Theresa Guichard Amayo Brasini (13 July 1933 – 24 January 2022) was a Brazilian actress.

Life and career

Amayo began her career on stage in the 1950s. She was an early star of Brazilian television, first working for

Rede Tupi Rede Tupi (; in English, Tupi Network) was a Brazilian television network free-to-air. Its parent broadcaster, located in the city of São Paulo, was the first TV station to operate in the country, being inaugurated on 18 September 1950 by journ ...

, and then being one of the first actresses who got an exclusive contract by

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 ...

. Her major works include ''

Sangue e Areia ''Sangue e Areia'' is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 18 December 1967 and ended on 25 June 1968. It's the fifth List of 8/9 PM telenovelas of Rede Globo, "novela das oito" to be aired on the timeslot. P ...

'' (1967–1968) and ''

Pecado Capital ''Pecado Capital'' is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 24 November 1975 and ended on 4 June 1976, with a total of 167 episodes. It's the sixteenth "novela das oito" to be aired on the timeslot. It is crea ...

'' (1975–1976). The wife of the actor, screenwriter and film director Mário Brasini, in 2004 Amayo lost her daughter, her son-in-law and her grandson in the

Indian Ocean tsunami An earthquake and a tsunami, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami and, by the scientific community, the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, occurred at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7) on 26 December 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Suma ...

. In 2019 she was awarded best actress at the 52nd edition of the

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for her performance in the film ''Dulcina''. Amayo died after a one-year battle with

kidney cancer Kidney cancer, also known as renal cancer, is a group of cancers that starts in the kidney. Symptoms may include blood in the urine, lump in the abdomen, or back pain. Fever, weight loss, and tiredness may also occur. Complications can include spr ...

Rio de Janeiro 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 ...

, on 24 January 2022, at the age of 88.

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