Ana Lúcia Torre Rodrigues (born 21 April 1945) is a Brazilian actress.[1]

Ana Lúcia Torre
Torre in 2023
Born
Ana Lúcia Torre Rodrigues

(1945-04-21) 21 April 1945 (age 79)
São Paulo, Brazil
OccupationActress
Years active1976–present
Spouse
José Luiz Rosa
(div. 2010)
Children1

Biography

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Ana Lúcia Torre was born in São Paulo. As a child, her family moved to the city of Rio de Janeiro and then to São Paulo.[2]

She began studying social sciences at Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo in 1965 where she soon became interested in campus theater groups. The institution's director wanted only one theater group, which it raffled with the subscribers. Torre passed the tests that involved text decoration and creation of scenes and interpretation. The group assembled and reproduced the show Morte e Vida Severina. Among her university theater colleagues were musician, playwright and author Chico Buarque de Hollanda and artist Cláudio Tozzi.

Passionate about the artistic world, Torre switched from social sciences in 1966 to pursue a professional courses in theater in Lisbon. There, she lived in a student republic, funded by her parents. After a year and a half of studying, creating pieces and introducing herself, Ana Lucia met a Brazilian who became her first boyfriend and would be her first husband. In 1968, she married her boyfriend and they moved to Oslo, Norway so he could study maritime law. In this distant country, Torre learned Norwegian (and English), and worked as a hotel maid, a store saleswoman and later as a secretary of the Brazilian Embassy. After four years the couple moved to London for a year, where her husband continued his studies. She worked as an administrative executive at the Brazilian Aeronautics Commission. In 1973, they moved to São Paulo. She and her husband reunited a great pair of friends: theater director Celso Nunes and Regina Braga, parents of the actor Gabriel Braga Nunes. Celso invited Torre to act in the play Equus, and at age 30, Torre entered the theater professionally. After a few years, the couple divorced. She married twice more.[3]

Career

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She has performed in theater plays throughout Brazil and abroad. In television she began her career in 1977, in Dona Xepa, where she played Glorita. One of her greatest roles in television was Debora, in the telenovela Soul Mate. She participated in productions such as the first version of Ciranda de Pedra, Tieta, Renascer, A Indomada, Cravo and Rosa, Alma Gêmea, The Prophet, Seven Sins, Faces & Bocas, and Foolish Heart. She acted in Amor Eterno Amor as Verbena Borges. In 2013 she appeared in Joia Rara. In 2015 she played Hilda in the telenovela Eleven Secret Truths. In the assembly for the theater of Death and Vida Severina, by João Cabral de Mello Neto, she won first place at the International Festival of University Theater.

She lived for seven years in Europe, then again in Brazil, where she starred in several pieces such as Seria Cômico se não Fosse Sério, a show that earned her the nomination for best actress for the 2010 Shell award.

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role
1977 Dona Xepa Glorita Camargo
Sinhazinha Flô Ermelinda
1979 Memórias de Amor Princesa Isabel
Marron Glacê Stela
1980 As Três Marias Norma
1981 Ciranda de Pedra Celina
1982 O Homem Proibido Olívia
1984 Corpo a Corpo Olga
1987 Corpo Santo Marta
1989 Tieta Juraci Pitombo
1990 Brasileiras e Brasileiros Clara
1993 Renascer Quitéria
1995 As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor Zefa Das Graças
1997 A Indomada Cleonice Williams Mackenzie
1998 Serras Azuis Dona Osória
2000 O Cravo e a Rosa Leonor Fernandes (Neca)
2001 Porto dos Milagres Salete
2004 Um Só Coração Sálua
2005 Alma Gêmea Débora Ávilla Saboya
2006 O Profeta Inspetora Hilda Vieira
2007 Sete Pecados Anja Guilhermina
2008 Casos e Acasos Regina
Xuxa e as Noviças Sumara
2009 Caras & Bocas Esther Abraham
2011 Insensato Coração Anita Brandão (Tia Neném)[4]
2012 Amor Eterno Amor Verbena Borges
Louco por Elas Dra. Olga
2013 Joia Rara Frau Gertrude Ducker Hauser[5]
2015 Verdades Secretas Hilda Brito[6]
2016 Êta Mundo Bom! Dona Camélia Batista[7]
2017 O Outro Lado do Paraíso Maria Adnéia dos Passos Fagundes (Adnéia)

