Joana Maria Fomm (born September 14, 1939) is a Brazilian actress.
Biography
Joana Fomm was born in
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropol ...
, but her mother died when she was still a baby and she was adopted by her uncles in
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 ...
.
Career
Joana began her acting career at the
Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro in 1961, while still a student at
Escola de Arte Dramática Martins Pena. She debuted in film in 1962 in ''
O Quinto Poder'' by
Alberto Pieralisi. In 1964, she made her first television appearance on
TV Rio in the
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'' ...
''O Desconhecido'', written by
Nelson Rodrigues
Nelson Falcão Rodrigues (August 23, 1912 – December 21, 1980) was a Brazilian playwright, journalist and novelist. In 1943, he helped usher in a new era in Brazilian theater with his play ''Vestido de Noiva (The Wedding Dress)'', considered ...
.
She won the
APCA Award for Best Actress in Television in 1978, and the
Candango for Best Actress in 1990.
Selected television
*''
Magnifica 70'' (2015–16)
References
External links
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Brazilian telenovela actresses
People from Belo Horizonte
Brazilian television actresses
Brazilian film actresses
Brazilian stage actresses
Living people
1940 births
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