Giulia Daysi Gam (born 28 December 1966) is a Brazilian actress.

Biography

Giulia was born in

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when her father, José Carlos Gam Heuss, was taking a course. Her parents are both Brazilians. She has a Danish grandfather.

Career

She became famous in

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after performing the young Jocasta Silveira in the

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'' and since then started a meteoric career in television, despite being one of the most seminal thespians of Brazil. Giulia's biography registers a respectable stage career, from which she was chosen for her debut in

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, Giulia played the character Jocasta, when young, in the telenovela Mandala (the adult Jocasta was portrayed by actress Vera Fischer). Giulia came to the telenovela without any experience in television, other than some ads and videos made by friends from an independent film company. She carried out four years of exhaustive and obsessive work in

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. In the stage, Giulia debuted under direction of Antunes Filho, in the

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's play

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, in São Paulo, in 1984. With Antunes Filho's company she travelled in a long tour by

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, Europe,

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and

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. After it dissolved, she travelled to

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, where she found

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, who motivated her to go on with her stage career. In January 1987, back to Brazil, Giulia joined the cast of the

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play Phèdre, invited by actress Fernanda Montenegro. In October of the same year, she debuted in TV, with a huge success.

Personal life

By the end of the 1980s, she was in a relationship with musician

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. She is currently in a relationship with professor Stephen Bocskay.

Filmography

Television

* 1987 - ''

''.... Jocasta (Young) * 1988 - '' O Primo Basílio''.... Luísa * 1989 - '' Que Rei Sou Eu?''.... Aline * 1991 - '' Vamp''.... Lucia * 1992 - ''Procura-se'' * 1992 - '' Você Decide, Laços de Família'' * 1993 - ''Caso Especial, O Alienista'' * 1993 - ''Caso Especial, Lucíola'' * 1993 - ''Caso Especial, Lisbela e o Prisioneiro'' * 1993 - ''Retrato de Mulher, Era Uma Vez'' .... Leila * 1993 - '' Fera Ferida''.... Linda Inês * 1995 - ''A Comédia da Vida Privada, Casados x Solteiros''.... Ana * 1995 - ''A Comédia da Vida Privada, Sexo na Cabeça''.... Camila * 1996 - ''A Comédia da Vida Privada, Como Destruir Seu Casamento'' * 1996 - ''A Comédia da Vida Privada, Drama'' * 1996 - '' A Vida como Ela É...'' * 1998 - '' Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos''.... Dona Flor * 1999 - '' Você Decide, Numa e Ninfa '' * 2000 - ''Brava Gente'' * 2001 - '' Os Normais, Faça o seu Pedido''.... Clara * 2001 - '' A Padroeira''.... Antonieta * 2002 - '' A Grande Família, Os Boçais''.... Jaqueline * 2002 - '' Os Normais, Desconfianças Normais''.... Taís * 2003 - ''

Mulheres Apaixonadas ''Mulheres Apaixonadas'' (English: ''Women In Love'') is a Brazilian telenovela which originally aired on Rede Globo TV Globo (stylized as tvglobo; , ), formerly known as Rede Globo de Televisão (; shortened to Rede Globo) or simply known ...

''.... Heloísa Morais * 2004 - '' Celebridade''.... Herself * 2004 - '' A Diarista, Quem vai ficar com Marinete?''.... Nanci * 2005 - '' A Diarista, É fria, Marinete!''.... Rogelma * 2005 - ''A História de Rosa'' * 2005 - '' Bang Bang''.... Vegas Locomotiv / Moll Flanders * 2007 - '' Eterna Magia''.... Regina Ferreira / Shirleyd / Raimunda Ferreira * 2008 - '' A Favorita''.... Diva Palhares / Rosana Costa / Kato / Miranda * 2009 - '' Força-Tarefa, Temporada de Caça''.... Cláudia * 2009 - ''Aline''.... Sofia * 2010 - '' Ti Ti Ti''.... Bruna Soares Sampaio * 2011 - '' Chico Xavier'' .... Rita * 2011 - '' A Grande Família, A República do Salto Alto''.... Estela * 2011 - '' A Grande Família, A Noite Perfeita''.... Estela * 2012 - '' As Brasileiras''.... Soraya * 2012 - '' Amor Eterno Amor''.... Laura Belize * 2012 - '' Guerra dos Sexos''.... Gisele * 2013 - '' Sangue Bom''.... Bárbara Ellen (Conceição da Silva) * 2014 - '' Boogie Oogie'' .... Carlota Veiga Azevedo Braga

Selected films

* 1987 - '' Besame Mucho'' * 2005 - '' Árido Movie'' * 2010 - '' Chico Xavier'' * 2011 - '' Assalto ao Banco Central''

References

External links

* 1966 births Living people People from Perugia Actresses from Umbria Brazilian people of Danish descent Brazilian telenovela actresses Brazilian stage actresses 20th-century Brazilian actresses 21st-century Brazilian actresses Italian people of Brazilian descent {{Brazil-actor-stub