Xuxa
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Xuxa (ˈʃuʃɐ), Maria da Graça "Xuxa" Meneghel, born March 27, 1963 in Santa Rosa
, Rio Grande do Sul
, Brazil
) is a Brazilian television
actress, singer and children's television show
host. Her various shows have been broadcast in Portuguese
, Spanish
, and English
.
On July 7, 2007, Xuxa presented at the Brazilian leg
of Live Earth
in Rio de Janeiro
.
, who was seen as being influential in launching her career. They had a personal relationship from 1981 to 1986. She dated Formula One
icon Ayrton Senna
from 1988 until 1990.
In 1982 she posed for the Brazilian version of Playboy Magazine as well as "Ela" Magazine, in pictorials. This Playboy
quickly sold out and became one of the most highly valued editions of the magazine's international circulation (which at that time was at its zenith in circulation). Years later, Xuxa, through her various managers, and through the personal intervention of Pelé
, would attempt to buy up the transparencies, prints, scans and rights for all published and non-published photos from the Playboy
shoots; but by this time they had been widely distributed and subsequently became increasingly popular on the Internet.
's movie Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz
, a spoof of The Wizard of Oz. She followed it up with a minor role in another Os Trapalhões movis, Os Trapalhões e a Arca de Noé in 1984.
In 1985, in Os Trapalhões no Reino da Fantasia she starred for the first time in a Os Trapalhões movie, followed in 1989 by A Princesa Xuxa e Os Trapalhões (Princess Xuxa and The Messed-Up Guys). The following year, she starred in two more movies: Xuxa e os Trapalhões em O Mistério de Robin Hood and Lua de Cristal. The latter included her song single
Lua de Cristal.
Xuxa also starred in Super Xuxa Contra Baixo Astral
, which included her song Arco-Íris (Rainbow).
In 1992 she starred in her last Os Trapalhões movie, O Mistério de Robin Hood.
It took seven years before she made her next film, 1999's Xuxa Requebra. Her following movie, Xuxa Popstar, is one of the worst 10 comedies in history at the Internet Movie Database
, with a rating of 1.4 stars out of 10.
In 2001, she made Xuxa e os Duendes (Xuxa and the Elves). Since then, she has released a new movie every year. Xuxa e os Duendes 2 (Xuxa and the Elves – In the Way of the Fairies) in 2002, Xuxa Abracadabra in 2003, Xuxa e o Mistério da Cidade Perdida in 2004, and Xuxinha e Guto: Contra os Monstros do Espaço (Xuxinha and Guto Against the Monsters of the Galaxy) in 2005.
In December 2009, Xuxa launched the movie Xuxa em O Mistério de Feiurinha (The Mystery of Feiurinha) in Brazil with her daughter Sasha. In 2010, the film was released in the United States and Angola.
Xuxinha e Guto: Contra os Monstros do Espaço, Xuxa em O Mistério de Feiurinha, Xuxa em Sonho de Menina and Xuxa Popstar are among the 10 worst Family Films in history on the Internet Movie Database, earning Xuxa the dubious honour of being the only actress with multiple films in that list, all of them with less than 1.4 stars out of 10, dominating the category. In her 2006 movie, Xuxa Gêmeas, she played twins, one evil and one good. The movie featured the singer Ivete Sangalo
and was a "comeback" of Xuxa in the cinema. The movie had more than 1 million viewers and also received very poor ratings by international audiences with 1.7 stars out of 10 at the Internet Movie Database
.
Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul
Santa Rosa is a town in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, located at latitude 27º52'15" and longitude 54º28'53" at a height of 277 meters above sea level. It has an area of 488.42 km²...
, Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul is the southernmost state in Brazil, and the state with the fifth highest Human Development Index in the country. In this state is located the southernmost city in the country, Chuí, on the border with Uruguay. In the region of Bento Gonçalves and Caxias do Sul, the largest wine...
, Brazil
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...
) is a Brazilian television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
actress, singer and children's television show
Children's television series
Children's television series, are commercial television programs designed for, and marketed to children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run in the early evening, for the children that go to school...
host. Her various shows have been broadcast in Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
.
On July 7, 2007, Xuxa presented at the Brazilian leg
Live Earth concert, Rio de Janeiro
The Live Earth concert for South America was held at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 7, 2007. It is one of two free Live Earth concerts, the other being held in Washington, D.C. It was the last concert to start during the day-long event. However, that didn't make it the last to...
of Live Earth
Live Earth
-Background:Founded by Emmy-winning producer Kevin Wall, in partnership with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Live Earth was built upon the belief that entertainment has the power to transcend social and cultural barriers to move the world community to action...
in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
.
Early life and modeling career
Xuxa was born Maria da Graça Meneghel and "Xuxa" was originally a nickname given by her brother, which she would legally add to her name in 1988. Her family moved to Rio de Janeiro when she was 7. Xuxa was discovered by the publishing company Bloch Editores and she appeared on the cover of one of their magazines, Carinho, at the age of 16, starting a successful modeling career. At 17, she began to date the Brazilian football legend PeléPelé
However, Pelé has always maintained that those are mistakes, that he was actually named Edson and that he was born on 23 October 1940.), best known by his nickname Pelé , is a retired Brazilian footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time...
, who was seen as being influential in launching her career. They had a personal relationship from 1981 to 1986. She dated Formula One
Formula One
Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...
icon Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna da Silva was a Brazilian racing driver. A three-time Formula One world champion, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest F1 drivers of all time...
from 1988 until 1990.
