Angélica

Angélica Ksyvickis (born 30 November 1973), known professionally by the mononym Angélica, is a Brazilian television host, actress, and former singer.

Career She started her career at 4, when she won a contest to choose Brazil's most beautiful child at a popular variety show presented by Chacrinha. At 13, she became famous for replacing Xuxa as the presenter of the kids show Clube da Criança (en:Kid's Club). Her popularity exploded when her hit single Vou de táxi ("I go by taxi", a remake of Joe le taxi, by French singer Vanessa Paradis) topped the Brazilian charts. Vou de táxi becoming a big hit has since become a classic, and is remembered by most of the Brazilian population, even though more than 20 years have lapsed since its release. Likewise, in 1991, her new album named "Angelica" increased her popularity with the song "Sweet cotton and Guarana". She also starred on the popular mini-series The Guarani.

Angélica has sold over 13 million copies of albums in which 13 of them were released between 1988 and 2001.

In 1993, she joined the second most popular channel in Brazil, SBT presenting the kids variety show "Casa da Angelica", which was a big hit. More popular than ever she also presented the popular teen game show "Passa ou Repassa" and " TV Animal".

In 1996 she signed a 7 years contract with Rede Globo to present her own show, Angélica (mostly known as Angel Mix, every weekday mornings, which was followed by "Caça Talentos", a soap opera starring her as Fada Bela. The ratings were robust, making Angélica even more famous than Xuxa; this was the first time any TV hostess had surpassed her in popularity. Sales of her merchandising and CDs were also huge.

But soon, after the initial boom, the ratings began to decline and she changed the format of the show several times. While in 1996 Angélica was unbeatable among kids, in 1997 she lost popularity to Chiquititas (that year, Angelica's album sold 300,000 copies vs. 800,000 copies by the Chiquititas cast), but she was still very popular until 1999. In 1998, she had 250 products linked to her name and made more money than Xuxa due to licensing (the Angélica shoes by Grendene sold over 1 million pairs in 5 months; in the same period her cereal sold over 7 million boxes and her nail polish sold 4 million). The success of her products was even more remarkable because unlike Eliana (3rd on the list) and Gugu Liberato (4th), she didn't promote her product-line during her show.

Finally, she decided to end her career as a child show hostess and, with only three months left for her contract with Globo to expire, she was chosen as the presenter for Video Game (game for teenagers), a five-minute segment on Vídeo Show. Video Game was a game-show whereby two celebrities would compete head-on throughout the entire week. The segment caused Video Show s ratings to double, and what was supposed to be a 2001 summer-only, 5 minute segment, became a 20-minute block (half of the show); it is still aired and has managed to keep up its impressive ratings.

Due to the success of Vídeo Show, Angelica's popularity heightened again, leading to her being in a lot of advertising campaigns and appearing on magazine covers. She also presented the first two seasons of Fame, Brazilian version of Operación Triunfo (Operation Triumph).

Since her well-received return to TV, presenting Vídeo Show, Rede Globo began planning projects for her, but her own show finally started in April 2006. "Estrelas" is a show where Angélica interviews stars and shows their intimacy (house, hobbies, etc.). The show is #1 in its time-slot in the states which show the program and airs every Saturday before TV Xuxa.

Acting career Angélica had her first acting role on the successful mini-series, "The Guarani" at Rede Manchete. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, she had roles in several Os Trapalhões movies .

In 1996 she starred in the kids drama show Caça Talentos, which aired daily after "Angel Mix". While the show was a big hit for three years when the show was declinated it was replaced by Bambuluá, where she played a super-hero, which flopped.

She returned to acting in 1998; she had a starring role in Simão, o Fantasma Trapalhão, with Renato Aragão, only the best receivied by the public.

At the end of 1998, at the peak of her popularity, she starred in a special and highly promoted live special popular sitcom Sai de Baixo and in 2001 she had a recurring role on soap opera Um Anjo Caiu do Céu, where she played an angel: Angelina.

In 2004, Angélica was again one of the biggest TV presenters in Brazil thanks to "Vídeo Game" and Globo decided to release another movie with her in the leading role, but the teen-oriented movie, Um Show de Verão (which she starred in with Luciano Huck) didn't achieve expected success, in part due to it being rated PG-14.

In 2010, Angélica and Luciano Huck were one of the casts of a drama miniseries, As Cariocas However, the last episode featuring them proved to be the most watched episode in Brazil.

Since 2001, until 2011, she made "Video Game". The "Video Game" was stopped, with ten years.

Since 2006, she presented Estrelas, a TV program of interviewing celebrities, until 2018.

Personal life Angélica was born in Santo André, the daughter of Francisco and Angelina Ksyvickis. She has one sister, businesswoman (artistic producer) Marcia Marbá. She is of Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Austrian, Russian, Croatian and Romanian descent. According to research done her ancestors emigrated from Naples to Juiz de Fora. She also has Native Brazilian ancestry.

