Karin Pereira de Souza (born 7 February 1979) is a Brazilian actress, singer and songwriter. In 2002, she won the talent show ''

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'' and joined the Brazilian

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Rouge until 2005, with which she released four

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s, '' Rouge'' (2002), '' C'est La Vie'' (2003), '' Blá Blá Blá'' (2004) and '' Mil e Uma Noites'' (2005), selling in all 6 million copies and becoming best-seller Brazilian girl group. She gained prominence as an actress when starring several

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in the theater, like in 2009 ''

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'', ''Emoções Baratas'', ''Alô, Dolly!'', '' Xanadu'' and '' Mudança de Hábito'', besides starring in the serial television ''

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'' and ''Sexo e Negas''. In 2016, she returned to the SBT to integrate the cast of the telenovela '' Carinha de Anjo'', interpreting the fun and confused nun, Sister Fabiana.

Career

2002–06: Rouge

In 2002 Karin enrolled in the

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'', being selected from 30 thousand enrolled for the second phase of the program, where more than 6 thousand were classified in the Anhembi Sambadrome, São Paulo, where they performed song evaluation. In the following phases, the jurors became more and more demanding, in this way, selecting for the next stages only the girls who really were able to face the career of

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. After 5 qualifying rounds, only 8 girls were classified for the final stage that took place at the home of the ''Popstars''. After the 6th and final eliminatory phase, the Brazilian

was finally formed by Fantine Thó, Li Martins, Luciana Andrade, Aline Wirley and Karin. In the same year was released the first

, the homonym Rouge, reaching the first position and selling around 2 million copies, receiving the certificate of diamond by Brazilian Association of Record Producers (ABPD). His

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was " Não Dá para Resistir" followed by " Ragatanga", track with special participation of

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girl group Las Ketchup, in addition to " Beijo Molhado" and "Nunca Deixe de Sonhar." Also the group released the

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titled '' Rouge Remixes'', selling 150 thousand copies, receiving certificate of gold, and the

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''O Sonho de Ser Uma Popstar'', bringing its first show. In 2003 the group released the second studio album, '' C'est La Vie'', selling around 100,000 copies in the first week of release and around 1 million copies in total, bringing as singles " Brilha La Luna", " Um Anjo Veio Me Falar" and " Vem Cair na Zueira". On 3 December is released the second record of concerts of the group on

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, titled '' A Festa dos Seus Sonhos''. On 11 February 2004 Luciana announced that she was leaving the group, claiming the lack of identification with the most

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sound that the group was taking. After the departure of Luciana, the four remaining members continued and released the albums '' Blá Blá Blá'' (2004) and '' Mil e Uma Noites'' (2005). The group split definitively in June 2006, when the contract with

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expired and was not renewed. Over four years, the group sold about 6 million records, becoming the most successful female group in Brazil, and received in all, two gold certification, two platinum certification, one double platinum certification and one diamond certification by ABPD.

2006–''present'': Career as an actress

Between 2006 and 2008 Karin tried to present for some record companies a project for an album, not obtaining success in obtaining a contract. In 2008 it became backing vocal of the rapper Tulio Dek, also recording the vocals of support in its

''O Que Se Leva da Vida É a Vida Que Se Leva''. In 2009 the producer

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began to work with her in its debut album, that would be released by Midas Music and focused in the R&B, bringing also the participation of some rappers. The album ended up never being released and no band released, giving no reasons for the happened thing. In the same year, focusing on the career of actress, made its debut in the

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in the musical ''

'', also happening in 2010 by the reassembly of ''Emoções Baratas''. In the same year it gained prominence as the personage Dionne in ''

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''. After meeting Miguel Falabella behind the scenes of the shows, he was invited by him to join the telenovela ''

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'' in 2011, making her debut on television. In 2012 it was the turn to give life to Ensemble, the musical ''Alô, Dolly!'' and, soon after, Thalia of the classic '' Xanadu''. In 2013 joined the cast of the series television ''Pé na Cova'',

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, playing Soninja in the first three seasons. In 2014 Karin left the cast temporarily to dedicate to the other work in the transmitter, being explained in the series that its personage had entered an aesthetic clinic and mysteriously disappeared. The project in question was ''Sexo e as Negas'', inspired by the American

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, but it is based on the periphery and exclusively with black actresses. In 2015, after six years of theater career, he finally received the chance to play her first protagonist, the character Deloris Van Cartier, '' Mudança de Hábito'', performed in theaters by

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and on the American stage by

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. In 2016 returns to the fifth season of ''Pé na Cova''. Soon after it signs contract with the SBT to integrate the soap opera '' Carinha de Anjo'', interpreting Sister Fabiana.

Filmography

Films

Theatre appearances

Discography

''Singles''

Other appearances

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References

External links

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