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Morena Baccarin was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to actress Vera Setta and journalist Fernando Baccarin. Her uncle was actor Ivan Setta. She is of Italian as well as Lebanese and Portuguese/Brazilian descent. She moved to New York at the age of 10, when her father was transferred there. She attended the LaGuardia High School of Music and Performing Arts and then the Juilliard School.
Staying in New York she worked in the theater, notably in the Central Park production of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull" where she was also Natalie Portman's understudy, and also appeared in several movies. After making Roger Dodger (2002), she moved to Los Angeles where she came to the attention of Joss Whedon, who cast her in his short-lived cult sci-fi show Firefly (2002). Since then she has rarely been off our TV screens.- Actress
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Alice Braga Moraes born April 15, 1983 is a Brazilian actress. She has appeared in several Brazilian films, most notably as Angélica in 2002's highly acclaimed City of God and as Karina in 2005's Lower City. She came to international prominence after appearing opposite Will Smith in I Am Legend (2007) and has since become a familiar face in Hollywood, appearing in films such as Repo Men and Predators (both 2010), The Rite (2011) and Elysium (2013).- Actor
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Moura was born in Salvador, a city located in Northeast Region of Brazil, but grew up in the small town of Rodelas, Bahia. His mother, Alderiva, was a housewife, and his father, José Moura, was a Sergeant in the Brazilian Air Force. At the age of 13, he moved with his family to Salvador, Bahia.
Besides his acting career, Moura is a lyricist and the vocalist of a band named Sua Mãe ("Your Mum"). In 2012, he guest performed as lead vocalist for some Legião Urbana tribute shows, featuring surviving members Marcelo Bonfá and Dado Villa-Lobos.- Actor
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Rodrigo Santoro is a world-renown actor who starred alongside Academy Award Winner Anthony Hopkins, Evan Rachel Wood, and Jeffrey Wright in the hit HBO series "Westworld," created by Jonah Nolan and produced by J.J. Abrams. Rodrigo played the male lead in the Hulu series "Reprisal" for producer Warren Littlefield. Subsequently, he appeared in the feature "Project Power" for Netflix in mid-August 2020, opposite Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon Levitt. He also appeared in the Netflix foreign language film "Seven Slaves" for director Alex Moratto. In 2018, he appeared at Sundance for a film he starred in and produced to critical acclaim, titled "Un Traductor." His list of credits includes a lead role opposite Benicio Del Toro in Steven Soderbergh's "Che," "Love Actually," "Focus" opposite Will Smith and Margot Robbie, "300: Rise of an Empire" opposite Eva Green, "Rio 2," "The Last Stand" opposite Forrest Whitaker, "What to Expect When You're Expecting" opposite Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez, "Hemingway and Gelhorn" for HBO opposite Nicole Kidman, "The 33" opposite Juliette Binoche, "Jane got a Gun" opposite Natalie Portman, and the Brazilian film "Heleno," chronicling the true-life story of the most notorious and successful Brazilian soccer player, Heleno de Frietas.
Rodrigo received the Ischia award for International Contribution at the 2008 Ischia Global Film Festival in Italy. He has also won a total of eight Best Actor awards, including the first-ever award for Best Actor from the Brazilian Academy of Arts and Film for his portrayal of a young man forced into a mental institution by his parents in "Brainstorm," by director Lais Bodansky.- Actress
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It was in 1994 when Gisele Bundchen was discovered at age 14 in a Brazilian fashion mall, and now she is "the" most famous face in the business. Since then, Gisele has graced the covers of countless magazines as any other model in the history, including Rolling Stone, Time, Forbes, Newsweek and all the fashion top magazines such as Vogue, W, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, i-D, The Face, and many others. Gisele also has multi-million dollars deals with some of the world's biggest companies. Her contract with Victoria's Secret is the biggest in the fashion industry, and she also has deals with Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Bulgari, Dolce & Gabbana, Valentino, Joop!, Otto, Lanvin, Guerlain, Nivea, DSquared, St. John, Colcci, Vivo, Vogue Eyewear and Grendene. Her own line of shoes, called "Ipanema Gisele Bundchen", have sold more than 100 million pairs since 2001.- Actress
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Bruna Marquezine was born on 4 August 1995 in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is an actress and director, known for Blue Beetle (2023), America (2005) and Women in Love (2003).- Henrique Zaga was born in Brasília, Brazil's capital city. His mother, Sônia Gontijo, is of Spanish and native Brazilian descent, and his father, Admar Gonzaga, is Italian-Portuguese. Henrique's parents had a big influence on his artistic upbringing. Taking him to watch local plays on Sundays, as well as putting him through painting and drama school growing up, caused him to engage in the performing arts at an early age. Zaga also lived in Bournemouth, England; Rio de Janeiro; Florianópolis; Boca Raton, and Miami. After graduating high school, he moved to Los Angeles to get a Bachelor's degree in Acting for film. He was scouted on his first year of college, and had to drop out in order to work on his first feature film.
