Nívea Maria Cândido Graieb (born 7 March 1947) is a Brazilian actress.

Career

While working as a

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, she was discovered by director Walter Avancini at age 17. Avancini helped Nívea land her first role in the

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in ''A Outra Face de Anita'', aired by

TV Excelsior TV Excelsior was a Brazilian television network founded by Mário Wallace Simonsen on July 9, 1960, in São Paulo, São Paulo. Its last broadcast happened on September 30, 1970, when the Brazilian military dictatorship put an abrupt end to i ...

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in 1964. In more than forty years was uninterrupted presence on

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. Participated in numerous successful soap operas, with important characters, such as ''Gabriela'', '' A Moreninha'' (1975), ''Dona Xepa'' (1977), ''Maria, Maria'' (1978), ''Coração Alado'' (1980), the

miniseries In the United States, a miniseries or mini-series is a television show or series that tells a story in a predetermined, limited number of episodes. Many miniseries can also be referred to, and shown, as a television film. " Limited series" is ...

''Anos Dourados'' (1986), '' Brega & Chique'' (1987), ''

Meu Bem, Meu Mal Meu Bem, Meu Mal (''My Good, My Evil'' in English) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast at 8:00pm by TV Globo, October 29, 1990 to May 18, 1991, in 173 episodes. Plot Lázaro Venturini, majority shareholder of Venturini Designers, ...

'' (1990), '' Pedra sobre Pedra'' (1992), '' O Clone'' (2001), the miniseries '' A Casa das Sete Mulheres'', '' Celebridade'' (2003), '' O Profeta'' (2006) and '' Caminho das Índias'' (2009). Recently, he made a very special involvement in the novel by Gilberto Braga, '' Insensato Coração'' (2011). In 2006, Nivea Maria participated in the

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, '' Dança dos Famosos'', the program

Domingão do Faustão ''Domingão do Faustão'' ( literally ''Big Fausto's Big Sunday'') was a Brazilian TV show aired every Sunday from 1989 to 2021. Produced by Rede Globo and hosted by Fausto Silva (also known as Faustão), it featured live music performances (usu ...

, and

Rede Globo TV Globo (stylized as tvglobo; , ), formerly known as Rede Globo de Televisão (; shortened to Rede Globo) or simply known as Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965 ...

. He was cast in the soap opera ''

Aquele Beijo ''Aquele Beijo'' (English: ''That Kiss'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced by TV Globo. It is written by Miguel Falabella, Flávio Marinho and Antonia Pellegrino, and directed by Roberto Talma and Cininha de Paula, it premiered on October 17, 2 ...

''. He is currently playing in the novel '' Salve Jorge'' Isaurinha, the family matriarch Alcântara Vieira.

Personal life

She is the sister of actress Glauce Graieb. She was married to actor Edson França, with whom he had two children: Viviane and Edson, and divorced director of the nucleus of the Rede Globo soap operas,

Herval Rossano Herval Abreu Pais (April 23, 1935 – May 8, 2007), better known by his stage name Herval Rossano, was a Brazilian TV actor and director from Campos dos Goytacazes. He directed both the original 1976 version and the 2004 remake of ''Isaura th ...

(1976–2003) with whom she had daughter Vanessa (1980).

Filmography

References

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* 1947 births Living people Actresses from São Paulo Brazilian television actresses Brazilian telenovela actresses Brazilian stage actresses {{Brazil-actor-stub