Mariana Molina

Mariana Molina
Born Mariana Nunes de Souza Molina
October 5, 1990
São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Occupation Actress and model
Years active 2001present
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)

Mariana Nunes de Souza Molina[1] (born October 5, 1990)[1] is a Brazilian actress who has participated in several telenovelas.[2]

Biography

Molina has two brothers: the younger one is named Henrique, while her older sister is named Carol.[3] Her interest for the artistic career started when she was nine years-old, after she asked her mother to join a child actors agency. During this time she also started appearing in ads and working as a child model.[2]

Career

She played Creuza Maria in the 2001 telenovela Pícara Sonhadora. Mariana Molina won the Caça-Patrulheiro contest in 2002.[2] She beat more than 12 thousand people and in the end she was chosen to host the Nickelodeon's television show.[2][3] The actress played the main antagonist of Malhação in 2009. Her character, named Bia, was an impulsive teenager, who loved the main character, Bernardo (played by Fiuk) and tried to push him away from Cristiana (Cristiana Peres). The villain joined an alliance with Tati (Élida Muniz), who was a friend and a rival and was also in love with Bernardo. Together they tried to separate the main couple.[2] She was cast to play Cris in the 2012 Rede Globo telenovela Amor Eterno Amor, her character is a friend of both Tati (Adelaide de Castro) and Gabi (Olívia Torres), and is the daughter of Beatriz Mainardi (Carolina Kasting) and the sister of João (Luis Augusto Formal). The character is very close to her father, and suffers because of the parents divorce. Her character has a platonic love for Kléber (Marcelo Faria).[4][5]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2001 Pícara Sonhadora Creuza Maria
2002 Patrulha Nick Host [2]
2009 Malhação Identidade Beatriz Gomes Lead antagonist [2]
2011 Natália Diana
2012 Amor Eterno Amor Cris [4][5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrevista Mariana Molina" (in Portuguese). Contigo!. July 12, 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Felipe Simões (February 25, 2010). "Mariana Molina defende Bia, seu personagem em 'Malhação ID'" (in Portuguese). Terra Networks. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Priscila Prade; Luana Prade. "Patrulheira da Hora" (in Portuguese). UOL. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Flavia Almeida (March 1, 2012). "Saiba tudo sobre a nova novela da Globo, Amor Eterno Amor - Pernonagens" (in Portuguese). Ofuxico. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Saiba quem é quem na novela Amor Eterno Amor" (in Portuguese). Os paparazzi. March 2, 2012. Retrieved March 14, 2012.

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