Henrique Zaga has been previously credited as Henry Zaga, and was born Henrique Chagas Moniz de Aragão Gonzaga. - Actress
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Jennifer O'Neill was born on 20 February 1948 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Scanners (1981), Summer of '42 (1971) and The Innocent (1976). She has been married to Mervin Sidney Louque, Jr. since 1996. She was previously married to Richard Alan Brown, Neil Leonard Bonin, John Lederer, Jeff Barry, Nick De Noia, Joseph Roster and Deed Rossiter.- Director
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Fernando Meirelles was born in a middle class family in São Paulo City, Brazil.
He studied architecture at the university of São Paulo. At the same time he developed an interest in filmmaking. With a group of friends he started producing experimental videos and video art. They won a huge number of awards in Brazilian video festivals. After that, the group formed a small independent company called Olhar Eletrônico.
After working in independent television during nine years, in the eighties, Meirelles gravitated towards publicity and commercials. He also became the director of a very popular 180 episodes of a children's television show called Ra Tim Bum.
In the early 90s, together with Paulo Morelli and Andrea Barata Ribeiro, he opened the O2 Filmes production company which became the biggest production company in Brasil working from development until distribution, including complete post-production facilities.
His first feature,in 1998, was the family film "Menino Maluquinho 2: A Aventura". His next feature, "Domésticas" (2001), exposed the invisible world of five Brazilian maids in São Paulo and their secret dreams and desires.
In 1997 he read the Brazilian best-seller "Cidade de Deus/City of God", written by Paulo Lins, and decided to turn it into a movie despite an the intimidating story that involves more than 350 characters. Once the the screenplay, written by Bráulio Mantovani, was ready, Meirelles gathered a crew mixed with professional technicians and inexperienced actors chosen between the youngsters living in the favelas surrounding Rio de Janeiro.
The film was a huge success in Brazil and began to attract attention around the world, after it screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002. "Cidade de Deus/City of God" (2003) has won nore than 50 awards from film festivals and societies all over the world, as well as four 2004 Oscar nominations, including a Best Director for Fernando Meirelles.
Since 2002 , Meirelles has split his time between international feature and TV series in Brazil. The Constant Gardner (2005,) had four Academy nominations plus four Golden Globes. Blindness (2008) opened Cannes. 360 (2011) opened the LFF. In the same period he directed several series for TV Globo and HBO in Brazil.
In addition to cinema, Meirelles directed Bizet's opera , Pearl Fishers, and was one of the directors of the 2016 Olympic opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro.
In 2019 Meirelles finished The Two Popes, for Netflix, and start filming a scientific documentary on the soil.
Apart from cinema, Meirelles is also a farmer. He plants sugar cane, coffee, palm heart, avocado, and mahogany. He is developing ways to produce organically n large scale. Agroforest is his bet.
In the next few years, his plan is to be involved in projects related to the environmental crisis and climate emergency. Meirelles is not optimistic about the future of our species and, in a shorter period, neither in the future of his grandchildren, which is very sad. --- Actress
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Sônia Braga was born June 8, 1950, in Maringá, Paraná State, Brazil, to a seamstress mother and a realtor father. She starred in the film adaptation of Jorge Amado's Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976), in the central role of Dona Flor. She earned American recognition and a Golden Globe nomination for performance in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), and was nominated for a second Golden Globe for her performance in Moon Over Parador (1988), where she played the part of Madonna Mendez.- Actress
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Perla Haney-Jardine was born on 17 July 1997 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is an actress and art director, known for Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), Steve Jobs (2015) and Spider-Man 3 (2007).- Lara Silva was born on 31 December 1989 in Minas Gerais, Brazil. She is an actress, known for The Chosen (2017), Dynasty (2017) and Queen of the South (2016).
- Alessandra Corine Ambrosio was born in the Brazilian town of Erichim, Rio Grande do Sul, to petrol station-owning parents of Italian, Polish and Portuguese ancestry. She took up local modeling classes at the age of 12 and participated in Brazil's legendary 'Elite Model Look' competition two years later in 1996, where she landed among the 20 finalists. At the age of 15, she debuted in modeling for Dilson Stein, who's credited for discovering top models Gisele Bündchen and Caroline Trentini. Her modeling job took the right path when she appeared on the cover page of Brazilian Elle magazine. Thereafter, she was signed by Guess for its Fall 2000 Millennium Campaign. She was hired by the American lingerie brand 'Victoria's Secret' in 2000 and made her runway appearance at its fashion show. In 2004, she launched her own swimwear line, Alessandra Ambrosio by Sais, as a division of Rosa Cha, and was well received with 10,000 units being sold in its first month. She modeled at the The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2005), dressed in lingerie made completely from candy. In 2009, she featured on the cover of Marie Claire's July edition, along with Sacha Baron Cohen to promote his film Brüno (2009).
She appeared in an ad campaign with American model-cum-actor Ashton Kutcher for Brazilian sportswear company, Colcci, for its Spring/Summer 2012 collection, thus becoming the brand's new face.She introduced her own fashion and lifestyle brand, Ale by Alessandra, partnered with US retailer Cherokee, offering a range of women's formal wear for age group 18-25 years.She is the ambassador for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, involved with offering help to the needy, through public announcements and using her name and image.She has been the face of several big-name brands, including Christian Dior, Rolex, Armani Exchange, Revlon, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Giorgio Armani, Escada, Moschino, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi and Next. She has ramp-walked for various high-profile designers, such as Prada, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Oscar de la Renta, Marc Jacobs, Kenzo, Vivienne Westwood, and Giles Deacon. In 2006, she made her debut on the silver screen with the hit James Bond film Casino Royale (2006), essaying the role of a tennis player.
