Camila Manhães Sampaio (born 14 June 1977), known professionally as Camila Pitanga, is a Brazilian actress and former model. She is internationally renowned for her roles in film and television. In film, she is known for her roles in ''

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'', '' Caramuru: A Invenção do Brasil'', '' Redeemer'', '' I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips'', '' Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury'', among others. In television, she is known for her roles in ''

Paraíso Tropical ''Paraíso Tropical'' (English: ''Tropical Paradise'') is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from 5 March and 28 September 2007, totaling 179 chapters. Aired replacing '' Páginas da Vida'', Manoel Carlos, and replaced ...

'', '' Cama de Gato'', ''

Lado a Lado ''Lado a Lado'' (; ''Side by Side'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Globo from 10 September 2012 to 8 March 2013. It is created by João Ximenes Braga and Claudia Lage, with Chico Soares, Douglas Tourinho, Fernando Rebell ...

'', '' Babilônia'', and '' Velho Chico''.

Career

Camila Pitanga starred in the film '' I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips''. Camila starred in the

telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...

s '' Cama de Gato'', ''

'', '' Babilônia'' and '' Velho Chico'' and was the antagonist in

Porto dos Milagres Porto dos Milagres (English: ''Port of Miracles'') is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from 5 February to 29 September 2001, totaling 203 chapters. It is written by Aguinaldo Silva and Ricardo Linhares with the colla ...

and

Personal life

25o Premio da Musica Brasileira (14004603200)

Pitanga was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is the daughter of actors Vera Manhães and

Antônio Pitanga Antônio Luiz Sampaio (born June 13, 1939), better known by his stage name Antônio Pitanga, is a Brazilian actor. He became internationally known for playing several roles on films of the Cinema Novo movement in the 1960s. Personal life He was m ...

and Benedita da Silva's stepdaughter. She is sister to Rocco Pitanga, also an actor. She is of African descent on her father's and mother's side. Camila studied at Pentagono College and she is a director of Human Rights Movement. Camila is an atheist. In 2001, she married the art director Claudio Amaral Peixoto. On 19 May 2008 she gave birth to her first daughter Antonia. The girl's name was a tribute to her father. In 2011, the couple separated.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

* 1994 - ''A Ira de Aquiles'' * 1994 - ''A Ilíada'' .... Afrodite * 1995 - ''Orfeu da Conceição'' * 1995 - ''Odisséia'' .... Penélope * 2002 - ''Arlequim, Servidor de Dois'' Patrões * 2004 - ''A Maldição do Vale Negro'' .... Rosalinda * 2013 - ''O Duelo''

Awards and nominations

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pitanga, Camila 1977 births Living people Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city) Afro-Brazilian actresses Brazilian stage actresses Brazilian film actresses Brazilian telenovela actresses Brazilian atheists Bisexual actresses LGBT actors from Brazil 21st-century Brazilian actresses 21st-century LGBT people