Giovanna Antonelli
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Giovanna Antonelli Prado (born March 18, 1976) is a Brazil
ian actress, television presenter and producer.
r Suelly Antonelli. She also has one older brother, Leonard.
Giovanna started her career when she was 14. Her artistic career began on the children's program Angélica of the Rede Manchete
. She was an "Angelicat" (the assistant of Angélica
). Her early works include television series Tropicaliente
, Tocaia Grande
, Xica da Silva, Corpo Dourado
, Força de um Desejo
and Você Decide
.
. She portrayed Isa Pasqualete from 1995 to 2000. In 2000, she portrayed Sharon in 2000 film
Bossa Nova
.
After her film debut, she got the role of Capitu in 2000 telenovela
Laços de Família
. She says that those girls, just like Capitu, are very smart. They receive a good education and they escort their customers to important lunches, dinners; sex
is not always the most important part of the encounter. After that role, Giovanna has played Mary Magdalene
in the theater show Jesus Christ Superstar
.
In 2001, she portrayed Jade on O Clone
, and her co-star was Murilo Benício
. The big success of this multicultural telenovela was enormous, and Giovanna traveled a lot to promote it together with Benício. The role of young Muslim
girl Jade in O Clone was very demanding for her, she practiced belly dancing 6 hours a day for 2 months so that when she danced it would look like she has it in her blood. It is an obstacle for them to marry because her uncle Ali does not allow her to marry a Christian. She is forced to marry Said other Muslim guy. But at the end she gets back with Lucas.
In 2002, she acted in the movie Avassaladoras. A year later, Giovanna played the role of Brazilian heroine from Santa Catarina
, Anita Ana Garibaldi
, in mini-series A Casa Das Sete Mulheres. That role was very important for her and once again she worked with director Jayme Monjardim
, and many great actors like Thiago Lacerda
, Dalton Vigh, Daniela Escobar, Camila Morgado
and Werner Schünemann
. For four months, while acting Anita Garibaldi
, Giovanna patiently read Anita's biographies and practiclly lived her life. After the shooting ended, Giovanna said that she was glad that she can have a haircut and see herself with a new, modern haircut, the long black hair bored her.
Also, in 2003, Antonelli portrayed Virgin Mary in the film Maria, Mãe do Filho de Deus. A year later, she acted in the film A Cartomante. She also returned to telenovelas, portraying in the telenovela Da Cor Do Pecado.
In 2006, she portrayed Bia in the series Minha Nada Mole Vida. In 2007, she portrayed in mini-series Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes and the film Caixa Dois. From 2007 to 2008, she portrayed Clarice in telenovela Sete Pecados.
In 2009, two new films portraying Giovanna Antonelli will be released - The Heartbreaker and Budapest.
singer, her mother, Suely Antonelli, is a former ballet
dancer, and brother Leonardo is a lawyer.
In 1997 Antonelli was married to publicist
Ricardo Medina, whom she had known since high school. The couple divorced on December, 2001.
In 2002 Giovanna Antonelli began dating O Clone co-star Murilo Benicio. On December 2004, Giovanna had a car accident which she blamed on the paparazzi who followed her everywhere. At a press conference which she held after getting out of the hospital, she, along with boyfriend Murilo Benício
, admitted that she was a few months pregnant. The news was very well received by her fans all around the world and on May 24, 2005 she gave a birth to her first child, a boy named Pietro, in Rio de Janerio. Antonelli and Benicio broke up on 2007 after a 5 year relationship.
In May 2007, Antonelli married an American
businessman, Robert Locascio. The couple separated after only 4 months.
Currently, she's married to director Leonardo Nogueira with whom she has twin girls, Antonia and Sophia, born on the 8th of October 2010.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian actress, television presenter and producer.
Early life
Antonelli was born on March 18, 1976, in Rio de Janeiro. She is the daughter of Ilton Prada and danceDance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
r Suelly Antonelli. She also has one older brother, Leonard.
Giovanna started her career when she was 14. Her artistic career began on the children's program Angélica of the Rede Manchete
Rede Manchete
Rede Manchete was a television network from Brazil. It first aired on June 5, 1983 in Rio de Janeiro and simultaneously in other 5 Brazilian cities, like São Paulo on Rede Exclesior's old channel 9 frequency...
