Francisca Queiroz
Encyclopedia
Francisca Vaz Queiroz is a Brazil
ian television and film actress. She plays the lead role, Catarina, in the television series A Lei e o Crime
.
,, São Paulo state
, her father is an entrepreneur, while her mother is a lawyer. Francisca Queiroz started working as an amateur theater actress, initiating a model career when she was 16 years-old. As a model, she traveled to places such as Japan and South Korea, before leaving the career when she was 18 years-old. Francisca Queiroz started to study performing arts
when she was 14 years-old, moving to São Paulo
two years later to work in the city's theaters.
's performing arts academy, named Oficina de Atores. She played her first role in 2001, as a character named Ana, in Globo's miniseries Os Maias
. She played her first role as a villain in 2003, in Globo's telenovela Agora é Que São Elas. Francisca Queiroz played the role of paraplegic teacher Vitória in Malhação
's 2006 season. Francisca Queiroz played in 2007 another role as a villain, in Rede Record
's telenovela Amor e Intrigas. She played her first lead role in 2009, in Record's ongoing television series A Lei e o Crime
, in which she plays Police Chief Catarina.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian television and film actress. She plays the lead role, Catarina, in the television series A Lei e o Crime
A lei e o Crime
A Lei e o Crime is a Brazilian serial dramatic television series, created by Marcílio Moraes, produced and broadcast by Rede Record, which premiered on January 9, 2009....
.
Biography
Born in CampinasCampinas
Campinas is a city and municipality located in the coastal interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. is the administrative center of the meso-region of the same name, with 3,783,597 inhabitants as of the 2010 Census, consisting of 49 cities....
,, São Paulo state
São Paulo (state)
São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...
, her father is an entrepreneur, while her mother is a lawyer. Francisca Queiroz started working as an amateur theater actress, initiating a model career when she was 16 years-old. As a model, she traveled to places such as Japan and South Korea, before leaving the career when she was 18 years-old. Francisca Queiroz started to study performing arts
Performing arts
The performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...
when she was 14 years-old, moving to São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
two years later to work in the city's theaters.
Career
After completing 19 years-old, Francisca Queiroz graduated at Rede GloboRede Globo
Rede Globo , or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network, launched by media mogul Roberto Marinho on April 26, 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Organizações Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings...
's performing arts academy, named Oficina de Atores. She played her first role in 2001, as a character named Ana, in Globo's miniseries Os Maias
Os Maias
Os Maias: episódios da vida romântica is a naturalist novel by Portuguese author José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, also known under the modernized spelling Eça de Queirós.As early as 1878, while serving in the Portuguese...
. She played her first role as a villain in 2003, in Globo's telenovela Agora é Que São Elas. Francisca Queiroz played the role of paraplegic teacher Vitória in Malhação
Malhação
Malhação is a Brazilian soap opera for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the...
's 2006 season. Francisca Queiroz played in 2007 another role as a villain, in Rede Record
Rede Record
Rede Record de Televisão is a Brazilian television network, founded in 1953 by Paulo Machado de Carvalho, also founder of Rádio Record. Currently it is owned by businessman Edir Macedo, founder and bishop of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. Since 2007 it is Brazil's second largest...
's telenovela Amor e Intrigas. She played her first lead role in 2009, in Record's ongoing television series A Lei e o Crime
A lei e o Crime
A Lei e o Crime is a Brazilian serial dramatic television series, created by Marcílio Moraes, produced and broadcast by Rede Record, which premiered on January 9, 2009....
, in which she plays Police Chief Catarina.
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Os Maias Os Maias Os Maias: episódios da vida romântica is a naturalist novel by Portuguese author José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, also known under the modernized spelling Eça de Queirós.As early as 1878, while serving in the Portuguese... |
Ana | miniseries |
| Roda da Vida | Bia | telenovela | |
| 2002 | Marisol | Camila Linhares | telenovela |
| 2003 | Agora é Que São Elas | Sol | telenovela |
| 2004 | Metamorphoses | Ana Valentina | telenovela |
| Da Cor do Pecado | Carla | telenovela | |
| 2005 | A Diarista A Diarista A Diarista was a Brazilian sitcom directed by José Alvarenga Jr. and written by Aloísio de Abreu and Bruno Mazzeo. The series premiered on April 13, 2004 at 11:00 PM and was aired from 2004 to 2007 on Tuesday nights on Rede Globo.-Plot:It shows the life and problems of Marinete , a cleaning lady... |
TV series | |
| 2007 | Minha Nada Mole Vida | Grace | TV series |
| Amor e Intrigas | Alexandra | telenovela | |
| 2009 | A Lei e o Crime A lei e o Crime A Lei e o Crime is a Brazilian serial dramatic television series, created by Marcílio Moraes, produced and broadcast by Rede Record, which premiered on January 9, 2009.... |
Catarina Laclos | lead role, TV series |
Cinema
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | De Passagem | ||
| 2004 | Irmãos de Fé | Teodora | |
| 2005 | 5 Mentiras | Nurse | |
| 2006 | Os 12 Trabalhos | Francisca |