 Benedita has twice won the TV 7Dias award for Best Actress in a Television series.She has appeared on NBC television series "The Blacklist" and has starred in several American films.She was directed by Filipe Crawford in the play "Ubardo" by Luísa Costa Gomes in Teatro Nacional S. João (1998/99) and by Carlos Fraga in the play "1755 O Grande Terramoto" (1755 The Big Earthquake) in Teatro da Trindade (2006).