Alice Braga
Alice Braga Moraes[1] (born April 15, 1983) is a Brazilian actress. She has appeared in several Brazilian films, most notably as Angélica in the highly acclaimed City of God (2002) and as Karinna in Lower City (2005).
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Braga at the ATX Television Festival presentation of the TV show "Queen of the South" in 2016 | |
Born | Alice Braga Moraes April 15, 1983 |
Nationality | |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1998–present |
Relatives | Sônia Braga (aunt) |
She came to international prominence after appearing opposite Will Smith in I Am Legend (2007) and has since become a familiar face in Hollywood, having appeared in films such as Repo Men (2010), Predators (2010), The Rite (2011), Elysium (2013), and The Shack (2017), based on the eponymous book.[2] She plays the main character Teresa Mendoza in the crime drama-thriller television series Queen of the South (2016–present).
Early life
Alice Braga Moraes was born in São Paulo, Brazil and raised in a Catholic family.[3] She speaks fluent English, Portuguese, and Spanish.
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 8 years old. As a teenager she began pursuing roles in television and movies.
Career
Braga debuted in a Portuguese-language short called Trampolim (1998) and then returned to her schooling. Her big break came when she was cast as Angélica in the critically acclaimed film City of God (2002), for which she received a Best Supporting Actress nomination from the Cinema Brazil Grand Prize. Afterward, she attended university while appearing in a pair of well-regarded South American films—Lower City (2005) and Only God Knows (2006)—and in the popular Brazilian television program Carandiru, Outras Historias. Braga made her English-language debut with a starring role alongside Brendan Fraser, Mos Def, and Catalina Sandino Moreno in Journey to the End of Night (2006), which premiered at the 5th Annual Tribeca Film Festival. Next, Braga was cast in the Will Smith blockbuster I Am Legend (2007), the David Mamet film Redbelt (2008) alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor,[5] and the drama Crossing Over (2009), starring Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, and Ashley Judd.[6]
Braga portrayed Beth in the science-fiction film Repo Men (2010)[7] She starred as Isabelle in Antal Nimrod's Predators (2010),[8] which was shot and produced by Troublemaker Studios and Robert Rodriguez.[9] Three years later, Braga appeared as Frey Santiago in Neill Blomkamp's Elysium (2013).[10] She starred as Eva in the Brazilian crime drama film Muitos Homens Num Só (2014), as Vania in the Brazilian jungle film El Ardor, in the Argentine Romance film Latitudes (2014) and as Alice Taylor in Kriv Stenders Action-thriller Kill Me Three Times (2014).[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]
Personal life
In January 2020 Alice Braga revealed she has been in a three year relationship with actress Bianca Comparato.[13][14]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | Trampolim | Cláudia | Short film |
2002 | City of God | Angélica | |
2005 | Lower City | Karina | |
2006 | Only God Knows | Dolores | |
Journey to the End of the Night | Monique | ||
Drained | Waitress | ||
2007 | The Milky Way | Júlia | |
Rummikub | Daughter from São Paulo | Short film | |
I Am Legend | Anna Montez | ||
2008 | Redbelt | Sondra Terry | |
Blindness | Woman with Dark Glasses | ||
2009 | Crossing Over | Mireya Sanchez | |
Cabeça a Prêmio | Elaine | ||
2010 | Repo Men | Beth | |
Predators | Isabelle | ||
2011 | The Rite | Angelina Vargas | |
2012 | On the Road | Terry | |
City of God - 10 Years Later | Herself | ||
Uma Vida Inteira | Woman | Short Film | |
2013 | Elysium | Frey Santiago | |
Os Amigos | Júlia | ||
2014 | Latitudes | Olivia | |
The Ardor | Vania | ||
Kill Me Three Times | Alice Taylor | ||
2015 | The Duel | Marisol | |
2016 | Entre Idas E Vindas | Sandra | |
2017 | The Shack | Sophia | |
2020 | Eduardo & Mônica | Mônica | Post-production |
The New Mutants | Cecilia Reyes | Completed | |
2021 | The Suicide Squad | TBA | Post-production |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | Carandiru, Outras Histórias | Vânia | Episode: "Ezequiel, o Azarado" |
2010 | Superbonita | Host | |
2012 | The Brazilians | Mirtes | Episode: "The Tameless from Ceará" |
2014 | A Mulher da Sua Vida | Roberta | Episode: "Roberta" |
2016–present | Queen of the South | Teresa Mendoza | Lead role |
2018 | Samantha! | Symantha | Episodes: "1.1" and "1.7" |
Awards and nominations
Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2003 | Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | Best Supporting Actress | City of God | Won | [15] |
2005 | Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival | Best Actress | Lower City | Won | |
2006 | ACIE Awards | Won | |||
São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards' | Won | ||||
SESC Film Festival | Audience Award Best Actress | Won | |||
SESC Film Festival | Critics Award Best Actress | Won | |||
Verona Love Screens Film Festival | Best Acting Performance | Won | |||
Prêmio Contigo Cinema | Best Actress | Won | |||
2007 | Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | Best Actress | Won | ||
2008 | Black Reel Awards | Best Supporting Actress | ''Blindness'' | Nominated | |
SESC Film Festival | Audience Award Best Actress | The Milky Way | Won | ||
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | Best Supporting Actress | Drained | Nominated | ||
2009 | Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | Blindness | Nominated | ||
Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival | Best Actress | Cabeça a Prêmio | Won | ||
2010 | Festival de Cinema de Punta del Este | Won | |||
2011 | Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | Nominated | |||
2014 | Cine PE | Best Actress | Muitos Homens Num Só | Won | |
2015 | Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | Best Supporting Actress | Os Amigos | Nominated | |
2016 | Best Actress | Muitos Homens Num Só | Nominated | ||
2017 | Best Supporting Actress | Entre Idas e Vidas | Nominated | ||
Imagen Foundation Awards | Best Actress - Television | Queen of the South | Nominated | ||
2018 | Nominated |
References
- Archived April 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- IMDb. "Profile: Alice Braga". IMDb (Internet Movie Database). Retrieved January 5, 2018.
- "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.
- Friedman, Roger (May 5, 2003). "Jimmy Fallon: Exiting Saturday Night Live?". Fox News. Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved May 16, 2008.
- AskMen.com – Alice Braga Archived November 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- "Star Alice Braga On Special Effects, Adrien Brody's Muscle & Schwarzenegger's Cameo".
- "The X-rays Continue With New Repo Men Poster". DreadCentral. Archived from the original on December 4, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
- "Alice Braga Talks Predators Rating and More". DreadCentral. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
- "Latest 'Predators' Chatter: Hulking Out and Varied Creatures". BloodyDisgusting. Archived from the original on March 13, 2010.
- "Alice Braga Joins Neill Blomkamp's 'Elysium'". Slash Film. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
- "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.
- "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.
- https://playcrazygame.com/2020/01/08/alice-braga-lives-long-distance-dating-with-actress-bianca-comparato/
- https://celebcover.com/alice-braga-and-bianca-comparato-would-have-been-dating-for-three-years-says-newspaper/
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 17, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alice Braga. |
- Alice Braga on IMDb
- Interview with Alice Braga, star of 'Lower City' by Peter Fraser, Close-Up Film