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Nívea Stelmann Leôncio (born 6 April 1974) is a Brazilian actress and television presenter.


Biography

She was born and raised in the city of Paraíba do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, in the State of
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. Born to entrepreneur parents, she decided at 12 years old that she wanted to become famous. From an early age, she tried to convince her parents to allow her to go live on her own in the city of
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At 16 years old, Nivea got permission to move to Rio, where she attended college, pursuing a major in
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, which she studied for three semesters but never graduated. During her college studies, Nivea was also a
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for
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and did television commercials. Later on, Nívea started attending Performing Arts classes at the UNI-Rio.


Career

Shortly afterwards, Nivea passed a test to perform on the show '' Família Brasil'', of defunct TV Manchete. In this work, her love interest was Danton Mello. With the end of ''Família Brasil'', TV Manchete, she returned to her classes at UNI-Rio. Eventually, Nivea won the test for a part in the segment "Estrela por um Dia" on the TV show
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. She won the contest and one month later, she was invited to perform in the novella ''
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'' in 1996.
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, who was the director, gave her the role of Luana, a tennis teacher. After her participation in ''
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'' ended, Nivea got the role of Carolaine in the novella ''
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'', written by Aguinaldo Silva. That role made Nívea Stelmann popular in her home country. Later on, Nivea also participated in the novellas ''
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...'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
Chocolate com Pimenta ''Chocolate com Pimenta'' (English title: ''Pepper Chocolate'') is a Brazilian telenovela, set in the roaring 1920s, starring Mariana Ximenes and Murilo Benício. It was produced and broadcast by Rede Globo in 2003 and 2004. It was written by ...
'' and '' Alma Gêmea'', all from
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. In 2002 Nivea starred the play Give Love a Chance, alongside
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, her husband at that time. The play was written by Heloise Périssé and directed by João Brandão. In 2007, Nivea took part in the novella ''
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''. In October of that same year, she was chosen the queen of the rhythmists of the school of samba Renascer, a position she occupied for the next two years. In 2008, she was part of the cast of the TV series ''
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'' on the episode ''Dicas de um Sedutor''. Also in 2008, she did the children's play Cyrano, an adaptation by director Karen Acioly, inspired on the play ''
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'' by
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. In 2009, she participated in the novella ''
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'', from
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. Between 2009 and 2010, the actress starred in the theatres the musical play '' Um Lugar Chamado Recanto''. In 2011, Nivea participated in the novella '' Morde & Assopra'', from
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, as Lavinia, a former prostitute. In 2013, she returned to the theatres with the play '' Batalha de Arroz num Ringue para Dois'', alongside actor . In that same year, Nívea published her first book, ''Dedo Podre''. In 2016 returns to the TV, this time in
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, where it acted in the biblical novels ''
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'' and '' A Terra Prometida''. In 2017, she begins to present the ''Nívea Stelmann na América'', on the CBTV channel. The program talks about the best of entertainment and the world of Brazilian celebrities in the
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.


Personal life

She started dating the singer and actor
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in 1998. They moved in together in 2001 and got married in 2003, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. On the night of 11 September 2004, their son, Miguel, was born. In November 2005 the couple announced their divorce. In July 2007 she married the TV executive Eduardo Azer, a former boyfriend from her teenage years. Their marriage ended in divorced in October 2008. In March 2011 she started dating footballer
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, but they broke up a few months later. The couple became involved in a major controversy: Nívea, dissatisfied with the end of the relationship, threatened to publish intimate photos of the player and even sent copies of those images to
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, where he played. Elano appealed to the court and the judge granted an advance of guardianship, with a fine expected if the images were published. On 17 July 2013, Nivea married businessman Marcus Rocha. In August 2013, she announced through her
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account that she was pregnant with her second child. On 23 March 2014, Nívea gave birth to Bruna, her first child with husband Marcus, in
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. In August 2014 she was the patron of the campaign to encourage breastfeeding launched by the Ministry of Health.


Filmography


Television


Film


Internet


Theatre


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stelmann, Nivea 1974 births Living people People from Paraíba do Sul Brazilian people of German descent Brazilian television actresses Brazilian telenovela actresses Brazilian stage actresses Brazilian film actresses Brazilian emigrants to the United States