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Christiane Torloni
Torloni in 2007
Born	Christiane Maria dos Santos Torloni (1957-02-18) 18 February 1957 (age 67) São Paulo, Brazil
Other names	La Torloni
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1969, 1975–present
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Spouses	Dennis Carvalho ​ ​(m. 1977; div. 1980)​ Eduardo Mascarenhas ​ ​(m. 1981; div. 1986)​
Children	2 (1 deceased)

Christiane Maria dos Santos Torloni (born 18 February 1967 ) is a Brazilian actress. She is the winner of numerous awards, including an APCA Award, two Prêmios Qualidade Brasil, and a Shell Award, as well as receiving nominations for a Grande Otelo and three Troféu Imprensas. She is one of the most renowned actresses in Brazilian television drama.

Born and raised in São Paulo, Torloni studied theater at IBAM. Since her childhood, she had already decided to be an actress. As a child, she acted as a princess at Teatrinho Trol, on Rede Tupi. But it was at the age of 18 that she actually began his professional career in an episode of Caso Especial, on TV Globo. In 1976 she made her first soap opera, Duas Vidas, and two years later she was already starring in the soap opera Gina. Since then, she has joined the cast of several television productions.

Acting as Jô Penteado in the romantic comedy A Gata Comeu (1985) and the villain Fernanda in the drama Selva de Pedra (1986), Christiane achieved great recognition for her versatility and reached the height of her fame. She was nominated for the Troféu Imprensa her performance in the soap opera A Viagem (1994), one of her most memorable works as the genial Diná. She repeated this feat the following year for her work in Cara e Coroa (1995), playing the lookalikes Fernanda and Vivi.

In 2002, she won the APCA Award for Best Actress on Television for Um Anjo Caiu do Céu. In 2003, she returned to prominence on television playing one of Manoel Carlos' Helenas, in Mulheres Apaixonadas, one of the most successful soap operas of the 2000s. In 2011, she played the memorable villain Tereza Cristina in Fina Estampa, a character that is constantly remembered as one of the greatest of her career. For this work, she received his third nomination for the Troféu Imprensa.

Biography and career

Since the age of 6, she had been playing role-play and at the age of 12 I was playing a little princess at Teatrinho Trol, on Rede Tupi. But the decision to become an actress happened in 1975, when Torloni took a theater course directed by Jaime Barcelos at IBAM. In the same year, at 18, she began her career on Rede Globo's Caso Especial "Indulto de Natal". She is of Spanish, Italian and indigenous descent.

Among the many characters played on television, there are the notable Jô Penteado, from A Gata Comeu (1985), Fernanda Arruda Campos from Selva de Pedra, (1986), Diná from A Viagem (1994) and the twins Fernanda and Vivi from Cara & Coroa (1995), in addition to the villain Tereza Cristina in Fina Estampa. In 1981, Christiane Torloni was the daughter of the first Helena created by Manoel Carlos in the soap opera Baila Comigo, played by Lílian Lemmertz. Twenty-two years later, the actress played one of the author's Helenas in Mulheres Apaixonadas (2003). She also had relevant characters in plots such as Gina, Chega Mais, Elas por Elas, Kananga do Japan, Um Anjo Caiu do Céu, América, Caminho das Indias, Ti Ti Ti, among others. She posed nude for Playboy magazine in March 1983 and November 1984, having also previously posed for Status in February 1980.

In the theater she subsequently worked with director José Possi Neto in a series of shows in which she sought bodily expressiveness.

La Torloni, as she is sometimes called, has always been a very committed artist, with historic participation in events such as Diretas Já, the fight for democracy and the end of the Military Regime; She has already made harsh criticisms of former president Lula, declaring himself against re-election in the executive branch.

The actress is involved in various social and environmental causes, which she personally leads. Among the relevant causes are the petition, published on the website amazoniaparasempre.com.br, for the preservation of the Brazilian Amazon, which brought more than one million signatures to the National Congress; as well as the bemquerermulher.com.br campaign that aims to end violence against women in Brazilian society.

Torloni also fights for other causes related to the environment in general, seeking to preserve animal habitats and end deforestation, as well as social causes, such as supporting needy people. She harshly criticized the Bolsonaro government, mainly for the measures that approved the dismantling of Amazon reserves.

