Joana Solnado explains eight-year break in acting career

Joana Solnado, 42 years old, was present this Friday, September 4, in the program “Two at 10”, TVI. The actress was in the format to talk about her new project in national fiction.

After years of pause, Joana Solnado is back on television as the protagonist of the soap opera “Mother’s Heart” – which premieres next Monday (7 September). 

Joana Solnado paused eight years in her career

Joana Solnado took an eight-year break from acting. The theme was addressed in the morning program and the actress eventually explained the reasons why she made this decision. 

“I needed some time to take off my masks and realize: Joana, what is the purpose of this? What is the mission of this? And I had the privilege of stopping eight years.”

The actress assured that during these eight years she had no desire to return to the performance, even because she was busy with other professional projects. 

“I wrote, realized, did other things, invested in business, because the business woman that exists within me never shut up and did something that helped me a lot – that was not depending on the art to live.

I reorganized my life to be able to choose what I do more maturely and to be able to choose characters that can make a difference in the world,” he said. 

Joana Solnado also took this break to dedicate herself to the family and particularly to the two daughters, Flor, 13 years old, and Amora, one year and seven months old. 

“ I'm very proud of the choices I've made and of being able to come back with this more mature feeling of being able to choose the characters and be able to choose the stories I want to tell. [...] It was a privilege built”, clarified. 

“Haven’t you been afraid that they would forget you?” Cristina Ferreira, presenter of the format, questioned. “I thought, if they forget me it’s because that’s it”, he replied. 

“ I confess that I said no more than yes in my career and this led to the yes being said with more conviction ", ended.