Catarina Furtado


Catarina Cardoso Garcia da Fonseca Furtado is a Portuguese television presenter, actress and UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador. She is a daughter of Rádio e Televisão [de Portugal|RTP] journalist Joaquim Furtado.
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Career

Throughout her career on television which started in the early 1990s, Furtado has worked for SIC and RTP television networks, as well as the radio stations Rádio Comercial and RDP Antena 3. While an underage girl, she had a short non-talking role in the film Non, ou a Vã Glória de Mandar directed by Manoel de Oliveira. Later on she starred in films like Killing Time, Fatima, Anjo da Guarda and Pesadelo cor-de-rosa, among others.
Furtado's first big success was as a presenter on the TV show Top + on RTP, a Portuguese program featuring popular music videos and the national weekly record chart. It was a music show that led to her hosting an MTV program on the SIC network, years before Portuguese MTV was founded. She went on to do a variety of shows, including Treasure Hunt, on SIC television, which was often shot on location in Portugal's smaller towns, where Catarina arrived in a helicopter.
On 8 January 2018, Furtado was announced as one of the four hosts of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest alongside Sílvia Alberto, Daniela Ruah, and Filomena Cautela.

Personal life

Furtado is of Goan descent through her mother. Her great-great grandfather was born in Candolim, Portuguese Goa.
Furtado attended the Conservatório Nacional specializing in dance. She also trained in journalism and studied drama at London's International School of Acting from 1995 to 1997, as well as Lee Strasberg's Method Studio in England. She was married to João Reis, an actor, from 2005 to 2023 and has a daughter, Maria Beatriz and a son, João Maria.
Furtado is rated on the site AskMen.com.

Filmography

Films and television

Eurovision Song Contest 2018Filhos do Rock The Voice Portugal Cidade Despida Dá-me MúsicaA minha geração Dança Comigo Pequenos em Grande Operação Triunfo Pequenos e Terríveis Uma Noite de Sonho Caça ao Tesouro Chuva de Estrelas