Bruna Linzmeyer (born 11 November 1992) is a Brazilian actress[1] also known for her LGBTQIA+ and feminist rights activism.[2]
Bruna Linzmeyer | |
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 Linzmeyer in 2024 | |
| Born | 11 November 1992 Corupá, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2010–present |
Early life and education
editLinzmeyer was born on November 11 in Corupá, a small town in the south Brazilian countryside in the state of Santa Catarina.[1] Her father has worked his whole professional life in a connector factory, and her mother has had many different experiences, from working as a secretary in factories and in the city's main catholic church to assisting people as a medium in a spiritism center and as a reiki therapist. Linzmeyer has one brother, ten years older, who works in a bank.
She doesn't have artists in her family and becoming an actress had never been a dream of hers. She wanted to leave the countryside since she was a teenager. As her family didn't have the financial resources to make it happen for her, she accepted to work as a model. When Linzmeyer was 15 years old, she won a beauty contest named Garota Verão, promoted by the Grupo RBS, which is TV Globo's subsidiary in Santa Catarina and one year later she moved to São Paulo to have better job prospects.[1] While living there, she studied theater at Globe Company. Unfortunately, during this time, she couldn't make any money as a model and her parents couldn't support her financially anymore. Linzmeyer thought then working on TV Globo would give her enough money to keep living out of her hometown. So, she asked the model agency to get her some auditions for TV roles as an actress. Linzmeyer was chosen in her first audition to do a TV series at TV Globo and moved to Rio de Janeiro.
She studied at public schools and attended PUC-Rio (one of the largest and most prestigious private universities in Brazil) to study history, but she hasn't finished it. When it comes to her artistic training, she's been doing different open courses, but Linzmeyer is quite self-taught as well.
Career
editBruna Linzmeyer started playing a Russian character named Tatiana Dovichenko in the 2010 TV Globo miniseries called Afinal, o Que Querem as Mulheres?, written-directed by Luiz Fernando Carvalho. Since then, she has built a solid career in cinema and TV.
Linzmeyer played several emblematic roles on TV. For instance, an autistic girl named Linda (who faces her family to have a more autonomous life) in the 2013 TV Globo telenovela Amor à Vida.[3] Also, the sweet Professora Juliana, (a teacher who moves to the countryside, but when she decides to teach the adult workers of a local farm how to read and write, the a conservative colonel order her to be killed) who is the lead character, in the 2014 remake of the telenovela Meu Pedacinho de Chão.[4] Bruna Linzmeyer plays Cibele Dantas in the 2017 telenovela A Força do Querer, by Glória Perez, one of the eight main characters of the telenovela, who gets involved in a love triangle with Ísis Valverde and Fiuk characters.[5] Finally, her most recent work in the popular Pantanal remake, where she starred as Madeleine (a rich woman from Rio de Janeiro who falls in love with a farm laborer and ends up moving with him to his hometown in Pantanal, an isolated place surrounded by forest and wild animals that she hates). For this job, Linzmeyer did a web series on her Instagram, called #MadeleineReality, sharing with her followers the development of her character. It was an innovative and successful project that attracted more than 30 million viewers.
When it comes to cinema, her debut was in the Brazilian version of the franchise Cities of Love. The episode she took part in, the anthology Rio, eu te amo, was directed by Carlos Saldanha and starred her and Rodrigo Santoro as well.[citation needed]
In The Cold Front Brought by the Rain, where she starred as a heroin addict called Amsterdam, her performance was praised.[citation needed]
In the epic The Great Mystical Circus, directed by Carlos Diegues, she plays a circus contortionist and the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.[citation needed]
In 2019 she won Felix Suzy Capó Award at Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, the festival's queer award as Personality of the Year, due to her activism for the LGBTQIAP+ community.[citation needed]
In the acclaimed 2021 production A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here, written-directed by Erica Sarmet, Linzmeyer won the Special Jury Award of the Sundance Film Festival with the ensemble cast for their performance in the film. They also collectively won the Best Interpretation award of the Mix Brasil Cinema Festival in São Paulo. [citation needed]
