Isabel Cristina Teodoro Fillardis (born August 3, 1973, in
Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil) is a Brazilian actress and model.
Career
Fillardis began her career as a model at age 11, and at 15 she became a professional model. Two years later, at the insistence of her agency,
Ford Models,
she marked her acting debut in the role of "Ritinha" in ''
Renascer,'' a soap opera aired by
TV 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 broadcasting, television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto M ...
. She participated as one of three members in the girl group Sublimes, which had ephemeral success in the 1990s. In November 1996, she posed nude for
Playboy magazine.
Fillardis has starred in several
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 like ''
A Lua Me Disse'', ''
Começar de Novo'', ''
A Padroeira'',
''
Força de um Desejo'', ''
Corpo Dourado'', ''
A Indomada'',
''
O Fim do Mundo'',
''
A Próxima Vítima,''
and ''
Pátria Minha
''Pátria Minha'' (English: ''My Homeland'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo
TV Globo (stylized as tvglobo; , ), formerly known as Rede Globo de Televisão (; shortened to Rede Globo) or simply known as Globo, is ...
''.
In films, Fillardis appeared in ''
Orfeu'', ''Navalha na Carne,'' and ''O Homem Nu''.
In 2007, Fillardis joined the cast of the telenovela ''
Sete Pecados'', created by
Walcyr Carrasco,
and in 2008, she joined the cast of the television series ''
Malhação''.
In 2011, the actress made a cameo in the last chapter of the soap opera ''
Insensato Coração'', playing the lawyer Mônica ''
Fina Estampa
''Fina Estampa'' (''Looks & Essence'') is a Brazilian telenovela that first aired on TV Globo
TV Globo (stylized as tvglobo; , ), formerly known as Rede Globo de Televisão (; shortened to Rede Globo) or simply known as Globo, is a Brazili ...
'' in the telenovela.
Personal life
Fillardis is currently single, but she previously married engineer Júlio César Santos and is mother of Analuz. Fillardis was pregnant with her second son, Jamal Anuar, and two months after the birth of the child, discovered that he was a carrier of
West syndrome, a type of
epilepsy
Epilepsy is a group of Non-communicable disease, non-communicable Neurological disorder, neurological disorders characterized by a tendency for recurrent, unprovoked Seizure, seizures. A seizure is a sudden burst of abnormal electrical activit ...
that alters the development of mind. Stirred, she decided to plead for the cause of disease carriers, and in 2006 launched the ''forces of good'', dedicated to promoting assistance to persons who require special care (visual, mental, hearing, and/or motor disabilities) and who do not have the financial means to do so.
In 2003, she founded the NGO Donate Your Junk, focused on socio-environmental area. On December 28, 2013, the actress gave birth to her third son, Kalel.
Filmography
Television
Film
References
External links
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1973 births
Living people
Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Brazilian television actresses
Brazilian telenovela actresses
Brazilian film actresses
Brazilian stage actresses
Brazilian female models
Afro-Brazilian actresses
21st-century Brazilian actresses
Afro-Brazilian female models