In May 2015 Angélica, her husband, her two nannies and her three children survived a plane crash in the Pantanal region of Mato Grosso do Sul. They were only lightly injured.

Discography Album title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications ABPD Angélica Released: 1988 Label: Columbia Records Format: LP, K7 1 2,500,000Diamond (PMB) Angélica Released: 1989 Label: Columbia Records Format: CD, LP, K7 1 1,000,000Diamond (PMB) Angélica Released: 1990 Label: Columbia Records Format: CD, LP, K7 1 1,000,000Diamond (PMB) Angélica Released: 1991 Label: Columbia Records Format: CD, LP, K7, download digital 1700,0002× Platinum (PMB) Angélica Released: 1992 Label: Columbia Records Format: CD, LP, K7, download digital 11,000,000Diamond (PMB) Meu Jeito de Ser Released: 1993 Label: Columbia Records Format: CD, LP, K7, download digital 1300,000Platinum (PMB) Angélica Released: 1994 Label: Columbia Records Format: CD, LP, K7, download digital 1500,0002× Platinum (PMB) Angélica Released: 1995 Label: Columbia Records Format: CD, LP, K7, download digital 6270,000Platinum (PMB) Angélica Released: 1996 Label: Columbia Records Format: CD, K7, download digital 11,000,000Diamond (PMB) Angélica Released: 1997 Label: Columbia Records Format: CD, K7, download digital 11,500,000Diamond (PMB) Angélica Released: 1998 Label: Columbia Records Format: CD, download digital 1300,000Platinum (PMB) Angel Hits & Amigos Released: 1999 Label: Sony Format: CD, download digital 7100,000 Angélica Released: 2001 Label: Universal Music Group Format: CD, download digital 1100,000Gold (PMB)

Filmography Year Title Role Note 1979 Buzina do Chacrinha Participant Segment: "A Criança Mais Bonita do Brasil" 1982 Avenida Paulista Anamaria Scorza (young) Episode: "10 de maio" 1987 Nave da Fantasia Host 1987–93 Clube da Criança Host 1988–93 Milk Shake Host 1990 Um Sonho de Menina Herself New Year's Eve special 1991 O Guarani Cecília 1993–96 Casa da Angélica Host 1995–96 Passa ou Repassa Host TV Animal Host 1996 Sai de Baixo Herself Episode: "Chez Cassandra" 1996–98 Caça Talentos Fada Bela 1996–2000 Angel Mix Host 1997 Alice no País da Música Alice New Year's Eve special 1998 Leitura nas Férias Host Vacation special Asas Pra Que Te Quero Angel New Year's Eve special 1999–2000 Flora Encantada Flora 2000 Férias Animadas Host Vacation special Angélica na Estrada Angélica Vacation special TV Ano 50 Host Episode: "Auditório & Musicais" 2000–01 Bambuluá Angélica 2001 Um Anjo Caiu do Céu Angelina Querubim 2001–11 Video Game Host 2002 Sítio do Picapau Amarelo Cuca (disguised as Angélica) Episode: "A Pedra Mágica de Tupã" 2002–05 Fama Host 2003–08 Vídeo Show Retrô Host New Year's Eve specials 2004 Celebridade Herself Episode: "5 de abril" 2006–18 Estrelas Host 2009 Casseta & Planeta, Urgente! Various characters Episode: "14 de abril" 2010 As Cariocas Maria Teresa Episode: "A Traída da Barra" 2011 Fina Estampa Herself Episode: "28 de setembro" 2014 Geração Brasil Herself Episode: "14 de julho" 2017 Tá no Ar: a TV na TV Herself Episode: "24 de janeiro" Vídeo Game Host 2019 Detetives do Prédio Azul Rexy Rowlands Episode: "Rexy, a Ex" A Dona do Pedaço Herself Episode: "8–29 de outubro" Vai Que Cola Herself Episode: "Mix de Angel" 2020 Simples Assim Host

Films Year Title Role 1988 Os Heróis Trapalhões - Uma Aventura na Selva Angélica 1989 Os Trapalhões na Terra dos Monstros 1990 Uma Escola Atrapalhada Tami Azeredo de Castro 1998 Simão, o Fantasma Trapalhão Herself (Simão disguised) 1999 Zoando na TV Angel 2001 Xuxa and the Elves Fada Melissa 2004 A Summer Show Andréa 2009 Xuxa in the Mystery of Feiurinha Rapunzel 2020 De Perto, Ela Não é Normal Rebeca

Dubbing Year Title Role 1989 Master Eder and his Pumuckl Fleur 1992 The Wizard of Oz Angélica 1994 Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue Corey 1998 The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain Odette