The time has passed when all Russian women stood in awe in front of TV screens to watch the next episode of the Brazilian series. Many people have long forgotten the plots, heroes and music, but you just have to say the name of one of the telenovelas, as soon as the memories come to life and transfer us to that era. Today we offer to completely immerse yourself in the world of Brazilian cinema and recall the actress Eliana Giardini. She is very popular at home, and her creative path is very unconventional and interesting. Well, let's open the veil of secrecy and get to know the artist better.
Who is she?
Surely we are all a long time ago fans of the series "Clone", in the main role of the charming Giovanna Antonelli. But we all also remember perfectly well the negative characters, among whom was Nazira. It was this character that was played by Eliana Giardini, an actress who became popular thanks to this series around the world. At home, they knew about her before, but her fame did not leave Brazil. Now, having starred in such a cult picture, she became the darling of the world public. And we decided to find out why we have not heard anything about a woman who played such a difficult role in adulthood. Did her talent sleep for so long, leaving behind the best years of her life?
Childhood
The future actress and sex symbol of Brazil was born on October 20, 1952 in the town of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo. Her family was the most ordinary, with working parents and with an average income. There were no actors in the dynasty of Eliana Giardini, so they did not try to go to study at the theater or music university. But the girl began to show a tendency to stage art as soon as she learned to walk. From the earliest years, she dressed up, and came up with specific images for herself and used all available objects, such as pencils, scarves, pendants from chandeliers and curtains, etc. to grow them. Growing up, the girl began to realize that she had a real gift - perform on stage, play, reincarnate. She decided not to destroy him, but to develop, and soon it paid off, but not the ones that Eliana expected.
Youth and career start
To develop her talent, Eliana Giardini played in various amateur performances in her youth. Having honed her talent and gained practical skills, she was able to enter the theater institute and graduate with honors. The girl believed that now she would become the star of domestic TV shows and films, but fate decreed otherwise. At the institute, the actress met fellow student Paulo Betty, and they soon got married. At this point, we can say that Eliane's career was suspended. The actress received several episodic roles in small series, flashed on TV and disappeared from all radars.
Family chores
Meanwhile, Eliana Giardini was actively engaged in the creation of personal family happiness. In 1977, she gave birth to her first daughter - Juliana, and in 1981 - the second, named Mariana. The actress devoted all her young years to raising children and her beloved husband. It is worth saying that Paulo Betty was a star of those times. He shone on TV, starred in TV shows, television films, was the idol of millions and the object of desire of many women. But Eliana was not embarrassed, she was sure of her husband’s loyalty and devotion. Years passed, children grew, and Giardini understood that time was leaving her. It's time to bring your talent to life, it's time to become self-sufficient and popular. As she decided, it happened. Around the age of 40, the biography of Eliana Giardini acquired a completely different character.
At the closed door
Of course, for 20 years any actor, even the most famous, will be forgotten, but if he was not too popular before, then there can be no talk of a new wave of fame. Nevertheless, Eliana was confident that her talent would take root in the world of Brazilian cinema, and she was right. For a long time she was not taken seriously. Actors, directors, producers considered her just the wife of Paulo Betty, they thought that she just wants to achieve recognition at his expense. But everything turned out to be much more complicated. The actress made incredible sacrifices for her career. She divorced her husband after a 20-year marriage and devoted herself completely to creativity. Soon, she got a meeting with director Luis Carvalho and successfully passed the casting in the series "Born Again". The name of this picture was largely consistent with the life stage of the actress at that time.
TV Shooting
After this small telenovela came out in Brazil and became popular among local women, fame with unprecedented power swept over Eliana Giardini. Photos of the actress began to be published in magazines, her face became recognizable, directors vied with each other to offer her new and profitable contracts. For the sake of this, the artist tried, she approved almost all the proposals. So, from 1998 to 2005 she starred in more than 10 soap operas, some of them were translated into Russian and shown on domestic TV. Among them was the famous "Clone", where a heroine named Nazira was played just brilliantly.
Parallel benefits
Brazilians are a free and loving people. They are confident that if a woman takes care of herself, then at any age she will be attractive, sexy and desirable. Since Eliana Giardini always looked one hundred percent, no one was embarrassed that at the time of popularity she had already turned 45 years old. She became one of the most coveted and most popular women in Brazil and hit the cover of Playboy magazine. The most interesting thing is that in her youth, Eliana Giardini rarely sent her photos to the editorial office or to auditions, she preferred to gain attention with her talent. And now her talent has become the basis for her popularity not only among TV series, but also among the stronger sex.
Filmography
All the series with Eliane Giardini, alas, we can not list. The fact is that most of the projects in which she took part were not broadcast on domestic TV, they do not even have a Russian translation. If you are familiar with the Portuguese language, you can find them and look at one of the Brazilian sites. Well, we recall those soap operas that watched ORT and other channels once upon a time, worrying about the main characters and their feelings:
- 1982 - "Snake Nest".
- 1985 - "Tough game".
- 1992 - "You decide."
- 1995 - "Comedy of Private Life".
- 1997 - "Love in the air."
- 1998 - The Indomitable Hilda.
- 1998 - The Tower of Babel.
- 1998 - "In the world of women."
- 1999 - "Castles in the Air" (or "Walking in the Clouds").
- 2001 - The Clone.
- 2005 - "America".
- 2007 - "Eternal Magic".
- 2009 - "Roads of India".
- 2012 - The Prospect of Brazil.
- 2013 - "Love of life."
- 2017 - "Delicious, beautiful and sexy."
- 2017 - "The Other Side of Paradise."
Today, here and now
We already mentioned above that in 1997, Eliana Giardini divorced her star husband Paulo Betty and completely went into the work. Nevertheless, soon such an attractive and popular woman has a new partner. It turned out to be her colleague Hernani Junior again, with whom she is in a relationship so far.
As for the new creative impulses of the actress, she starred in the series even more actively than before. Now the work on the telenovela Deslembro, which is due to be published in 2019, is in full swing. In it, the actress will play the role of Lucia, but nothing is known about whether she is positive or negative. Well, we will hope that the series with Eliane Giardini will be translated into Russian and at least added to YouTube, so that we have the opportunity to enjoy the very careless, hot and passionate Brazilian atmosphere. Many are looking forward to new films with the actress.