Débora Bloch (born 29 May 1963) is a Brazilian actress. She is known nationally for participating in telenovelas such as ''
Caminho das Índias'', ''
Cordel Encantado'', and ''
Avenida Brasil''.
Biography
Bloch was born in
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. She is daughter of actor
Jonas Bloch, and is a descendant of
Ukrainian Jewish immigrants.
Her contact with the performing arts began early, when, as a child, she and her sister accompanied their father to rehearsals and plays. At the age of seven, she saw her father fight fencing with
Walmor Chagas in his backyard, during a
Hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...
rehearsal. She grew up fascinated with the profession. At 17, after taking the course by Ivan Albuquerque, Rubens Corrêa and Amir Haddad at the Ipanema Theater; although she moved to two options in the entrance exam - History and Communication; she chose to pursue a career on stage.
Personal life
From 1987 to 1989 she maintained a conjugal union with the director and photographer Edgar Moura, and from 1991 to 2006 she was married to the
French chef and businessman Olivier Anquier. Together, the couple had two children, born by normal birth, in
Rio de Janeiro
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: Júlia Bloch Anquier, born in 1993, and Hugo Bloch Anquier, born in 1997. Since the beginning of 2018 the actress has lived with her husband, the Portuguese producer João Nuno Martins in his apartment, in the south of
Rio.
In interviews, the actress declared herself to be a
feminist
Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideology, ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social gender equality, equality of the sexes. Feminism holds the position that modern soci ...
and in favor of legalizing
abortion
Abortion is the early termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. Abortions that occur without intervention are known as miscarriages or "spontaneous abortions", and occur in roughly 30–40% of all pregnan ...
, so that poor women have the right to choose what to do with their bodies and their lives in minimal conditions of hygiene and safety. She also revealed that she had an abortion at the age of twenty, when she became pregnant with her first boyfriend and was starting her artistic career. She revealed that she never regretted this act, and that the procedure was safe, performed in a private practice of her own gynecologist, and that it was done with her boyfriend's money and consent at the time.
Filmography
Film
Television
Awards and nominations
APCA Awards
Art Quality Brazil Awards
Best of the Year – Globe Awards
Brasília Film Festival
Cartagena Film Festival
Contigo! Awards
Extra Television Awards
Gramado Film Festival
The Gramado Film Festival () is an international film festival held annually in the Brazilian city of Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, since 1973. In 1992, the festival began to award Latin American films produced outside of Brazil. It is the biggest ...
Grande Otelo
Grande Otelo (October 18, 1915 – November 26, 1993) was the stage name of Brazilian actor, comedian, singer, and composer Sebastião Bernardes de Souza Prata. Otelo was born in Uberlândia, and was orphaned as a child. He kept running away fro ...
Guarani Film Festival
Press Trophy
Quem Awards
Shell Awards
References
External links
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1963 births
Living people
Actresses from Belo Horizonte
Brazilian people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
Brazilian film actresses
Brazilian telenovela actresses