She has made special appearances on the television on Entourage (2004), Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993), and The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999), apart from being a guest judge on The Tyra Banks Show (2005) and Project Runway (2004).She acted in The Yips (2007) episode of How I Met Your Mother (2005) drama series in 2007, along with her fellow Victoria's Secret Angels - Miranda Kerr, Adriana Lima, Marisa Miller, Heidi Klum and Selita Ebanks. She has featured as a cover model in numerous fashion magazines, such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Ocean Drive, Lui, Wiener, Self, GQ, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Flair, Vanity Fair, Russh, Marie Claire, Numero, and Grazia.This Brazilian babe has appeared in a variety of high-end editorials, which include Ocean Drive, Vogue, Glamour, Love, W, Lui France, V, Harper's Bazaar, S Moda for El Pais, and Interview.She has worked with various international model agencies, like DNA Models (New York), Way Model Management (Sao Paulo), Viva Model Management (Paris and London), and Priscilla's Model Management (Sydney).She has been a host on award shows, like The MTV Music Awards and Fashion Rocks. - Camila Alves McConaughey was born on 28 January 1982 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Ne-Yo: Because of You (2007), Shear Genius (2007) and Kids BBQ Championship (2016). She has been married to Matthew McConaughey since 9 June 2012. They have three children.
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Adriana Lima is a Brazilian supermodel, actress and businesswoman. From the young age of fifteen, Adriana's portfolio quickly skyrocketed making her one of the most successful models of all time. A global fashion icon, best known as a Victoria's Secret from 1999 to 2018, the longest-running model and named "the most valuable Victoria's Secret Angel" in 2017, Adriana has also branched into film and television acting. Adriana's 2009 Victoria's Secret Super Bowl commercial reached 103.7 million viewers! It was declared "The Most Watched Commercial in the History of Television" by Nielsen. Her modeling career started after winning Ford's "Supermodel of Brazil" competition and finishing at the second place in the "Supermodel of The world." Thereafter, Elite Model Management signed Adriana Lima as a model. During her time at Victoria's Secret, Adriana opened the show on 5 distinct occasions in 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012. Adriana is one of only 2 angels to have worn the Fantasy bra 3 times. She also participated to the "Angels Across America" tour, a nationwide promotion campaign for Victoria's Secret with 4 other Angels in 2004. Her last show was in 2018 after participating in 18 catwalks for Victoria's Secret. She also walked well-known designers runway shows like Versace, Jason Wu, Giorgio Armani, Vera Wang, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Christian Dior, Alexandre Herchcovitch, and Anna Sui. Her status ensured her a spot on the cover some of the most notable international magazines such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, Grazia, GQ, Numero, Playboy, Cosmopolitan, Esquire across many countries including the USA, Spain, United Kingdom, France, Brazil, Italy, Portugal, Mexico, Korea, Japan, Turkey, Germany, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, Sweden, Czech Republic... Ethnically, Adriana is Afro-Brazilian of Portuguese, Swiss, Native Brazilian, Japanese, and West Indian ancestry.- Actor
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Bruno is the son of an international banker, Paulo, and an actress, Thania. Although born in Rio de Janeiro, he grew up Brazil, Toronto, Bahrain, and Houston. He has three sisters - Mara, age 33 (in 1999); Adriana, age 32; and Mariana, age 21. At age 14, he attended Michigan's Interlochen Arts Acadamey. He then studied drama at Northwestern University. He got his acting break by returning to Brazil, where he starred in the 1996 film O Quatrilho (1995) which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Picture.- Actor
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Gui Agustini is a Brazilian-born, NY/LA-based actor and filmmaker who fluently speaks Portuguese, Spanish and English. In 2021, he entered his first series regular contract on the HBO straight-to-series, 'The Time Traveler's Wife'. He acted in the successful A&E series 'The Glades', the Nickelodeon super-hit Spanish TV shows 'Grachi 2' and '11-11 En mi Cuadra Nada Cuadra', the Gloria Estefan's music video 'Hotel Nacional' directed by Kenny Ortega and numerous commercials. Gui also appeared in the big screens of all Brazil, in March 2020, before the pandemic hit, in the romcom, 'Solteira Quase Surtando' (Single, Almost Going Crazy). And in January 2021, he played the role of FBI agent Barry in the Brazilian drama 'O Faixa Preta' (The Black Belt), which tells the true story of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu legend, Fernando Terere.
As a director and producer, Gui has created the award-winning short film 'Roses Are Blind' which has won over 50 awards; 'Coming To Terms', which took him to Cannes Film Festival as part of the 2018 Cannes Film Corner; 'Momentary Life', which got him in the second round of Project Greenlight; 'iara;' and 'Southern Hospitality'. In March 2021, he directed his first Brazilian short-film called 'Escadaria do Amor' (Stairs of Love).
