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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Vamp'', ''Engraçadinha... Seus Amores e Seus Pecados'', ''Memorial de Maria Moura'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. 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

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's telenovela ''Jogo da Vida''. Vera, her character in ''

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'', 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's play '' Candida''. In 2007 she made a cameo in the telenovela ''

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''. In 2008, she was in two episodes of ''

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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''. 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 ''

''. In 2012, she was in ''

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'', playing Margarida. In 2017, Bia Seidl signs with

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to play Débora, one of the main characters in '' Apocalipse''.

Personal life

She married the singer Ronnie Von 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