Amandha Lee

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Amandha Lee
Born
Amandha Souza Lee

(1978-11-20) 20 November 1978 (age 45)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
OccupationActress
SpouseNalbert Bitencourt (2009–present)

Amandha Souza Lee (born 20 September 1978) is a Brazilian actress.

Biography[edit]

Born in Copacabana, Lee was a student of the traditional school of nuns in Rio de Janeiro. From 12 to 16 years old, she participated in beauty contests, obtained good positions in competitions like muse of clubs spread by Brazil, Miss Rio de Janeiro and the Girl of Ipanema. Resolved at age 17, to break the standards and announced that it would not study Right to the dream of the father, took the money given to pay the pre-entrance course of law and invested in a professional of interpretation in the House of the Arts of Laranjeiras.[1] At that same time, Lee did some works like model that began by chance after to make a test for a clip of the singer Babyface and to be approved. Participating in the clip, he launched a series of invitations to commercials, mainly for the Exterior, and starred in a campaign for a clothing label from Denmark.[2]

Career[edit]

Lee premiered on television in a small appearance in A Indomada in 1997. Five years later, she transformed a two-part engagement into a recurring role in the telenovela Coração de Estudante.[3][4] In the following year, Lee portrayed Luzia in A Casa das Sete Mulheres.[2] In 2006, she moved to RecordTV and had her first prominent role, when it transformed the suburban Betinha in one of the great villains of the telenovela, "Bicho do Mato". In the plot, Betinha, a young woman who was trying to find a rich husband, was ashamed of her poor parents and pretended to be rich to win playboy Tavinho, played by Márcio Kieling.[3] In 2007, he idealized, produced and acted in the play "H.I.A.T.O".[5] Another prominent role was in the skin of the sensual antagonist Ivonete in Chamas da Vida. In this telenovela, she lives in turras with Carolina to get Pedro's love back, but does not resist the charms of Tomás. Forming a 'love quartet' with the characters of Leonardo Brício, Juliana Silveira and Bruno Ferrari[5] In 2011, gained 17 kg in only three months to play the cook Margarida, a chubby and romantic woman in Vidas em Jogo,[6] being one of the ten protagonists of the plot that realize a bag to win the lottery.[7] In the course of the telenovela the actress emaciated the amount that had fattened along with the personage, giving more truthfulness.[8] In 2017, in the theater, she acts in Agora e Na Hora interpreting various characters such as the Beata, the Secretary, the Program Girl, the Mother of the saint, the Mother and the Medium.[9] In 2019, she returns to TV, after 8 years, in the "Cinema Café" series of Cine Brasil TV, in the role of Mariana, a rich woman, forming a love triangle with the characters of the actors Bruno Ferrari and Paloma Duarte.[10]

Personal life[edit]

Lee is of American, indigenous, Portuguese and African descent.[11] She has dated the actors Rafael Calomeni and Marcos Palmeira.[1] She has been married since 2009 with former volleyball player Nalbert Bitencourt, with whom she has two children, Rafaela and Vitor.[10]

Filmography[edit]

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Note
1997 A Indomada Shirley Jones Episódio: "12 de agosto"
1998 Corpo Dourado Ellen Episódio: "21 de agosto"
2002 Coração de Estudante Laura
2003 A Casa das Sete Mulheres Luzia
2003 Sítio do Picapau Amarelo Jacyra Episódio: "Juca Pirama"
2004 Um Só Coração Moema
2004 Como uma Onda Ylana Castanho
2005 Carga Pesada Maria Episódio: "Por Trás da Lona"
2006 Avassaladoras Felícia Episódio: "Fixação"
2006 Bicho do Mato Alberta Chavéz Nogueira (Betinha)
2007 Caminhos do Coração Felina Episódios: "11 dezembro-1 fevereiro"
2008 Chamas da Vida Ivonete Amaro da Silva
2011 Vidas em Jogo Margarida Fonseca dos Prazeres
2019 Cinema Café Mariana

Cinema[edit]

Year Title
2019 Whispers[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Amanda Lee conta como driblou a vigilância do pai para trocar o projeto de ser juíza pela carreira artística e diz que quer casar de véu e grinalda". IstoÉ gente. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b "No ar em Um Só Coração, Amanda Lee conta como enganou o pai para estudar teatro". Terra. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Amandha Lee foi uma das grandes vilãs da novela 'Bicho do Mato'". Terra. 11 March 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Uma estrela no quarto dos fundos". Estadão. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Atriz defende Ivonete de 'Chamas da Vida' e garante: ela não é vilã". Uol. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Record monta equipe de apoio para próxima novela". UOL. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Após engordar 17 kg, Amandha Lee emagrece para personagem de "Vidas em Jogo"". O Planeta TV. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Amandha Lee emagrece para personagem de 'Vidas em jogo'". Globo. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  9. ^ ""Agora e na Hora" é a peça de estreia do jornalista e escritor Luis Erlanger". Conteudo Teatral. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  10. ^ a b "Amandha Lee fala do retorno à TV, da família e da rotina de triatleta". Jornal O Globo. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  11. ^ "Diário Popular - Amanda Lee, a sensual empregada da Casa". Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  12. ^ Amandha convidada para o primeiro filme de suspense do diretor João Rocha, 'Whispers'

External links[edit]

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