# Golpe de Sorte

Golpe de Sorte (Lucky Break) was a Portuguese series which began airing on SIC on 27 May 2019 and ended in 20 February 2021.
The series stars Maria João Abreu, Dânia Neto, Jorge Corrula, Diana Chaves (seasons 2-3), Pedro Barroso (season 4), Madalena Almeida (season 4) and Diogo Martins (season 4).

## Plot

The once quiet village of Alvorinha is suddenly put on the map when Maria do Céu (Maria João Abreu) wins the lottery. She is now one of the richest women in the country and everyone celebrates her victory. A hard working widow, dear to everyone in town, up until now she made a humble living selling fruit at the market, to support her two children Bruno (Ângelo Rodrigues) and Telma (Isabela Valadeiro) while helping her parents.
Telma is good-hearted but is naïve and dreams of fame. She will be ecstatic when she realizes she is rich and will be able to satisfy all her materialistic fantasies. She will fall in love with journalist Ricardo (António Camelier). Bruno is the opposite, responsible and hardworking. He will have to deal with several challenges, being the biggest girlfriend Jessica's (Carolina Carvalho) betrayal and finding out if he is the father of the child she carries.
Now that she has money, Céu's goals are to allow her family live a good life and find her missing son Rafael. As a pregnant teen the newborn was taken away from her when childhood sweetheart Zé Luís (José Raposo) and her family were manipulate by Preciosa (Manuela Maria), Zé's mother, to give up the baby for adoption.
Con artists (now Miriam (Dânia Neto) and Jorge (Jorge Corrula)) hear the news and decide their next lucky break is Maria do Céu's millions. They were raised together in a catholic foster home and became professional scammers and fortune hunters. Manipulative and masters of disguise they have been able to get away with their crimes for many years.
One of their biggest score happened in 2006, when they led Fernando Craveiro (Rogério Samora) to bankruptcy. In desperation, the businessman plans to kill the scammers, leaving a letter to his daughter Leonor (Diana Chaves), explaining everything that happened, but dies in a car accident without being able to take revenge. Leonor's world collapses with her father's death and the desire for revenge puts her on a mission to seek those who destroyed her family's life.
Thirteen years later, she finally traces them down in Alvorinha. In her new identity, she is now Alice Barreto. She will team up with Ricardo to expose the charlatans and deal with the jealousy of Miriam, as her plan of approach will be to charm Jorge.
Maria do Céu will welcome Miriam and Jorge into her world. Little does she know she is they will open a pandora's box, while burning a hole in her pocket.

## Cast
### Main cast

| Actor/Actress | Character | Season | Season | Season | Season |
| Actor/Actress | Character | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Maria João Abreu | Maria do Céu Garcia | Main Protagonist | Main Protagonist | Main Protagonist | Main Protagonist |
| Dânia Neto | Sílvia Mira/Miriam Barbosa Sousa Vale/Madre Dolores | Main Antagonist | Main Antagonist | Main Antagonist | Protagonist |
| Dânia Neto | Andreia Mira | Absent | Absent | Absent | Main Antagonist |
| Jorge Corrula | Caio Amaral/Jorge Montalvã/Caio Amaral Garcia | Main Antagonist | Main Antagonist | Main Antagonist | Protagonist |
| Diana Chaves | Leonor Alves Craveiro/Alice Barreto | Co-Protagonist | Protagonist | Protagonist | Absent |
| Pedro Barroso | José Castro/José Núncio | Absent | Absent | Absent | Main Antagonist |
| Madalena Almeida | Lara de Jesus | Absent | Absent | Absent | Protagonist |
| Diogo Martins | Fábio Guerreiro | Absent | Absent | Absent | Protagonist |
| Manuela Maria | Preciosa Toledo | Co-Antagonist | Co-Antagonist | Co-Antagonist | Co-Protagonist |
| José Raposo | José Luís Toledo | Co-Protagonist | Co-Protagonist | Co-Protagonist | Co-Protagonist |
| Carolina Carvalho | Jéssica Toledo/Toledo Garcia | Co-Antagonist | Co-Antagonist | Co-Protagonist | Co-Protagonist |
| Mariana Pacheco | Rubi Ferraz | Absent | Absent | Absent | Co-Antagonist |