. She was an "Angelicat" (the assistant of Angélica
Angélica
Angélica is a Brazilian Presenter, actress and singer.Angélica's career began at 4, when she won a contest to choose Brazil's most beautiful child at a popular variety show presented by Chacrinha. At 13, she became famous for replacing Xuxa as the presenter of the kids show "Club of the Child"...
). Her early works include television series Tropicaliente
Tropicaliente
Tropicaliente was a Brazilian soap opera produced and displayed at the time of 18 hours by Rede Globo, ran from May 16 to December 31, 1994, totaling 194 chapters....
, Tocaia Grande
Tocaia Grande
Tocaia Grande is a Brazilian Modernist novel. It was written by Jorge Amado in 1984.-Plot:The novel deals with the foundation of a community , in a fertile area surrounded by large cocoa fazendas owned by "coronel" Boaventura...
, Xica da Silva, Corpo Dourado
Corpo Dourado
Corpo Dourado is a Brazilian soap opera produced by and shown on Rede Globo from 12 January 1998 through 21 August 1998. The 191 chapters were written by Antonio Calmon and directed by Flávio Colatrello Jr, and later Marcos Schetchman.-Synopsis:...
, Força de um Desejo
Força de um Desejo
Força de um Desejo is a Brazilian telenovela produced by Globo TV and was shown in the schedule of 18 hours between May 10, 1999 and January 29, 2000, in 226 chapters...
and Você Decide
Você Decide
Você Decide was an interactive television program aired by Brazilian TV Globo between 1992 and 2000. In each episode were enacted special cases with a different ending to be chosen by viewers voting via telephone....
.
Popular actress
Antonelli got her first important role in MalhaçãoMalhação
Malhação is a Brazilian soap opera for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the...
. She portrayed Isa Pasqualete from 1995 to 2000. In 2000, she portrayed Sharon in 2000 film
2000 in film
The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ....
Bossa Nova
Bossa Nova (film)
Bossa Nova is a 2000 romantic comedy film directed by Bruno Barreto dealing with several interwoven stories about people finding and losing love in Rio de Janeiro. The film stars Amy Irving as an English language teacher named Mary Ann.- External links :*...
.
After her film debut, she got the role of Capitu in 2000 telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
Laços de Família
Laços de Família
Laços de Família is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by Rede Globo in his time of 20 hours of June 5, 2000 to February 3, 2001. With a total of 209 chapters , was written by Manoel Carlos, in collaboration with Maria Carolina, Vinicius Vianna, Flávia Lins e Silva and Fausto Galvão, and...
. She says that those girls, just like Capitu, are very smart. They receive a good education and they escort their customers to important lunches, dinners; sex
Sex
In biology, sex is a process of combining and mixing genetic traits, often resulting in the specialization of organisms into a male or female variety . Sexual reproduction involves combining specialized cells to form offspring that inherit traits from both parents...
is not always the most important part of the encounter. After that role, Giovanna has played Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene was one of Jesus' most celebrated disciples, and the most important woman disciple in the movement of Jesus. Jesus cleansed her of "seven demons", conventionally interpreted as referring to complex illnesses...
in the theater show Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971...
.
In 2001, she portrayed Jade on O Clone
O Clone
O Clone is a Brazilian TV Series/Telenovela that ran on the Rede Globo Network from October 1, 2001 to June 14, 2002, airing 221 episodes.-Plot:...
, and her co-star was Murilo Benício
Murilo Benício
Murilo Benício Ribeiro is a Brazilian actor, best known for his film roles in Woman On Top with Penélope Cruz and Amores Possíveis which won the Jury Award for Latin American Cinema at the Sundance Film Festival, and his television roles in O Clone and América.- Career :Benicio's television roles...
. The big success of this multicultural telenovela was enormous, and Giovanna traveled a lot to promote it together with Benício. The role of young Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
girl Jade in O Clone was very demanding for her, she practiced belly dancing 6 hours a day for 2 months so that when she danced it would look like she has it in her blood. It is an obstacle for them to marry because her uncle Ali does not allow her to marry a Christian. She is forced to marry Said other Muslim guy. But at the end she gets back with Lucas.
In 2002, she acted in the movie Avassaladoras. A year later, Giovanna played the role of Brazilian heroine from Santa Catarina
Santa Catarina (state)
Santa Catarina is a state in southern Brazil with one of the highest standards of living in Latin America. Its capital is Florianópolis, which mostly lies on the Santa Catarina Island. Neighbouring states are Rio Grande do Sul to the south and Paraná to the north. It is bounded on the east by...
