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  2. In 1994, Medeiros appeared in Quentin Tarantino 's Pulp Fiction playing Fabienne, the girlfriend of Butch Coolidge, played by Bruce Willis. [4] In 2000, she had a role in the Medeiros directed film April Captains about the 1974 Carnation Revolution in Portugal. [5]

  3. Actress: Pulp Fiction. Maria de Medeiros is the oldest of three daughters by the pianist, maestro and composer António Vitorino D'Almeida and Maria Armanda Esteves. Her sisters are Inês de Medeiros, stage actress and film and stage director and Ana Medeiros, violinist, composer, and music teacher.

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    Maria de Medeiros was born into a creatively inclined family in Lisbon, Portugal, on August 19, 1965. Her father, pianist and composer António Victorino de Almeida, and her journalist mother, Maria Armanda Esteves, nurtured a rich artistic environment. Maria, the eldest of three siblings, including stage actress and director Inês de Medeiros and mu...

    Maria de Medeiros’s role in Quentin Tarantino’s acclaimed 1994 film “Pulp Fiction” marked a significant milestone in her career, bringing her international recognition. In this iconic film, Medeiros portrayed Fabienne, the gentle and whimsical girlfriend of Bruce Willis’s character, Butch. Fabienne is depicted as a soft-spoken, somewhat dreamy figu...

    After her memorable role as Fabienne in Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction,” Maria de Medeiros continued to build an impressive and diverse career. She maintained a strong presence in European cinema, taking on a variety of roles in films. In the 1990s, Maria de Medeiros built upon her success with roles in films like “Two Brothers, My Sister” and “...

    Today, Maria de Medeiros remains highly active in the film industry. In 2023, she took on the role of Serena in the film “Giorni Felici,” receiving critical acclaim. She also lent her voice to the 2022 short film “What Spring Does with the Cherry Trees,” in the segment titled “Fogo preso.” Additionally, in 2021, she appeared in the TV series “Verda...

    Maria de Medeiros, who married film technician Agustí Camps, has maintained a level of privacy regarding her marriage, leaving the current status of their relationship and the specifics of their wedding date largely unknown. Maria and Agustí have two daughters together. Their eldest, Júlia, was born in 1997, and their younger daughter, Leonor, arri...

  4. Fabienne is Butch's adorable girlfriend, who just wants some blueberry pancakes and maybe some pie—oh, and a potbelly, which we're pretty sure comes free with the first two. With her naiveté and innocence, she's a sharp contrast to the murderous, double crossing Butch.

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    • Samuel L. Jackson (Jules Winnfield) Although he'd been working on and off as an actor since the early '70s, Samuel L. Jackson's career didn't really start to take off until the late '80s and early '90s.
    • John Travolta (Vincent Vega) Unlike Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta had seen his name on marquees long before he took the role of Jules' wisecracking partner Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction.
    • Uma Thurman (Mia Wallace) Uma Thurman wasn't on Tarantino's initial wish list for Pulp Fiction, but the pairing ended up being an advantageous one. Not only did the film nab Thurman her first (and, thus far, only) Oscar nomination, but between takes on the set, Thurman and Tarantino started talking through a story that would eventually become the epic Kill Bill — Vol. 1 (2003) and Kill Bill — Vol. 2 (2004).
    • Bruce Willis (Butch Coolidge) Bruce Willis was already a well-known action hero (thanks to 1988's Die Hard) and a TV star (via Moonlighting) when he signed on to play Butch, the aging boxer who doesn’t have much more fight left in him, in Pulp Fiction.
  5. Fabienne : Shut up, Fatso! I don't have a pot! I have a bit of a tummy, like Madonna when she did "Lucky Star," it's not the same thing. Butch : I didn't realize there was a difference between a tummy and a pot belly. Fabienne : The difference is huge.

  6. Actress: Pulp Fiction. Maria de Medeiros is the oldest of three daughters by the pianist, maestro and composer António Vitorino D'Almeida and Maria Armanda Esteves. Her sisters are Inês de Medeiros, stage actress and film and stage director and Ana Medeiros, violinist, composer, and music teacher.