Cristiana Oliveira

Cristiana Barbosa da Silva de Oliveira (born December 15, 1963, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian actress,[1] model and businesswoman.[2]

Cristiana Oliveira
Cristiana Oliveira during a fashion event in March 2018.
Born
Cristiana Barbosa da Silva de Oliveira

(1963-12-15) December 15, 1963
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
Occupation
  • Actress
  • model
  • businesswoman
Spouse(s)
André Wanderley
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(m. 1982; div. 1990)​

Marcos Sampaio
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(m. 1994; div. 2002)​
Children2
Websitewww.cristianaoliveira.com

Biography

The daughter of Oscar de Oliveira and Eugênia Barbosa da Silva de Oliveira, Cristiana Oliveira is the youngest of a family of nine children with two brothers and seven sisters.[3][4][5] Oliveira was born and raised in a house in Ipanema, Brazil. To help at home she began to work at a flower shop near her residence at ten years of age.[3] Her nickname, since she was a young child, was Krika.

Career

After recording a commercial directed by Walter Salles, she was called by Jayme Monjardim,[3] to audition for TV Manchete for Shock a program broadcasting music clips. She auditioned for the leading role of Dora for the telenovela Kananga do Japão.[6] She was cast as Hannah after actress Bia Seidl quit the role. Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte (APCA) recognized Oliveira's performance in that show.[4]

In 1989, she began recording the Pantanal for Rede Manchete. After reading the synopsis, Oliveira fell in love with the character of Juma, a role initially intended for actress Glória Pires, and offered to play her. The telenovela was a big hit, winning a large audience for TV Globo and becoming a landmark in Brazilian soap operas. Her work won awards in Brazil and abroad. It was one of her most recognized and idolized roles.

In 1992, she was hired by TV Globo as the protagonist for the miniseries Agosto, a role that ultimately came to be played by Vera Fischer. Instead, Oliviera won the part of the protagonist, along with Tarcísio Meira, for the telenovela De Corpo e Alma. In February of that year, she posed nude for the Brazilian edition of Playboy magazine.

In 1994, she took part in the miniseries Memorial de Maria Moura, and then starred in the soap opera Quatro por Quatro, alongside actresses Letícia Spiller, Elizabeth Savalla and Betty Lago.[7] It was her first comic role as a television actress. After the end of the telenovela, she lived in New York City in order to improve her English.

In 2001, she appeared in the first episode of the soap opera Porto dos Milagres. The following year she was in the second season of the telenovela O Clone, in which she was disguised as the villain Alicinha.

In 2011, she had a cameo role as lesbian and convicted drug dealer named Araci Laranjeira in Insensato Coração. Her performance was praised by viewers and critics alike.[8] She had to gain 15 pounds to play the role and was a victim of prejudice from some of the media and the public.[9] In 2012, she played Yolanda in Salve Jorge.[10] In 2014, she returns to TV in the GNT series, Animal, in the role of former delegate and mayor Mariana Gomes.[11] In 2015, it signs contract with Rede Record to integrate the cast of the novel A Terra Prometida.[12]

In 2018, Cristiana returns to the cinema after eleven years since the last film in which she participated, Nossa Senhora de Caravaggio. She is in the cast of Eu sou Brasileiro,[13] by Alessandro Barros; Borderline,[13] by Cibele Amaral; Paixão Nacional,[13] by Teresa Jessouron, and in Uma Carta para Ferdinand,[13] by Anderson and Kleber Dresch.

In 2019, after three years away from television, she will return to soap operas on Topíssima, RecordTV's telenovela, playing Lara, a social climber.[14]

Personal life

At age 13, in 1976, she became addicted to cigarettes, only succeeding in getting rid of dependency in 1998, with the help of Victor Fasano, her friend by profession.

Cristiana was married to photographer André Wanderley, from this union was born Rafaella. In 1994, Cristiana married for the second time, this time with the businessman Marcos Sampaio, with whom she was married for 8 years. In 1999, her second daughter, Antônia, was born.