In 1982 she posed for the Brazilian version of Playboy Magazine as well as "Ela" Magazine, in pictorials. This Playboy
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
quickly sold out and became one of the most highly valued editions of the magazine's international circulation (which at that time was at its zenith in circulation). Years later, Xuxa, through her various managers, and through the personal intervention of Pelé
Pelé
However, Pelé has always maintained that those are mistakes, that he was actually named Edson and that he was born on 23 October 1940.), best known by his nickname Pelé , is a retired Brazilian footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time...
, would attempt to buy up the transparencies, prints, scans and rights for all published and non-published photos from the Playboy
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
shoots; but by this time they had been widely distributed and subsequently became increasingly popular on the Internet.
Film career
In 1983, Xuxa had a minor role in the comedy group Os TrapalhõesOs Trapalhões
Os Trapalhões was a Brazilian comedy group and also a Brazilian television series created by Wilton Franco. Its members were Dedé Santana, Zacarias, Mussum and their leader Didi Mocó, that was played by Renato Aragão. The name Trapalhões is derived from the Portuguese verb atrapalhar, which means...
's movie Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz
Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz
Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz is the 1984 entry in the Brazilian comedy film series Os Trapalhões. This is a parody of The Wizard of Oz . It was directed by Dedé Santana and Vitor Lustosa...
, a spoof of The Wizard of Oz. She followed it up with a minor role in another Os Trapalhões movis, Os Trapalhões e a Arca de Noé in 1984.
In 1985, in Os Trapalhões no Reino da Fantasia she starred for the first time in a Os Trapalhões movie, followed in 1989 by A Princesa Xuxa e Os Trapalhões (Princess Xuxa and The Messed-Up Guys). The following year, she starred in two more movies: Xuxa e os Trapalhões em O Mistério de Robin Hood and Lua de Cristal. The latter included her song single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
Lua de Cristal.
Xuxa also starred in Super Xuxa Contra Baixo Astral
Super xuxa
-Plot:Meneghel plays a singer/TV star, who starts a campaign all over Brazil for children to color old, ugly walls, in an effort to make the world happier. But her plans are ruined by Baixo Astral, an evil demon that lives under the city of Rio de Janeiro and uses bad children as slaves.Baixo...
, which included her song Arco-Íris (Rainbow).
In 1992 she starred in her last Os Trapalhões movie, O Mistério de Robin Hood.
It took seven years before she made her next film, 1999's Xuxa Requebra. Her following movie, Xuxa Popstar, is one of the worst 10 comedies in history at the Internet Movie Database
Internet Movie Database
Internet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
, with a rating of 1.4 stars out of 10.
In 2001, she made Xuxa e os Duendes (Xuxa and the Elves). Since then, she has released a new movie every year. Xuxa e os Duendes 2 (Xuxa and the Elves – In the Way of the Fairies) in 2002, Xuxa Abracadabra in 2003, Xuxa e o Mistério da Cidade Perdida in 2004, and Xuxinha e Guto: Contra os Monstros do Espaço (Xuxinha and Guto Against the Monsters of the Galaxy) in 2005.
In December 2009, Xuxa launched the movie Xuxa em O Mistério de Feiurinha (The Mystery of Feiurinha) in Brazil with her daughter Sasha. In 2010, the film was released in the United States and Angola.
Xuxinha e Guto: Contra os Monstros do Espaço, Xuxa em O Mistério de Feiurinha, Xuxa em Sonho de Menina and Xuxa Popstar are among the 10 worst Family Films in history on the Internet Movie Database, earning Xuxa the dubious honour of being the only actress with multiple films in that list, all of them with less than 1.4 stars out of 10, dominating the category. In her 2006 movie, Xuxa Gêmeas, she played twins, one evil and one good. The movie featured the singer Ivete Sangalo
Ivete Sangalo
Ivete Maria Dias de Sangalo is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Brazilian Axé and MPB singer, songwriter, and occasional actress and television show host...
and was a "comeback" of Xuxa in the cinema. The movie had more than 1 million viewers and also received very poor ratings by international audiences with 1.7 stars out of 10 at the Internet Movie Database
Internet Movie Database
Internet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Audience |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Amor Estranho Amor Amor Estranho Amor Amor Estranho Amor is a 1982 Brazilian film. The film stars Vera Fischer, Tarcísio Meira and Xuxa Meneghel, was directed and written by Walter Hugo Khouri, and produced by Anibal Massaini Neto by Cinearte.-Plot:... |
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| 1983 | Black Beetle | |
| 1983 | Fun on Noah's Ark | |
| 1983 | Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz is the 1984 entry in the Brazilian comedy film series Os Trapalhões. This is a parody of The Wizard of Oz . It was directed by Dedé Santana and Vitor Lustosa... |
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| 1984 | Os Trapalhões e a Arca de Noé | |
| 1985 | Os Trapalhões no Reino da Fantasia | |
| 1988 | Super Xuxa Contra Baixo Astral | |
| 1989 | A Princesa Xuxa e os Trapalhões | |
| 1990 | Lua de Cristal | |
| 1990 | O Mistério de Robin Hood | |
| 1991 | Gaúcho Negro | |
| 1999 | Xuxa Requebra | |
| 2000 | Xuxa Popstar | |
| 2001 | Xuxa e os Duendes | |
| 2002 | Xuxa e os Duendes 2 | |
| 2003 | Xuxa Abracadabra | |
| 2004 | Xuxa e o Tesouro da Cidade Perdida | |
| 2005 | Xuxinha e Guto: Contra os Monstros do Espaço | |
| 2006 | Xuxa Twins | |
| 2007 | Xuxa em Sonho de Menina | |
| 2009 | Xuxa em O Mistério de Feiurinha |