Episode 30: Maria de Medeiros, A Citizen Of Europe Opens Up About Culture and How Acting Found Her

Maria de Medeiros is Portuguese, but grew up in Austria and has lived in France for many years. She’s an actor, director, and singer mainly partaking in European productions, but also American. She got her big break in Hollywood, firstly with the film Henry & June in 1990 and Pulp Fiction in 1994. I first met Maria during Paris Fashion Week in September 2023 at an art exhibition. During the February/March 2024 women’s Paris Fashion Week, I sat down with her in Saint Germain to talk about being a citizen of Europe, how acting found her, and what it was like working with Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction.

Photo Credit: Manon Costantini