Cinema

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Year Title Role
1981 Um Menino...Uma Mulher[8] Dona Rita
1982 Retrato Falado de uma Mulher sem Pudor
1988 The Story of Fausta
1991 Manobra Radical
A Revolta dos Carnudos
2000 Através da Janela Tomasina
2001 Os Xeretas Alana
2004 O Vestido Tia Adélia
Como Fazer um Filme de Amor Mãe de Laura
Francamente... Ângela
2005 Quanto Vale Ou é Por Quilo?
O Retrato da Felicidade Psiquiatra
2006 Paid Empregada
2007 Primo Basílio Vizinha
2009 The Tenants Diretora da Escola
2010 Reflexões de um Liquidificador[4] Elvira
2012 E a Vida Continua... Brígida
Meus Dois Amores Vó Lindelena[9]
O Mundo de Ulim e Oilut Bruxa[10][11]
2017 Bingo: The King of the Mornings Marta Mendes
Através das Sombras Dona Geraldina[12]

Stage

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  • Morte e Vida Severina[8]
  • Eles não Usam Black-tie
  • Rose Rose
  • Tartuffe
  • Norma
  • Arsênico e Alfazema
  • Seria Cômico Se Não Fosse Sério
  • Suburbano Coração (1989–1990)
  • Como se Tornar uma Super Mãe

Awards

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Year Award Category Indication Results
1998 Prêmio APCA Best Supporting Actress Cleonice Williams in A Indomada Won
2006 Prêmio Qualidade Brasil Best Supporting Actress Débora Ávilla Saboya in Alma Gêmea Nominated
2011 Prêmio Extra de TV[13] Best Supporting Actress Tia Neném in Insensato Coração Nominated
37º SESC Festival de Filmes Best Actress Elvira in Reflexões de um Liquidificador Won
Prêmio Contigo! de TV[14] Best Supporting Actress Tia Neném in Insensato Coração Nominated
2017 43º SESC Festival de Filmes Best Actress Dona Geraldina in Através das Sombras Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "Ana Lúcia Torre relembra início de carreira na televisão e no cinema – Depois de ser homenageada pelo 9º Amazonas Film Festival, a atriz Ana Lúcia Torre relembrou com alegria e saudosismo seu início de carreira na televisão e no cinema". Revista Caras. November 7, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "Ana Lúcia Torre: "Não posso temer a morte" - Edição 610 (18/05/2012)". August 24, 2022.
  3. ^ "Ana Lúcia Torre: "Não posso temer a morte" - Edição 610 (18/05/2012)". August 24, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Jamal, Kelly (August 9, 2010). "Ana Lúcia Torre conta como foi filmar Reflexões de um Liquidificador" (in Portuguese). R7. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
  5. ^ João Gabriel Batista. "Joia Rara repete parte do elenco de Cordel Encantado". Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
  6. ^ Flávio Ricco (May 15, 2015). "Drica Moraes grava nesta sexta primeiras cenas de "Verdades Secretas"". UOL Televisão. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  7. ^ Gshow (November 27, 2015). "Veja o elenco da nova novela das 6, 'Êta Mundo Bom!'". TV – Gshow. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  8. ^ a b Caras – UOL. "CARAS – Perfil:Ana Lúcia Torre" (in Portuguese). Caras. Archived from the original on March 15, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  9. ^ "Meus Dois Amores". Globo Filmes. March 19, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  10. ^ "O Mundo de Uilim e Oilut". Porta Curtas. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  11. ^ "O Mundo de Ulim e Oilut -Elenco". Tangerina Entretenimento. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  12. ^ "Através das Sombras". Globo Filmes. November 10, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  13. ^ "Prêmio Extra de TV: Deborah Secco fica com o prêmio de melhor atriz coadjuvante". Extra. November 29, 2011. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  14. ^ "Indicados ao 14ª Prêmio Contigo de TV". Contigo.com.br. Retrieved January 26, 2017.[permanent dead link]
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