玛丽娅路易莎蒙多卡，Maria Luisa Mendonça's mother is Lygia Maria Mendonça, a plastic artist. Her father is Newton Mendonça, a lawyer. Maria Luisa has a daughter with Rogério Gallo: Júlia. When she was 8, her older sister, Maria Fernanda, died. She likes to paint and to sculpture. In 2006 she made her debut as a theater director with the play "Essa nossa juventude".