Maria Cláudia Silva Carneiro (born February 6, 1963), known professionally as Cláudia Ohana (after the maternal surname of her mother, Nazareth Ohana Silva), is a Brazilian actress and singer of Portuguese and Jewish origin. In Brazil, she is best known for portraying the vampire Natasha in the 1991's
telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...
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'', and also the wicked villain Isabela Ferreto in the 1995's ''
A Próxima Vítima
''A Próxima Vítima'' (English: ''The Next Victim'') is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from March 13, 1995, to November 3, 1995, totaling 203 chapters.
Featured José Wilker, Tony Ramos, Susana Vieira, Aracy Ba ...
'', however worldwide she is famous for her portrayal of Eréndira in the eponymous
1983 film.
Biography
She is the daughter of film maker Nazareth Ohana Silva, who died in 1978, and the painter Arthur José Carneiro. She has an older sister named Cristina and is half-sister of the writer
João Emanuel Carneiro
João Emanuel Carneiro Silva (born 17 February 1970), also known by his initials JEC, is a screenwriter, film director, and author of Brazilian telenovelas. His many works include: ''Central Station'', '' Midnight'', ''Orfeu'', and ''Castelo Rá ...
.
Personal life
Despite being the daughter of the film maker Nazareth Ohana, Cláudia was raised by her maternal aunt, Denise Ohana.
She was married to filmmaker
Ruy Guerra
Ruy Alexandre Guerra Coelho Pereira (born August 22, 1931) is a Portuguese-Brazilian film director and screenwriter. Guerra was born a Portuguese citizen in Lourenço Marques (today Maputo) in Mozambique, when it was still a Portuguese colony.
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between 1981 and 1984, with whom she had a daughter, named Dandara Guerra, born on October 10, 1983, also an actress. Cláudia is Martim's grandmother, born on May 24, 2005, and Arto, born on August 19, 2012, son of Dandara with the actor Álamo Facó. Cláudia is also the aunt of singer Bárbara Ohana.
She posed naked for
Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's Lifestyle magazine, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from H ...
for the first time in February 1985 and again in November 2008. Her 1985 essay became historic for showing a hairy pubis, a first even for the time. Recently, in a participation in the ''
Amor e Sexo'' program, Cláudia joked about the subject, stating that, "to the frustration of many, I shave".
In July, 2020, Cláudia received widespread criticism from animal lovers for having adopted two dogs from a dog-rescue organization, then returning them only a few months later because she no longer wanted to care for them.
Career
Television
Film
References
External links
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1963 births
Living people
People from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Brazilian people of Jewish descent
Brazilian telenovela actresses
Brazilian film actresses
Brazilian stage actresses
Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city)
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