Cláudia Vasconcelos Lira (December 16, 1965) is a Brazilian actress.

Biography

Early years and education Claudia was born in João Pessoa, capital of the state of Paraíba, in 1965. While still a child, she moved to the city of Rio de Janeiro. She studied performing arts at (CAL), a traditional theater school in Rio.

Even as a child, she performed in children's plays such as O Lenhador da Floresta, Os Germens da Discordia, for which she won the Coca-Cola Award for Best Actress, and Dama e o Vagabundo, for which she also won the Coca-Cola Award for Best Actress.

Career Her first role on television was in the TV Globo miniseries , where she played Olga. Her debut in the network's soap operas was in Bambolê, where she played Orsina. In 1996, she made her film debut with the movie .

She appeared in several soap operas on the network, including Renascer (1993), História de Amor (1996), Uga-Uga (2000), Bang Bang (2005), Caminho das Índias (2009). The actress also appeared in series and other programs on the network, including Chiquinha Gonzaga (1999), Zorra Total (1999), and O Quinto dos Infernos (2002). In 2007, the actress appeared in the soap opera broadcast by TV Bandeirantes. In the same year, In 2007, she won te in the special category for her initiative to build the Solar de Botafogo Cultural Center in the neighborhood of the same name. In 2012, he moved to TV Record, where she worked on the soap opera Rebelde.

In 2016, she returned to Globo to work on the soap opera Velho Chico. Two years later, she joined the cast of Segundo Sol.

Personal life She married and they had a daughter, Valentina, born in 2006. She is currently married to businessman João Marcelo Araújo.

In 2020, she was on the verge of death in a hospital in Rio de Janeiro due to medical negligence caused by a failure to identify that the actress had appendicitis, spending ten days in intensive care.

Filmography

Television YearTitleRoleNotes1986Orsina1987BambolêOrsina1990Jurema BarbosaDebut1992Perigosas PeruasManuela Torremolinos1993RenascerValquíria Pereira (Kika)Nina Salles1995MalhaçãoCarla do NascimentoHistória de AmorVanda Furtado Diniz (Vandinha)1996Colégio BrasilTeresa Silveira Rocha1997O Amor Está no ArMatilde1998Corpo DouradoDébora1999Letícia SampaioChiquinha GonzagaSuzana Teixeira1999–00Zorra TotalMaria AparecidaSketch-comedy series, recurring role2000Uga-UgaSuzete Manhães (Suzy)2001Os NormaisAntônia dos Santos (Tônia)Episode: "Dar um Tempo é Normal"As Filhas da MãeDalete2002O Quinto dos InfernosRita GomesCoração de EstudanteMatildeSpecial appearance2003Agora É que São ElasGardêniaOs NormaisSolange TavaresEpisode: "Te Respeito e Trair Direito"2005Bang BangDiva Cardoso Lewis2007Lígia Vasconcelos (Diana Flag)2008Mara FerrazEpisode: "Lavanda & Vermelho"2009Caminho das ÍndiasNayana KumarToma Lá, Dá CáAdemilde SoaresEpisode: "Eu Também Compro Essa Mulher"Iara Meirelles2011RebeldeElizabeth Costa (Beth)2016Velho ChicoIara (Mãe-d'água)2018Segundo SolGlorinha TibiriçáCharacter appears in later plot

Cinema YearTitleRoleNotes1996Tatiana LinsFilm debut2003ClandestinidadeMariângelaShort film2005PrimaveraVirgínia2015O Tempo Feliz Que PassouMasé2016Aspirina para dor de cabeçaIsabel CristinaShort film2019IncursãoNicoleThriller film

Prizes +YearPrizeWorkCategoryResultRef.2007Initiative to build the Solar de Botafogo Cultural CenterSpecial

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