Guilherme Andre Ochoa Agustini, "Gui Agustini", was born on September 5th in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil where he was raised. His Peruvian father, Juan M Ochoa Tejeda, was a plastic surgeon, and his Argentinian mother is Cristina B Agustini. Growing up, Gui played several sports but chose tennis to follow as his passion when he was 13. He then competed in the junior national circuit, where he was ranked #80 of Brazil, and also the international ITF tour. After playing a few professional tournaments years later, he moved to Venezuela to train with the master tennis coach Harold Castillo. There he solidified his Spanish fluency and started modeling in various print campaigns which led him to his first acting experience.
In search of acting training, he joined Matilda Corral's 'Gimnasio de Actores' and Nelson Ortega's 'Teatro Luz Columba', the two most renowned teachers and schools in Venezuela. With a tennis scholarship, Agustini came to the US to attend Lander University in South Carolina, where he formally started studying the craft of acting with Monique Sacay-Bagwell. She cast him in the lead role of Hal in Picnic, which earned him a nomination to the Irene Ryan Award.
After a year, Gui moved to Miami where he immersed himself in the study of acting, both in English and Spanish, training with director Ralph Kinnard and the Mexican star Sebastian Ligarde, plus attending several workshops with renowned teachers such as Aaron Speiser, Will Wallace and Tom Todoroff. He made his television debut in the Telemundo soap opera 'Alguien Te Mira' and a couple of commercials. He then appeared in two other Telemundo soaps until landing a recurring role in the mega hit Nickelodeon Spanish series, 'Grachi 2'. Agustini then appeared in his first American TV show, the A&E smash 'The Glades', as a marine biologist. Shortly after, he landed his biggest role at the time, the Nickelodeon Spanish TV show, '11-11 En mi Cuadra Nada Cuadra', as Carmelo, a homeless kid who turns into a rich boy by the power of a magical bed. Gui also got to host the internet Spanish show 'La Neta de Los Sexos' by NuevOn and to participate in a plethora of regional commercials.
Agustini then chose to move to New York City to focus on the American market where he enrolled in the Tom Todoroff Acting Conservatory, studying with acclaimed actors such as Daniel Davis, Boyd Gaines, Austin Pendleton and Stephen McKinley Henderson to name a few. He also joined the illustrious Anthony Meindl's Actor Workshop NYC (AMAW) which is known for training celebrities as Shailene Woodley, Ruby Rose and Camilla Cabello.
He continues to train and grow, to work on theatre, TV and film, and to create a lot of his own projects as he's truly passionate about filmmaking and storytelling.- Actor
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Rafael Silva is originally from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, but moved to the United States at the age of 13. Following his grandfather and many of his uncles' footsteps, he grew up wanting to become a veterinarian and working with farm animals.
In his junior year of high school, Rafael signed up to audition for his first play with the intention of overcoming his fear of speaking in public. As his fear diminished, his interest in his newly found craft grew and he decided to audition to performing arts schools in order to attain proper training as an actor.
In 2017, Rafael Silva graduated Pace University, in downtown Manhattan, NY, with a B.F.A. in Acting for Film, Television, Voice-Overs & Commercial.- Director
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Karim Aïnouz is an award-winning film director and screenwriter. He was born to a Brazilian mother and an Algerian father.
Aïnouz debuted as feature director with "Madame Satã" (Cannes Un Certain Regard 2002). Other works include "Nardjes A."(Berlin Panorama 2020), "Central Airport THF" (Berlin Amnesty Prize 2018), "Futuro Beach" (Berlin Competition 2014), "The Silver Cliff" (Cannes Director's Fortnight 2011), and "Love for Sale" (Venice Horizons 2006). In 2008, Aïnouz has co-directed the TV series Alice for HBO Latin America.
His latest feature, "The Invisible Life", premiered in Cannes Un Certain Regard in May 2019 where it received the Main Award and more than 50 prizes worldwide.
Aïnouz is also a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.- Actress
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Thaila Ayala was born on 14 April 1986 in Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil. She is an actress and writer, known for A Touch of Aurora (2018), Inverno (2022) and Zeroville (2019). She has been married to Renato Góes since 5 October 2019. They have two children. She was previously married to Paulo Vilhena.- Actress
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Rosie Cavaliero was born on 27 November 1967 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Jane Eyre (2011), Scoop (2006) and Vera Drake (2004).- Michele Nordin was born on 2 October 1980 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Coyote (2021), Justified (2010) and Royal Pains (2009). She has been married to Tim Rettele since 14 September 2013. They have three children.
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Gabriel Leone started his artistic career at theater eleven years ago. In 2021, he debuts on the series 'Dom' as the main character who entitles the show. He is also shooting 'Um Lugar ao Sol,' the next TV Globo main soap opera written by Lícia Manzo. Gabriel also is going to premiere in the following movies: 'Anaíra,' by Sérgio Machado and Milton Hatoum; 'Eduardo e Mônica,' starring with Alice Braga and directed by René Sampaio; 'Piedade,' by Cláudio Assis; 'Alemão 2,' by José Eduardo Belmonte; 'Duetto,' by Vicente Amorim; and the musical feature film 'Meu Álbum de Amores,' by Rafael Gomes, in which he performs songs by Arnaldo Antunes and Odair José. Gabriel has been part of other important TV Globo productions like the soap opera 'Velho Chico,' by Luiz Fernando Carvalho, 'Onde Nascem Os Fortes,' by José Villamarim, 'Verdades Secretas,' by Mauro Mendonça Filho, 'Carcereiros,' by José Eduardo Belmonte, and 'Os Dias Eram Assim' as an actor and a recording artist. He also shows up in movies like 'Garoto,' by Júlio Bressane and 'Minha Fama de Mau,' where he plays the famous Brazilian singer Roberto Carlos.- Débora Nascimento was born in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Débora is an actor, known for Lady Voyeur (2023), The Incredible Hulk (2008) and Pacified (2019). Débora was previously married to José Loreto and Arthur Rangel.
