Lúcia Moniz was born on September 9, 1976, in Lisbon, Portugal, to Azorean musicians Carlos Alberto Moniz and Maria do Amparo. She began her music training at the tender age of 6 at the prestigious Santa Cecilia Music Academy, where she went on to achieve her 6th degree. Throughout her music career, she has released four edited discographic works and collaborated with notable artists such as Nuno Bettencourt, Jorge Palma, and Maria do Amparo.
Beyond her music career, Lúcia has also developed a deep passion for the theatre. She made several appearances on Portuguese television and stages, but it was her role in Richard Curtis' 2003 blockbuster film "Love, Actually" that marked a major industry breakthrough. Between 2006 and 2008, she took on leading roles in several musical productions directed by Filipe La Féria.
In 2009, Lúcia participated in the television series "Living in Your Car," a Portuguese co-production by beActive, produced by David Steinberg for HBO Canada. The following year, she starred in the series "Maternidade" on RTP 1 and made her debut at the Portuguese National Theater D. Maria II, playing Stella in Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire," directed by Diogo Infante.
In 2013, she was part of the cast of "Conversations After a Burial" by Yasmina Reza, directed by Renato Godinho. During the next years, she continued to take part in numerous television projects, including a long-awaited return to musical theatre in 2017, starring in "Next to Normal," directed by Henrique and Nuno Feist, on stage for two seasons at Lisbon's Estoril Casino Auditorium and Teatro da Trindade.
Since 2016, Lúcia has actively worked with the established theatre company "Palco 13" on and off, in several productions, including "Richard II" by Shakespeare. In January 2019, she took the leap of directing the play "The Adventures of John with No Fear" alongside her brother Paulo Quedas. That year, she also had leading roles in two international cinematographic co-productions, "Marco Pontecorvo's "Fatima," which premiered in August 2020, and Ana Rocha de Sousa's "LISTEN," awarded at the Venice International Film Festival with the "Lion of the Future" and "Jury Prize Orizzonti" in September 2020.
