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Mariana Ximenes

Mariana Ximenes do Prado Nuzzi, commonly known as Mariana Ximenes (born April 26, 1981 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian actress.She began her acting career when se was six years old by playing Cinderella in a school play. She wrote her first novel when she was 13 years old, doing a quick participation in the telenovela 74.5 - Uma Onda no Ar the defunct Rede Manchete, produced in 1994. However, her breakthrough role came four years after the telenovela in Fascinação (1998), in which she played the character Emília. In the same year, he starred in her first film in theaters, Caminho dos Sonhos by playing the character Ruth Stern.Her first successful role was in 2000, starring in the soap Uga-Uga, by playing the character Bionda, who earned both fame and harassment of the public for the actress. Shortly afterward, in 2001, she made her first job as a voice actress, doing the voice of the character Sharon Spitz in the Brazilian dubbing for the Canadian animated series Braceface. In the same year, she played the character Isabel in the successful soap opera A Padroeira. In 2003, she played the character Rosário in A Casa das Sete Mulheres, which was one of her most memorable characters throughout her career as an actress. In the same year, she played the character Ana Francisca, also known as Aninha, in the television seriesChocolate com Pimenta, which was a challenge for Mariana, because it was her first character of the the twenty-first century. In 2005, she played the soap opera rebel Raíssa in América.In recent years, her characters have gained great prominence in the media, starting with Lara on A Favorita, and being followed by Clara Medeiros, his first villain throughout her career, in the soap operaPassione. Her most recent role is Juliana in Guerra dos Sexos.