Christine Fernandes Alves[1] (born 1 March 1968)[2] is an American-born Brazilian actress, television presenter and former model.

Christine Fernandes
Fernandes in 2011
Born
Christine Fernandes Alves

(1968-03-01) 1 March 1968 (age 56)
Citizenship
  • Brazil
  • United States
Occupations
  • Actress
  • television presenter
Years active1984–present
Spouse
  • (m. 1994; div. 1999)

    (m. 2000; div. 2018)
Children1

Early life

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Christine was born in Chicago, Illinois, daughter of Maria Helena and Antônio, Brazilian parents. She was born and lived until the age of 3 in the United States, then her family returned to Brazil, to the city of Rio de Janeiro.

From thirteen to sixteen she was a volleyball player. Soon after she began modeling. At 17 she moved back to the United States to attend High School in California. When she turned 18, she moved to Japan and lived in Tokyo for 2 years working as a photographic model.

Career

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Model

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In 1984, at the age of 16, she was approached by a professional from a fashion agency who invited her to take a pathogenic test, becoming a model in that year.[2] The following year he moved to the United States to model and in the country, he finished high school and joined the faculty of journalism, which did not finish.

In 1992, she moved to Japan, where she modeled for two more years before deciding to return to Brazil to study theater at Globo's Actors Workshop in 1994.

Actress

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After a test for the Actors Workshop of Rede Globo, was cast in his first TV appearance, an interest in the novel Quatro por Quatro (1995),[3] of Carlos Lombardi. The following year, Manoel Carlos bet the young actress and gave her a prominent role in História de Amor.[4] Among other works, Christine attended Perdidos de Amor, a novel independent Rede Bandeirantes, but soon returned and appeared in the Rede Globo productions as Chiquinha Gonzaga (1999)[5] and Esplendor (2000),[6] in which she met the actor Marcelo Serrado, with whom she was married from 1994 to 1999.[2] She made her first appearance on film in Slapstick and O Trapalhão e a Luz Azul (1999), Paulo Aragão Neto and Alexandre Boury.[7]

After 4 years without integrating the fixed cast of a telenovela in the Globo, Christine signed with RecordTV in 2005 and debuted its first great protagonist, Aurélia in Essas Mulheres,[4] character based on the book Senhora, of José de Alencar. By Aurélia, actress was praised by the specialized critic, noting its maturation in scene when facing a deep and of great complexity character, being his work of greater recognition in the race.[4] In 2006, due to the repercussion of her previous novel, Rede Globo called Christine back to one of the central characters of Páginas da Vida.[4][8] In 2007 Christine was in the cast of the play Hedda Glaber.[9] Christine joined the cast of the soap opera A Favorita in 2008.[3][10][11] The actress in 2009, joined the cast of soap opera Viver a Vida of Rede Globo.[4][12]

In 2010 Christine joined the cast of the seventh season of Dança dos Famosos,[13][14] under the Domingão do Faustão. In 2011 she presented the program Saia Justa, in the GNT, along with Dan Stulbach, Eduardo Moscovis, Mônica Waldvogel, Teté Ribeiro, Xico Sá and Léo Jaime, but left the program because of personal problems and was replaced by actress Camila Morgado.[15][16]

In 2012 she was in the episode A Fofoqueira de Porto Alegre in series As Brasileiras[17] and made participation in the novels Avenida Brasil of João Emanuel Carneiro, in which he played Mônica[18] and Cheias de Charme, in which he played the American journalist Scarlet.[19] In the same year returns to cinemas with the film De Pernas pro Ar 2.[20][21]

In 2016, after seven years without being escalated to a novel, Christine decides not to renew contract with Globo aiming at new challenges in the race. In 2017 he signed with RecordTV and played the first major antagonist of his career, Sammu-Ramat in O Rico e Lázaro.[22]

After O Rico e Lázaro on RecordTV, Christine returns to Rede Globo in the novel Orgulho e Paixão.[23] In the plot, interprets Josephine, wife of Almirante Tibúrcio, lived by Oscar Magrini.[24]

Personal life

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In 1994, she married actor Marcelo Serrado, with whom she remained until 1999.[2]

