Carla Camurati (born October 14, 1960) is a Brazilian

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and

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. She became notorious for acting in several

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s in the 1980s. She also acted on children's theater, starred in films—including '' Eternamente Pagú'' for which she won the Best Actress Award of

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—and was cover of the Brazilian edition of ''Playboy''. In 1995, she debuted as a director with '' Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil'', an important mark in the period of Cinema of Brazil known as " Retomada". She was the director of Fundação Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro that administers the Teatro Municipal from 2007 to 2014.

Selected filmography

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'' (1983; actress) *'' Eternamente Pagú'' (1986; actress) *''Fera Radical'' (1988; actress) *''

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'' (1990; actress) *'' Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil'' (1995; director, actress)

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* 1960 births Living people Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian film actresses Brazilian television actresses Brazilian women film directors {{Brazil-film-director-stub