Camila Manhães Sampaio (born 14 June 1977), known professionally as Camila Pitanga, is a Brazilian actress and former model. She is internationally renowned for her roles in film and television. In film, she is known for her roles in '' Quilombo'', '' Caramuru: A Invenção do Brasil'', '' Redeemer'', ''

I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips ''I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips'' ( pt, Eu Receberia as Piores Notícias dos Seus Lindos Lábios) is a 2011 Brazilian romance drama film directed by Beto Brant and Renato Ciasca. Based on a novel of the same name by Marçal ...

'', '' Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury'', among others. In television, she is known for her roles in '' Paraíso Tropical'', ''

Cama de Gato ''Cama de Gato'' (English title: ''Cat's Cradle'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Globo in 2009 and 2010. Plot Gustavo, once a poor, kindhearted youngster, is now a successful entrepreneur in the perfume business but h ...

'', '' Lado a Lado'', '' Babilônia'', and '' Velho Chico''.

Career

Camila Pitanga starred in the film ''

''. Camila starred in the telenovelas ''

'', '' Lado a Lado'', '' Babilônia'' and '' Velho Chico'' and was the antagonist in Porto dos Milagres and Paraíso Tropical.

Personal life

25o Premio da Musica Brasileira (14004603200)

Pitanga was born in

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

. She is the daughter of actors Vera Manhães and Antônio Pitanga and

Benedita da Silva Benedita Souza da Silva Sampaio (, born 26 April 1942) is a Brazilian politician. From a humble background, she faced class and racial prejudice, overcoming it to become the first female and Afro-Brazilian governor of the State of Rio de Janeir ...

's stepdaughter. She is sister to Rocco Pitanga, also an actor. She is of

African African or Africans may refer to: * Anything from or pertaining to the continent of Africa: ** People who are native to Africa, descendants of natives of Africa, or individuals who trace their ancestry to indigenous inhabitants of Africa *** Ethn ...

descent on her father's and mother's side. Camila studied at Pentagono College and she is a director of Human Rights Movement. Camila is an

atheist Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no ...

. In 2001, she married the art director Claudio Amaral Peixoto. On 19 May 2008 she gave birth to her first daughter Antonia. The girl's name was a tribute to her father. In 2011, the couple separated.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

* 1994 - ''A Ira de Aquiles'' * 1994 - ''A Ilíada'' .... Afrodite * 1995 - ''Orfeu da Conceição'' * 1995 - ''Odisséia'' .... Penélope * 2002 - ''Arlequim, Servidor de Dois'' Patrões * 2004 - ''A Maldição do Vale Negro'' .... Rosalinda * 2013 - ''O Duelo''

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pitanga, Camila 1977 births Living people Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city) Afro-Brazilian actresses Brazilian stage actresses Brazilian film actresses Brazilian telenovela actresses Brazilian atheists Bisexual actresses LGBT actors from Brazil 21st-century Brazilian actresses 21st-century LGBT people