telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...
produced and broadcast by
TV Globo
TV Globo (, "Globe TV", or simply Globo), formerly known as Rede Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air Television broadcasting, television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Gr ...
. It premiered on 24 March 2003, replacing ''
Sabor da Paixão
''Sabor da Paixão'' (English: ''The Taste of Passion'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo
TV Globo (, "Globe TV", or simply Globo), formerly known as Rede Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air Television broadcasting, ...
'', and ended on 6 September 2003, replaced by ''
Chocolate com Pimenta
''Chocolate com Pimenta'' (English title: ''Pepper Chocolate'') is a Brazilian telenovela, set in the roaring 1920s, starring Mariana Ximenes and Murilo Benício. It was produced and broadcast by Rede Globo in 2003 and 2004. It was written by ...
''. The telenovela is written by Ricardo Linhares, based on an original idea by
Paulo José
Paulo José Gómez de Souza (20 March 1937 – 11 August 2021) was a Brazilian actor.
TV work
*2014 - ''Em Família''
*2011 - '' Morde & Assopra''
*2009 - ''Caminho das Índias'' - Profeta Gentileza
*2006 - '' JK''
*2004 - ''O Pequeno Alqu ...
.
It stars
Débora Falabella
Débora Lima Falabella (born 22 February 1979) is a Brazilian actress.
Early years
Débora was born in Belo Horizonte City, the daughter of actor Rogério Falabella and the lyrical singer Maria Olympia.
During her childhood she became inte ...
Miguel Falabella
Miguel Falabella (born October 10, 1955, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian actor, presenter, screen writer, voice actor, film maker, theater actor, producer, writer and director. He is known, among many other works, for playing Caco Antibes in the ...
,
Marisa Orth
Marisa Domingos Orth (born 21 October 1963) is a Brazilian actress, singer and TV host.< ...
,
Thiago Fragoso
Thiago Neves Fragoso (born 1 November 1981) is a Brazilian actor and singer.
Career
Held along with Mateus Solano the first gay kiss in a novel Rede Globo, in ''Amor à Vida'' (2013).
Filmography Television
Film
Stage
Discography
Refe ...
,
Maurício Mattar
Maurício Mattar (born 3 April 1964) is a Brazilian actor.
Biography
Maurício Mattar was born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of Jarbas Mattar and Liedir Mattar. He is of Lebanese origin. Mattar is the nephew of the great pianist Pedro Mattar.
...
, and
Francisca Queiroz
Francisca Vaz Queiroz (born September 4, 1979) is a Brazilian television and film actress. She played the lead role, Catarina, in the television series A Lei e o Crime.
Biography
Born in Campinas, São Paulo (state), São Paulo state, her father ...
.
Cast
*
Débora Falabella
Débora Lima Falabella (born 22 February 1979) is a Brazilian actress.
Early years
Débora was born in Belo Horizonte City, the daughter of actor Rogério Falabella and the lyrical singer Maria Olympia.
During her childhood she became inte ...
as Leonarda "Léo" Mendes Galvão
* Paulo Vilhena as Vitório "Vito" Augusto Ramos Zabelheira
* Vera Fischer as Antônia Mendes Galvão
*
Miguel Falabella
Miguel Falabella (born October 10, 1955, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian actor, presenter, screen writer, voice actor, film maker, theater actor, producer, writer and director. He is known, among many other works, for playing Caco Antibes in the ...
as João Carlos Ramos Zabelheira "Juca Tigre"
*
Marisa Orth
Marisa Domingos Orth (born 21 October 1963) is a Brazilian actress, singer and TV host.< ...
as Vaneide Ramos Zabelheira "Vanvan"
*
Thiago Fragoso
Thiago Neves Fragoso (born 1 November 1981) is a Brazilian actor and singer.
Career
Held along with Mateus Solano the first gay kiss in a novel Rede Globo, in ''Amor à Vida'' (2013).
Filmography Television
Film
Stage
Discography
Refe ...
as Rodrigo de Sá Ramos Zabelheira
*
Maurício Mattar
Maurício Mattar (born 3 April 1964) is a Brazilian actor.
Biography
Maurício Mattar was born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of Jarbas Mattar and Liedir Mattar. He is of Lebanese origin. Mattar is the nephew of the great pianist Pedro Mattar.
...
as Pedro Marques de Mello
*
Francisca Queiroz
Francisca Vaz Queiroz (born September 4, 1979) is a Brazilian television and film actress. She played the lead role, Catarina, in the television series A Lei e o Crime.
Biography
Born in Campinas, São Paulo (state), São Paulo state, her father ...
as Maria da Soledade "Sol" Ramos Zabelheira
* Paulo Gorgulho as Joaquim Galvão
*
Daniel Ávila
Daniel Rosenzweig Ávila (December 28, 1984 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian actor.