- Stephanie Fantauzzi is a New York based writer, actress, model and singer from São Paulo, Brasil. At 15, Stephanie was cast as the fourth member of pop group 'Anthem.' The group relocated to New York to pursue a record deal with Sony Records. After moving to Los Angeles, Stephanie booked national commercials for Nikon, Chevy, AOL, Miller Lite. Her first acting role was in Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush.
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Paulo César Peréio was born on 19 October 1940 in Alegrete, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He was an actor and writer, known for As Aventuras Amorosas de Um Padeiro (1975), Harmada (2003) and Summer Showers (1978). He was married to Cissa Guimarães, Suzana César de Andrade and Neila Tavares. He died on 12 May 2024 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Music Artist
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Larissa de Macedo Machado (born 30 March 1993), known by her stage name Anitta, is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and businesswoman.
She began singing at age 8 in a choir from a Catholic church in the Honório Gurgel neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. At the age of 16, she attended a technical school and was called to work at Vale. In 2010, after posting a video on YouTube, Renato Azevedo, then producer of the independent record company Furacão 2000, called her to sign a contract with the label. Due to the success of the song "Meiga e Abusada" in 2012, she signed a contract with Warner Music Brasil the following year.
Anitta rose to national fame in 2013 after releasing the single "Show das Poderosas", which reached the top of the Brasil Hot 100 Airplay chart. Its music video has been viewed over 130 million times on YouTube. In July of the same year, she released her debut studio album which received a triple gold record certificate and platinum certification by ABPD. The album hit the mark of 170,000 copies sold, being also released in Portugal. Ritmo Perfeito (2014), her second studio album, sold 45,000 copies after a month of its release. On the same day she released her first live album, Meu Lugar. In November 2014, she performed at the Latin Grammy Award, becoming the youngest Brazilian singer to perform at the awards. In 2015, she released her third studio album entitled Bang, which was certified platinum and produced the singles "Deixa Ele Sofrer", "Bang", "Essa Mina é Louca" and "Cravo e Canela".
In 2013, Anitta was the singer who most remained at the top of iTunes Brazil and was elected by the same as the Artist of the Year. She was also elected by the Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte (APCA) as the revelation of the year in music in 2013. She is a five-time winner as the Best Brazilian Act on the MTV Europe Music Awards, and was the first Brazilian artist to win the Best Latin American Act award.
In 2017, she was chosen by Billboard as the 15th most influential artist in the world in social networks, getting ahead of artists like Lady Gaga, Shakira and Rihanna.
Anitta was born Larissa de Macedo Machado in Rio de Janeiro, the youngest daughter of Míriam Macedo and Mauro Machado; her brother Renan Machado serves as her artistic producer. Her mother raised the two children by herself. Her father is African-Brazilian, while her mother is a Brazilian of European descent.
She began her career at 8 years old singing in the choir of Santa Luzia Church in Rio de Janeiro by the intervention of her maternal grandparents. At 11 years old, with the allowance she got, she decided to take English classes. She later received dance lessons provided by her mother's teacher. At 16, she finished a course in administration at a technical school in Rio de Janeiro. A year later, she decided to pursue an artistic career. That same year, she was the winner of the "Revelation of Music" award.- Actor
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Marco Pigossi is one of Brazil's brightest stars. Most recently, he appeared in the Amazon hit 'Gen V', the spin-off of the smash hit series 'The Boys'. For Netflix, he starred in three international shows: 'Tidelands', 'High Seas', and 'Invisible City' created by Carlos Saldhana, which just returned for a second season. Next up, Marco will star in the horror film 'Bone Lake' by festival darling Mercedes Bryce-Morgan, and he has the leading role in Marco Calvani's feature film debut 'The Best Place' playing opposite Marisa Tomei and Bill Irwin, which he also executive produced. In Brazil, he starred on twelve series for Rede Globo and two feature films, including '492: A Man called Death', for which he received a Best Actor nomination at Rio Film Festival. His most recent TV work was in the series 'Onde Nascem Os Fortes'. Other series include A Força do Querer, by author Glória Perez, one of the greatest successes in the Brazilian TV of the last decade. Throughout the years he worked for Globo, he starred on 'Caras e Bocas', 'Ti Ti Ti', 'Fina Estampa', 'Gabriela, 'Sangue Bom', followed by 'Boogie Oogie', and 'A Regra do Jogo', which was nominated for an International Emmy Award. He produced two short films by Mariana Jaspe (Best Director Gramado Film Fest 2023) and the documentary 'CorPolitica' by Pedro França, that became an international sensation (Best Film Montreal Film Fest, Premio Felix Rio Film Festival, Best Doc MixBrasil, Best Script Brasilia Film Fest, Audience Award QueerLisboa, Best Film OutFest Peru.)- Giovanna Lancellotti was born on 21 May 1993 in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Irrational Heart (2011), A Second Chance (2018) and Gabriela (2012).