Regarding Medusa, a horror by Anita Rocha da Silveira, which premiered in the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival, Linzmeyer portrayed a free woman whose face was burned since she was considered to be a slut by a group of conservative girls.[citation needed]
Personal life
editBruna has ancestry of German, indigenous, African, Portuguese, and Spanish descendents.[6]
Linzmeyer describes herself as sapatão-queer[7][8] and lesbian.[9][10][11]
Filmography
editCinema
edit| Year | Title | Director | Role | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Rio, Eu Te Amo (Segment: "Pas de Deux") | Carlos Saldanha | Ballet dancer | [12] |
| 2014 | Autorretrato | Anna Costa e Silva | Anna Costa e Silva | |
| Seewatchlook, O que você vê quando olha o que enxerga? | Michel Melamed | She | [13] | |
| 2015 | O Amuleto | Jeferson De | Diana | [14] |
| 2016 | A Frente Fria que a Chuva Traz | Nevile D'Almeida | Amsterdã | [15] |
| 2017 | The Movie of my Life | Selton Mello | Luna Madeira | [16] |
| 2018 | O Banquete | Daniela Thomas | Cat Woman | [17] |
| The Great Mystical Circus | Carlos Diegues | Beatriz | [18] | |
| O Que Resta | Fernanda Teixeira | Patrícia | ||
| 2019 | Alfazema | Sabrina Fidalgo | Diabe | |
| 2020 | Alice & Só | Daniel Lieff | Alice | |
| Doberman | Ernesto Solis | |||
| Escândalo | Yasmin Thayná e Lucílio Jota | Amanda | ||
| 2021 | A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here | Erica Sarmet | Rô | |
| 2022 | Medusa | Anita Rocha da Silveira | Melissa | |
| 2024 | Cidade; Campo | Juliana Rojas | Mara | World Premiere at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival[19] |
| Baby | Marcelo Caetano | Jana |
Television
edit| Television | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Author | Role | Notes |
| 2010 | Afinal, o Que Querem as Mulheres? | Luiz Fernando Carvalho | Russinha (Tatiana Dovichenko) | [20][21] |
| 2011 | Insensato Coração | Gilberto Braga | Leila Alencar Machado | [22] |
| 2012 | As Brasileiras | Gregorio Duvivier e Clarice Falcão | Clara | Episode: A Vidente de Diamantina [23] |
| Gabriela | Walcyr Carrasco | Anabela Fernandes Prado | [23] | |
| 2013-2014 | Amor à Vida | Walcyr Carrasco | Linda | [3] |
| 2014 | Meu Pedacinho de Chão | Benedito Ruy Barbosa | Teacher Juliana | [24][25][26] |
| 2015 | A Regra do Jogo | João Emanuel Carneiro | Belisa Stewart | [27] |
| 2017 | A Força do Querer | Gloria Perez | Cibele Dantas | [5] |
| 2018 | Pega Pega | Police officer | One episode [28] | |
| O Sétimo Guardião | Aguinaldo Silva | Lourdes Maria | ||
| 2021 | Pantanal | Bruno Luperi | Madeleine Jovem | |
| 2023 | Notícias Populares | Marcelo Caetano | ||
| 2023 | Drag Race Brasil | Reality show | Guest judge | Episode: "Brazilian Festivals Ball" |
Theater
edit| Year | Play | Author | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Seewatchlook | Michel Melamed | [29] |
| 2012 | Adeus à Carne | Michel Melamed | [23] |
Web
edit| Year | Title | Note | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Jantar Secreto | Booktrailer | [30] |
Discography
editSingle
edit| Year | Title | Label | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Aqui é a Belisa | Som Livre | [31] |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best TV Newcomer Actress | Afinal, o Que Querem as Mulheres? | Nominated | |
| Prêmio Qualidade Brasil | Best Newcomer in a TV Series or miniseries | Won | [32] | ||
| Best Telenovela Newcomer Actress | Insensato Coração | Nominated | |||
| Prêmio Quem de Televisão | Best Newcomer | Nominated | [33] | ||
| 2012 | Melhores do Ano | Best Newcomer Actress | Nominated | [34] | |
| 2014 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Supporting Actress | Amor à Vida | Nominated | [35] |
| Prêmio F5 | Best Actress (telenovela) | Meu Pedacinho de Chão | Nominated | [36] | |
| Melhores do Ano | Best Telenovela Actress | Nominated | [37][38] | ||
| 2015 | Best Newcomer Actress | A Regra do Jogo | Nominated | [39] | |
| 2016 | Troféu Viver SC | Best Artist | Herself | Won | [40] |
| 2022 | Sundance Film Festival | Special Jury Award (for the Ensemble Cast) | A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here | Won | |
| Festival Mix Brasil | Best Performance | A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here | Won |
References
edit- ^ a b Keyla Leão (March 18, 2011). "Conheça a jovem atriz Bruna Linzmeyer, veja seu perfil e uma galeria de fotos" (in Portuguese). sempretops.com. Archived from the original on July 2, 2011. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
- ^ "Bruna Linzmeyer discursa sobre parada LGBT: "O futuro é livre e lindo" | Metrópoles". June 23, 2019.
