Françoise Forton

Françoise Forton (born July 8, 1957) is a Brazilian actress.[1][2]

Françoise Forton
Forton in June 2012
Born	Françoise Forton July 8, 1957 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1969–present
Spouse(s)	Eduardo Barata ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	Guilherme Forton Viotti

Career

The actress is the daughter of a Frenchman and a Brazilian. She began her career as an actress in 1969, making a small contribution to the soap opera A Última Valsa. She then participated in an episode of the series A Grande Família in 1973, playing Tuco's girlfriend (Luiz Armando Queiroz). It gained more notoriety in the television with the novel Fogo sobre Terra in 1974, interpreting the rebellious Estrada-de-Fogo. Since then, he has been a member of several telenovelas, always with important roles.

In 1975, he starred in Cuca Legal alongside Francisco Cuoco, Yoná Magalhães and Suely Franco. In the plot, she was one of the three women of Mário Barroso (Francisco Cuoco), Virgínia. In the same year, she was part of the cast of "Ode to ten", O Grito, where she played the activist Mariana, who was fighting for the rights of women and minorities.

The following year, 1976, she starred in Estúpido Cupido, a novel set in the 1960s. Her character, Maria Tereza, is a dreamy girl who wants to leave Albuquerque to be voted Miss Brazil. However, her boyfriend João (Ricardo Blat), an aspiring journalist, dies of jealousy and intends to marry her, placing herself as a hindrance in her plans. After the end of the novel, Françoise spent seven years away from television. In 1983 he transferred to Rede Bandeirantes where he made the soap opera Sabor de Mel and the series Casa de Irene.

He returned to Rede Globo in 1988, participating in the soap opera Bebê a Bordo, where he played the sensual Glória, acting alongside Nicette Bruno, Patrícya Travassos and Tony Ramos. In 1989 plays one of the villains of the great success Tieta, in the plot gave life to the cold and calculating Helena, wife of Ascânio (Reginaldo Faria). In 1990 returns to act in another novel of prime time, in Meu Bem, Meu Mal lived the mysterious Marcela.

In 1992, she played one of the main characters of Perigosas Peruas, the ambitious and dangerous Caroline. In 1993 he participated in Sonho Meu. In 1994 she interprets the frustrated nurse Clarisse in Quatro por Quatro, of Carlos Lombardi, where it made romantic pair with Rômulo Arantes. The following year, Françoise won one of the main roles of the soap opera Explode Coração, the first telenovela to be recorded at the newly opened Projac. In the plot she was the great villain Eugênia Avelar, an exquisite and cold woman, in love with the protagonist Júlio (Edson Celulari) and did everything to conquer it.

In 1996 she integrated the cast of the novel Anjo de Mim giving life to elegant Renata Monterrey, one of the central characters of the plot. In 1997 returns to the time in the noble in the success Por Amor, of Manoel Carlos, where it interpreted the futile Meg.

Three years later, 2000, returns to the novels in Uga-Uga, living hippie Larissa Guerra. In 2001 he participated in O Clone as secretary Simone. In 2003 he was in Kubanacan as the futile Concheta. After the end of the novel, Françoise went to work at SBT, where she recorded two remakes of Mexican novels with important roles, Seus Olhos, in 2004, and Os Ricos Também Choram, in 2005. She then signed a contract with Rede Record where she remained until the year of 2011, in that time Françoise participated in several novels and serials of the station as Cidadão Brasileiro, Luz do Sol and Ribeirão do Tempo.

In 2012 she returned to Rede Globo,[3] after a season in Rede Record.

Personal life

Forton is of French descent.[4] She lived in Brasília from 5 to 17 years.

She was married to the physicist Ênio Viotti for four years, and from this marriage she had her only son, Guilherme.[5]

