Father: João Olival. Mother: Maria de Lourdes Ferreira Horta Zanatti.
Her maternal grandfather had Italian ancestry.
She is an assumed lesbian.
In 1984 she represented Portugal in a European Parlament show.
She participated in several activist movements. Ana and some Portugues
celebrities united to record and album. All the money that they did was
send to children of Timor.
In 1968 she gave up college to go studied theater in Conservatório
Nacional.
Her theater debut was the play "Cautela Libertino".
She worked in Companhia de Teatro Nacional Popular.
She was a television host for RTP (Portuguese Radiotelevision). She did interviews, presented
contests, the news and songs festivals. In 1995 (after 25 hosting Tv
shows)she gave up being a Tv host and started to dedicated to her
acting career.
She gave her voice to several documentaries.
In 1980 she won the Troféu Nova Gente.
In 1986 she won the Sete d' Ouro for Best Cinema Actress.
In 1986 she won the Troféu Nova Gente for Best Cinema Actress.