Isabel Fillardis

Isabel Cristina Teodoro Fillardis (born August 3, 1973, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian actress and model.

Career

Fillardis began her career as a model at age 11, and at 15 she became a professional model. Two years later, at the insistence of her agency, Ford Models, she marked her acting debut in the role of "Ritinha" in Renascer, a soap opera aired by TV Globo. She participated as one of three members in the girl group Sublimes, which had ephemeral success in the 1990s. In November 1996, she posed nude for Playboy magazine.

Fillardis has starred in several telenovelas like A Lua Me Disse, Começar de Novo, A Padroeira, Corpo Dourado, A Indomada, Navalha na Carne, and O Homem Nu.

In 2007, Fillardis joined the cast of the telenovela Sete Pecados, created by Walcyr Carrasco,

In 2011, the actress made a cameo in the last chapter of the soap opera Insensato Coração, playing the lawyer Mônica Fina Estampa in the telenovela.

Personal life

From 2000 to 2015, she was married to engineer Júlio César Santos with whom she has three children: Analuz, Jamal, and Kalel.

Two months after the birth of her son, Jamal Anuar, she discovered that he was a carrier of West syndrome, a type of epilepsy that alters the development of mind. Stirred, she decided to plead for the cause of disease carriers, and in 2006 launched the forces of good, dedicated to promoting assistance to persons who require special care (visual, mental, hearing, and/or motor disabilities) and who do not have the financial means to do so. In 2003, she founded the NGO Donate Your Junk, focused on socio-environmental area.

Filmography

Television Year Title Role Notes 1993 Renascer Rita de Cássia (Ritinha) 1994 Pátria Minha Yone Ribeiro 1995 A Próxima Vítima Rosângela Moraes 1995–97 Globo Ciência Presenter 1996 O Fim do Mundo Marialva 1997 A Indomada Inês de Mendonça e Albuquerque Você Decide Mari Episode: "Enrascada" 1998 Corpo Dourado Noêmia Você Decide Edith Episode: "Das Duas Uma" 1999 Margareth Episode: "Na Passarela do Samba" Força de um Desejo Luzia 2000 Garotas do Programa Various characters 2002 A Padroeira Clarice dos Anjos Episodes: "January 11 – February 23" 2004 Começar de Novo Eurídice 2005 A Lua Me Disse Violeta da Mata Dantas 2006 Linha Direta Victim Episode: "O Bandido da Luz Vermelha" 2007 Sete Pecados Fátima 2008 Malhação Rita de Cássia Dutra Berguer Rios Season 15 2011 Insensato Coração Marise Episode: "August 19, 2011" Fina Estampa Dra. Mônica Ramos 2012 Amor Eterno Amor Maria Episode: "September 7, 2012" 2018 Dancing Brasil Participant Season 3 2021 Gênesis Amanishakheto 2022 The Masked Singer Brasil Abacaxi Season 2 2023Amor Perfeito Aparecida Madureira

Film

Year Title Role Notes 1997 O Homem Nu Marialva Navalha na Carne 1999 Orfeu Mira 2006 Alabê de Jerusalém Friend of Jesus No. 2 Direct-to-video 2009 Flordelis - Basta uma Palavra para Mudar Joana