Adriana Lessa

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Adriana Lessa
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Lessa in 2005
Born
Adriana Victor Lessa

(1971-02-01) 1 February 1971 (age 53)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • television presenter
  • dancer
Years active1986–present

Adriana Victor Lessa (born 1 February 1971) is a Brazilian actress, singer, television presenter, and dancer.

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Career

Before beginning her work as an actress in 1986 with the stage director Antunes Filho, Adriana was an athlete and volleyball team participated in the Sport Club Corinthians Paulista and the track team in the city of Guarulhos.

TV Fama presented the program along with Nelson Rubens and Íris Stefanelli in RedeTV! 2006 to 2010. [1] [2] During this season of performances on TV and / or theater after O Clone [3] Adriana reinvented – and created her own web site facilitating their contact with the audience.

Participated as a guest singer, the musical groups of varying styles (Rap, Caribbean rhythms, forro foot of the mountain and MPB) and performed with her band in Angola. Participated, along with Paul Brown and Black Primo, as host of Meet Rap performed Anhangabaú Valley in 1994. [4]

In 2002, as a singer, made a cameo appearance with the band Renascer Praise, at Via Funchal in São Paulo, singing a duet with one of the vocalists. By 2003, the actress was a member of Igreja Renascer em Cristo. [4]

She was the only Brazilian to participate in the musical Folies Bergère in Las Vegas at the invitation of the program Amaury Jr. [4]

In 2010 she signed with the SBT to act in the novela Corações Feridos . [5] [6] In 2012 returned to acting in the Globo, with the program Na Moral , where he made a docudrama. [7]

Work on TV

As an actress
YearTitleRoleNotes
1990ArapongaTina Macalton
1997O Desafio de EliasNinra
1998Alma de PedraGabriela
Você Decide Episode: "Síndrome"
1999 Chiquinha Gonzaga Feliciana
Terra Nostra Naná
2000 Aquarela do Brasil Neide
2001 O Clone Deusa da Silva
2004 Senhora do Destino Rita de Cássia das Neves
2005 A Diarista Magamba NoruEpisode: "Dente Inocente"
2012 Corações Feridos Silvia [8]
Na Moral Regina Célia Docudrama
2013Sessão de TerapiaPaula VarellaSeason 2
2014Sexo e as NegasMadalenaSpecial participation [9]
2016 Escrava Mãe Condessa Catarina Gama de Luccock [10]
2017Cidade ProibidaGracinha [11]
Presenter
YearTitle
1993MTV Brasil
2006–2010 TV Fama

Theater

YearTitleRole
2013 The Vagina Monologues Betty Dodson [12] [13] [14]
2015Cartola – O Mundo é um MoinhoSoninha / Deolinda

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993Capitalismo SelvagemCameo
1996Com Que Roupa?Short film
1998A Hora MágicaRaquel
1999Papel e ÁguaFernandaShort film
2006 Se Eu Fosse Você ExecutiveCameo
Alabê de Jerusalém Direct-to-video
2017O Homem Da Sua VidaSuzana

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References

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  2. Giovani Lettiere (6 April 2010). "Íris Stefanelli e Adriana Lessa deixam TV Fama; Flávia Noronha entra no lugar das apresentadoras". R7. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  3. "O Clone". Globo.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 "ADRIANA LESSA". Museudatv. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
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  6. "SBT apresenta oficialmente o elenco de Corações Feridos". Archived from the original on 12 September 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  7. Adriana Lessa volta à Globo, após período de afastamento Archived 25 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine Flavia Serra, 7 July 2012
  8. "SBT pode reprisar "Corações Feridos" à tarde".
  9. Lídia Azevedo (7 October 2014). "Adriana Lessa vive empresária em 'Sexo e as negas' e defende a série". Extra. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  10. "Elenco completo da novela "Escrava Mãe"". Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
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  12. Redação Globo Teatro. "Os Monólogos da Vida" . Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  13. Redação G1 (23 April 2013). "'Monólogos da Vagina' fala de todo o universo feminino, diz Adriana Lessa" . Retrieved 23 June 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. Rio Show. "Os Monólogos da Vagina" . Retrieved 23 June 2013.