Looking for Brazilian actresses? Here’s a list of the most famous actresses from Brazil you may already know.
Many Brazilian celebrities are famous worldwide, but I often see international friends watch a show or movie played by an actress from Brazil without knowing it.
That’s why I decided to put together this cool list of famous Brazilian actresses. How many do you know?
16 Brazilian Actresses You May Already Know
Here are some actresses from Brazil you may already know.
1. Alice Braga
Full name: Alice Braga Moraes
Birthdate: April 15, 1983
Birthplace: São Paulo City, São Paulo
Best known for City of God, I Am Legend, Predators, Elysium, The Suicide Squad, and Queen of the South.
Fun fact: Braga is in a romantic relationship with Bianca Camparato, the leading Brazilian actress in the Netflix series 3%.
2. Taís Araújo
Full name: Taís Bianca Gama de Araújo
Birthdate: November 25, 1978
Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro
Best known for Xica da Silva, Shades of Sin, Snakes & Lizards, and Mister Brau.
Fun fact: Araújo was chosen as one of the most warlike and stylish women by the American magazine Vogue. She is married to Lázaro Ramos, a Brazilian actor.
3. Tainá Müller
Full name: Tainá Müller
Birthdate: June 2, 1982
Birthplace: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Best known for Good Morning, Verônica and Elite Squad 2 (an excellent Brazilian movie on Netflix).
Fun fact: Müller used to be an MTV VJ and model.
4. Camila Morgado
Full name: Camila Ribeiro da Silva
Birthdate: April 12, 1975
Birthplace: Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro
Best known for Seven Women, Olga, Pantanal, and Good Morning, Verônica (one of my favorite Brazilian shows on Netflix).
5. Marieta Severo
Full name: Marieta Severo da Costa
Birthdate: November 2, 1946
Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro
Best known for A Grande Família, Vereda Tropical, Pátria Minha, and Laços de Família.
Fun fact: She went into exile in the 1970s because Chico Buarque de Hollanda (a Brazilian singer), her husband at the time, wrote a play deemed dangerous by the Brazilian military dictatorship, so they lived in Italy for a while.
6. Sônia Braga
Full name: Sônia Maria Campos Braga
Birthdate: June 8, 1950
Birthplace: Maringá, Paraná
Best known for Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, Che Guevara, Sex and the city, American Family, and Luke Cage.
Fun fact: Braga is Alice Braga’s aunt and is the first Brazilian actress to be nominated for a Golden Globe award (for her performance in Kiss of the Spider Woman).
7. Fernanda Torres
Full name: Fernanda Pinheiro Monteiro Torres
Birthdate: September 15, 1965
Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro
Best known for So Normal, The House of Sand, and The Invisible Woman.
Fun fact: Torres is Fernanda Montenegro’s daughter, another excellent Brazilian actress, and she has written two books.
8. Klara Castanho
Full name: Klara Forkas Gonçalez Castanho
Birthdate: October 6, 2000
Birthplace: Santo André, São Paulo
Best known for Back to 15 and Good Morning, Verônica.
Fun fact: Castanho is also a singer.
9. Regina Casé
Full name: Regina Maria Loureiro Barreto Casé
Birthdate: February 25, 1954
Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro
Best known for Yellow Woodpecker Ranch, Tropical Sidewalk, and The Second Mother.
10. Fernanda Montenegro
Full name: Arlette Pinheiro Esteves Torres
Birthdate: October 16, 1929
Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro
Best known for Central Station, A Dog’s Will, Olga, and Mister Brau, among other Brazilian films.
Fun fact: Montenegro was a Portuguese teacher in the same school where she was studying English and French.
11. Bruna Marquezine
Full name: Bruna Reis Maia
Birthdate: August 4, 1995
Birthplace: Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro
Best known for Breaking Through, Women In Love, Yellow Woodpecker Ranch, and Blue Beetle.
Fun fact: Marquezine started her acting career at the age of 5.
12. Camila Mendes
Full name: Camila Carraro Mendes
Birthdate: June 29, 1994
Birthplace: Charlottesville, USA
Best known for Riverdale, The New Romantic, The Perfect Date, Do Revenge, and Palm Springs.
Fun fact: The first acting job of this Brazilian-American actress was a commercial for IKEA.
13. Dira Paes
Full name: Ecleidira Maria Fonseca Paes
Birthdate: June 30, 1968
Birthplace: Abaetetuba, Pará
Best known for Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, Two Sons of Francisco, and Pantanal.
Fun fact: Paes is one of the most awarded actresses in Brazilian Cinema, and her curriculum has more than 35 feature films.
14. Morena Baccarin
Full name: Morena Silva de Vaz Setta Baccarin
Birthdate: June 2, 1979
Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro
Best known for Firefly, Serenity, Deadpool, Homeland, Gotham, and The Endgame.
Fun fact: Baccarin is an Emmy-nominated actress who had her debut at the age of six for a TV special.
15. Débora Nascimento
Full name: Débora dos Santos Nascimento
Birthdate: June 16, 1985
Birthplace: Suzano, São Paulo
Best known for The Incredible Hulk, Avenida Brazil, and Rio I Love You.
16. Perla Haney-Jardine
Full name: Perla Haney-Jardine
Birthdate: July 17, 1997
Birthplace: Niterói, Rio de Janeiro
Best known for Kill Bill: Volume 2, Dark Water, Spider-Man 3, Untraceable, and Steve Jobs.
More Brazilian Actresses
Juliana Paes
Bianca Camparato
Aracy Balabanian
Carla Diaz
Nicette Bruno
Alessandra Negrini
Maria Fernanda Cândido
Christiane Torloni
Claudia Ohana
Cláudia Abreu
Deborah Secco
Some Brazilian Actors
Wagner Moura
Lázaro Ramos
Rodrigo Santoro
Alfred Enoch
Final Thoughts on Brazilian Actresses
Brazil is a country of continental proportions. It’s the biggest country in South America, let alone Latin America.
I know I couldn’t possibly present the whole team of Brazilian actresses in a post, but I think I did a good job showing you some of the most popular/known ones.
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