1. In 1991, at age 15, Antonelli appeared in the children's show Clube da Crianca TV program, which was screened on the Rede Manchete TV network hosted by Angelica.
28 Facts About Giovanna Antonelli
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Giovanna Antonelli was one of the angeliquetes, stage assistants on the program.
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In 1994, Giovanna Antonelli debuted as an actress in the soap opera Tropicaliente, screened by Rede Globo broadcast between May and December 1994.
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In 1996, Giovanna Antonelli returned to Rede Machete for two telenovelas, after being recognized for Xica da Silva.
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In 2000, Giovanna Antonelli appeared interpreting another prostitute, Capitu, in Lacos de Familia, the telenovela by Manoel Carlos.
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Giovanna Antonelli received numerous accolades and won awards for Breakthrough Actress and two for Best Actress.
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In 2001, following the success of Lacos de Familia, Giovanna Antonelli played the protagonist Jade, a Muslim divided between love and religious obligations, in the telenovela O Clone by Gloria Perez.
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Giovanna Antonelli's character dictated fashion in the streets with veils, jewelry and exotic makeup that characterized a Muslim.
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Giovanna Antonelli earned six awards, one of which was the Contigo Prize for Best Romantic Couple with Murilo Benicio.
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In 2003, Giovanna Antonelli starred in the miniseries A Casa das Sete Mulheres, by Maria Adelaide Amaral and Walter Negrao, playing Anita Garibaldi.
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Giovanna Antonelli played the Virgin Mary in the film Maria, Mae do Filho de Deus, directed by Moacyr Goes and in the theater appeared in A Paixao de Cristo.
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Giovanna Antonelli received critical acclaim for acting in a way that erased viewers' memories of the characters with a reputation for being a good girl who had played previously.
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In 2007, Giovanna Antonelli returned to TV as Delzuite, the protagonist of the first part of the miniseries, Amazonia, de Galvez a Chico Mendes, by Gloria Perez.
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Giovanna Antonelli appeared in the long film Caixa Dois, directed by Bruno Barreto, in the role of a secretary to a powerful banker.
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Giovanna Antonelli's performance was criticized and her role considered "the weak point of the plot".
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In 2008, Giovanna Antonelli showed her comic side, interpreting the clumsy Alma Jequitiba, one of the protagonists in the telenovela Tres Irmas, by Antonio Calmon.
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Giovanna Antonelli gained prominence as Dora in Viver a Vida.
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In 2009, Giovanna Antonelli returned to theaters, in the film Budapest, directed by Walter Carvalho, based on the book by Chico Buarque.
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In 2011, Giovanna Antonelli joined the cast of the telenovela Aquele Beijo, by Miguel Falabella, playing the character Claudia, the protagonist of the plot.
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Giovanna Antonelli played her first lesbian character, Carla, married to Cadu.
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Giovanna Antonelli's character was well received by critics and the film became a blockbuster, with a sequel confirmed for 2015.
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In 2016, Giovanna Antonelli appeared in the new telenovela for The 9 from Walther Negrao and Suzana Pires, Sol Nascente interpreting the protagonist Alice Tanaka, daughter of Kazuo Tanaka romantically involved with Mario and Cesar.
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Giovanna Antonelli is the daughter of Hilton Prado and Suely Giovanna Antonelli.
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Giovanna Antonelli's brother is a lawyer named Leonardo Pietro Antonelli.
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Giovanna Antonelli has a nephew named Gabriel and a niece named Mina.
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Giovanna Antonelli then began to date the businessman Ricardo Medina, and on 8 March 2000, their marriage took place.
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Giovanna Antonelli is a cousin of actors Andre Di Mauro and Claudia Mauro and is related to filmmaker Humberto Mauro.
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Giovanna Antonelli then began to date director Leonardo Nogueira, on 8 October 2010, and gave birth to the twins Antonia and Sophia.