Mariana Ximenes do Prado Nuzzi, commonly known as Mariana Ximenes (born April 26, 1981 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian actress.

Biography

Mariana Ximenes do Prado Nuzzi was born in São Paulo on April 26, 1981 and grew up in Vila Mariana neighborhood.

Mariana wanted to be an actress since childhood. At age 6, she appeared in a school play as Cinderella. She began acting in amateur theater, insisting her parents invest in her career as an actress participating in various advertising campaigns. Her first acting lessons were in Teatro Escola Célia Helena, and at age 12, had appeared in more than 200 commercials. She attended Colégio Marista Arquidiocesano, where he studied from 3rd grade until her 3rd year of high school.




1994 — 01: Fascinação, Uga-Uga and A Padroeira
When she was thirteen years old, Mariana debuted on television in the soap opera 74.5 - Uma Onda no Ar in Rede Manchete in 1994, making a cameo. Shortly afterward, she was invited to join the cast of the soap opera Fascinação of SBT in 1998, where she played the character Emília, his first major TV role. In the same year, she made her debut on Rede Globo and began acting in movies. She appeared in the episode Dupla Traição program Você Decide in April and the Caminho dos Sonhos movie portraying the character Ruth Stern. She also participated in the pilot Sandy & Junior series portraying the character Vicky.

The following year, she played Celi Montana in Andando nas Nuvens." She also made a cameo in the soap opera Força de um Desejo playing the character Ângela.

Mariana played the character Bionda, which yielded a great success for his career. Following that she joined film Xuxa Popstar.

In 2001, she appeared in Brava Gente in the episode "A Sonata" playing the character Luciana. Her first job with dubbing occurred this year, playing the character Sharon Spitz in the Canadian animated Braceface. She did some ads for Fox Kids Brazil. Later, she played Isabel de Avelar in the soap opera A Padroeira. That same year, she also starred in her second film in the cinema, Dias de Nietzsche em Turim, playing the role of Júlia Fino.


2002 — 06: A Casa das Sete Mulheres, Chocolate com Pimenta and Cobras & Lagartos
In 2002, Mariana made a cameo in the comedy series Os Normais, in A Turma do Didi as Glorinha and Brava Gente in episode "Arioswaldo e o Lobisomem" as Branca Luz, alongside Suzana Vieira and Ângelo Antônio. Earlier that year, she made her third film appearance starring in the film O Invasor, which earned her the award for Best Supporting Actress at the Festival do Recife, in Passista Trophy, Grande Prêmio BR do Cinema Brasileiro and Cinema Brazil Grand Prize.

The following year, she played the character Rosário in A Casa das Sete Mulheres. She won the award for Best romantic couple along with actor Thiago Fragoso earning the Contigo Award and her character became popular among viewers, although her died at the end of the film. During this period, Mariana made a special participation in the program Zorra Total and A Grande Família. Her next role was in a soap opera perhaps one of the most important in her entire career. She played Ana, the main protagonist, also known as Aninha, the soap opera Chocolate com Pimenta and her earned him good praise and a big highlight for the media, which found success thanks to the novel action of Ximenes. Mariana also starred in films such as O Homem do Ano and Uma Estrela Pra Ioiô in 2003. In 2004, she also participated in the special Globo Histórias de Cama & Mesa.

In 2005, she was cast the novel América as the rebellious Raíssa. In this role, she was well acclaimed by critics. Sérgio Ripardo said that América would be remembered in the future as the soap opera couple Mariana Ximenes and Cléo Pires, due to the popularity of their characters, and Folha Online said the character was Raíssa overshadowing the main character in the plot, Sol, played by Deborah Secco. This year, she also faced one more film work in the film Gaijin - Ama-me Como Sou living the character Weronika Muller. She also made the second job as a voice actress in the movie Chicken Little, where he voiced the character Hebe Marreca, known as Pata Ugly. Also in 2005, she made a cameo in Casseta & Planeta playing the character Raíssa. In 2006, Mariana was cast as Lílian Gonçalves in the miniseries JK, which was a very successful role for her. In Cobras & Lagartos, she made the character Bel, before they would be interpreted by Giovanna Antonelli. In the plot, her character is a musician who gets the inheritance of her deceased uncle, who owns a fictitious company called Luxus.


2007 — 10: A Favorita and Passione
After Cobras & Lagartos, she made a cameo in the soap opera Paraíso Tropical as Sônia, a journalist who becomes the new girlfriend of the character Mateus, played by Gustavo Leão. In reality, she had been invited to play the character Bebel, resigned over it, which ended up with Camila Pitanga. The following year, Mariana played the heroine Lara Fontini in A Favorita, one of the main characters of the plot. The look of her character became a hit between the Brazilian, who soon became adept stripped the way of the character. She was invited to be a presenter of the program Superbonita channel GNT, where she spoke about pin-ups. She also made a cameo as herself in the documentary Episódio Especial and as herself in the documentary Despertar das Amazonas.

In 2010, Mariana Ximenes was cast live at Clara Medeiros in the soap opera Passione, the first villain of the actress's career. It was based on Bette Davis in order to compose a character as well as some other villains of Brazilian soap operas, such as Nazaré of Renata Sorrah and Maria de Fátima of Glória Pires. Some changes were also made in its visual power to liven the character.





The Clara, Passione, struck me very much. Besides being a very complex character, who sometimes prays villainess girl was me and it demanded a lot, it was the first time that I collaborated with Tony Ramos, Fernanda Montenegro, Cleyde Yáconis, and Leonardo Villar. It was a character that gave me a lot in many ways.



— Mariana Ximenes about her character in Passione.

The actress Mariana Ximenes topped the poll site's Caras magazine as the greatest villain of novels. The critical Flávio Ricco said "Mariana Ximenes that Clara did one of his best work on television". It Press won the trophy for Best Actress for the interpretation of the character, and was also nominated for some awards. The journalist Fabíola Reipert said Mariana Ximenes can show his talent, because he was in the main cast of the soap opera, even with only 29 years. The character Clara was also compared to Bia Falcão, played by Fernanda Montenegro character in Belíssima.

Furthermore, Mariana returned to the theater, starring in the play Os Altruístas, directed by Guilherme Weber, after nine years without performing in a theater.


2011 — present: As Brasileiras, Guerra dos Sexos and movies
In 2011, she was one of the producers of the film Um Homem Só, and she was trying to get $4 million to the budget, attending meetings and events. The film soon after became a stamp of Ancine, one of the largest film producers in Brazil. Due to the success of her character in Passione, Globo decided to take her away from small screen for some time, although it was confirmed that she was not willing to produce the film Um Homem Só by herself in addition to starring in the film. In May 2012, she was part of the cast of the series As Brasileiras in the episode "A Adormecida de Foz do Iguaçu", wearing sexy clothing while playing seductive character Liliane. She made her third job as voice actress in the movie 31 minutos, la película, as the voice of Cachirula. It was also confirmed that she would star in the soap opera Guerra dos Sexos as the character Juliana. Shortly afterward, she was part of the film Os Penetras with Eduardo Sterblitch and Marcelo Adnet. She also starred in the film O Gorila filmmaker José Eduardo Belmonte, as a seductive character.

In 2013, she starred in the movies O Uivo da Gaita and O Rio nos Pertence! made by Ricardo Pretti. Mariana performed a vedette cabaret in the soap opera Joia Rara.