''Fina Estampa'' (''Looks & Essence'') is a Brazilian telenovela that first aired on TV Globo, Globo between August 22, 2011 and March 23, 2012 in 185 chapters.
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Synopsis

Set in Rio de Janeiro, ''Fina Estampa'' centers on Griselda, a tough, hard-working handywoman with a very well-defined set of values. She managed to raise her small children on her own when her husband disappeared. Now she lives with her three adult children and one grandson in a fancy neighborhood where she does odd jobs and is well-known and liked by everyone. However, her life is far from easy. Her daughter Maria Amália is hard-working like herself, but becomes involved with Rafael, a young man with dubious morals. Her son Quinzé was left by his wife, Teodora, who also left behind their small child. Her other son, Antenor, a medical student who is embarrassed by Griselda's humble ways, will do anything to keep her away from his life. He falls in love with Patrícia, the daughter of René, a renowned chef and restaurant owner, and Teresa Cristina, a vain, arrogant , unscrupulous woman whose favorite pastime is tormenting her nutty housekeeper, Crô. René is smitten with Griselda's simple but honorable approach to life, arousing jealousy in Teresa Cristina, who eventually becomes her biggest rival taking revenge to the next level with her manipulative ways. Tensions arise after Griselda wins the lottery and people suddenly turn up, like her "dead" husband, Pereirinha, and her son's ex-wife. She will have to face the excessive ambitions of her son, her rival, and ex-husband, among others.

Cast

* Lília Cabral as Griselda da Silva Pereira (Pereirão) * Christiane Torloni as Tereza Cristina Buarque Siqueira de Velmont * Dalton Vigh as Renê Velmont * Carolina Dieckmann as Teodora Bastos da Silva * Malvino Salvador as Quinzé (Joaquim José da Silva Pereira) * Sophie Charlotte (actress), Sophie Charlotte as Maria Amália da Silva Pereira * Caio Castro as José Antenor da Silva Pereira * Adriana Birolli as Patrícia Siqueira de Velmont * Paulo Rocha (actor), Paulo Rocha as Guaracy Martins * Marcelo Serrado as Crodoaldo Valério (Crô) * Júlia Lemmertz as Esther Wolkoff Siqueira * Renata Sorrah as Danielle Steiner Fraser * Milena Toscano as Vanessa Tavares Ribas * Eva Wilma as Maria Íris de Siqueira Maciel * Arlete Salles as Vilma Moreira Prado * Dira Paes as Celeste Souza Fonseca * Alexandre Nero as Baltazar Fonseca * :pt:Dudu Azevedo, Dudu Azevedo as Wallace MuGshow: Wallace Mu (Fina Estampa)
/ref> * Marco Pigossi as Rafael Fernandes * Cris Vianna as Dagmar dos Anjos * Wolf Maya as Álvaro Siqueira * Totia Meirelles as Zambeze Siqueira * Guilherme Boury as Daniel * Carlos Casagrande as Juan Guilherme Passarelli * Tania Khalill as Letícia Fernandes Prado * Suzana Pires as Marcela/Joana Coutinho * Juliana Knust as Zuleika * Thaís de Campos as Alice * Mônica Carvalho as Glória Monteiro * Monique Alfradique as Beatriz Lobo * Ana Rosa as Celina * Isabel Fillardis as Doctor Mônica Ramos * Júlio Rocha as Enzo Pereira * Carol Macedo as Solange de Souza Fonseca * Carlos Machado as Ferdinand * Joana Lerner as Luana * Ricardo Blat as Severino * Rafael Zulu as Edvaldo * Eri Johnson as Gigante (Honório) * Rosa Marya Colin as Zilá * Guida Vianna as Isolina * Michelle Martins as Fernanda * Bianca Salgueiro as Carolina Fernandes Prado * Luma Costa as Nanda * Ana Carolina Dias as Deborah * Ítalo Guerra as Reinaldo * Alexandra Martins as Márcia * David Lucas as Renê Velmont Júnior * Guilherme Leicam as Fábio * Vitor David as Leonardo dos Anjos * Marcelo Brou as Pezão (Maurício) * Christian Monassa as Max * Sandro Pedroso as Mandrake * Fábio Keldani as Victor * Carlos Vieira as Fred * Aline Matheus as Clara * Ângela Vieira as Mirna Bello

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* {{Rede Globo telenovelas 2011 Brazilian television series debuts 2012 Brazilian television series endings 2011 telenovelas TV Globo telenovelas Brazilian telenovelas Portuguese-language telenovelas Television shows set in Rio de Janeiro (city) Mixed martial arts mass media Mixed martial arts television shows