In 2014, Françoise married theater producer Eduardo Barata.[6]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	A Última Valsa		Special participation[7]
1973	A Grande Família	Tuco's Girlfriend	Special participation[8]
1974	Fogo sobre Terra	Estrada de Ferro
1975	Cuca Legal	Virgínia Viana
	O Grito	Marisa
1976	Estúpido Cupido	Maria Tereza Oliveira (Tetê)
1983	Sabor de Mel	Rebeca
	Casa de Irene	Gina
1988	Bebê a Bordo	Glória Ladeira
1989	Tieta	Helena
1990	Meu Bem, Meu Mal	Marcela Miranda
1991	O Portador	Patrícia[9]
1992	Perigosas Peruas	Caroline
1993	O Mapa da Mina	Fernanda Sabino	Episode: "March 29, 1993"
	Sonho Meu	Gilda Fontana
1994	Quatro por Quatro	Clarisse
1995	Explode Coração	Eugênia Avelar
1996	Anjo de Mim	Renata Monterrey
1997	Você Decide	Natália	Episode: "Cobiça"
	Por Amor	Margarida Saboya Trajano (Meg)
1998	Labirinto	Wanda Camargo
2000	Uga-Uga	Larissa Guerra
2001	O Clone	Simone
2002	O Quinto dos Infernos	Miou-Miou
2003	Kubanacan	Concheta Ibarra
2004	Seus Olhos	Elaine
2005	Os Ricos Também Choram	Arabela Guedes
2006	Cidadão Brasileiro	Manuela Gama	Phase 2[10]
2007	Luz do Sol	Belquiss Lins de Albuquerque
2008	Caminhos do Coração	Judge	Episodes: "May 30–June 2, 2008"
2009	Promessas de Amor	Cristina Dorange / Estela Dorange
2010	Ribeirão do Tempo	Dirce Flores	Episodes: "May 18–24, 2010"
	Louca Família	Maria Estela Silva (Estelinha)
2013	Amor à Vida	Gisela Borba de Andrada Lemos (Gigi)
2014	As Canalhas	Bárbara	Episode: "Julia, A Secretária Ambiciosa"[11]
	Sexo e as Negas	Marisinha Bengston de Castro	Episodes: "O Encaixe" / "Alguns Sonhos"[12]
2015	I Love Paraisópolis	Isolda
	Dança dos Famosos 12	Participant	Domingão do Faustão's reality show
2017	Prata da Casa	Hercília Ribeiro
	Tempo de Amar	Emília Macedo[13]

Films

Year	Title	Role
1970	Marcelo Zona Sul	Renata
1974	Relatório de Um Homem Casado	Norma
1975	O Sósia da Morte	Cláudia[14]
1988	Jardim de Alah	Denise
1991	Manobra Radical
2004	Araguaya - A Conspiração do Silêncio	Dora
2010	Léo e Bia	Mother of Bia
2017	Coração de Cowboy	Iolanda

References

1. André Oliveira (August 22, 2005). "Françoise Forton trabalha na produção de dois curtas" (in Portuguese). cinemacomrapadura.com.br. Archived from the original on August 14, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
2. "Parabéns" (in Portuguese). OFuxico. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
3. "Françoise Forton troca Record pela Globo após convite de Walcyr Carrasco e Wolf Maia - Últimas Notícias - UOL TV e Famosos". televisao.uol.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved October 23, 2017.
4. "GALERIAS | Lu Lacerda". iG (in Portuguese). Retrieved October 23, 2017.
5. Ana Paula Bazolli (August 10, 2013). "Françoise Forton: "Estou feliz. Obrigada, Senhor" - Edição 673 (02/08/2013)". Revista Quem (in Portuguese). Globo.com. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
6. Cristiane Rodrigues (October 22, 2014). "Recém-casada, Françoise Forton diz: 'Paris está no roteiro de lua de mel'" (in Portuguese). Ego. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
7. "Françoise Forton: "Coisas efêmeras não me encantam"". Ofuxico. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
8. "Notícias sobre Comer e Beber Brasília | VEJA.com". vejabrasil.abril.com.br. Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
9. "O PORTADOR - FICHA TÉCNICA". memoriaglobo.globo.com. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
10. Tatiana Amin (August 24, 2006). "Luiz Carlos Miele e Françoise Forton estão na 2ª fase de Cidadão Brasileiro". O Fuxico (in Portuguese). Terra. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
11. "Julia, a secretaria ambiciosa". As Canalhas - GNT (in Portuguese). Retrieved September 4, 2017.
12. Patrícia Kogut (September 21, 2014). "Chay Suede se prepara para voltar à TV na faixa das 21h". O Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved October 27, 2014.
13. "Françoise Forton e Olívia Araújo farão a novela "Tempo de Amar"". Noticiasdetv.com (in Portuguese). 2017-04-27. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
14. "O Sósia da Morte". Cinemateca Brasileira (in Portuguese). Retrieved July 27, 2017.

External links

• Françoise Forton at IMDb