Cláudia Raia

Brazilian actress (born 1966)

Alexandre Frota

(m. 1986; div. 1989)

Edson Celulari

(m. 1993; div. 2010)

Jarbas Homem de Mello

(m. 2018)

Children3

Maria Cláudia Motta Raia (born 23 December 1966) is a Brazilian actress, singer, dancer, and stage producer.

Biography

Raia was born in Campinas and was married to Edson Celulari from 1993 until 2010. They had two children: Enzo Celulari and Sophia Raia. She is married to artist Jarbas Homem de Mello and had her third child at 56 years old, called Luca. Her first Rede Globo telenovela was Roque Santeiro, created by Dias Gomes. Ever since, she has starred in many other Globo telenovelas.^[1]

Television roles

Television

1985 - Roque Santeiro as Ninon/Maria do Carmo
1987 - O Outro as Edwiges
1987 - Sassaricando as Tancinha (Constância Gutiérrez de Pádua)
1987/92 - TV Pirata as Tonhão and Penelope
1990 - Rainha da Sucata as Adriana Figueroa "Adriana Ross"
1991 - Vamp as Celeste
1992 - Deus nos Acuda as Maria Escandalosa (Maria Rodrigues Garcia)
1993/99 - Você Decide
1995 - Engraçadinha... Seus Amores e Seus Pecados as Engraçadinha
1995 - A Próxima Vítima as Última Vítima
1995 - A Comédia da Vida Privada as Paola
1996 - Não Fuja da Raia
1998 - Torre de Babel as Ângela Vidal
1999 - Sai de Baixo as Petúnia Baaleiro
1999 - Mulher
1999 - Terra Nostra as Hortência
2000 - Brava Gente as Karla
2001/03 - Os Normais as Michelle and Marcela Magrela
2001 - As Filhas da Mãe as Ramona / Ramón Cavalcante
2002 - O Beijo do Vampiro as Mina de Montmartre
2003 - Sítio do Picapau Amarelo as Medéia
2005 - Mad Maria as Tereza
2005 - Belíssima as Safira Solomos Güney
2006 - Minha Nada Mole Vida as Brenda Karla
2007 - Sete Pecados as Ágatha Trindade
2008 - A Favorita as Donatela Fontini
2010 - A Grande Família as Vânia Lira (special participation)
2010 - Ti Ti Ti as Jaqueline Maldonado
2012 - Salve Jorge as Lívia Marini
2014 - Alto Astral as Samantha Santana "Samantha, the Paranormal"
2016 - Haja Coração as Herself (special participation)
2016 - A Lei do Amor as Salete Meloni
2019 - Verão 90 as Lidiane "Lidi Pantera"

Awards and nominations

APCA Awards

Year	Category	Nominee / work	Result
1986	Best Promising Actress	Roque Santeiro	Won
1991	Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture	Boca de Ouro	Won

Art Quality Brazil Awards

Year	Category	Nominee / work	Result
2006	Best Supporting Actress – Television	Belíssima	Won
2008	Best Actress – Television	A Favorita	Nominated
2010	Best Actress – Television	Ti Ti Ti	Nominated
2015	Best Leading Actress in a Musical	Raia 30 - O Musical	Nominated

Best of the Year – Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominee / work	Result
1998	Best Actress in a Telenovela	Torre de Babel	Nominated
2008	Best Actress in a Telenovela	A Favorita	Nominated
2010	Best Actress in a Telenovela	Ti Ti Ti	Won
2019	Best Character of the Year	Verão 90	Won

Bibi Ferreira Awards

Year	Category	Nominee / work	Result
2013	Best Leading Actress in a Play	Cabaret	Nominated
2018	Best Supporting Actress in a Play	Cantando na Chuva - O Musical	Won

Contigo! Awards

Year	Category	Nominee / work	Result
2002	Best Romantic Couple (with Alexandre Borges)	As Filhas da Mãe	Nominated
2006	Best Supporting Actress – Television	Belíssima	Won
2009	Best Leading Actress – Television	A Favorita	Nominated
2010	Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (critic choice)	Os Normais 2 - A Noite mais Maluca de Todas	Nominated
2010	Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (public choice)	Os Normais 2 - A Noite mais Maluca de Todas	Won
2011	Best Leading Actress – Television	Ti Ti Ti	Won
2014	Best Leading Actress – Television	Alto Astral	Nominated
2019	Best Supporting Actress – Television	Verão 90	Nominated

Extra Television Awards

Year	Category	Nominee / work	Result
2006	Best Actress	Belíssima	Nominated
2008	Best Actress	A Favorita	Nominated
2010	Best Actress	Ti Ti Ti	Nominated
2015	Best Supporting Actress	Alto Astral	Nominated

Press Trophy

Year	Category	Nominee / work	Result
1986	Outstanding Performance by an Newcomer Actress	Roque Santeiro	Won
1993	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Telenovela	Deus nos Acuda	Nominated
1999	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Telenovela	Torre de Babel	Nominated
2009	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Telenovela	A Favorita	Nominated
2011	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Telenovela	Ti Ti Ti	Nominated

Quem Awards

Year	Category	Nominee / work	Result
2010	Best Leading Actress – Television	Ti Ti Ti	Nominated
2012	Best Leading Actress – Television	Salve Jorge	Nominated
2015	Best Leading Actress in a Play	Raia 30 - O Musical	Nominated