Nívea Maria Cândido Graieb (born 7 March 1947) is a Brazilian actress.
Career
While working as a
model
A model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin ''modulus'', a measure.
Models c ...
, she was discovered by director Walter Avancini at age 17. Avancini helped Nívea land her first role in the
soap opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...
in ''A Outra Face de Anita'', aired by
TV Excelsior
Rede Excelsior was a Brazilian television network founded by Mário Wallace Simonsen on July 9, 1960, in São Paulo, São Paulo. Its last broadcast happened on September 30, 1970, when the Brazilian military dictatorship put an abrupt end to ...
of
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
in 1964.
In more than forty years was uninterrupted presence on
television
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. Participated in numerous successful soap operas, with important characters, such as ''Gabriela'', ''
A Moreninha'' (1975), ''Dona Xepa'' (1977), ''Maria, Maria'' (1978), ''Coração Alado'' (1980), the
miniseries
A miniseries or mini-series is a television series that tells a story in a predetermined, limited number of episodes. "Limited series" is another more recent US term which is sometimes used interchangeably. , the popularity of miniseries format h ...
''Anos Dourados'' (1986), ''
Brega & Chique'' (1987), ''
Meu Bem, Meu Mal
Meu Bem, Meu Mal (''My Good, My Evil'' in English) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast at 8:00pm by TV Globo, October 29, 1990 to May 18, 1991, in 173 episodes.
Plot
Lázaro Venturini, majority shareholder of Venturini Designers ...
'' (1990), ''
Pedra sobre Pedra'' (1992), ''
O Clone
O, or o, is the fifteenth letter and the fourth vowel letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''o'' (pronounced ), pl ...
'' (2001), the miniseries ''
A Casa das Sete Mulheres
''A Casa das Sete Mulheres'' (English title: ''Seven Women'') is a 2003 Brazilian miniseries.
It was written by Maria Adelaide Amaral and Walther Negrão, with collaboration of Manfredi and Vincent Lucio Villari, based on the novel of the same ...
'', ''
Celebridade
''Celebridade'' is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from October 13, 2003 to June 25, 2004, totaling 221 episodes.
Featured Malu Mader, Marcos Palmeira, Cláudia Abreu, Fábio Assunção, Marcio Garcia, Deborah Sec ...
'' (2003), ''
O Profeta
''O Profeta'' (English: ''The Prophet'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by TV Globo between October 16, 2006 and May 11, 2007. It is adapted by adapted by Thelma Guedes and Duca Rachid, based on the 1977 telenovela of the same name.
...
'' (2006) and ''
Caminho das Índias'' (2009). Recently, he made a very special involvement in the novel by Gilberto Braga, ''
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 wr ...
'' (2011).
In 2006, Nivea Maria participated in the
reality show
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 19 ...
, ''
Dança dos Famosos'', the program
Domingão do Faustão, and
Rede 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 ...
.
He was cast in the soap opera ''
Aquele Beijo
''Aquele Beijo'' (English: ''That Kiss'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced by Rede Globo. It is written by Miguel Falabella, Flávio Marinho and Antonia Pellegrino, and directed by Roberto Talma and Cininha de Paula, it premiered on October 17, ...
''.
He is currently playing in the novel ''
Salve Jorge
''Salve Jorge'' (Literally: ''Hail George'', International title: en, Brave Woman ) is a Brazilian primetime telenovela created by Glória Perez and directed by Marcos Schechtman.
It premiered on 22 October 2012 replacing '' Avenida Brasil'' ...
'' Isaurinha, the family matriarch Alcântara Vieira.
Personal life
She is the sister of actress Glauce Graieb. She was married to actor Edson França, with whom he had two children: Viviane and Edson, and divorced director of the nucleus of the Rede Globo soap operas,
Herval Rossano
Herval Abreu Pais (April 23, 1935 – May 8, 2007), better known by his stage name Herval Rossano, was a Brazilian TV actor and director from Campos dos Goytacazes. He directed both Escrava Isaura (1976 telenovela), the original 1976 version and ...
(1976–2003) with whom she had daughter Vanessa (1980).
Filmography
References
External links
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1947 births
Living people
Actresses from São Paulo
Brazilian television actresses
Brazilian telenovela actresses
Brazilian stage actresses
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