Páginas da Vida (English title: Chapters of Life) is a Portuguese telenovela produced by SP Television in collaboration with TV Globo and broadcast by SIC, simultaneously on Prime Video. It premiered on 23 February 2026. The telenovela is written by Sandra Santos and Alexandre Castro with the collaboration of António Barreira, Ana Lúcia Carvalho, Andreia Vicente Martins, Manuel Carneiro and Pedro Cavaleiro. It stars Sofia Alves, Maria João Bastos, Lourenço Ortigão, Júlia Palha, Tiago Teotónio Pereira, Paulo Rocha, Anabela Moreira, Filipe Vargas and Beatriz Godinho. Bárbara Branco replaced Beatriz Godinho and joined the cast in the season 2.
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Plot
While on a study abroad program in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nanda meets Leo, with whom she falls madly in love, and the two experience moments of pure happiness until the day the young man has to return to Portugal at Eugénia's request, who insists on cutting off all contact between her son and the young woman. Shortly after, Nanda discovers she's pregnant with Leo's child, having never heard from him again, and doesn't have the courage to tell her family, especially her mother. Newlyweds Olívia and Sílvio, on their honeymoon in the Brazilian city, end up becoming Nanda's support as she, with her pregnancy advancing and no money, finds herself forced to return to Portugal. Marta rejects her daughter, but her father, Alex, and her brother Ricardo support her unconditionally. After a violent argument with her mother, Nanda ends up in a major accident and is taken, in critical condition, to the clinic where obstetrician Helena does everything to save both her and her babies... but the young woman ends up dying.
Cast
Main
Sofia Alves as Helena Varela
Maria João Bastos as Marta Toledo Dias
Lourenço Ortigão as Leonardo «Leo» Maia de Almeida
Júlia Palha as Olívia Benedita Martins de Andrade
Tiago Teotónio Pereira as Sílvio José Duarte
Paulo Rocha as Gil Rodrigues
Anabela Moreira as Eugénia Maia de Almeida
Filipe Vargas as Alexandre «Alex» Dias
Beatriz Godinho (season 1) and Bárbara Branco (seasons 2-3, guest season 1) as Constança Santos
Recurring
Soraia Chaves as Carmen Martins de Andrade
Margarida Vila-Nova as Ana Saraiva
Vila-Nova also plays Young Ana, with the AI feature
João Reis as Diogo Carvalho
Pepê Rapazote as José «Zé» Ribeiro
Adriano Luz as Tomás Ataíde Martins de Andrade
Mafalda Vilhena as Dolores da Silva Ribeiro
Paula Lobo Antunes as Verónica Toledo Furtado
Evandro Gomes as Salvador Varela
Filipa Nascimento as Joana Fonseca
Renato Godinho as Gabriel Vilaça
Ana Varela as Lídia Ferreira Lebre
João Vicente as Miguel Saraiva
Filipa Pinto as Sandra da Silva Ribeiro
Diogo Martins as Luís Maria Martins de Andrade
Hélder Agapito as Vítor Dias
Inês Sá Frias as Tânia da Silva Ribeiro
Fernando Pires as Renato Lebre
Carolina Amaral as Eva Tavares
Joana Bernardo as Mariana Martins de Andrade Vilaça
Beatriz Forjaz as Anabela Furtado
Guest
Madalena Almeida as Fernanda «Nanda» Toledo Dias
Manuela Couto as Amália Martins de Andrade (season 1)
Samuel Alves as Belmiro Furtado (season 1)
Production
In April 2025, the pre-production for the telenovela began. A remake of Páginas da Vida (2006) was announced in August 2025, being the forth co-production between SIC and TV Globo, with the OPTO, the SIC streaming platform, and Prime Video additional broadcast.
After some failed attempts by Daniel Oliveira, SIC's program director, to make another telenovela collab with Globo's co-production, that dream only came true in June 2025 when both renewed their partnership, with more production of new remakes of historic Globo telenovelas being announced too. The initial plan would be to adapt Avenida Brasil, titled as Avenida Portugal, but due to lack of budget the channel had to choose to adapt the synopsis of other telenovelas, including Páginas da Vida, Vale Tudo, Rainha da Sucata and O Rei do Gado. The final choice was Páginas da Vida, with Sandra Santos and Alexandre Castro in charge of the adaptation. Avenida Portugal later became the network's choice to replace the adaptation.
Filming began on 27 October 2025 in SP Televisão studios, with outdoors in Lisbon. Filmings in Brazil took place in December 2025, including Júlia Palha, Lourenço Ortigão, Madalena Almeida and Tiago Teotónio Pereira. Filming wrapped on 24 June 2026.
Due to Beatriz Godinho's high-risk pregnancy and subsequent gestational loss, SIC decided to invite Bárbara Branco to replace the actress who plays Constança. The change happened at the end of the first season, when the character has a car accident that leaves her totally disfigured.
Ratings
The first episode drew a 8.3 rating and 19.6% share, reaching 1 million and 279 000 viewers according to consolidated data from GfK, slightly raising the time rates and being the 2nd most watched program of the day. On 2 March 2026, drew an audience record with a 8.4 rating and 21.6% share. Later, on 16 April 2026, drew again a new record, reaching 8.5 / 22.3%. The first season last episode drew a 5.5 rating and 15.2% share.
The second season premiere drew a 7.0 rating and 18.0% share. A few days later, on 2 July 2026, drew a season audience record da temporada with 7.5 / 16.1%. In the next day, achieved its worst result ever with 5.5 / 15.7%. During the rest of July, it reached two new audience records, first with 7.0 / 18.5%, and later with 7.9 / 19.6%. On 22 September 2026, drew a new record, with 6.6 / 22.0%. The last episode of the second season ended with 6.4 / 20.8%.
The third season premiere drew a 6.7 rating and 22.6% share.