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 ''
Quilombo'', ''
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'', ''
Cama de Gato'', ''
Lado a Lado'', ''
Babilônia'', and ''
Velho Chico''.
Career
In 1984, Pintaga made her acting debut as a child in
Quilombo.
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 (film and television), drama genres around the w ...
s ''
Cama de Gato'', ''
Lado a Lado'', ''
Babilônia'' and ''
Velho Chico'' and was the antagonist in
Porto dos Milagres and
Paraíso Tropical.
Personal life
Pitanga was born in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...
, Brazil. She is the daughter of actors Vera Manhães and
Antônio Pitanga 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.
Pintaga studied at Pentagono College and she is a director of Human Rights Movement.
Pintaga 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
External links
*
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1977 births
Living people
Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Afro-Brazilian actresses
Brazilian stage actresses
Brazilian film actresses
Brazilian telenovela actresses
Brazilian female models
Brazilian atheists
Brazilian bisexual actresses
Brazilian LGBTQ models
Bisexual women models
Models from Rio de Janeiro (city)
21st-century Brazilian actresses
21st-century Brazilian LGBTQ people