Bruna Marquezine Brazilian Actress From Duque de Caxias

Early life

Bruna Marquezine was born Bruna Reis Maia on 4 August 1995 in Duque de Caxias, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro in the Baixada Fluminense region. She took the surname Marquezine, an Italian-derived spelling of Marchesini, in tribute to her paternal grandmother, who had Italian ancestry. When she was nine, her family moved to Barra da Tijuca, in Rio de Janeiro.

Career

Marquezine's television career began in 2000, when she appeared as one of the child interviewers on the children's programme Gente Inocente. Her first acting job had been a public-service advertisement for the Sao Paulo Military Police, made when she was five. That material reached the author Manoel Carlos, who later invited her to a telenovela.

She made her telenovela debut in 2003 in Mulheres Apaixonadas, in which she played Salete and became known across Brazil. The same year she appeared in the film Xuxa Abracadabra. In 2005 she joined the cast of America, playing Maria Flor, a visually impaired character. The author Gloria Perez, the actor Marcos Frota and Marquezine received the Tiradentes Medal from the legislature of Rio de Janeiro State for the way the programme dealt with visual impairment. She went on to appear in Cobras & Lagartos in 2006 and Desejo Proibido in 2007.

In 2008 she took her first lead role as the martial artist Flor de Lys in Negocio da China. She followed it with Araguaia in 2010 and Aquele Beijo in 2011. In 2012 she played Lurdinha in Salve Jorge, and in 2014 she was cast by Manoel Carlos as the young Helena, and later as Luiza, in Em Familia. The same year she joined I Love Paraisopolis, where she ended up as the lead. In 2016 she played the dancer and aspiring actress Beatriz dos Santos in the series Nada Sera Como Antes, a role she described as the most challenging of her career. In 2018 she played the villain Catarina in the medieval-themed Deus Salve o Rei. That September she also appeared in the Dolce & Gabbana show during Milan Fashion Week.

In 2019 she had her first leading film role, as Ophelia in Vou Nadar Ate Voce, which screened at the Gramado Film Festival. She attended fashion weeks in New York, Milan and Paris and became the face of brands including Miu Miu, Puma, Karl Lagerfeld and the jeweller H. Stern. Her contract with TV Globo, which had lasted 17 years, was not renewed in January 2020 when the broadcaster moved to hiring by project. In November 2020 Netflix announced her as a new signing, and she played Liz in the series Maldivas.

In March 2022 she was announced as Jenny Kord in the DC film Blue Beetle, her first international role; the film was released in 2023. In 2021 she had auditioned for the part of Supergirl in The Flash and was a runner-up. She signed with United Talent Agency in April 2023. Her most recent listed film credit is Velhos Bandidos, released in 2026. She has also worked as a filmmaker.

Recognition

Marquezine has won eight awards. Several came for her first telenovela: the 2003 Best of the Year Domingao Trophy, the Leao Lobo Trophy and the Troféu Imprensa, all in 2003, and the Contigo TV Award for best child actress in 2004. For America she received the 2005 Best of the Year Domingao Trophy and a Premio Extra de Televisao. She has also won an Icone award and a MTV MIAW Brazil award, and she presented the MTV MIAW ceremony in September 2020 with Manu Gavassi.

Personal life

In 2018 Marquezine joined the Evangelical Church of Mananciais in Rio de Janeiro. In 2019 she bought a house in Barra da Tijuca.