Cristina Borges Ranzolin Falcão, best known as Cristina Ranzolin (born October 28, 1966), is a Brazilian journalist and TV host.

History

Cristina is daughter of Armindo Antônio Ranzolin, great name of sports radio. She has a brother, the lawyer Ricardo Ranzolin. She started her career in 1986 on

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-affiliated broadcaster in the Brazilian state of

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) as a sports reporter, as it was the only vacancy available at the time. In mid 1988, Cristina hosted ''Campo e Lavoura'' (from Portuguese: Field and Drop), TV program of the rural segment, that today is a segment of ''Galpão Crioulo'', TV show about Gaucho traditions. In 1993, she moved to

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, where she worked by three and a half years on TV Globo, where, alongside William Bonner, she presented ''

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'' between 1993 and 1996. She also presented ''

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'' by 15 days, substituting Fátima Bernardes, before the arrival of Lillian Witte Fibe. Ranzolin was also eventual host of '' RJTV'', TV Globo's local newscast in Rio de Janeiro, between 1993 and 1995. In 1996, Cristina returned to Rio Grande do Sul and to RBS TV to host '' Jornal do Almoço'' (Lunch News, in Portuguese) with also journalists Rosane Marchetti, Paulo Sant'Ana and

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, being that after Marchetti leave in November 2010 to make reports to ''Globo Repórter'' in Rio Grande do Sul, Ranzolin began being the sole presenter of the newscast. In July 2019, Ranzolin was chosen to host ''

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'', integrating a rotation of 27 presenters of TV Globo owned-and-operated and affiliated broadcasters from all over Brazil, in a referent action at 50 years of the main newscast of the country. She opened the rotation on August 31, 2019, beside Márcio Bonfim, from

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, TV Globo owned-and-operated station headquartered in

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, capital of that state, in Northeast of Brazil, and in 2020, she joined to the fixed rotation of the newscast. However, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the rotation was temporarily cancelled, and with that, TV Globo chose to select only professionals who live in Rio de Janeiro to present Jornal Nacional, a health measure that is currently in effect.

Awards and nominations

Personal life

Ranzolin is married since the end of 2003 with the former soccer player

Paulo Roberto Falcão Paulo Roberto Falcão (; born 16 October 1953), usually known as simply Falcão, is a Brazilian former footballer and football manager. He is universally considered one of the greatest Brazilian players of all time and one of the greatest defen ...

, with whom she has a daughter, the actress Antônia Ranzolin Falcão, born the following year (2004).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ranzolin, Cristina 1966 births Living people Brazilian women journalists Brazilian women television presenters People from Porto Alegre