Cristiana Oliveira
| Cristiana Oliveira | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Cristiana Barbosa da Silva de Oliveira December 15, 1963 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | www |
Cristiana Barbosa da Silva de Oliveira (born December 15, 1963 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian actress.
Daughter of Oscar de Oliveira and Eugênia Barbosa da Silva de Oliveira, she is the youngest of nine children (two men and seven women). Christiana was born and raised in a house in Ipanema, Brazil. To help at home she began to work at 10 years of age at a flower shop near her residence. Since little she was nicknamed Krika.
After recording a commercial directed by Walter Salles, she was called by Jayme Monjardim, to audition for TV Manchete for a program of music clips, Shock. She auditioned for the leading role of Dora for the telenovela Kananga do Japão,. She was cast as Hannah after actress Bia Seidl quit the role. APCA recognized Oliveira's performance in that show.
In 1989, she began recording the Pantanal for Rede Manchete. She played in Juma, a role initially intended for actress Glória Pires. But Cristiana, after reading the synopsis, fell in love with the character of Juma and offered to play her. The telenovela was a big hit, winning the audience of TV Globo and becoming a landmark in Brazilian soap operas. Her work won awards in Brazil and abroad. It was one of her most recognized and idolized roles.
In 1992, she was hired by TV Globo as the protagonist for the miniseries Agosto, a role that ultimately came to be played by Vera Fischer. Christina instead won the part of the protagonist, along with Tarcísio Meira, for the telenovela De Corpo e Alma. In February of that year, she posed nude for the Brazilian edition of Playboy magazine, one of the few occasions where the trial was presented in a special insert.
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