Lucélia Santos
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Lucélia Santos (born in Santo André, São Paulo, 1957) is a famous Brazilian actress, director and producer.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Career
Her career spans for three and a half decades filled with creativity and success. Her first work for television, Escrava Isaura, 1976, based on the novel by Bernardo Guimarães, is probably one of the most famous telenovelas ever made. Her portrait of a slave in imperial Brazil was acclaimed in Latin America. Dubbed versions have been watched in nearly seventy countries. It has charmed audiences in Europe, Eastern Europe, Russia, Africa and Asia, transforming Santos into an international star.
Lucélia Santos was the first foreign actress to win the Golden Eagle prize in China. In 2004 she was honored with the “Jóia da China” medal, conferred upon her for her outstanding efforts to bring together the Chinese and Brazilian cultures.
Santos has also been successful as a director, particularly with her documentary "Timor Lorosae - O Massacre Que o Mundo Não Viu" ("Timor Lorosae - The Massacre The World Did Not See"), that investigates the killings that took place before the independence of East Timor. The documentary was produced by her company, Nhock Produções Artísticas Ltda.
She also played the character Suzana Mayer in the series "Donas de Casa Desesperadas", the Brazilian version of the "Desperate Housewives".
[edit] Personal life
She married the composer and classical music conductor John Neschling, from whom she is now divorced. Their son Pedro Neschling (born on June 28, 1982) is also an actor.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] As an actress
Motion pictures
- 1976: Um Brasileiro Chamado Rosaflor
- 1976: O Ibraim do Subúrbio
- 1976: Já Não Se Faz Amor Como Antigamente
- 1976: Paranóia as Lúcia Riccelli
- 1977: A Ordem Natural das Coisas as Ciça
- 1980: Romeu e Julieta as Julieta
- 1981: Bonitinha Mas Ordinária as Maria Cecília
- 1981: Engraçadinha as Engraçadinha
- 1981: Álbum de Família as Gória
- 1982: Luz del Fuego as Luz del Fuego
- 1982: O Sonho Não Acabou as Lucinha
- 1983: Alice & Alice as Alice Maria
- 1985: Fonte da Saudade as Bárbara/Guida/Alba
- 1986: Baixo Gávea as Clara
- 1986: As Sete Vampiras as Elisa Machado
- 1989: Kuarup as Lídia
- 1993: Vagas Para Moças de Fino Trato as Lúcia
- 1993: Menino de Engenho as Clarice/Maria Menina
- 2001: Três Histórias da Bahia
- 2003: O Ovo
- 2008: Um Amor do Outro Lado do Mundo as Luiza
- 2009: Lula, o filho do Brasil as a teacher of Lula
Telenovelas
- 1976 Escrava Isaura (Rede Globo) as Isaura dos Anjos/Elvira
- 1977: Locomotivas (Rede Globo) as Fernanda Cabral
- 1978: Dancin' Days (Rede Globo) as Loreta
- 1978: Ciranda Cirandinha (Rede Globo) as Tatiana
- 1979: Feijão Maravilha (Rede Globo) as Eliana
- 1979: Malu Mulher (Rede Globo) as Josineide (episode "Ainda Não é Hora")
- 1979: Plantão de Polícia (Rede Globo) as Marcela (episode "Despedida de Solteiro")
- 1980: Água Viva (Rede Globo) as Janete
- 1981: Ciranda de Pedra (Rede Globo) as Virgínia Prado
- 1983: Guerra dos Sexos (Rede Globo) as Carolina
- 1984: Meu Destino é Pecar (Rede Globo) as Helena Castro Avelar
- 1984: Vereda Tropical (Rede Globo) as Silvana Rocha
- 1986: Sinhá Moça (Rede Globo) as Maria das Graças Ferreira
- 1987: Carmem (Rede Manchete) as Carmem
- 1990: Brasileiras e Brasileiros (SBT) as Paula
- 1995: Sangue do Meu Sangue (SBT) as Júlia
- 1996: Dona Anja (SBT) as Dona Anja
- 2001: Malhação (Rede Globo) as Jackeline Lemos
- 2006: Cidadão Brasileiro (Rede Record) as Fausta Gama
- 2007: Donas de Casa Desesperadas (RedeTV!) as Suzana Mayer
Theater
- 1974: Godspell
- 1976: Transe no Dezoito
[edit] As a director
- 2001: Timor Lorosae - O Massacre Que o Mundo Não Viu (documentary film)
- 1997: O ponto de Mutaçâo da China Hoje (television miniseries)
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