In 2011, giving an interview during Rock in Rio on television, he launched the expression "Hoje é dia de rock, bebê!" which ended up making the festival’s history. In the following edition of Rock in Rio in 2013, the phrase, which had become a meme on social media, became an official t-shirt for the event and was even incorporated by the actress in a scene from the soap opera Alto Astral.

Filmography

Television

Film

Theater

• 1979 – As Preciosas Ridículas
• 1980 – Bodas de Papel
• 1981 – The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
• 1984 – Uncle Vanya
• 1988 – O Lobo de Rayban... Julia Ferraz
• 1989– Orlando
• 1993 – 10 Elevado a menos 43 – Extasis (in Portugal)
• 1994 – Hamlet
• 1997 – Salome... Salomé
• 2000 – Joana D'Arc – A revolta ... Joana D'arc
• 2002 – The Blue Room
• 2004 – Paixão de Cristo: O Auto de Deus – Virgin Mary
• 2005 – Mulheres por um Fio... Elise

Awards and nominations

References

1. "Christiane Torloni - Vida". Contigo - Abril.com. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
2. ""O tempo que as pessoas ficam se comparando com as outras é uma catástrofe", diz Christiane Torloni | Donna". GZH (in Brazilian Portuguese). January 15, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
3. Costa, Fábio. "Gina: há 40 anos, Christiane Torloni protagonizava sua primeira novela". observatoriodatv.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved April 8, 2022.
4. REDAÇÃO (August 22, 2019). "Censurada por romance lésbico, Selva de Pedra é reprisada pela primeira vez". Notícias da TV (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved April 8, 2022.
5. "Jornal da Globo - Veja as principais notícias do Brasil e do mundo no site do telejornal, com apresentação de William Waack e Cristiane Pelajo - NOTÍCIAS - Os melhores de 2001". g1.globo.com. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
6. "Christiane Torloni deu vida à Helena politicamente incorreta de 'Mulheres apaixonadas'". Extra Online (in Brazilian Portuguese). November 12, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
7. André Santana. "Christiane Torloni fala de Tereza Cristina: "lugar importante na minha galeria de vilãs"". observatoriodatv.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved April 8, 2022.
8. "Nilson Xavier - Edição do Troféu Imprensa foi questionável mas divertiu". tvefamosos.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved April 8, 2022.
9. ^ "Christiane Torloni iniciou sua carreira aos 18 anos, no caso especial da Rede Globo Archived January 4, 2017, at the Wayback Machine".
10. Com 40 anos de TV, Christiane Torloni se emociona ao rever depoimentos antigos
11. "Gente: Notícias, fotos e vídeos de famosos, celebridades, entretenimento e mais".
12. "Biografia na página da Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural". Archived from the original on September 25, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
13. "População toma as ruas pelo voto para presidente". Diário do Nordeste.
14. "Amazônia para sempre, Christiane Torloni e Victor Fasano estão à frente do projeto Amazônia para Sempre - que busca frear a devastação e exigir proteção à floresta População toma as ruas pelo voto para presidente". Archived from the original on May 26, 2008. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
15. "Campanha Bem querer mulher". Archived from the original on June 16, 2008.
16. "Torloni critica ação do governo Bolsonaro na Amazônia: não me representa". September 20, 2019.
17. "Christiane Torloni diz que frase 'Hoje é dia de rock, bebê' entrou para história do RiR". O Globo. September 13, 2013.
18. "Em 1977, Globo de Ouro ganhou uma nova dupla de apresentadores: os atores Tony Ramos e Christiane Torloni". Archived from the original on January 4, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
19. "Amizade Colorida". Memória Globo. Archived from the original on February 13, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
20. "Tereza Christina Velmort" (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 28, 2016.
21. "Maria Inês Pereira Bittencourt – Personagens – Alto Astral". GShow (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 28, 2016.
22. "Carol Castro começa a gravar 'Velho Chico' no Carnaval e comemora: 'Muito trabalho!". GShow (in Portuguese). February 5, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2016.

External links

• Christiane Torloni at IMDb

• 1957 births
• Living people
• Actresses from São Paulo
• Brazilian people of Portuguese descent
• Brazilian people of Italian descent
• Brazilian people of Spanish descent
• Brazilian telenovela actresses
• Brazilian stage actresses
• Brazilian film actresses
• Dancing with the Stars winners
• 20th-century Brazilian actresses
• 21st-century Brazilian actresses