Graziella de Cássia Schmitt Silva, commonly known as Graziella Schmitt (born May 26, 1981), is a Brazilian actress. She played the lead role in the telenovela ''

Amor e Revolução ''Amor e Revolução'' (English title: ''Love and Revolution'') is a Brazilian telenovela that first aired on SBT in 2011. Written by Tiago Santiago text cooperation with Renata Dias Gomes and Miguel Paiva and directed by Reynaldo Boury. Cast ...

'' and as of 2013 plays the lead role in '' Belmonte''.

Career

Born in

Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, ; , ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian Federative units of Brazil, state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of roughly 1.4 million inhabitants (2022) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, 11th-most p ...

, Rio Grande do Sul state, after working as a paquita (dancer) in

Xuxa Park ''Xuxa Park'' was a Spanish children's television series hosted by Xuxa Meneghel, based on the '' Xou da Xuxa'', produced by Michael Jay Solomon and screened from March 12 to June 18, 1992 by the Madrid network Telecinco, the third largest broadc ...

from 1995 to 2000, and in 2002 playing Laila in

Sandy & Junior Sandy & Junior were a Brazilian pop music duo consisting of siblings Sandy Leah Lima (born January 28, 1983) and Durval de Lima Júnior (born April 11, 1984). They first gained notoriety by being the children of Xororó from popular sertanejo ...

and presenting

TV Globinho ''TV Globinho'' (formerly Globinho) was a children's television program produced by Rede Globo. It was dedicated to cartoons and anime and was broadcast from July 3, 2000, until August 1, 2015. The strand was responsible for introducing several ...

, she was cast as Vivi in

Malhação ''Malhação'' (, ''Young Hearts'' in English) is a Brazilian soap-opera that aired on TV Globo from 4 March 1995 to 3 April 2020. The series is targeted at a teenage audience. Each season runs for about a year with cast members changing every ...

in 2004. The character she played was the stereotypical popular girl in school. After guest starring in other programs such as

Pé na Jaca ''Pé na Jaca'' (lit. English: "A Foot Inside the Jackfruit") is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by TV Globo from 20 November 2006 to 15 June 2007. It stars Murilo Benício, Juliana Paes, Fernanda Lima, Marcos Pasquim, Betty Lago ...

in 2007 as Renatinha,

Por Toda Minha Vida ''Por Toda Minha Vida'' ( English: ''All My Life'') is a Brazilian television series produced and broadcast by Rede Globo. His first episode aired on December 28, 2006. It is the Brazilian television series with the most nominations (6 in total) t ...

in 2008 and Mina, she played Tina Tinia in 2008

Rede Globo TV Globo (stylized as tvglobo; , ), formerly known as Rede Globo de Televisão (; shortened to Rede Globo) or simply known as Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965 ...

's telenovela

A Favorita ''A Favorita'' (English: ''The Favorite'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast TV Globo. It premiered 2 June 2008 to 17 January 2009 with a total number of episodes of 197. It is created by João Emanuel Carneiro and directed by Ricar ...

. Graziella Schmitt returned to Malhação in 2009, playing a different character, this time she played biology teacher Letícia. She plays the lead role in SBT's telenovela

. The telenovela debuted on April 5, 2011, and she played Maria Paixão, who is the daughter of a communist journalist, and fights against the

military dictatorship A military dictatorship, or a military regime, is a type of dictatorship in which Power (social and political), power is held by one or more military officers. Military dictatorships are led by either a single military dictator, known as a Polit ...

in Brazil. Her character falls in love to José Guerra, played by

Cláudio Lins Cláudio Werner Vianna Lins (born 30 November 1972) is a Brazilian actor, singer, and presenter. He is known for his extensive work in musicals, such as '' Ópera do Malandro'', ''Nada Será Como Antes'', ''Rock in Rio - O Musical'', ''Elis, A Mu ...

, who is the son of one of the soldiers involved in the 1964 coup d'état. Grazilella Schmitt stars as Paula in the 2013 Portuguese telenovela Belmonte.

Filmography

Television

Cinema

Theater

Footnotes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schmitt, Graziella 1981 births Living people Actresses from Porto Alegre Brazilian film actresses Brazilian telenovela actresses Brazilian people of German descent Brazilian stage actresses