Maria Ceiça (born Maria da Conceição Justino de Paula in Rio de Janeiro, October 18, 1965) is a Brazilian actress, singer and performer, who has a significant career in theater, movies and television.
She played the lead female role in the internationally acclaimed movies, Testamento (Cape Verde, 1997), winner of Best Film Kikito at the Gramado Festival and several other international awards in 1997, and The Hero (Angola, 2004), winner of the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize in 2004 and other awards.
Since 1997, she has also performed for TV Escola, an educational channel aimed at teachers and students from Brazilian public schools.
In 2007, she served as Superintendent (Coordinator) of Racial Equality at the Secretariat of Social Assistance and Human Rights of the State of Rio de Janeiro.
Currently, Maria Ceiça runs her own production company, the Luminis Produtora Produções Artísticas.