On February 7, 2013 became grandmother for the first time, with the birth of Miguel, son of Rafaella.[15]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1989Kananga do JapãoHannah
1990PantanalJuma Marruá
1991 Fronteiras do DesconhecidoBillie FrechetteEpisode: "Inimigos Públicos"
AmazôniaCamille / Milla
1992Amazônia - Parte IICamille
De Corpo e AlmaPaloma Bianchi
1994Memorial de Maria MouraMarialva
Quatro por QuatroTatiana Tarantino (Maria das Dores Santanna / Raio de Sol)
1996Salsa e MerengueAdriana Campos Queiroz
1998Corpo DouradoSelena Pereira
1999Vila MadalenaPilar Ramirez
2001Porto dos MilagresEuláliaFirst phase
O CloneAlicinha
2002O Olhar da SerpenteCeleste Carvalho PintoIn Portugal on the SIC channel
2003KubanacanHelenaEpisodes: "May 7–8, 2003"
2005MalhaçãoRita GarciaSeason 12
2006A DiaristaBettyEpisode: "Até Que a Nete os Separe"
2007Amazônia, de Galvez a Chico MendesCarminhaThird phase
Dança dos Famosos 4ParticipantDomingão do Faustão's reality show
Sete PecadosDra. Margareth
2008Casos e AcasosSimoneEpisode: "O Colar, O Cachorro e O DVD"
Faça Sua HistóriaTalitaEpisode: "Álbum de Família"
Casos e AcasosBárbaraEpisode: "O Parto, o Batom e o Passaporte"
2009ParaísoZuleika Tavares
2011Insensato CoraçãoAraci LaranjeiraEpisodes: "March 19–April 25, 2011"
2012Salve JorgeYolanda Pereira Gomes
2014AnimalMariana Gomes
2016A Terra PrometidaMara
2017Tô de GraçaDrª VerônicaEpisode: "Mudança de Sexo"
2019TopíssimaLara Lopes Valença

Film
Year Title Role
1991Os Trapalhões e a Árvore da JuventudeJuliana
2006Gatão de Meia IdadeSandrão
2007Nossa Senhora de CaravaggioAngélica
2018 Eu Sou Brasileiro Carmem
Borderline
Paixão Nacional
Uma Carta para Ferdinand

References
  1. "Cristiana Oliveira". IMDb. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
  2. Gabriela Antunes (May 5, 2017). "Cristiana Oliveira investe em loja e dá palestras sobre autoestima". Patrícia Kogut. Globo.com. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  3. "Biografia da atriz Cristiana Oliveira". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  4. "B I O G R A F I A". Archived from the original on 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  5. "Carreira da atriz Cristiana Oliveira". Contigo!. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  6. Contigo!. "Carreira da atriz Cristiana Oliveira". Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
  7. "Lista: Como Griselda de Fina Estampa, elas ganham banho de loja". Globo.com. August 18, 2011. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
  8. "Cristiana Oliveira promete vilã "muito pior" que Alicinha". Quem. Globo.com. October 16, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
  9. Globo.com (March 14, 2011). "Cristiana Oliveira engorda 15kg para viver detenta em 'Insensato Coração'". Extra. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
  10. http://televisao.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2013/05/13/cristiana-oliveira-diz-que-personagem-estava-perdida-em-salve-jorge.htm
  11. http://gnt.globo.com/series/animal/materias/com-jeans-botas-e-colete-cristiana-oliveira-comenta-o-estilo-de-sua-personagem-em-animal.htm
  12. "Confira o elenco da novela "A Terra Prometida"". Archived from the original on July 1, 2016. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  13. Redação (July 16, 2018). "Cristiana Oliveira relembra sua personagem mais famosa: "A Juma é para sempre"". Cena Pop. Uol. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  14. "Cristiana Oliveira fará 'Topíssima', na Record". Patrícia Kogut. Globo.com. December 19, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  15. "Nasce o neto de Cristiana Oliveira". Ego. Globo.com. February 7, 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
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