Milena Toscano Gonçalves (born January 11, 1984), is a
Brazilian actress.
Career
Born in
Santo André, São Paulo
Santo André (, ''Saint Andrew'') is a Brazilian municipality located in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. It is part of a group of municipalities known as the ABC Region. According to the most recent census in 2022, the population is esti ...
,
Milena Toscano started her career as a model when she was ten years-old, after she was hired by the
Ford Models Agency.
She performed in her first TV commercial when she was 13 years old.
After attending many performing arts schools such as Studio Fátima Toledo, Casa de Artes de Laranjeiras and Escola Livre de Teatro, she was signed by
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 ...
. She debuted in the 2004 telenovela
Começar de Novo
''Começar de Novo'' is a Brazilian telenovela produced by TV Globo and aired between 30 August 2004 and 16 April 2005.
It stars Marcos Paulo, Natália do Vale, Eva Wilma, Werner Schünemann, Carlos Vereza
Carlos Alberto Vereza de Almeida ...
, playing the character Sofia.
Milena Toscano played Martina in
SBT's remake of the Mexican telenovela ''
Los Ricos También Lloran
''Los ricos también lloran'' ("The Rich Also Cry") is a popular telenovela produced in Mexico in 1979, starring Verónica Castro, Rogelio Guerra and Rocío Banquells. Castro also sang the theme ''Aprendí a Llorar'' ("I learned to cry"), a so ...
'', named Los Ricos também Choram, which aired from 2005 to 2006.
In 2007, Milena played
Anita Garibaldi
Anita Garibaldi (, ; born Ana Maria de Jesus; 30 August 1821 – 4 August 1849) was a Brazilian republican revolutionary. She was the wife and comrade-in-arms of Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi. Their partnership epitomized the spir ...
in the Italian-Brazilian film ''
Anita - Una vita per Garibaldi'' directed by the Italian filmmaker
Aurelio Grimaldi.
She also played a lead role in 2010, in the Rede Globo telenovela ''
Araguaia'', playing Manuela Martinez.
She played the character Vanessa in the 2011 telenovela
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 ...
.
Milena Toscano played an abolitionist and feminist named Filipa do Amaral in the 2016
Escrava Mãe.
Filmography
Telenovelas
Cinema
;''Feature-length films'':
Theater
Awards
References
External links
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1984 births
Living people
Actresses from Santo André
Brazilian film actresses
Brazilian telenovela actresses
Brazilian stage actresses
Brazilian female models