Ellen Oléria

Ellen Gomes de Oléria, known as Ellen Oléria (born 12 November 1982) is a Brazilian singer, musician, songwriter, and actress.

Life and career

Ellen was born in Brasília, Distrito Federal and was raised in Chaparral, a region of Taguatinga. Initially more interested in instruments, She opened for and participated in shows of Lenine, Paulinho Moska, Chico César, Ney Matogrosso, Margareth Menezes, Milton Nascimento, and Sandra de Sá (with whom she shared the stage in the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Brasília).

She participated in the commemorative DVD of 25 career of GOG, "Cartão Postal Bomba!", and the album "Aviso às Gerações" in the song "Carta à Mãe África".

centered I sing the universe of a black woman, lesbian, raised in Chaparral, a region between Taguatinga and Ceilândia.|Ellen Oléria

Banda Soatá Ellen Oléria participates as well in the Banda Soatá, a bond of alternative rock e carimbo founded in 2007, with members from Federal District and Pará from band Epadu. Besides Ellen, they have Jonas Santos (composer e guitarist), Riti Santiago (drummer), Dido Mariano (bassist) e Lieber Rodrigues (percussionist).

The Voice Brasil Ellen was the winner of the first season of the reality show The Voice Brasil of Rede Globo. She won a prize of 500,000 reais, a contract with Universal Music, career management, a car, and was one of the main attractions at the réveillon celebrations of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro in 2012.

Performances on The Voice

Discography

Albums 2009 – Peça 2011 – Ellen Oléria e Pret.utu – Ao Vivo no Garagem 2013 – Ellen Oléria 2016 – Afrofuturista