Bruna Linzmeyer

Bruna Linzmeyer (born 11 November 1992) is a Brazilian actress also known for her activism in support of LGBTQIA+ and feminist rights.

Early life and education Linzmeyer was born on November 11 in Corupá, a small town in the south Brazilian countryside in the state of Santa Catarina. Also, the sweet Professora Juliana, (a teacher who moves to the countryside, but when she decides to teach the adult workers of a local farm how to read and write, the a conservative colonel order her to be killed) who is the lead character, in the 2014 remake of the telenovela Meu Pedacinho de Chão. Bruna Linzmeyer plays Cibele Dantas in the 2017 telenovela A Força do Querer, by Glória Perez, one of the eight main characters of the telenovela, who gets involved in a love triangle with Ísis Valverde and Fiuk characters. Finally, her most recent work in the popular Pantanal remake, where she starred as Madeleine (a rich woman from Rio de Janeiro who falls in love with a farm laborer and ends up moving with him to his hometown in Pantanal, an isolated place surrounded by forest and wild animals that she hates). For this job, Linzmeyer did a web series on her Instagram, called #MadeleineReality, sharing with her followers the development of her character. It was an innovative and successful project that attracted more than 30 million viewers.

When it comes to cinema, her debut was in the Brazilian version of the franchise Cities of Love. The episode she took part in, the anthology Rio, eu te amo, was directed by Carlos Saldanha and starred her and Rodrigo Santoro as well.

In The Cold Front Brought by the Rain, where she starred as a heroin addict called Amsterdam, her performance was praised.

In the epic The Great Mystical Circus, directed by Carlos Diegues, she plays a circus contortionist and the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

In 2019 she won Felix Suzy Capó Award at Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, the festival's queer award as Personality of the Year, due to her activism for the LGBTQIAP+ community.

In the acclaimed 2021 production A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here, written-directed by Erica Sarmet, Linzmeyer won the Special Jury Award of the Sundance Film Festival with the ensemble cast for their performance in the film. They also collectively won the Best Interpretation award of the Mix Brasil Cinema Festival in São Paulo.

Regarding Medusa, a horror by Anita Rocha da Silveira, which premiered in the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival, Linzmeyer portrayed a free woman whose face was burned since she was considered to be a slut by a group of conservative girls.

Personal life Bruna has ancestry of German, indigenous, African, Portuguese, and Spanish descendents.

Linzmeyer describes herself as sapatão-queer and lesbian.

Filmography

Cinema

Television

Theater Year Play Author Ref. 2011 Seewatchlook Michel Melamed 2012 Adeus à Carne Michel Melamed

Discography Single Year Title Label Ref 2015 Aqui é a Belisa Som Livre

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result Ref2011Prêmio Contigo! de TVBest TV Newcomer ActressAfinal, o Que Querem as Mulheres? Prêmio Qualidade Brasil Best Newcomer in a TV Series or miniseries Best Telenovela Newcomer Actress Insensato Coração Prêmio Quem de Televisão Best Newcomer 2012 Melhores do Ano Best Newcomer Actress 2014 Prêmio Contigo! de TV Best Supporting Actress Amor à Vida Prêmio F5 Best Actress (telenovela) Meu Pedacinho de Chão Melhores do Ano Best Telenovela Actress 2015 Best Newcomer Actress A Regra do Jogo 2016 Troféu Viver SC Best Artist Herself 2022Sundance Film FestivalSpecial Jury Award (for the Ensemble Cast)A Wild Patience Has Taken Me HereWonFestival Mix BrasilBest PerformanceA Wild Patience Has Taken Me HereWon