- ^ a b "Amor à Vida" (in Portuguese). teledramaturgia.com.br. Archived from the original on July 22, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "Confira o elenco de "Meu Pedacinho de Chão", a nova novela das seis" (in Portuguese). O Planeta TV - Celebridades, Famosos, Novelas. January 26, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ^ a b Bruna Linzmeyer substitui Débora Falabella como protagonista em 'À Flor da Pele'
- ^ "Na curva do mundo: Ativista dos direitos LGBTQ+, Bruna Linzmeyer fala com a força e a leveza de quem se conhece e se respeita". www.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "'Eu sofri da heterossexualidade compulsória', diz Bruna Linzmeyer". www.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ Queer, iG (August 30, 2022). "Bruna Linzmeyer diz ter sofrido 'heterossexualidade compulsória'". iG (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "Bruna Linzmeyer: "Perdi contratos por me assumir lésbica, mas também ganhei novas oportunidades"". Revista Marie Claire (in Brazilian Portuguese). August 25, 2022. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "Bruna Linzmeyer sobre apagamento da sexualidade lésbica: "Muita gente segue em casamentos heterossexuais sem nunca olhar para o próprio desejo"". Vogue (in Brazilian Portuguese). September 23, 2022. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ redacaoterra. "Bruna Linzmeyer reflete sobre relação com o público após se assumir lésbica: 'Mais bonita'". Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "Rodrigo Santoro e Bruna Linzmeyer vivem um casal de bailarinos no primeiro filme com atores de Carlos Saldanha". RAC (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on April 18, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
- ^ "Seewatchlook, O que você vê quando olha o que enxerga?". Adoro Cinema (in Portuguese). Retrieved September 6, 2015.
- ^ "O Amuleto". Cinepop Vírgula (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on August 31, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
- ^ "Bruna Linzmeyer perde 10kg para viver prostituta viciada em heroína". O Globo (in Portuguese). December 27, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
- ^ "Selton Mello começa a gravar filme com Vincent Cassel na Serra Gaúcha". G1 Globo (in Portuguese). April 14, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
- ^ O longa 'O Banquete' de Daniela Thomas
- ^ "Bruna Linzmeyer aprende contorcionismo para interpretar dona de circo em filme". O Globo (in Portuguese). March 15, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
- ^ Abbatescianni, Davide (January 22, 2024). "The Berlinale unveils its Competition and Encounters titles". Cineuropa. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
- ^ "Bruna Linzmeyer - Biografia e Fotos" (in Portuguese). Os Paparazzi. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
- ^ "Afinal, o Que Querem as Mulheres? une Paola Oliveira e Michel Melamed" (in Portuguese). globo.com. October 8, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
- ^ Mariana Albanese (May 9, 2011). "Exclusivo: "O que nos dá mais prazer é o que nos aproxima da morte", diz Bruna Linzmeyer" (in Portuguese). Contigo!. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
- ^ a b c Debora Luvizotto (February 24, 2012). "Depois de "Insensato Coração", Bruna Linzmeyer fala sobre novos trabalhos em 2012" (in Portuguese). Vírgula. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
- ^ João Gabriel Batista (March 11, 2014). "Globo prepara "Meu Pedacinho de Chão" com 100 capítulos e 20 atores". NaTelinha (in Portuguese). UOL. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ^ Cristina Padiglione (March 11, 2014). "Novela 'Meu Pedacinho de Chão' volta com apenas 20 atores" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ^ "Confira o elenco de "Meu Pedacinho de Chão", a nova novela das seis" (in Portuguese).
- ^ "Confira todos os personagens da próxima novela das nove a Regra do Jogo". otvfoco.com.br (in Portuguese). June 8, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
- ^ "Último capítulo 'Pega Pega': Domênico flerta com policial". Gshow (in Portuguese). January 7, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
- ^ "'Não vou parar, estou só começando', diz Bruna Linzmeyer sobre novos projetos" (in Portuguese). iG. February 24, 2012. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
- ^ Guilherme Cepeda (December 22, 2016). "Saiu! Veja o booktrailer de "Jantar secreto", novo livro de Raphael Montes" (in Portuguese). Burn Book. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ^ "Aqui É Belisa - Single by Belisa on Apple Music - iTunes" (in Portuguese). Itunes. December 11, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ^ "Categoria Televisão - 2011 - Prêmio Arte Qualidade Brasil". Archived from the original on August 13, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ^ "Prêmio F5 - Atriz do Ano (novela)" (in Portuguese). December 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ^ Melhores do Ano: Confira todos os vencedores das 14 edições do prêmio
- ^ Vieira, Emilãine; Castilho, Lucas; Cabral, Paulo; Colognori, Piera; Doneda; Priscila (July 16, 2014). "Conheça os finalistas do 16° Prêmio CONTIGO! de TV". Editora Abril (in Portuguese). MdeMulher. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ^ "Prêmio F5 - Atriz do Ano (novela)". December 2014.
- ^ Melhores do Ano 2014: conheça todos os indicados nas 15 categorias
- ^ "Conheça os grandes vencedores do Melhores do Ano 2014". globo.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ^ "Bruna Linzmeyer concorre a Melhor Atriz Coadjuvante". November 8, 2015.
- ^ Diário Catarinense entrega Troféu Viver SC
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