Helena Maria Ferreira Fernandes (born October 19, 1967) is a Brazilian actress.

Career

Fernandes has lent her face as a model for several characters of Brazilian television. He began his career in a small role in the soap opera of Carlos Lombardi, ''

Quatro por Quatro ''Quatro por Quatro'' ( en, Four Lives, Four Loves) is a Brazilian-produced telenovela, shown at seven o'clock PM on the TV Globo. It began on 24 October 1994 and ended on 22 July 1995. It consists of 233 episodes. It was written by Carlos Lombard ...

''. Success, however, came a little later in the soap opera '' Quem É Você?'' By Ivani Ribeiro, where he played the bitter Nadia. Due to the high profile of the actress, was invited to join the team in the series ''Caça Talentos'', where he gave life to Silvana, the main antagonist. Used to playing villains, as noted in '' Sítio do Picapau Amarelo'' and ''

Canavial de Paixões ''Canavial de Paixões'' (Sugarcane Field of Passions) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and shown by the Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão from 13 October 2003 through 22 March 2004. Based the original text of Caridad Bravo Adams, it was translat ...

'' in 2005 gave a chance for comedy portraying the character of Ipanema de Jesus show ''

A Diarista ''A Diarista'' (in Portuguese, literally "The Daily Help") is a Brazilian television sitcom directed by José Alvarenga Jr. and written by Aloísio de Abreu and Bruno Mazzeo. The series aired from 13 April 2004 to 31 July 2007 on Rede Globo. Plot ...

''. The character was so successful that the cameo character became fixed. With the end of the diarist, in 2007, made a cameo 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 ...

'' in the same year. In 2008, invited by author Andréa Maltarolli, joined the cast of ''

Beleza Pura ''Beleza Pura'' ( en, Pure Beauty) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 18 February 2008, replacing '' Sete Pecados'', and ended on 12 September 2008, replaced by ''Três Irmãs''. It is written by the ...

'', where he lived Marcia, a journalist who formed a pentagon love with the characters of Antonio Calloni,

Guilherme Fontes Guilherme Machado Cardoso Fontes (born January 8, 1967) is a Brazilian actor and director. Filmography As a movie actor * 1986 - A Cor do Seu Destino .... Paulo * 1987 - Um Trem para as Estrelas ... Vinicius * 1988 - Dedé Mamata .... Dedé * 20 ...

, Soraya Ravenle and

Reginaldo Faria Reginaldo Figueira de Faria (born 11 June 1937) is a Brazilian actor and film director. He has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows since 1952. Faria's brother Roberto Farias (the 's' was added to his surname due to an error at t ...

. Also in 2008, participated in a series of episodes of ''

Faça Sua História Faça Sua História is a TV series of Brazilian TV Globo Network, aired from April to December 2008. The series pilot was led by Stepan Nercessian, aired on December 27, 2007. Later on 6 April 2008 the series debuted with Vladimir Brichta as the pr ...

''. In 2009, invited by Glória Barreto and Maria Mariana, went back to the cast of ''

'', this time playing a completely different role than that played the other time: in 2007, interpreted the "station wagon" Scarleth, Bruna Capettini helper (Gabriella Vigolo ) in 2009, Ursula lived, the mother of unscrupulous Caius, the villain played by Humberto Carrão. With the end of 2009 season of ''

'' came to climb to the then novel 19h of the Globe, ''Tempos Modernos'', in which he played Luciana, but such participation does not just occur, since neither the character nor the actress entered the plot. In 2011, ''

Insensato Coração ''Insensato Coração'' (''Irrational Heart'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Globo that first premiered 17 January 2011, replacing '' Passione'' and ended on 19 August 2011, followed by ''Fina Estampa''. It is created and wri ...

'' was cast by Gilberto Braga and Ricardo Linhares. In the film, in the films ''Se Eu Fosse Você'' and '' Adrift'', participated in the dubbing of the movie ''

The Incredibles ''The Incredibles'' is a 2004 American computer-animated superhero film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Written and directed by Brad Bird, it stars the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah V ...

'', and was specially invited by Delart to dub version of ''

Alice in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (commonly ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatur ...

'' produced by

Tim Burton Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for his gothic fantasy and horror films such as ''Beetlejuice'' (1988), ''Edward Scissorhands'' (1990), ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (1993), ...

Personal life

She is married to director José Alvarenga Júnior and mother to Yan, Antônio and Lucas.

Filmography

Television

Film

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandes, Helena 1967 births Living people Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian television actresses Brazilian telenovela actresses Brazilian film actresses Brazilian stage actresses