Glória Maria Rebelo Ferrante (; born 25 September 1948) is a Brazilian screenwriter.
Biography
Born in
Rio de Janeiro
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,
Federal District of Brazil, Gloria is the daughter of lawyer Miguel Jeronimo Ferrante, Italian descendant, and teacher Maria Augusta Rebelo Ferrante, Portuguese descendant, both born and raised in Rio Branco. She moved with her family to
Brasília
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, then to
São Paulo
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and finally to Rio de Janeiro, where she married. She studied law and philosophy at the
University of Brasília
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and graduated in history at the
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
In 1979, Perez began her writing career on
Rede Globo
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, writing a synopsis for an episode of the series ''
Malu Mulher''. The episode was never filmed but the synopsis drew the attention of legendary TV writer
Janete Clair, who invited Perez to work as her assistant in 1983 in the telenovela ''
Eu Prometo,'' starring
Francisco Cuoco as Deputy Lucas Cantomaia. The telenovela addressed the backstage of Brazilian politics. After Clair died of cancer that same year, Perez was tasked with finishing the show, under the supervision of Clair's widower, writer
Dias Gomes.
The following year, she shared writing credits with
Aguinaldo Silva in ''
Partido Alto''. Set in Rio de Janeiro, the telenovela revolved around two female characters living in the south and suburbs of Rio. It starred Claudio Marzo,
Raul Cortez,
Elizabeth Savalla and
Betty Faria.
Hired by
TV Manchete in 1987, she wrote the telenovela ''
Carmem'', also set in Rio de Janeiro, starring
Lucélia Santos and
Paulo Betti.
She went back to Rede Globo in 1990 and wrote ''
Desejo'', a drama miniseries about the love triangle between Anna de Assis, her husband, the writer Euclides da Cunha, and the young Dilermando de Assis, starring
Vera Fischer,
Tarcisio Meira and
Guilherme Fontes.
The same year, she wrote single-handedly her first telenovela for the network, ''
Barriga de Aluguel'', centred around the couple Ana and Zeca, played by
Cassia Kis Magro and
Victor Fasano, who can't have children and propose that Clara, played by
Claudia Abreu, rent her womb for pregnancy.
Due to the success both the miniseries and the telenovela obtained, Gloria Perez was then asked to write her first
telenovela in primetime: ''
De Corpo e Alma'' (1992). The work was marked by the tragic murder of the author's daughter,
Daniela Perez, who was cast in the role of Yasmin.
Her fifth telenovela, ''
Explode Coração'' (1995), detailed the habits of the
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. lt also presented an important public service campaign: throughout its run, photographs of missing children were shown and, as a result, 64 children were found by their parents. This initiative to promote social and educational activities became a mark on the work of Perez.
In 1998, she wrote the miniseries ''
Hilda Furacão,'' based on the novel by
Roberto Drummond, with
Ana Paula Arósio as the lead. Also in 1998, she wrote a few episodes for the series ''
Mulher'', which depicted the daily lives of two doctors, played by
Patricia Pillar and
Eva Wilma, employees of a clinic specialized in gynecology and obstetrics. Later that year, Gloria Perez returned to work with a text of
Janete Clair: a second version of ''
Pecado Capital'', starring
Francisco Cuoco,
Carolina Ferraz and
Eduardo Moscovis. First displayed in 1975, the plot of ''Pecado Capital'' had as its main axis the story of taxi driver Carlão and the ethical dilemma he goes through after finding a money bag from a robbery left in his car.
The best-known work of Perez probably is ''
O Clone'', a telenovela aired in 2001 by
Rede Globo
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. Starring
Murilo Benicio and
Giovanna Antonelli, the plot addressed issues related to cloning, Islam and addiction. For the work, Perez was honored by the Brazilian Alcoholism and Drug Association (Abrad) and received the Personality of the Year award 2002, granted by the State Council Anti-Drug of Rio de Janeiro. In 2003, along with
Jayme Monjardim, she was awarded by the major US agencies to combat drug trafficking, the
FBI
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and the
Drug Enforcement Administration
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(Dea). ''O Clone'' was a huge hit, airing in several countries all around the world. A remake co-produced by Rede Globo and Telemundo called ''
El Clon'' was aired in 2010.
In 2005, she wrote the audience hit ''
América,'' starring
Deborah Secco and Murilo Benicio. The telenovela focused on the life of an illegal immigrant to the United States and the lives of those she left behind in Brazil.
In 2007, she wrote ''Amazônia – De Galvez a Chico Mendes,'' a miniseries about the conquest of Acre based on the works ''Terra Caída'' by
José Potyguara, and ''O Seringal'' by
Miguel Ferrante.
In 2009, Perez wrote ''
Caminho das Índias'', a telenovela that depicted Indian culture. Directed by
Marcos Schechtman, it was the first Brazilian telenovela to win the
International Emmy Award
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.
In 2012, she wrote her tenth telenovela, ''
Salve Jorge,'' set in both Brazil and
Turkey
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. It addressed the
international trafficking of women and created a socio-educational action to combat trafficking of people related to sex, domestic work and illegal adoption. It starred
Nanda Costa,
Giovanna Antonelli and
Claudia Raia.
In 2013, she worked as script supervisor for ''
O Canto da Sereia'', a miniseries based on the novel by
Nelson Motta. The following year, she wrote ''
Dupla Identidade'', which was the first
Brazil
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ian series entirely shot and post-produced in
4K.
After five years, she made her comeback to the primetime in 2017 with the telenovela ''
A Força do Querer''.
Currently, she is the only telenovela writer on Rede Globo who doesn't work with collaborators.
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1948 births
Living people
Brazilian people of Italian descent
Authors of Brazilian telenovelas
Telenovela writers
Television show creators
Women soap opera writers
Writers from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Brazilian women screenwriters
20th-century Brazilian screenwriters
20th-century Brazilian writers
20th-century Brazilian women writers
21st-century Brazilian screenwriters
21st-century Brazilian women writers
International Emmy Award–winning screenwriters
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro alumni