### Recurrent Cast

| Actor/Actress | Character | Season | Season | Season | Season |
| Actor/Actress | Character | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Rui Mendes | Natário Garcia | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent |
| Vítor Norte | Horácio Toledo | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent |
| Carmen Santos | Lúcia Garcia | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent |
| Henriqueta Maya | Cremilde Reis | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent |
| Helena Laureano | Rosanne Toledo | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent |
| Rosa do Canto | Amália Reis | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent |
| Ana Bustorff | Madre Rosário | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent | Absent |
| Ana Guiomar | Patrícia Cruz | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent | Absent |
| João Paulo Rodrigues | Justino «Tino» Sanganha | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent |
| Oceana Basílio | Teresa Dantas | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent | Absent |
| Diogo Amaral | Padre Aníbal Dantas | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent | Absent |
| Pedro Laginha | Carlos Alberto Nobrega | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent | Absent |
| Duarte Gomes | Cláudio Toledo | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent | Absent |
| Cecília Henriques | Graciete Pompeu | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent |
| António Camelier | Ricardo Assunção | Recurrent | Recurrent | Guest | Absent |
| João Paulo Sousa | Xavier Reis | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent | Absent |
| José Carlos Pereira | Vítor «Vitinho» | Additional | Recurrent | Recurrent | Additional |
| Miguel Raposo | Duarte Godinho/Vasco | Absent | Recurrent | Absent | Additional |
| Ricardo Carriço | Gonçalo Vasques | Additional | Recurrent | Absent | Absent |
| Sara Norte | Branca Lucena | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent | Additional |
| Inês Monteiro | Cíntia Novais | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent |
| Adriane Garcia | Kelly Lazzaro | Recurrent | Recurrent | Guest | Absent |
| Paulo Matos | Alfredo Nogueira | Absent | Recurrent | Recurrent | Absent |
| Elsa Valentim | Eugénia Alves Craveiro | Recurrent | Recurrent | Recurrent | Absent |
| Rúben Gomes | Pedro Albuquerque | Absent | Absent | Absent | Recurrent |
| Martinho Silva | Nelson Farias | Absent | Absent | Absent | Recurrent |
| Raquel Tavares | Liliana Barroso | Absent | Absent | Absent | Recurrent |
| Luís Simões | Renato | Absent | Absent | Absent | Recurrent |
| Bernardo Lobo Faria | Paulo | Absent | Absent | Absent | Recurrent |
| Rui Dionisio | Rui Estrela/Guilherme Costa | Absent | Absent | Absent | Recurrent |
| Carolina Frias | Marina Piedade | Absent | Absent | Absent | Recurrent |
| Maria Ana Filipe | Alexandra «Xana» Gaspar | Absent | Absent | Absent | Recurrent |
| Sílvia Chiola | Sandra Nolasco | Absent | Absent | Absent | Recurrent |

### Guest cast

| Actor/Actress | Character | Season | Season | Season | Season |
| Actor/Actress | Character | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Rogério Samora | Fernando Alves Craveiro | Guest | Absent | Absent | Absent |
| Marques d'Arede | Artur Colaço | Guest | Absent | Absent | Absent |
| Margarida Carpinteiro | Rosa Jordão | Absent | Absent | Absent | Guest |
| Luís Aleluia | Padre Alexandre Bento | Absent | Absent | Absent | Guest |

### Child Cast

| Actor/Actress | Character | Season | Season | Season | Season |
| Actor/Actress | Character | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Elgar do Rosário | Fernando Júnior Alves Craveiro Garcia | Absent | Absent | Guest | Child |
| Tomás Sousa | Bruno «Bruninho» Toledo Garcia | Absent | Absent | Absent | Child |
| Ana Costa | Carlota Toledo Garcia | Absent | Absent | Absent | Child |

### Artistas Convidados

| Actor/Actress | Character | Season | Season | Season | Season | Episode |
| Actor/Actress | Character | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Episode |
| Cristina Ferreira | Herself | Y | N | N | N | Episode 3 |
| Ana Malhoa | Herself | Y | N | N | N | Episode 22 |
| Marco Paulo | Himself | Y | N | N | N | Episode 27 |
| Cláudio Ramos | Himself | N | Y | N | N | Episode 61 |
| Toy | Himself | N | Y | N | N | Episode 73 |
| Maria Botelho Moniz | Jogador | N | Y | N | N | Episode 78 |
| João Baião | Himself | N | N | Y | N | Episode 114 |

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally aired | Originally aired |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
| 1 | 27 | 27 | May 27, 2019 (2019-05-27) | June 28, 2019 (2019-06-28) |
| 2 | 52 | 52 | July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) | September 9, 2019 (2019-09-09) |
| 3 | 43 | 43 | September 15, 2019 (2019-09-15) | November 10, 2019 (2019-11-10) |
| 4 | 116 | 116 | September 14, 2020 (2020-09-14) | February 20, 2021 (2021-02-20) |