Graziella Schmitt

Brazilian actress

Graziella Schmitt
Born
Graziella de Cássia Schmitt Silva

(1981-05-26) May 26, 1981 (age 42)
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
OccupationActress
Years active1995–present

Graziella de Cássia Schmitt Silva, commonly known as Graziella Schmitt (born May 26, 1981), is a Brazilian actress.[1] She played the lead role in the telenovela Amor e Revolução and as of 2013 plays the lead role in Belmonte.

Career

Born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state,[1] after working as a paquita (dancer) in Xuxa Park from 1995 to 2000, and in 2002 playing Laila in Sandy & Junior and presenting TV Globinho, she was cast as Vivi in Malhação in 2004.[1] The character she played was the stereotypical popular girl in school.[2] After guest starring in other programs such as Pé na Jaca in 2007 as Renatinha, Por Toda Minha Vida in 2008 and Mina, she played Tina Tinia in 2008 Rede Globo's telenovela A Favorita. Graziella Schmitt returned to Malhação in 2009, playing a different character, this time she played biology teacher Letícia.[2] She plays the lead role in SBT's telenovela Amor e Revolução.[3] The telenovela debuted on April 5, 2011, and she played Maria Paixão, who is the daughter of a communist journalist, and fights against the military dictatorship in Brazil.[4][5] Her character falls in love to José Guerra, played by Cláudio Lins, who is the son of one of the soldiers involved in the 1964 coup d'état.[5] Grazilella Schmitt stars as Paula in the 2013 Portuguese telenovela Belmonte.[6]

Filmography

Television

Telenovelas
Year Title Role Notes TV channel
1995–2000 Xuxa Park Herself Paquita Rede Globo
2002 Sandy & Junior Laila Co-star Rede Globo
2002 TV Globinho Herself Presenter Rede Globo
2004–2005 Malhação Viviane Reis (Vivi) Co-star Rede Globo
2007 Pé na Jaca Renatinha Special guest star Rede Globo
2008 Por Toda Minha Vida Mina Special guest star Rede Globo
2008 A Favorita Tina Tinia Co-star Rede Globo
2009 Malhação ID Letícia dos Santos Co-star Rede Globo
2011 Amor e Revolução Maria Paixão Lead role SBT
2013 Belmonte Paula Lead role TVI

Cinema

Cinema
Year Title Role
1999 Xuxa Requebra Student
2007 Docu-Drama Call girl
2009 Teus Olhos Meus Lígia
Flordelis - Basta uma Palavra para Mudar

Theater

Theater
Play Director
A Exceção e a Regra by Bertold Brecht, directed by Alexandre Mello
Gotham City directed by Sérgio Penna
Beijos de Verão by Domingos de Oliveira, directed by Eduardo Wotzik
Electra[a] directed by Antônio Guedes
Rapunzel directed by Walcyr Carrasco
Limpe todo Sangue Antes que Manche o Carpete Vinícius Arneiro de Jô Bilac
Confronto by Domingos Oliveira, Márcia Zanelatto, Luiz Eduardo Soares
Senhorita Júlia by August Strindberg, directed by Ole Erdmann

Footnotes

  1. ^ There are several plays titled Electra, and it is unclear which this one was.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Graziella Schmitt revela facetas de Vivi, sua personagem no folhetim "Malhação"". Revista da TV (in Portuguese). April 25, 2004. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Especial "Malhação": 15 anos". iG (in Portuguese). August 12, 2010. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
  3. ^ "Graziella Schmitt será a protagonista de "Amor e Revolução" no SBT" (in Portuguese). UOL. March 31, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
  4. ^ "Graziella Schmitt, a protagonista de 'Amor e Revolução', fala de sua personagem". Novelas Brasileiras (in Portuguese). December 29, 2010. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Graziella Schmitt vive um dos maiores desafios de sua carreira na nova novela do SBT". SBT (in Portuguese). January 26, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
  6. ^ "Surpresa! Atriz brasileira protagoniza "Belmonte"". Zapping TV (in Portuguese). July 10, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2013.

External links

  • Graziella Schmitt at IMDb