# Vidas Opostas (TV series)

Vidas Opostas (Tangled Lives) is a Portuguese telenovela which began airing on SIC on 9 April 2018 and ended on 10 May 2019.

## Plot

Life is good to EVA. She loves husband MARCO, has a job that makes her feel fulfilled and is pregnant with her first child. Little does she know her World is about to crumble!
EVA finds out MARCO has been cheating on her and that their marriage is a front with even more unpredictable consequences. MARCO is in fact in love with MARIA. They have maintained a relationship for over two years and have a baby daughter.
MARCO works for a big sports fashion entrepreneur, ÁLVARO, who also set up an illegal doping network. He worked for the network. Reason why he married EVA, so he can spy on her, pass on secret intelligence and operations to the network, since she worked for an anti-doping agency.
When MARCO finds himself responsible for the death of ÁLVARO's son, an up-and-coming football star, he becomes a wanted man! His former boss will want nothing but to kill him. ÁLVARO must be careful, so no one discovers his illegal business.
JORGE is a journalist who will return from Canada to investigate his brother MARCO's secret life. He will fall in love with ex-sister-in-law EVA and discover he has a niece, building a relationship with MARIA.
On the other hand, ÁLVARO's son RICARDO will also try to discover who killed his brother, which leads him to MARIA. He will fall deeply in love with her once he realizes she was never MARCO's accomplice. But MARIA will have to prove her innocence to his family.
This is how EVA and MARIA will confront each other. Their lives will be forever tangled through the man who fooled them. They will fight to the end against MARCO, to regain their life and protect their families.

## Cast

| Actor/Actress | Characters |
| Joana Santos | Eva Lemos |
| Sara Matos | Maria Pinho |
| Renato Godinho | Marco Vaz |
| Diogo Amaral | Jorge Vaz |
| João Jesus | Ricardo Candal |
| Maria João Luís | Salomé Lemos |
| Ana Padrão | Cecília Candal |
| Paula Lobo Antunes | Aurora Teles |
| Rui Morrison | Álvaro Candal |
| Diana Chaves | Vera Leal |
| Jorge Corrula | Lucas Teles |
| Martinho Silva | Caio Leal |
| Sofia Sá da Bandeira | Anabela Vidal |
| António Durães | João Trovão |
| Rui Luís Brás | Fausto Vidal |
| Ricardo Carriço | Artur Silva |
| Maria D'Aires | Leonor Reis |
| Nuno Janeiro | Benny Reis |
| Diogo Lopes | Hugo Pinho |
| Joana Duarte | Mónica Silva |
| Luís Garcia | Joel Lemos |
| João Arrais | Tito Reis |
| Filipa Nascimento | Íris Candal |
| Ricardo Oliveira | Simão Alves |
| Beatriz Frazão | Lucinha Lemos |
| Henrique Mello | David Teles |
| Daniela Marques | Beatriz Leal |
| Andrei Maxinese | Tomás Vidal |
| Carolina Carvalho | Mariana Dias |
| Vera Moura | Soraia Dias |
| Raquel Sampaio | Débora Trovão |
| Inês Monteiro | Joana Vidal |

### Special Guest Cast

| Actor/Actress | Characters |
| José Simões | Frederico Candal |
| Dinarte Branco | Vítor Pinho |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated | Result |
| 2019 | New York Festivals® International TV & Film Awards 2019 | Best Telenovela | Tangled Lives | Bronze |
| 2019 | 40º Banff World Media Festival – The Rockie Awards | Serials, Soaps & Telenovelas | Tangled Lives | Won |
| 2019 | International Emmy Award | Best Telenovela | Tangled Lives | Nominated |