Biography
He began his career as a child, at 6 years of age to be chosen in a test among more than a hundred children, to play the role of Azelino (Zezinho) ...
as Bruno Mendes Galvão
* Thaís Fersoza as Fátima "Fatinha" Castro Martins
* Rodrigo Prado as Vinícius Castro
* Max Fercondini as Hugo Pitombo
* Sthefany Brito as Elis Pacheco
*
Karina Bacchi
Karina Bacchi (born October 8, 1976) is a Brazilian actress, model and television presenter, best known for being the winner of the first season of the Brazilian version of '' Dancing with the Stars'' (late 2005) and the winner of the second s ...
as Pâmela Bittencourt
* Danni Carlos as Bárbara Guedes "Neném"
* Raoni Carneiro as Felipe Guedes "Montanha"
*
Zezé Polessa
Maria José de Castro Polessa (born 22 September 1953), known professionally as Zezé Polessa, is a Brazilian actress.
Biography
Polessa was born in Rio de Janeiro. She graduated in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine of the Federal Univers ...
as Cristina Castro "Tintim"
*
Nuno Leal Maia
Nuno Leal Maia (born 17 October 1947) is a Brazilian actor and former football manager. Born in Santos, São Paulo, Maia started his career as a stage actor in the 1970s, and then debuting on cinema in the 1973 film ''Anjo Loiro'' starred by Ver ...
Otávio Augusto
Otávio Augusto de Azevedo Sousa (born January 30, 1945) is a Brazilian actor.Yoná Magalhães
Yoná Magalhães Gonçalves Mendes da Costa (August 7, 1935 – October 20, 2015), known professionally as Yoná Magalhães, was a Brazilian actress.Fernanda Paes Leme as Karina Sampaio
* Márcio Kieling as Djalma "Djalminha" Nogueira
* Jerusa Franco as Fernanda "Nanda" Pacheco
* Duda Nagle as Dario Matos "Peteca"
*
Preta Gil
Preta Maria Gadelha Gil Moreira () (born 8 August 1974), known as Preta Gil (), is a Brazilian singer and actress. She is the daughter of Gilberto Gil, a musician and former Minister of Culture in Brazil.
Biography
In 1974, Gil's father, s ...
as Vanusa Silveira
* Ildi Silva as Rosemary "Rose" Silveira
*
Joana Fomm
Joana Maria Fomm (born September 14, 1939) is a Brazilian actress.
Biography
Joana Fomm was born in Belo Horizonte, but her mother died when she was still a baby and she was adopted by her uncles in Rio de Janeiro.
Career
Joana began her a ...
as Dinorá Silveira
*
Otávio Müller
Otávio Müller de Sá (born August 6, 1965), most known as Otávio Müller, is a Brazilian actor. Most known for comical roles in television, such as in the Rede Globo's series ''Tapas & Beijos'', he is also a stage actor, and film actor. On the ...
as Deputy Silésio Junqueira
* Karla Tenório as Heloísa
* Hugo Gross as Rogério Frota
* Rodrigo dos Santos as Wanderley Silveira
* Ana Kutner as Silmara
* Anna Cotrim as Ximena
* Lana Guelero as Dadá Matos
* Edyr Duqui as Guadalupe
* Catarina Abdala as Nélia
* João Antônio as Tobias
* Leandro Ribeiro as Iranildo
* Larissa Queiroz as Francisca "Xica"
* Camille Hess as Maria Clara Mendes Galvão
* Thiago Oliveira as Luís Felipe Marques de Mello
* Thaiane Maciel as Alice Marques de Mello
* Nathália França as Raíssa Pacheco
* Natália Souto as Jane Matos
* Samuel Melo as Bento
Laura Cardoso
Laura Cardoso, artistic name of Laurinda de Jesus Cardoso Balleroni OMC (born 13 September 1927) is a Brazilian actress. She is celebrated as one of the best and most well known Brazilian actresses of cinema, theater and television.
Early li ...
as Cartomante
*
Cássia Kiss
Cássia is a Brazilian municipality located in the center of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 17,740 people living in a total area of 643 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Sul e Sudoeste de Minas and to the micro-reg ...
as Luísa
*
Paulo José
Paulo José Gómez de Souza (20 March 1937 – 11 August 2021) was a Brazilian actor.
TV work
*2014 - ''Em Família''
*2011 - '' Morde & Assopra''
*2009 - ''Caminho das Índias'' - Profeta Gentileza
*2006 - '' JK''
*2004 - ''O Pequeno Alqu ...
as Dr. Benigno
*
Ana Rosa
Ana Rosa Guy Galego (born June 18, 1942 in Promissão) is a Brazilian actress.
Biography
Ana Rosa was born in New Horizon Theater Circus in the city of Promissão, São Paulo. The circus belonged to Captain Pepper Juvenal, his grandfather, ...
as Solange
* Marcos Winter as Heitor
* Suzana Pires as Lia
* Aracy Cardoso as Jandira
* Hélio Ribeiro as Dr. Cintra
* Jardel Mello as Dr. Matos
* Cristina Mullins as Dr. Selma
* Cláudia Lira as Gardênia
* Henri Pagnocelli as Dr. Celso
*
Antônio Pitanga
Antônio Luiz Sampaio (born June 13, 1939), better known by his stage name Antônio Pitanga, is a Brazilian actor. He became internationally known for playing several roles on films of the Cinema Novo movement in the 1960s.
Personal life
He was m ...
as Ezequiel
* Daniela Pessoa as Sirlene
* Ana Luíza Camacho as Carolina
* Pietra Victória as Joana