Deborah Duarte is an actress from Brazil. Played in many films and series. The mother of two children. According to the zodiac sign Capricorn. Lovers of Brazilian TV shows know her as the mother of Paloma Duarte, an actress who has played in such popular projects as Tropicana and Land of Love. In addition to acting, Deborah Duarte proved herself in art as well as a poetess.
Biography
Deborah Duarte was born January 2, 1950 in the Brazilian city of São Paulo in the family of American jazz musician Douglas Duke and actress. Deborah's parents did not live together for long, the second father for the girl was Lima Duarte, who married her mother when the girl was not even two years old. The actress to this day bears his last name.
Deborah Duarte, in her autobiographical essay posted on her website, writes that she grew up among the scenery for television series. The fact that the girl was from an acting family has largely become decisive in her future life. Even in preschool age, she appeared on the set as an actress, participating in the project of the serial format Ciranda, Cirandinha.
First work
Deborah got her first theatrical experience when she was 16, playing roles in the Alliance Francaise theater.
Despite the fact that Brazil today is a recognized Mecca for the creation of television series - soap operas, the actress played her first major role at the age of 20 not in her homeland, but in France, having received an invitation to play the main role in the film "Celeste". This overseas working trip could be the beginning of her international career, but the actress chose to return home. At the moment, she has dozens of roles behind her. Today, Deborah Duarte is an everywhere recognizable actress who is respected and respected in Brazil for her charm, acting, talent and openness.
Children
The actress twice tied the knot. She has two daughters who also followed in the footsteps of her mother and became actresses, and the youngest, Paloma, after playing a number of significant roles in famous soap operas, has already gained the status of a star of Deborah level.
Deborah has a difficult relationship with her youngest daughter, who left her home at the age of fifteen and never returned there. Talking about her life and work, her daughter Paloma notes that:
- Deborah had a chemical dependence, but this did not affect their relationship, since she was always a loving mother, and Paloma herself was still too small to understand what exactly this concept means.
- Her mother, Deborah Duarte, is a special woman who very often does not fit into a certain framework. In her desire to be what she is, she always opposed herself to public opinion, because Paloma calls her a fighter.
- Paloma’s father (Deborah’s husband) and Deborah are people with absurd emotional sensitivity. Continuing this theme, Paloma notes that her father, who died in the prime of life from cirrhosis of the liver, was an idealist, romantic, who found beauty in melancholy and did not want to abandon the invented world.
Many fans of the actress believe that Deborah Duarte and Regina Duarte are sisters, but this is not so. These two famous women of Brazil are not related to each other, even distant, although they have appeared more than once not only at work, but also at social events, which led to the appearance of such conversations.
The most famous works
In 1998, she played a role in the melodrama Indomitable Hilda. The events of this story unfold around the girl Hilda Muller in 1959. On the day of the wedding celebration, she leaves her chosen one Zhuku and becomes an employee of one of the brothels located on the Brazilian version of the famous Red Light District. The scandalous situation becomes the reason for the appearance of rumors that the devil invaded Hilda and that a ritual must be carried out over her to expel him, for the sake of which the novice Frey was called.
In 1999, the actress played a role in the historical series "Land of Love", which became one of the most popular projects in the audience of the post-Soviet space. This is a romantic story about Julian and her lover, who traveled from Europe across the ocean in search of a better life. The desire to find family happiness in the New World turns into a long parting.
New roles
In 2013, she joined the cast of the historical series Side by Side. This series is about two heroines of different social status, which are united by the idea of equality of people. In an effort to become happy, they go to the local church, where they meet.
In 2015, Deborah Duarte, whose photo you can see on the pages of the site about the stars of Brazilian TV shows, took part in the series “Babylon”. This is a drama about two friends, one of whom, having married by calculation, became rich, which became the reason for the envy of the second. She learns that her rich girlfriend is cheating on her husband, and then decides to blackmail her. The idea is quite feasible and can bring considerable benefits to the blackmailer, but the one that is under the gun of her greedy envy is not going to part with her money in this way. She comes up with a cunning plan, the implementation of which will save her from the annoying rival now, and not her friend, once and for all.