Marjorie de Sousa | |
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Born |
Marjorie Lissette de Sousa Rivas April 23, 1980 Las Acacias, Parroquia San Pedro, Caracas, Venezuela |
Occupation | Actress, model |
Years active | 1992–present |
Spouse(s) | Ricardo Álamo (m. 2005; div. 2006) |
Partner(s) |
Juan Pablo Raba (2007-2008) Julián Gil (2016-present) |
Children | Matias Gregorio Gil De Sousa |
Parent(s) | Juan de Sousa Gloria Rivas |
Relatives | Juan Carlos de Sousa Rivas |
Website | www |
Marjorie de Sousa (born Marjorie Lissette de Sousa Rivas on April 23, 1980 in Las Acacias, Parroquia San Pedro, Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan model and actress of Portuguese descent. She is worldwide known for her villain roles as Camelia Valente in Venevisión's telenovela Gata Salvaje (2002), as Carol in the Televisa telenovela Mariana de la Noche (2003), as Kendra Ferreti in Televisa's telenovela Amores Verdaderos (2012), as Sofía Ripoll / Sofía Fernández in Televisa's telenovela Hasta el fin del mundo (2014) and recently as Cristina Velez, the co-protagonist of Televisa's telenovela, Sueño de amor (2016).
At age 12, de Sousa began doing commercial for television and working of model. At the year 1999 Marjorie entered the beauty contest Miss Venezuela of the hand of the famous Venezuelan designer Giovanni Scutaro; Marjorie was named Miss Dependencias Federales 1999 in order to represent that little inhabited and beautiful region of the country (Dependencias Federales) in the contest. Marjorie occupied the position number 11 in the final election of the contest of Miss Venezuela of that year, it was on the verge of entering the picture of semifinalists. After leaving the Miss Venezuela, Marjorie went to Italy to participate modeling in an advertising campaign of Fórmula 1.
Returning to Venezuela, de Sousa began her career as a telenovela actress. In 2000, she worked in her first telenovela, her start was with the "Agencia de Modelos Mariela Centeno y Tibisay Rivas" Model Agency in Caracas, Venezuela, her first project carried on the hands of Mariela Centeno to where Leonardo Padron and then Tibisay Rivas became her personal Manager in Venezuela www.marielatibymodel.com Amantes de Luna Llena, with a secondary character called Mayra, a university friend of Gaby Espino, the protagonist of the plot. This novel was produced and emitted by the television channel Venevisión. In 2001, Marjorie worked in another novel of Venevisión: the successful telenovela Guerra de Mujeres, playing the character Carolina, daughter of Mimí Lazo and granddaughter of Eva Blanco, within the plot, being the main antagonist becoming one of the most popular characters within the plot.