[4] At the age of 23, on 26 August 1907, she married the merchant António Sampaio Martins, a native of the parish of São Bartolomeu in Coimbra, in the oratory of the Cadeia da Relação in Porto, where her fiancé was imprisoned for unknown reasons.

[6][7] In 1911, she made her debut as a backing vocalist in the revue A Musa dos Estudantes, at the Trindade Theatre, where she remained for eight years and from then on played important roles, such as the emblematic Alfacinhas.

Having established herself as a class act, she moved on to the São Luiz Theatre, where her comedic flair was revealed in her first revue as an actress, in Eduardo Schwalbach's Pé de Meia, in 1919, or her interpretation of the role of "comadre Zefa" in the play Dois Garotos, among many others.

[1][6][7] Now retired, she died of natural causes on 13 November 1962, aged 78, on the fourth floor of 166 Rua Rodrigues Sampaio, in the parish of Coração de Jesus in Lisbon, where she lived.

Her funeral, which left the Estrela Basilica for the Prazeres Cemetery, where the actress was buried in the Talhão dos Artistas, was largely attended by the population, who wanted to pay their last respects.