# Mimicat

Marisa Isabel Lopes Mena (Portuguese pronunciation:; born 25 October 1984), known professionally as Mimicat, is a Portuguese pop and soul singer and songwriter. She represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song "Ai coração". She had previously participated in Festival da Canção 2001 with the song "Mundo colorido" under the stage name Izamena, but did not advance beyond the semi-finals.

## Music career

Born in Coimbra, Mimicat participated in Festival da Canção 2001 with the song "Mundo colorido" under the name Izamena, aiming to represent Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001, but did not advance beyond the semi-finals. In 2009, she graduated from Escola Superior de Artes e Design [pt] with a degree in sound and image.
In 2014, she joined the band The Casino Royal, for whom she was the lead singer and songwriter. In the same year, she released her first album as Mimicat, "For You". The lead single from the album, "Tell Me Why", was featured in the Portuguese telenovela Jardins Proibidos [pt]. Her stage name, Mimicat, is a combination of Mimi, a nickname for godmothers in her family, and Cat.
She entered Festival da Canção again in 2023 with the self-composed song "Ai coração". The song won both the jury and popular vote in the contest, earning the right to represent Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. She qualified from the first semi final for the final, in which she placed 23rd. She returned as Portugal's jury spokesperson the following year.

### Influences

Mimicat has described her musical influences as including soul music, but also "pop hits on the radio". She has named Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles and Jill Scott as influences.

## Personal life

Outside of her musical career, Mimicat has worked as a real estate agent. She is married and has two children.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | POR |
| For You | Released: 20 October 2014 Label: Sony Music Formats: Digital download, streaming | — |
| Back in Town | Released: 22 September 2017 Label: Sony Music Formats: Digital download, streaming | 43 |
| Peito | Released: 18 September 2024 Label: Sony Music Formats: Digital download, streaming | — |
| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||

### Extended plays

| Title | Details |
| 25 de abril (Através de dois clássicos revisitados) (with José Calvário and Ângela Silva) | Released: 22 March 2024 Label: Rossio Music Formats: Digital download, streaming |

### Singles
#### As lead artist

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album or EP |
| Title | Year | POR | LTU | Album or EP |
| "Tell Me Why" | 2014 | — | * | For You |
| "Saviour" | 2015 | — | * | For You |
| "Stay Strong" | 2016 | — | * | Back in Town |
| "Gave Me Love" | 2016 | — | * | Back in Town |
| "Fire" | 2017 | — | * | Back in Town |
| "Going Down" | 2017 | — | * | Back in Town |
| "Feels So Good" | 2018 | — | — | Back in Town |
| "Going Down" | 2018 | — | — | Back in Town |
| "Tudo ao ar" | 2021 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Mundo ao Contrário" (with Filipe Gonçalves) | 2022 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Ai coração" | 2023 | 24 | 34 | Peito |
| "Vais ter saudades" | 2023 | — | — | Peito |
| "Peito" | 2024 | — | — | Peito |
| "Dança comigo" | 2024 | — | — | Peito |
| "Agora é hora" (with André Viamonte) | 2024 | — | — | Non-album single |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. " * " denotes that the chart did not exist at that time. |||||

#### As featured artist

| Title | Year | Album or EP |
| "No More" (Naked Affair featuring Mimicat) | 2015 | Non-album single |
| "Generation" (Joana Alegre featuring Mimicat) | 2016 | Joan & The White Harts |
| "Minha vida" (Lūsy featuring Mimicat) | 2019 | Non-album singles |
| "Golden Days" (Zinko featuring Mimicat) | 2023 | Non-album singles |
| "Quase nos 40" (Gandim featuring Mimicat) | 2024 | Non-album singles |

#### Other appearances

| Title | Year | Album or EP |
| "Aqui pintamos todos" | 2024 | Non-album single |