, Anita Ana Garibaldi
Anita Garibaldi
Ana Maria de Jesus Ribeiro di Garibaldi, best known as Anita Garibaldi, was the Brazilian wife and comrade-in-arms of Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi...
, in mini-series A Casa Das Sete Mulheres. That role was very important for her and once again she worked with director Jayme Monjardim
Jayme Monjardim
Jayme Monjardim Matarazzo is a Brazilian TV and film director. He is the only child of André Matarazzo Filho and Maysa Matarazzo....
, and many great actors like Thiago Lacerda
Thiago Lacerda
Thiago Lacerda is a Brazilian actor of Portuguese origin.Thiago spent his childhood between Rio de Janeiro, where he was born, and Recreio, a mining town where his grandparents live. From the age of three to 16, he devoted himself to swimming, winning more than 170 medals...
, Dalton Vigh, Daniela Escobar, Camila Morgado
Camila Morgado
Camila Ribeiro da Silva, better known as Camila Morgado, is a Brazilian actress. Daughter of a trader and a housewife, since very early Camila Morgado decided that she wanted to be an actress....
and Werner Schünemann
Werner Schünemann
-Biography:Schünemann was born in Porto Alegre to a family of German descent. He was raised in nearby Novo Hamburgo and started acting at age fifteen. He was a founder of the Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre. He worked also as director of advertising and political campaigns for television.-Selected...
. For four months, while acting Anita Garibaldi
Anita Garibaldi
Ana Maria de Jesus Ribeiro di Garibaldi, best known as Anita Garibaldi, was the Brazilian wife and comrade-in-arms of Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi...
, Giovanna patiently read Anita's biographies and practiclly lived her life. After the shooting ended, Giovanna said that she was glad that she can have a haircut and see herself with a new, modern haircut, the long black hair bored her.
Also, in 2003, Antonelli portrayed Virgin Mary in the film Maria, Mãe do Filho de Deus. A year later, she acted in the film A Cartomante. She also returned to telenovelas, portraying in the telenovela Da Cor Do Pecado.
In 2006, she portrayed Bia in the series Minha Nada Mole Vida. In 2007, she portrayed in mini-series Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes and the film Caixa Dois. From 2007 to 2008, she portrayed Clarice in telenovela Sete Pecados.
In 2009, two new films portraying Giovanna Antonelli will be released - The Heartbreaker and Budapest.
Private life
Giovanna is very close with her family. Her father, Ilton Prada, is a former operaOpera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
singer, her mother, Suely Antonelli, is a former ballet
Ballet
Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...
dancer, and brother Leonardo is a lawyer.
In 1997 Antonelli was married to publicist
Publicist
A publicist is a person whose job is to generate and manage publicity for a public figure, especially a celebrity, a business, or for a work such as a book, film or album...
Ricardo Medina, whom she had known since high school. The couple divorced on December, 2001.
In 2002 Giovanna Antonelli began dating O Clone co-star Murilo Benicio. On December 2004, Giovanna had a car accident which she blamed on the paparazzi who followed her everywhere. At a press conference which she held after getting out of the hospital, she, along with boyfriend Murilo Benício
Murilo Benício
Murilo Benício Ribeiro is a Brazilian actor, best known for his film roles in Woman On Top with Penélope Cruz and Amores Possíveis which won the Jury Award for Latin American Cinema at the Sundance Film Festival, and his television roles in O Clone and América.- Career :Benicio's television roles...
, admitted that she was a few months pregnant. The news was very well received by her fans all around the world and on May 24, 2005 she gave a birth to her first child, a boy named Pietro, in Rio de Janerio. Antonelli and Benicio broke up on 2007 after a 5 year relationship.
In May 2007, Antonelli married an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
businessman, Robert Locascio. The couple separated after only 4 months.
Currently, she's married to director Leonardo Nogueira with whom she has twin girls, Antonia and Sophia, born on the 8th of October 2010.