She was married to actor Floriano Peixoto, with whom she has a son, Pedro, born in July 2003.[2][25] The two separated in early 2018.[26]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1995 Quatro por Quatro Ralado's girlfriend Episode: "February 2, 1995"
História de Amor Marininha
1996 Você Decide Clara Episode: "Aconteceu..."
Malhação Maribel Lamarca Participation
Perdidos de Amor Maria Luísa
1998 Você Decide Amanda Episode: "Tabu"
Viviane Episode: "Amor ao Próximo"
Caça Talentos Melissa Episode: "Apocalipse Girls"
Labirinto Dora
1999 Chiquinha Gonzaga Alzira
2000 Esplendor Flávia Regina
2001 Estrela-Guia Lalá Gouveia
2003 Kubanacan Blanca Paiani Episodes: "December 6–10, 2003"
2005 Essas Mulheres Aurélia Lemos Camargo
2006 Páginas da Vida Simone Bueno
2008 A Favorita Rita Porto
2009 Superbonita Guest presenter Episode: "July 30, 2009"[27]
Viver a Vida Ariane Vidigal
2010 Dança dos Famosos 7 Participant Domingão do Faustão's reality show
A Vida Alheia Melina Rosa Episode: "Nem tudo que Reluz"
Diversão.com Paula Television special
2011 Saia Justa Presenter Season 10
2012 As Brasileiras Lili Galhardo Episode: "A Fofoqueira de Porto Alegre"
Avenida Brasil Mônica Episode: "June 11, 2012"
Cheias de Charme Scarlet Benson Episodes: "September 6–8, 2012"
2013 Louco por Elas Margot Episode: "O Ursinho de Pelúcia do Léo"[28]
Super Chef Celebridades Participant Season 2; Reality show of Mais Você
2017 O Rico e Lázaro Sammu-Ramat
2018 Orgulho e Paixão Josephine Tibúrcio

Films

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Year Title Role
1999 O Trapalhão e a Luz Azul Princess Allim / Milla
2000 Duas Vezes com Helena Helena
2001 Amores Possíveis Meeting agency's secretary
O Xangô de Baker Street Albertina
2002 Lara Odete Lara
2003 Rua 6, Sem Número Maíra
2005 Mais uma Vez Amor Clara
2012 De Pernas pro Ar 2 Vitória Prattes
2014 Os Caras de Pau em O Misterioso Roubo do Anel Gracinha de Medeiros[29]
2015 Bem Casados Laura
2016 My Hindu Friend Dra. Virgínia

Theater

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Year Title Role
2007 Hedda Gabler - Henrik Ibsen Hedda Gabler

References

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  1. ^ "Christine Fernandes - Famosos - Contigo!". Archived from the original on 2011-12-19. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Christine Fernandes".
  3. ^ a b "Christine Fernandes". Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Entrevista com Christine Fernandes". Archived from the original on 2009-10-13. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  5. ^ "Christine Fernandes". Archived from the original on 2012-12-31. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  6. ^ "Esplendor". Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  7. ^ "O Trapalhão e a Luz Azul" (PDF).[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Simone - Christine Fernandes". Archived from the original on 2011-11-08. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  9. ^ "Christine Fernandes encarna a impulsiva Hedda Gabler". Archived from the original on 2013-07-18. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  10. ^ "Rita". Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  11. ^ "Christine Fernandes aposta na ética da Rita de "A Favorita". Mas não garante".
  12. ^ "Ariane". Archived from the original on 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  13. ^ "Christine Fernandes começa o ensaio para a Dança dos Famosos".
  14. ^ "Christine Fernandes: "Foi uma delícia!"".
  15. ^ "Christine Fernandes fala sobre saída do 'Saia justa' 'antes que urubus e vermes especulem'". 31 March 2011.
  16. ^ "Camila Morgado substituirá Christine Fernandes em Saia Justa".
  17. ^ "Xuxa Meneghel é Rita… A Fofoqueira de Porto Alegre em As Brasileiras". Archived from the original on 2014-03-22. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  18. ^ "Confirmada para o elenco de Avenida Brasil, Christine Fernandes é clicada saindo da academia". Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  19. ^ "Exclusivo: Christine Fernandes entrará em 'Cheias de Charme'". Internet Group. August 27, 2012. Archived from the original on October 28, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
  20. ^ ""Beira fazer um filme chulo", diz diretor de 'De Pernas Pro Ar 2'". Terra Networks. December 28, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
  21. ^ "De Pernas pro Ar 2 : Elenco, atores, equipe , roteiristas, diretores". Retrieved January 10, 2013.
  22. ^ "Christine Fernandes comemora vilã dos sonhos na Record". IG. Archived from the original on 2017-06-04. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
  23. ^ "Christine Fernandes volta à Globo em Orgulho e Paixão". Oplaneta TV. February 19, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  24. ^ Anna Luiza Santiago (February 19, 2018). "Christine Fernandes será par de Oscar Magrini em 'Orgulho e paixão'". O Globo (in Portuguese). Patrícia Kogut. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  25. ^ "CHRISTINE FERNANDES CURTE PROGRAMA FAMÍLIA" (in Portuguese). 15 June 2011.
  26. ^ "Casamento de Christine Fernandes e Floriano Peixoto chega ao fim" (in Portuguese). Estadão. January 30, 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
  27. ^ "Christine Fernandes dá dicas para tatuagens no Superbonita". GNT. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
  28. ^ "Na pele de psicóloga, Christine Fernandes marca presença em 'Louco'". Globo.com. February 18, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  29. ^ G1 SP (December 2014). "'Agora quero ser galã', diz Leandro Hassum ao lançar 'Os caras de pau'". G1. Pop & Arte - Cinema. Retrieved December 24, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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