cidadania, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Abertura_da_39%C2%AA_Mostra_Internacional_de_Cinema_de_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_%2822382530236%29.jpg/1280px-Abertura_da_39%C2%AA_Mostra_Internacional_de_Cinema_de_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_%2822382530236%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Abertura da 39ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo Foto:LiadePaula/MinC SÃO PAULO-SP 21/10/2015](https://film.one/media/person/7085/gallery-358120cb5358.jpg) Abertura da 39ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo Foto:LiadePaula/MinC SÃO PAULO-SP 21/10/2015 — Secretaria Especial da Cultura do Ministério da Cidadania, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Abertura_da_39%C2%AA_Mostra_Internacional_de_Cinema_de_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_%2822382581036%29.jpg/1280px-Abertura_da_39%C2%AA_Mostra_Internacional_de_Cinema_de_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_%2822382581036%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Maria Fernanda Cândido](https://film.one/media/person/7085/gallery-3d1093ce0957.jpg) Maria Fernanda Cândido — Image via TMDB
- ![Maria Fernanda Cândido](https://film.one/media/person/7085/gallery-767217a73f14.jpg) Maria Fernanda Cândido — Image via TMDB
- ![Maria Fernanda Cândido](https://film.one/media/person/7085/gallery-ab6c0d4a4ffc.jpg) Maria Fernanda Cândido — Image via TMDB

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