Filmography
| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tropichot Tropicaliente Tropicaliente was a Brazilian soap opera produced and displayed at the time of 18 hours by Rede Globo, ran from May 16 to December 31, 1994, totaling 194 chapters.... |
1994 | Benvinda | (TV) Tropicaliente |
| A Great Stakeout Tocaia Grande Tocaia Grande is a Brazilian Modernist novel. It was written by Jorge Amado in 1984.-Plot:The novel deals with the foundation of a community , in a fertile area surrounded by large cocoa fazendas owned by "coronel" Boaventura... |
1995 | Ressu | (TV) Tocaia Grande |
| Xica da Silva | 1996 | Elvira | (TV) |
| A Golden Body Corpo Dourado Corpo Dourado is a Brazilian soap opera produced by and shown on Rede Globo from 12 January 1998 through 21 August 1998. The 191 chapters were written by Antonio Calmon and directed by Flávio Colatrello Jr, and later Marcos Schetchman.-Synopsis:... |
1998 | Judy | (TV) Corpo Dourado |
| You Decide Você Decide Você Decide was an interactive television program aired by Brazilian TV Globo between 1992 and 2000. In each episode were enacted special cases with a different ending to be chosen by viewers voting via telephone.... |
1998 | Herself | (TV; 1 episode) Você Decide |
| Force of Desire Força de um Desejo Força de um Desejo is a Brazilian telenovela produced by Globo TV and was shown in the schedule of 18 hours between May 10, 1999 and January 29, 2000, in 226 chapters... |
1999 | Violeta | (TV) Força de um Desejo |
| You Decide Você Decide Você Decide was an interactive television program aired by Brazilian TV Globo between 1992 and 2000. In each episode were enacted special cases with a different ending to be chosen by viewers voting via telephone.... |
1999 | Herself | (TV; 2 episodes) Você Decide |
| Malhação Malhação Malhação is a Brazilian soap opera for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the... |
1999 | Isa Pasqualete | (TV; 1999–2000) |
| Bossa Nova Bossa Nova (film) Bossa Nova is a 2000 romantic comedy film directed by Bruno Barreto dealing with several interwoven stories about people finding and losing love in Rio de Janeiro. The film stars Amy Irving as an English language teacher named Mary Ann.- External links :*... |
2000 | Sharon | |
| Family Ties Laços de Família Laços de Família is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by Rede Globo in his time of 20 hours of June 5, 2000 to February 3, 2001. With a total of 209 chapters , was written by Manoel Carlos, in collaboration with Maria Carolina, Vinicius Vianna, Flávia Lins e Silva and Fausto Galvão, and... |
2000 | Capitu | (TV; 2000–01) Laços de Família Press Award for Best New Actress Qualidade Award for Best New Actress TV Press Award for Best Actress |
| The Clone O Clone O Clone is a Brazilian TV Series/Telenovela that ran on the Rede Globo Network from October 1, 2001 to June 14, 2002, airing 221 episodes.-Plot:... |
2001 | Jade Rachid | (TV; 2001–02) O Clone Contigo Award for Best Romantic Couple (with Murilo Benício Murilo Benício Murilo Benício Ribeiro is a Brazilian actor, best known for his film roles in Woman On Top with Penélope Cruz and Amores Possíveis which won the Jury Award for Latin American Cinema at the Sundance Film Festival, and his television roles in O Clone and América.- Career :Benicio's television roles... ) INTE Award for Best Actress Qualidade Award for Best Television Actress Nominated—Contigo Award for Best Actress |
| Overwhelming Woman | 2002 | Laura de Felipes Palácios | Avassaladoras Miami Brazilian Film Festival Award for Best Actress |
| The House of Seven Women | 2002 | Anita Garibaldi Anita Garibaldi Ana Maria de Jesus Ribeiro di Garibaldi, best known as Anita Garibaldi, was the Brazilian wife and comrade-in-arms of Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi... |
(Mini Series) A Casa das Sete Mulheres Nominated—Contigo Award for Best Actress |
| Mary, Mother of the Son of God | 2003 | Maria/Virgin Mary | Maria, Mãe do Filho de Deus INTE Award for Actress of the Year |
| The Fortune Teller | 2004 | Karen Albuquerque | A Cartomante |
| The Color of Sin | 2004 | Bárbara Campos Sodré | (TV) Da Cor do Pecado Nominated—Contigo Award for Best Actress |
| My Life Moles Nothing | 2006 | Bia Lopes | (TV; 1 episode) Minha Nada Mole Vida |
