1999–2009: Beginnings and notable roles
At age 12, de Sousa began her career doing television commercials and working as a model. [2] [1] In 1999, she entered the beauty pageant Miss Venezuela in the hands of the famous Venezuelan designer Giovanni Scutaro. [1] [2] A year later, she worked on her first telenovela, Amantes de luna llena , [1] which was produced and broadcast by the television channel Venevisión. [1] In 2001, she co-starred in the hit telenovela Guerra de mujeres , with the character Carolina, one of the most popular in the plot. [2]
In 2002, de Sousa left Venezuela to work on the telenovela Gata salvaje , a co-production of Venevisión and the Spanish-American channel Univision. [3] In this internationally acclaimed novel, she plays Camelia Valente, an antagonist in which she has perhaps been one of her best characters, achieving her international projection. [3] [4] Next, she worked on another successful Univision telenovela called Rebeca , where she had the character of Gisela, [5] another role where she acted as an antagonist. At the end of that production, de Sousa went to work on the Mexican telenovela Mariana de la noche , produced by Televisa; there her character had the name of Carol, also as an antagonist. [4]
In 2005, she starred in the telenovela Ser bonita no basta of the TV network RCTV. [6] A year later she returned to star in another telenovela of RCTV, [6] Y los declaro marido y mujer , a beach production set in Venezuela's Margarita Island. [6] In 2008, de Sousa began to work in the cast of the telenovela Amor comprado , [1] produced by Venevisión; with a character as villain of the plot called Margot. [1] She also participated in the films Soltera y sin compromiso (2006) and Duelos de pasarelas (2008). [1]
2010–present: Critical success in telenovelas
In 2010, de Sousa becomes the antagonist of the telenovela Pecadora next to Eduardo Capetillo and Litzy where she began to have skills as a singer interpreting the theme of her character and the protagonist. [5] In 2011, she appeared in the telenovela Sacrificio de mujer , alongside Luis José Santander and its directed by Adriana Barraza. [7] That same year she starred in the video for the song "Poquito a Poquito" by Henry Santos, former member of American bachata group Aventura. [8]
In 2012, she played an antagonist in a special participation in Corazón apasionado alongside Guy Ecker and Marlene Favela. [9] de Sousa made her theatrical debut at Toc Toc, a world-renowned work, and received the best critics of the industry after her unique and original interpretation of Lili. [10] That year she also received the Miami Life Award in Best Female Protagonist category for her extraordinary performance as Clemencia in Sacrificio de mujer . [11] In the same year, de Sousa returned to Televisa as an antagonist in the telenovela Amores verdaderos produced by Nicandro Díaz González. [12] Due to the success of her character in the telenovela, she won the prize as Best Antagonist in a telenovela at the Premios TVyNovelas. [13] In 2013, she joined the cast of the play Perfume de Gardenia, produced by Omar Suárez. [14] She also appeared in the fourth season of reality show ¡Mira quién baila! , being in third place. [15]
In 2014, de Sousa got her first lead on Televisa, in the telenovela Hasta el fin del mundo , [16] first paired with Pedro Fernández, [17] who left the project due to supposed problems with de Sousa, [17] and David Zepeda took the place of Fernández. [18] After Hasta el fin del mundo, she participated in 2016 in Juan Osorio's telenovela, Sueño de amor , in which only as a guest star appeared. [19] In 2017, she signed an exclusive contract with the Spanish-language television network Telemundo. [20] The network began filming the telenovela Al otro lado del muro , alongside Litzy that debut on 21 February 2018. [21] In October 2020, de Sousa Participated on the Reality Show of the Spanish Version of Masked Singer, ¿Quién es la máscara? in the 2nd Season as a Banana, and was eliminated on the 2nd Episode. [22]
