Simone de Oliveira


Simone de Macedo e Oliveira, GCIH better known as Simone de Oliveira is a Portuguese singer and actress. Simone was born and raised in Lisbon. Her Portuguese mother had black African roots in São Tomé and Príncipe, and her father was Belgian. She started singing in high school. She is a breast cancer survivor and had the sickness twice.

Music

She started her career at the end of the 1950s.
With "Sol de inverno" she represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965.
She became fairly famous in 1969 with the song "Desfolhada portuguesa", with lyrics by José Carlos Ary dos Santos and music by. This song was a great success in Portugal, having innovative lyrics during the time of the dictatorship of António de Oliveira Salazar. It represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 in Madrid. Despite her popularity at home, it was not successful at the Eurovision, getting only 4 votes.
Eleven years later she was again selected by RTP to represent her country in the ninth edition of the OTI Festival. She performed the song "A tua espera" which got the 14th place with 9 points.
Other successful songs:

Theater

Television

She has participated in several Portuguese telenovelas:
DateTitleRoleNetworkNotes
1996'Amélia FalcãoRTP
1996/1997'Madalena FragosoRTP
2001/2002'Maria dos PrazeresRTP
2005/2006Morangos com AçúcarMaria Antónia MergulhãoTVI
2006/2007'Raquel Lemos Silva ReisTVI
2008'D. Efigénia Marques VilaRTP

In 1993, Simone was also a jury member in the first season of SIC contest ', which has uncovered new talents in Portuguese music.