| Amazon, from Galvez to Chico Mendes | 2007 | Delzuite Gonçalves | (Mini Series) Amazônia, de Galvez a Chico Mendes |
| Box Two | 2007 | Ângela | Caixa Dois |
| Seven Sins | 2007 | Clarice Florentino Ferraz | (TV) Sete Pecados |
| By Accident | 2007 | Herself | (Cameo) Por Acaso |
| Cases and Chances Casos e Acasos Casos e Acasos is a series of Brazilian TV Globo Network, written by Daniel Adjafre and Marcius Melhem, the general direction of Carlos Milan core of Marcos Schechtman and Jayme Monjardim... |
2008 | Jamille | (TV; 1 episode) Casos e Acasos |
| Three Sisters | 2008 | Alma Jequitibá de Matos | (TV; 2008–09) Três Irmãs Nominated—Contigo Award for Best Actress |
| Budapest | 2009 | Vanda | Budapeste Nominated—Contigo Cinema Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| The Heartbreaker | 2009 | Anna | |
| Live a Life Viver a Vida Viver a Vida is a Brazilian telenovela , broadcast by Rede Globo at 9 P.M. It is written by Manoel Carlos in collaboration with Ângela Chaves, Cláudia Lage, Daisy Chaves, Juliana Perez and Maria Carolina. The telenovela is directed by Teresa Lamprey, Frederico Mayrink, Luciano Sabino, Leonardo... |
2009 | Dora Regina Vitória Vilela | (TV) Viver a vida |
| Chico Xavier Chico Xavier (film) Chico Xavier is a 2010 Brazilian drama film directed by Daniel Filho, written by Marcos Bernstein, and starring Nelson Xavier, Christiane Torloni, Giulia Gam, Letícia Sabatella, Giovanna Antonelli and Tony Ramos. It was released in Brazil on April 2, 2010. The movie is a biography of the Brazilian... |
2010 | Cidália Xavier | |
| The Brazilians | 2011 | Gigi | (TV; 1 episode) As Brasileiras |
| Aquele Beijo Aquele Beijo Aquele Beijo is a Brazilian telenovela produced by Rede Globo and exhibited in the schedule of 19 hours. Written by Miguel Falabella, Flávio Marinho and Antonia Pellegrino, and directed by Roberto Talma and Cininha de Paula, its release was the day October 17, 2011, replacing Morde & Assopra.- Plot... |
2011 | Cláudia | (TV) |
Stage
| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesus Christ Superstar Jesus Christ Superstar Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971... |
2001 | Mary Magdalene Mary Magdalene Mary Magdalene was one of Jesus' most celebrated disciples, and the most important woman disciple in the movement of Jesus. Jesus cleansed her of "seven demons", conventionally interpreted as referring to complex illnesses... |
|
| The Passion of the Christ The Passion of the Christ The Passion of the Christ is a 2004 American drama film directed by Mel Gibson and starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus. It depicts the Passion of Jesus largely according to the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John... |
2003 | Virgin Mary | A Paixão de Cristo |
| Two for the Seesaw | 2004 | Gittel | Dois na Gangorra |
Awards and nominations
| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contigo Award | 2001 | Best Actress | The Clone O Clone O Clone is a Brazilian TV Series/Telenovela that ran on the Rede Globo Network from October 1, 2001 to June 14, 2002, airing 221 episodes.-Plot:... |
|
| Contigo Award | 2001 | Best Romantic Couple | O Clone | |
| Contigo Award | 2002 | Best Actress | The House of Seven Women | |
| Contigo Award | 2004 | Best Actress | The Color of Sin | |
| Contigo Award | 2008 | Best Actress | Three Sisters | |
| Contigo Cinema Award | 2009 | Best Supporting Actress | Budapest | |
| INTE Award | 2001 | Best Actress | The Clone | |
| INTE Award | 2003 | Best Actress | Mary, Mother of the Son of God | |
| Internet Award | 2001 | Best Actress | The Clone | |
| Nick Award | 2001 | Favourite Actress | The Clone | |
| Press Award | 2000 | Best New Actress | Family Ties Laços de Família Laços de Família is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by Rede Globo in his time of 20 hours of June 5, 2000 to February 3, 2001. With a total of 209 chapters , was written by Manoel Carlos, in collaboration with Maria Carolina, Vinicius Vianna, Flávia Lins e Silva and Fausto Galvão, and... |
|
| Qualidade Award | 2000 | Best New Actress | Family Ties | |
| Qualidade Award | 2001 | Best Television Actress | The Clone | |
| TV Press Award | 2000 | Best Actress | Family Ties |