Regina Blois Duarte (born 5 February 1947) is a Brazilian actress who briefly served as Special Secretary of Culture, a cabinet position in President

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's federal administration, from March to May 2020.

Political activities

Her efforts against former Brazilian president

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(of the Workers' Party) in the 2002 elections caused considerable controversy. Duarte appeared in a TV advertisement saying that she was afraid of what could happen to Brazil if Lula won: She was also involved in the short-lived polemic organization ''

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''.

Special Secretary of Culture

Following Roberto Alvim's controversy and subsequent removal from office in January 2020, Duarte was invited to be Special Secretary of Culture. At first, she did not accept the job, but on January 29, Duarte announced after a meeting that she had decided to accept the position. On March 4, 2020, she took office as the fourth Special Secretary of Culture in

's government. Duarte's time as secretary had no shortage of controversies, the most recent of which happened on May 7. During an interview with

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, Duarte minimized the negative aspects of the

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, such as

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and

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. When questioned by a fellow actress,

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, about her plans to help artists during the

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, Duarte abruptly ended the interview. On May 20, 2020, Bolsonaro posted a video to

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in which, alongside Duarte, he announces her transfer from Special Secretary of Culture to president of

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, an institution in

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responsible for the preservation of Brazilian audiovisual production. In the video, Duarte states that, while living in

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, she misses her family, and that a transfer to São Paulo would mean she could live with her relatives again. Her successor as Special Secretary of Culture was Mário Frias, who took office on June 23, 2020.

Filmography

Television

Film

*1968 - ''Lance Maior'' - Cristina *1969 - ''A Compadecida'' - Compadecida *1975 - ''O Auto da Compadecida'' *1976 - ''Chão Bruto'' - Sinhana *1977 - ''Parada 88, o Limite de Alerta'' - Ana *1978 - ''Daniel, Capanga de Deus'' - Beatriz / Sandra *1981 - '' The Underground Man'' - Luisa dos Santos *1982 - ''O Homem do Pau-Brasil'' - Lalá *1983 - ''O Cangaceiro Trapalhão'' - Aninha *1984 - ''São Bernardo'' - Madalena *1985 - '' Happily Ever After'' - Fernanda *1995 - ''La Lona'' *2000 - ''Um Anjo Trapalhão'' *2003 - ''Olga Del Volga'' - unfinished to this day *2012 - '' Astro: An Urban Fable in a Magical Rio De Janeiro'' *2014 - '' Gata Velha Ainda Mia''

Theater

*1966 - A Megera Domada *1967 - Black-Out - uma adolescente *1969 - Romeu e Julieta - Julieta Capuleto *1971 - Dom Quixote, Mula Manca e seu Fiel Companheiro *1975 - Réveillon - Janete *1978 - O Santo Inquérito - Branca Dias *1986 - Miss Banana - musical *1992 - A Vida É Sonho - Segismundo *2001 - Honra - Norah *2005 - Coração Bazar *2013 - Bem-Vindo, Estranho - Jaki

Awards

*Awards IstoÉ Gente *2006 - personalidade the year in television(IstoÉ Gente) *Awards Contigo *1997 - the body of work (in performance in Por Amor *Professional Quality Award *2002 - the body of work (in performance in

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*Globe Award for Best Actress *1971 - by "Patrícia", in

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*Press Award for Best Actress *1965 - by "Malu", in A Deusa Vencida (actress revelation) *1967 - by "Bete", in Os Fantoches *1970 - by "Ritinha", in

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*1972 - by "Simone" e "Rosana", in Selva de pedra *1973 - received the award for best actress in

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as another actress thought deserved the prize offered for

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. *1979 - by "Malu", in

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*1985 - by "Viúva Porcina", in

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*APCA Award / TV Actress *1979 - by

*1980 - by

*1985 - by

References

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