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Daniel Benzali is an internationally renowned actor who has astonished and delighted audiences worldwide for over 30 years with his powerful performances in a wide range of film, television and theatre roles. He received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his magnificent performance as superstar attorney Ted Hoffman in the groundbreaking, highly acclaimed television series, Murder One (1995). He received the honor of being invited to become a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Other major London Theatre work includes starring as Juan Domingo Perón in the global hit musical, Evita, and starring opposite Patti LuPone in the world premiere of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical, Sunset Boulevard. Benzali's singing can be heard on the world premiere cast recording of Sunset Boulevard and on his own album, Benzali.- Lino was born in Brazil, where he used to live until moving to London in 2005 (aged 4) with both his parents. His father is a graphic artist and animator, his mother an architect and jewellery designer.
Being brewed in a creative environment, Lino always showed a very inquisitive nature, and has had since tender age an unusually strong interest in wearing costumes and performing characters.
Aged 7 he said that he wanted to become an actor and take part in films to his mother, who then enrolled him at a drama school where he got an agent. Following this he was invited to audition for a major film by director Charles Shyer, who was so taken with Lino that he wrote a special part for him as an additional leading role.
So far Lino was lucky enough to have got a wide range of roles in various different projects: from comedy to drama, feature and short films, TV and stage (where he performed opposite Imogen Stubbs, playing her son and title character of Henrik Ibsen's "Little Eyolf").
Appart from acting, Lino loves reading, writing, drawing, riding, traveling and photography. He also loves roller skating and is enjoying his Aikido classes. - Izabel Goulart is best known for her work as a Victoria's Secrets lingerie model. She appeared in eleven Victoria's Secret Fashion shows from 2005 through 2015 and was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2005 to 2008. Goulart also appeared in 2011 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She was the face of A/X Armani Exchange from 2008 to 2011 and for MAC Cosmetics since 2013. Goulart appeared on the cover or been featured in many international fashion magazines including Vogue, GQ, Marie Claire, Allure, Harper's Bazaar, Glamour among others. She was born on October 23, 1984 in São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.
- You can see Andrea portray 'Debbie' in Netflix's "Let It Snow (2019)" based off the New York Times Best Seller with a remarkable young cast. Andrea is an actress, classically trained dancer, world traveler and a yoga/wellness enthusiast born in São Paulo, Brazil. She danced professionally around the world experiencing different cultures and languages before turning to acting. She speaks Portuguese, English, Spanish and can avoid trouble impeccably in Italian and Japanese. She booked her very first television audition while pursuing her dance career in the USA and realized acting was an extension of her love for dance. She has since worked on a number of hit film, television and streaming projects, as well as over 40 national commercials.
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Theodora Ferrari Moutinho is a 23-year-old Brazilian-born actress and influencer who grew up in New York and now resides in Los Angeles, California. She has also lived in Mexico City, Johannesburg and Tampa. She is most known for her lead role as "Too Late Girl" in The Weeknd's After Hours Nightmare at Universal Studios (2022). She has also been in DAVE season 3 as Waitress (2023). Teddy has been building her social media platforms since 2017 and has a passion for content creation with an incredible 8.8 million followers combined across all platforms from her fitness and sports videos. She has a devotion to acting and has been doing so since she was 8 years old; her training has been highly recognized from earning the "Outstanding Performance Recognition Award for Class of 2018 in IB Literature and Performance Higher Level" as she graduated from the HS International Baccalaureate program in Theatre, Film and Literature & Performance in 2018. She graduated from the University of Tampa in 2022 with a Bachelor's degree in Theatre as well as a minor in Criminology.- Actress
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A sensual, versatile legend of arthouse and grindhouse Italian cinema, Florinda Bolkan was born Florinda Soares Bulcão in Uruburetama, Ceará, Brazil, as the youngest of three children from a Brazilian father and an Indios mother. Her father, diplomat José Pedro Soares Bulcão, died when she was 14, and she began working as a secretary to support her family while attending school and learning English and French. Eventually, she began working as a flight inspector for Varig. In 1967, she visited Rome and was introduced by producer Marina Cicogna (who would become her lover over the next 21 years) to Luchino Visconti, who finally persuaded her to pursue modelling and acting. She quickly landed supporting roles in Crime Thief (1969), Candy (1968) (in which she played a sister to Ringo Starr) and Visconti's The Damned (1969). By this time, Florinda had chosen to use "Bolkan" as her last name, believing it to have more international appeal. Despite eventually becoming fluent in the language, she was usually dubbed in Italian due to her thick accent.
