1. Alice Braga has appeared in several Brazilian films, starring as Angelica in the acclaimed City of God, Karinna in Lower City, and Dolores in Only God Knows.
22 Facts About Alice Braga
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Alice Braga portrayed the starring role of Teresa Mendoza in the USA Network crime drama-thriller television series Queen of the South.
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Alice Braga Moraes was born in Sao Paulo and raised in a Catholic family.
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Alice Braga began her career by appearing in school plays and commercials.
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Alice Braga made her acting debut in the Portuguese-language short film Trampolim and then returned to her schooling.
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Alice Braga's breakthrough came when she was cast as Angelica in the critically acclaimed crime film City of God, for which she received a Best Supporting Actress nomination from the Cinema Brazil Grand Prize.
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Alice Braga appeared in the popular Brazilian television program Carandiru, Outras Historias.
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Alice Braga made her English-language debut with a starring role alongside Brendan Fraser, Mos Def, and Catalina Sandino Moreno in the crime thriller Journey to the End of Night, which premiered at the 5th Annual Tribeca Film Festival.
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Alice Braga received further recognition when she was cast opposite Will Smith in the blockbuster action thriller I Am Legend.
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Alice Braga subsequently had roles in the David Mamet-directed martial arts film Redbelt, alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor, the post-apocalyptic thriller Blindness, alongside Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo, and the crime drama Crossing Over, alongside Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, Jim Sturgess, and Ashley Judd.
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Alice Braga portrayed Beth in the science fiction film Repo Men.
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Alice Braga starred as Isabelle in Nimrod Antal's science fiction action film Predators, which was shot and produced by Troublemaker Studios and Robert Rodriguez.
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Alice Braga appeared as Frey Santiago in Neill Blomkamp's science fiction action film Elysium, co-starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster.
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In 2016, Alice Braga starred as Marisol Kingston in the western drama The Duel, alongside Liam Hemsworth and Woody Harrelson.
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From 2016 to 2021, Alice Braga starred in the crime drama series Queen of the South, produced for USA Network, an adaptation of Arturo Perez-Reverte's best-selling novel La Reina del Sur.
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Alice Braga previously had small supporting roles in a non-English television series.
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Alice Braga starred as Cecilia Reyes in the superhero horror film The New Mutants, which was released in 2020.
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Alice Braga starred as Maggie Teixeira in the HBO drama miniseries We Are Who We Are, which was written and directed by filmmaker Luca Guadagnino.
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Alice Braga appeared in the superhero action film The Suicide Squad, which was released in August 2021.
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Alice Braga maintains residences in Los Angeles, California, and Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Alice Braga is friends with actors Diego Luna and Wagner Moura.
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In January 2020, Alice Braga revealed she was in a relationship with actress Bianca Comparato, which began three years prior.