Benedita Gon�alves Aires Pereira is a Portuguese actress. She was born in Porto. Got her training from the Balleteatro Training Centre. She had some periods of training with theater, cinema and television professionals such as Carla Bolito, Ant�nio Pedro Vasconcelos or Nicolau Breyner. She was directed by Filipe Crawford in the play "Ubardo" by Lu�sa Costa Gomes in Teatro Nacional S. Jo�o and by Carlos Fraga in the play "1755 O Grande Terramoto" in Teatro da Trindade. She made her first appearances in television in "A Lenda da Gar�a" and "O Bairro da Fonte", however it was as the protagonist of the first edition of the youthful series "Morangos com A�car" that she achieved great popularity. She has continued to appear in other soap operas, such as "Tempo de Viver" and "Ningu�m Como Tu". Today, she lives in New York, with actress Daniela Ruah, whilst attending the Lee Strasberg Institute. She also starred as voice-over in the 2012 videogame Max Payne 3 as Fabiana, a S�o Paulo socialite, and secondary character in the game. 

July 27th, 1985 in Porto (Age 39)