Upon beginning her new career, Bolkan quickly received acclaim as an upcoming talent: for her performance in Love Circle (1969), she shared the Golden Plate prize from the David di Donatello Awards alongside Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting. She would win two more David di Donatellos (for Best Actress) during her career, for The Anonymous Venetian (1970) and Cari genitori (1973). Bolkan appeared in two highbrow Italian films that were of considerable importance on an international scale: Elio Petri's Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) (winner of the 1970 Oscar for Best Foreign-Language Picture) and the penultimate work of Vittorio De Sica, A Brief Vacation (1973). She also appeared in several lower-budget genre films throughout her prime, including Machine Gun McCain (1969), Detective Belli (1969), A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)_, Don't Torture a Duckling (1972), The Master Touch (1972), Flavia, the Heretic (1974), Footprints on the Moon (1975), The Last House on the Beach (1978) and Collector's Item (1985). Aside from a few international productions, such as The Last Valley (1971), Royal Flash (1975), The Day That Shook the World (1975) and Some Girls (1988), Bolkan rarely worked outside of Italy. By the late 1980s, she had largely left cinema in favour of television and stage productions (such as The Word (1978) and La piovra (1984)), although Eu Não Conhecia Tururu (2000) - her only film as actor, writer, producer and director - received favourable coverage in her home country.
By 2006, Bolkan had retired from acting, and now owns and operates the Villa Voltarina in Bracciano. Her other endeavours aside from acting have included serving as a judge in the 1976 Miss Universe pageant, real estate work, publishing a gourmet cookbook and supporting Italian and Brazilian children in financial need.- Director
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Walter Salles was born on 12 April 1956 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a director and producer, known for Central Station (1998), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) and Terra Estrangeira (1995). He is married to Maria Klabin. They have one child.- Paolla Oliveira was born on 14 April 1982 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Edge of Desire (2017), The Prophet (2006) and Sweet Diva (2019).
- Camila Queiroz was born on 27 June 1993 in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Verdades Secretas (2015), The Big Catch (2017) and The Good Side of Life! (2016). She has been married to Klebber Toledo since 25 August 2018.
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Fernanda Andrade was born on 8 March 1984 in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil. She is an actress and producer, known for Moon Knight (2022), Let the Right One In (2022) and Next (2020). She has been married to Josh James since August 2017.- Actress
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Bianca is a Latina actress born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her father is a writer and teacher of Italian-Portuguese decent. She also is a producer, director and writer. She started her career at the early age of 17, she quickly went on to perform in several theater productions across Brazil. Bianca's television career began in 2004 when she inked an exclusive 8-year deal with GLOBO and starred in over 10 in- house productions. Her Brazilian cinema career earned her several wins and nominations, participating in over 13 productions. Bianca was one of the first actresses of her generation to leave Globo and bet on series, for that she won the Brazilian critics award (APCA) for her portrayal of Carol (April), from the adaptation of the dramatic series In Treatment. She was the lead on Felipe Hirsch MTV series Gaming Instinct. Bianca earned the lead role of Michelle in Netflix's first Brazilian production (and hit) "3%". She participated on other globally acclaimed audiovisual projects such as "The Nightshifter" (SHUDDER), "Maybe a Love Story" (WARNER) and "Beyond the Map" (GOOGLE). Bianca developed an interactive experience for ALEXA called "The 3% Challenge", based on the IP of 3%. In early 2021 she starred in the IBM LATAM campaign "Coders". Bianca led the cast of "Intervention", an original Netflix film about a police rookie dealing with the hardships of being a cop in a city like Rio where there is no law. She played the lead role of Carol in Star+ (HULU BR) series "It wasn't my Fault" to be launched in the upcoming months of 2022.
Bianca was born in Rio de Janeiro, the daughter of writer Doc Comparato and older sister to actress and presenter Lorena Comparato. She is of Portuguese and Italian descent. At age 16, Comparato was awarded a three-month residency at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. She returned to Brazil determined to cultivate her craft. At the request of her parents, Bianca completed her academic studies while attending drama and movement classes. Bianca received a film degree from Pontifical Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro.
Comparato's first theatrical performance was in "O Ateneu," directed by Leonardo Bricio for the Villa-Lobos Theatre. She then made her television debut in the Globo series CARGA PESADA, which lead to a recurring role in SENHORA DO DESTINO, an immensely popular drama series that attracted half of Brazil's TV audience during any nightly episode. Following this, Bianca quickly proceeded to secure roles in series "Soap Operas "such as BELLISIMA, in which she portrayed "Maria João" opposite Paolla Oliveira, and the dramedy COBRAS & LAGARTOS, as well as POR TODA MINHA VIDA, ANTONIA, BELEZA PURA, ALINE and A VIDA DE GENTE. Bianca made her feature film debut in Rudi Lagemann's ANJOS DO SOL ("Angels of the Sun") which lead to her being cast in Malu De Martino's award-winning feature COMO ESQUECER ("So Hard to Forget"). To date, Bianca has starred in over 20 television productions. Noteably, Bianca portrayed "Betânia" in the popular primetime series Soap Opera/Production AVENIDA BRAZIL, which drew an average audience of 46 million viewers per week, making it the most-commercially successful telenovela in Brazilian history to-date. On stage, Bianca has appeared on "8 theatrical productions" including ÚLTIMOS REMORSOS ANTES DO ESQUECIMENTO for Temporada Theater and in Casa da Gavea's world premiere of A FRUTA E A CASCA, based on the novel "Dom Casmurro" by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis and her very own production of "Romeo and Juliet".- Producer
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He is best known for directing the Brazilian critical and financial successes Elite Squad and Elite Squad: The Enemy Within and the 2014 remake of RoboCop. He has won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival for Elite Squad in 2008. He is also the producer and director of the Netflix original series Narcos, starring frequent collaborator Wagner Moura.- Jonathan Scott-Taylor was born on 6 March 1962 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. He is an actor, known for Damien: Omen II (1978), The Mill on the Floss (1978) and Triangle (1981).
