Maria Beatriz Parpinelli Seidl (born 19 September 1961) is a Brazilian actress.
Career
On television, she took roles in notable telenovelas and miniseries as ''Paraíso'', ''
Louco Amor'', ''Dona Beija'', ''
Mandala
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'', ''
Vale Tudo
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'', ''
Vamp'',
''Engraçadinha... Seus Amores e Seus Pecados'',
''Memorial de Maria Moura'', ''
Alma Gêmea
''Alma Gêmea'' ( en, Soul Mate) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by Rede Globo from June 20, 2005 to March 10, 2006, in 227 episodes, replacing ''Como uma Onda'' and being replaced by ''Sinhá Moça''. Written by Walcyr Carrasco, in c ...
''
and ''
Insensato Coração''.
but she is best remembered by the performance as the bitchy and envious Gláucia in ''A Gata Comeu'', one of her greatest hits.
Seidl was revealed on the
Silvio de Abreu's telenovela ''Jogo da Vida''.
Vera, her character in ''
Malhação
''Malhação'' (, ''Young Hearts'' in English) is a Brazilian soap-opera that aired on TV Globo from 4 March 1995 to 3 April 2020. The series is targeted at a teenage audience. Each season runs for about a year with cast members changing every ...
'',
discovered a breast cancer and was undergoing a radical mastectomy (choosing, a courageous decision not to reconstruct the breast lost).
In theater, she portrayed the protagonist on
Bernard Shaw
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's play ''
Candida''.
In 2007 she made a cameo in the telenovela ''
Duas Caras
''Duas Caras'' (English: ''Two Faces'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Globo from 1 October 2007 to 31 May 2008, replacing ''Paraíso Tropical'' and followed by '' A Favorita''. It is created by Aguinaldo Silva and directed ...
''.
In 2008, she was in two episodes of ''
Casos e Acasos
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''.
In 2009, she was cast in the microseries ''Deu a Louca no Tempo''.
In the same year, she took part in the remake ''
Paraíso
Paraíso ( Galician, Portuguese, Spanish) means paradise in English. It also may refer to:
Places Central America
* Paraiso, Belize, a municipality in Belize
* Paraíso, Costa Rica
**Paraíso (canton), a canton in Cartago province
*Paraíso, ...
''.
The actress had been cast in the first version of this telenovela, in 1982.
In 2010 the actress participated in the series ''A Vida Alheia''. In the following year, she took part in the telenovela ''
Insensato Coração''. In 2012, she was in ''
Lado a Lado'', playing Margarida.
In 2017, Bia Seidl signs with
RecordTV
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to play Débora, one of the main characters in ''
Apocalipse''.
Personal life
She married the singer
Ronnie Von
Ronaldo Lindenberg Von Schilgem Cintra Nogueira (born July 17, 1944), better known as Ronnie Von, is a Brazilian singer, businessman and TV show host.
Ronnie became known in the 1960s associated with Brazilian rock, and between 2004 until 2019 ...
in 1984. They broke up some time later.
Bia Seidl has two children: Miranda, with actor Sérgio Mastropasqua, and the theater producer Daniel.
Filmography
Television
Film
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Seidl, Bia
1961 births
Living people
Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Brazilian television actresses
Brazilian telenovela actresses
Brazilian film actresses
Brazilian stage actresses