Alice Braga

Alice Braga
Braga at the ATX Television Festival presentation of the TV show "Queen of the South" in 2016
Born Alice Braga Moraes
(1983-04-15) April 15, 1983
São Paulo City, São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation Actress
Years active 1998–present
Relatives Sônia Braga (aunt)

Alice Braga Moraes[1] (born April 15, 1983) is a Brazilian actress. She has appeared in several Brazilian films, most notably as Angélica in 2002's highly acclaimed City of God and as Karinna in 2005's Lower City.

She came to international prominence after appearing opposite Will Smith in I Am Legend (2007) and has since become a familiar face in Hollywood, appearing in films such as Repo Men and Predators (both 2010), The Rite (2011) and Elysium (2013). She plays main character Teresa Mendoza in the crime drama-thriller television series Queen of the South (2016–present). She played Wisdom in the 2017 movie The Shack, based on the book of the same name.[2]

Early life

Alice Braga Moraes was born in São Paulo, Brazil. She was raised in a Catholic family.[3] Her exposure to the world of acting came at an early age. Both her mother, Ana Braga, and aunt, Sônia Braga,[4] are actresses, and Braga often accompanied them to film sets. She began her career by appearing in school plays and commercials. Her first commercial was for yogurt when she was eight years old. As a teenager she began pursuing roles in television and movies. She speaks fluent Portuguese, Spanish and English.

Career

In 1998, Braga debuted in a Portuguese-language short called Trampolim, and then returned to her schooling. Her big break came in 2002 when she was cast as Angélica in the critically acclaimed film City of God, for which she received a Best Supporting Actress nomination from the Cinema Brazil Grand Prize. She took more time off and attended university while appearing in a pair of well-regarded South American films—2005’s Lower City and 2006’s Only God Knows—and in the popular Brazilian television program Carandiru, Outras Historias. Braga made her English-language debut in 2006 with a starring role with Brendan Fraser, Mos Def, and Catalina Sandino Moreno in Journey to the End of Night, which premiered at the 5th Annual Tribeca Film Festival. In 2007, Braga was cast in the Will Smith blockbuster I Am Legend and the drama Crossing Over, which stars Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, and Ashley Judd.[5] She also appeared in the 2008 David Mamet film Redbelt alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor.[6] Braga portrayed Beth in the science-fiction film Repo Men.[7] She starred as Isabelle in Antal Nimrod's Predators,[8] which was shot and produced by Troublemaker Studios and Robert Rodriguez.[9] In 2013, Braga appeared as Frey Santiago in Neill Blomkamp's Elysium.[10] In 2014 starred as Eva in the Brazilian crime drama film Muitos Homens Num Só, as Vania in the Brazilian jungle film El Ardor, in the Argentine Romance film Latitudes and as Alice Taylor in Kriv Stenders Action-thriller Kill Me Three Times.[11]

Braga stars in the drama series Queen of the South, produced for USA Network, an adaptation of Arturo Perez-Reverte's best-selling novel La Reina del Sur. This marks Braga's first big U.S. television role. Her previous small-screen credits were two parts in a non-English series.[12]

Filmography

Braga at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival
Film and television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1998TrampolimCláudiaShort film
2002City of GodAngélica
2005Lower CityKarina
2005Carandiru, Outras HistóriasVâniaTV series
2006Only God KnowsDolores
2006Journey to the End of the NightMonique
2006DrainedWaitress
2007The Milky WayJúlia
2007RummikubFilha paulistaShort film
2007I Am LegendAnna Montez
2008RedbeltSondra Terry
2008BlindnessWoman with Dark Glasses
2009Crossing OverMireya Sanchez
2009Cabeça a Prêmio
2010Repo MenBeth
2010PredatorsIsabelle
2011The RiteAngelina Vargas
2012As BrasileirasMirtesTV series (episode: "A Indomável do Ceará")
2012On the RoadTerry
2012City of God - 10 Years LaterHerself
2013ElysiumFrey Santiago
2014LatitudesOlivia
2014The ArdorVania
2014Kill Me Three TimesAlice Taylor
2015The DuelMarisol
2016–presentQueen of the SouthTeresa MendozaTV series
2016Entre Idas E VindasSandra
2017The ShackSophia
2018-presentSamantha!SorayaTV series
2018Eduardo & MônicaMônicaFilming
2019The New MutantsCecilia ReyesPost-production

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2003 Cinema Brazil Grand Prize Best Supporting Actress City of God Nominated [13]
2005 Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival Best Actress Lower City Won
2006 ACIE Awards Best Actress Lower City Won
2006 São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards Best Actress Lower City Won
2006 SESC Film Festival Audience Award Best Actress Lower City Won
2006 SESC Film Festival Critics Award Best Actress Lower City Won
2006 Verona Love Screens Film Festival Best Acting Performance Lower City Won
2006 Prêmio Contigo Cinema Best Actress Lower City Won
2007 Cinema Brazil Grand Prize Best Actress Lower City Won
2008 Black Reel Awards Best Supporting Actress Blindness Nominated
2008 SESC Film Festival Audience Award Best Actress The Milky Way Won
2008 Cinema Brazil Grand Prize Best Supporting Actress Drained Nominated

References

  1. ↑ Archived April 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ IMDb. "Profile: Alice Braga | IMDb". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Alice Braga & Colin O'Donoghue Talk Devils, Exorcisms & Sir Anthony Hopkins". Horror.com. January 24, 2011. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  4. ↑ Friedman, Roger (May 5, 2003). "Jimmy Fallon: Exiting Saturday Night Live?". Fox News. Archived from the original on April 23, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Star Alice Braga On Special Effects, Adrien Brody's Muscle & Schwarzenegger's Cameo".
  6. ↑ AskMen.com – Alice Braga Archived November 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ "The X-rays Continue With New Repo Men Poster". DreadCentral. Archived from the original on December 4, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Alice Braga Talks Predators Rating and More". DreadCentral. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Latest 'Predators' Chatter: Hulking Out and Varied Creatures". BloodyDisgusting. Archived from the original on March 13, 2010.
  10. ↑ "Alice Braga Joins Neill Blomkamp's 'Elysium'". Slash Film. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Interview: Alice Braga on Being A Female Action Star & 'Kill Me Three Times'". Bloody Disgusting. Archived from the original on April 14, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  12. ↑ "USA's 'Queen of the South' Adaptation Finds Its Star (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 17, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
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