Maria Zilda Bethlem

Maria Zilda Bethlem
Maria Zilda Bethlem in 2014
Born	October 20, 1951 (1951-10-20) (age 65) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Other names	Maria Zilda
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1974–present

Maria Zilda Bethlem (born October 20, 1951), also known as Maria Zilda, is a Brazilian actress. She is known for the role Verônica in the Rede Globo telenovela Vereda Tropical.

She won the Best Actress Award at the 1993 Brasília Film Festival, also winning the same award at the 2000 Gramado Film Festival for her role in Eu Não Conhecia Tururu.

She was married to television director Roberto Talma with whom she had her younger son, the filmmaker Raphael Vieira. She is also mother of politician Rodrigo Bethlem from a previous marriage. Rodrigo Bethlem is father of her granddaughter Vitória. Since 2008 she is married to architect Ana Kalil, revealing the fact publicly only in 2013.