Alessandra Negrini | |
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Negrini, 2012
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Born |
Alessandra Vidal de Negreiros Negrini 29 August 1970 São Paulo, Brazil |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1993–present |
Spouse(s) |
Murilo Benício (1998-1999) Otto (2001-2008) |
Children | 2 |
Alessandra Vidal de Negreiros Negrini (born 29 August 1970 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian actress. She is renowned internationally for her roles in Brazilian telenovelas and films. She began her television career after starring in Olho no Olho (1993) playing the role of Clara. In film, her first role was Lília in the film Four Days in September. This opened up gates for her as she has starred in over a dozen telenovelas and in television series since then. In telenovelas she is known for her roles in Desejos de Mulher (2002), Paraíso Tropical (2007), Lado a Lado (2012), Boogie Oogie (2014).
Her portrayal of twins in Paraíso Tropical earned her accolades such as Minha Awards, Festival and Brasília Awards.
The daughter of engineer Luiz Eduardo Osório Negrini, and pedagogue Neusa Vidal de Negreiros, who is descended from André Vidal de Negreiros, Alessandra, who has Portuguese and Italian ancestry, has a brother named Paulo Roberto, spent his childhood and adolescence in Santos. At 18 she enrolled in a theater course, and at that time, was called to do tests on Rede Globo.
Her TV debut was in the telenovela Olho no Olho, Antônio Calmon. In 1995, she made great success in the miniseries starring Engraçadinha... Seus Amores e Seus Pecados, based on the work of Nelson Rodrigues.
In 2000, gave birth to Isabel Olinto of the critically acclaimed miniseries A Muralha, a tribute to 500 years in Brazil. Because of the sensual appeal of her character in the miniseries, graced the cover of the Brazilian edition of Playboy magazine in April of that year. The fact that she played a prostitute in the pages of the magazine, the actress made the situation worse in the court responded that the process for taking her son Antônio, then three years old, watching a movie inappropriate for the age, Sleepy Hollow head in a movie Leblon, on February 3, 2000.