Laura Neiva

Laura Neiva
Born Laura Neiva
September 21, 1993
São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation Actress and model
Years active 2009–present

Laura Neiva (born September 21, 1993)[1] is a Brazilian actress and model, who starred in the film Adrift, a film that competed in the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

Career

Born in São Paulo, the actress was discovered in Orkut in 2007 by the Adrift's film crew who was looking for a protagonist. The film was directed by Heitor Dhalia and the French actor Vincent Cassel and the Brazilian actress Débora Bloch were also part of the cast. Her second film was the blockbuster E Aí... Comeu?, in which she worked with Bruno Mazzeo. She was part of the cast of the short film DES. together with the stylist Alexandre Herchcovitch, who was responsible for Adrift's wardrobe.[2]

Her success attracted the attention of the fashion industry, and she was hired as the spokesperson of the brands Corello[3] and Fillity.[4] In 2012 she was hired by the stylist Karl Lagerfeld to work as Chanel's Brazilian ambassador.[5]

The actress starred in the 2013 remake of Rede Globo's telenovela Saramandaia as Stela Rosado.[6] Laura Neiva played Betina, who is a character who has a romantic relationship with Mariana Lima's character Roberta Camargo, in the 2014 remake of the 1974 telenovela O Rebu.[7][8]

Filmography

Cinema

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Adrift Filipa Lead role
2012 E Aí... Comeu? Gabi
2012 DES. Maria Short film
2012 Mundo Invisível segment Kreoko
2014 The Boy in the Mirror Cíntia
2014 Rio, I Love You Maria segment Texas

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Saramandaia Stela Rosado
2014 O Rebu Betina Rosemberg

Theater

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Ligações Perigosas

References

  1. "Laura Neiva" (in Portuguese). Contigo!. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
  2. "Laura Neiva: Atriz é uma adolescente sedutora que mexe com a cabeça do personagem de Bruno Mazzeo em 'E Aí... Comeu?'" (in Portuguese). Globo Filmes. July 24, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  3. "Laura Neiva para Corello: exclusivo" (in Portuguese). RG Vogue. July 2, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  4. "Laura Neiva @Fillity" (in Portuguese). RG Vogue. July 28, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  5. Roberta Freira (May 15, 2012). "Laura Neiva: a embaixadora da grife Chanel" (in Portuguese). O Globo - Caderno ELA. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  6. Patrícia Kogut (February 1, 2013). "'Saramandaia': Laura Neiva, do filme 'À Deriva', ganha papel na novela" (in Portuguese). O Globo. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  7. Carla Bittencourt (June 16, 2014). "Novo casal gay: Laura Neiva terá um caso com Mariana Lima em 'O rebu'" (in Portuguese). Extra. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  8. Gshow (June 17, 2014). "Laura Neiva aparece de franja e vestido justinho em 'O Rebu'" (in Portuguese). Extras - O Rebu. Retrieved June 17, 2014.

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