Selma Lopes, the pseudonym of Maria Lopes Gonçalves, is a Brazilian actress, singer, acting teacher, and one of Brazil's leading voice actresses. On television, she has appeared in several soap operas and shows on Rede Globo, with her best-known role being the gossip Dona Pepa in Uma Rosa com Amor, in which Selma performed alongside Henriqueta Brieba. A pioneer in the field of dubbing, she is best known as the official Brazilian voice of actress and comedian Whoopi Goldberg, as well as Marge Simpson in The Simpsons (from Season 1 to Season 8, Episode 4, and from Season 14 onward). ​She was previously married to the comedian Zacarias and is the mother of Maria Laura from a prior marriage.