Maria de Vasconcelos started her career as an actress in 2000 and as a director in 2008. She studied at Escuela Estudis de Teatre in Barcelona, with the teaching method of Jaques Lecoq where she specialised herself in the fields of the Theatre of Gesture, Movement and Objects Theatre.

She perform her plays regullary in Berlin and Brandenburg, where she lives, as well as at festivals and theatres in Europe. In November 2019 she founded and directs the Community Theater Group "Raízes" for the Portuguese-speaking immigrant community in Berlin.