- Darwin del Fabro was born on 12 December 1996 in Brazil. Darwin is an actor, known for They/Them (2022), Dangerous Liaisons (2016) and Novo Mundo (2017).
- André Lamoglia was born on 4 August 1997 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is an actor, known for Elite (2018), Juacas (2017) and The Traitor (2019).
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Jade Catta-Preta is a Brazilian born comic and actress working in Los Angeles, New York and Brazil.
Before the pandemic, Jade hosted the iconic E! Network show, The Soup and and now she is the host of Hulu's brand new dating show, Hotties.
Jade performs all over the country both in English and Portuguese and can be seen regularly at comedy clubs in LA and New York.
She was a series regular on Manhattan Love Story (ABC) and has recurred on American Housewife (ABC), Future Man (Hulu), Those Who Can't (TruTv), The Joey Mac Project (PopTV) and Californiacation (Showtime). She has guest starred in numerous television shows including Life in Pieces (CBS), Modern Family (NBC) and 2 Broke Girls (CBS).
On the reality front, Jade was a series regular on Girl Code (MTV), Punk'd (MTV), Ladylike (MTV), Flashback Friday (VH1) Greatest Ever (TruTV), and competed on Comedy Knockout (TruTV) and The Funny Dance Show (E!). She has hosted @midnight (Comedy Central) and Daily Pop (E!). She can also be seen as a guest judge on Cooking with Cannabis (Netflix).
Jade has appeared in over 40 national commercials.- Known throughout Brazil for her outstanding roles in soap operas, the actress and model Juliana Paes began her artistic journey in 1998, with a small role as an extra in "Malhação". Her first character came soon after, in 2000, when she played the maid "Ritinha" in the soap opera "Laços de Família". After that, her career as an actress took off, which gave Juliana many notable roles in several successful soap operas on Rede Globo, such as "Celebridade" (2003), "América" (2005), "Caminho das Índias" (2009), "Gabriela" (2012), "Totalmente Demais" (2015), "A Força do Querer" (2017), "A Dona do Pedaço" (2019) and many others.
Juliana also collects roles in major productions, such as "Mais Uma Vez Amor" (2005), "Amor Por Acaso" (2010), "A Despedida" (2015), "Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos" (2017) e "Predestinado - Arigó e o Espírito de Dr. Fritz" (2022), which will be released in September. However, the actress' presence on the big screen isn't limited to Brazilian cinema. Juliana also has a career in dubbing, giving her voice to characters in the animations "Kung Fu Panda (2008)", "Kung Fu Panda: Holiday" (2010), "Happy Family" (2017) and "The Croods: A New Age" (2021).
Juliana played the character "Maria Marruá" in the first part of the remake of "Pantanal", currently shown on Rede Globo. - Music Artist
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Jorge Mário DA Silva, more commonly known by his stage name Seu Jorge born June 8, 1970, is a Brazilian musical artist, songwriter, and actor. He is considered by many a renewed of Brazilian pop samba. Seu Jorge cites samba schools and American soul singer Stevie Wonder as major musical influences. Jorge is also known for his film roles as Mané Galinha in the 2002 film City of God and as Pelé dos Santos in the 2004 film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. His musical work has received praise from many of his fellow musicians including Beck and David Bowie.- Ana Paula Arósio was born on 16 July 1975 in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Pages of Life (2006), So Hard to Forget (2010) and Hilda Hurricane (1998). She has been married to Henrique Pinheiro since 16 July 2010.
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Isis Valverde is a Brazilian actress born in Aiuruoca, Minas Gerais. She moved to Rio de Janeiro to pursue her acting career. She debuted on TV in 2006 as Ana of the Veil, one of the most popular characters in "Sinhá Moça", a TV Globo soap opera aired at 6 PM. This was the first soap opera ever to be nominated for Emmy International.
Isis Valverde built her career working on many popular projects on TV, such as "Avenida Brasil" (2012) - one of the TV Globo's best-selling soap operas abroad-, "O Canto da Sereia" (2013), "Amores Roubados" (2014), "A Força do Querer" (2017), and "Amor de Mãe" ("A Mother's Love", 2019).
She has also built a solid career in cinema, working on movies such as "Faroeste Caboclo" (2013), "Simonal" (2019), and "Ângela", her upcoming movie.- Writer
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Carlos Saldanha is a Brazilian director of animated films. He was the director of Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) and Rio (2011), and the co-director of Ice Age (2002) and Robots (2005).
Saldanha was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He left his hometown in 1991 to follow his artistic instinct and passion for animation. With a background in computer science and a natural artistic sensibility, he found New York City the perfect locale to merge these skills and become an animator. He attended the MFA program at New York's School of Visual Arts, where he graduated with honors in 1993, after completing two animated shorts, The Adventures of Korky, the Corkscrew (1992) and Time For Love (1993). The shorts have been screened at animation festivals around the world. At SVA, Saldanha met Chris Wedge, one of the co-founders of Blue Sky Studios, who invited him to join their growing team of artists.
He also worked as animator on Wedge's short film Bunny (1998).