She was the daughter of Mário Dionísio and Maria Letícia Reis Clemente da Silva.
[2] She was also the author, with her mother, of school books for teaching Portuguese, published between 1972 and 1975.
She collaborated in theater groups such as «O Bando» and « Teatro da Cornucópia ».
She ran Casa da Achada, in Mouraria, where the archive of Mário Dionísio is located.
[2][1] The conception of Antes que a noite venha came about after a playwriting challenge from actor Adriano Luz, but written to exemplify the capabilities of four specific actresses he named.