Letícia Sabatella

Letícia Sabatella (born 8 March 1971) is a Brazilian actress and singer.

Early life and career Born in Belo Horizonte, Letícia Sabatella was two years old when her family moved from Itajubá (MG) to the mining town of Conceição das Alagoas, going live in the village of Volta Grande Power Plant. There her father worked as an engineer. She has said she learned to appreciate nature in this place full of greenery and people of different nationalities. Today, she lives in Nova Friburgo, a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro, where she grows organic food cooperative arrangements with employees.

Her political consciousness emerged early in life and was reinforced by the company of people like Frei Betto and Herbert de Souza, who showed her the importance of using her celebrity for something more than making money. Her engagement has become so strong that she went on to live with indigenous people craós (Tocantins) as one of them, and to camp with members of the Landless Workers' Movement to understand their proposals. In addition, she participates in several organizations, is a constant presence in forums, and raises her voice in defense of human rights and the environment. On December 8, 2007, she was in Sobradinho, Bahia, visiting the bishop of Barra, Dom Luiz Flávio Cappio, at San Francisco. The bishop was on a hunger strike for the second time, the first in Cabrobó, Pernambuco, in protest against the transposition of the São Francisco River. Sabatella is part of the non-governmental organization Human Rights Movement.

Her experience with the Indians led her to start a career as a filmmaker. In 2008, she launched the documentary Hotxuá.

In 2009, she played a cruel Yvone in the soap opera India – A Love Story by Glória Perez. In 2012, she it was confirmed that she would star in the movie The Mother War, a foreign film that will have its co-production between the United States and Italy, in which she will play the warrior Anita Garibaldi.

In 2013, she returned to the telenovela in Sangue Bom, in which interpreted Verônica. In 2014, she joined the cast of Sessão de Terapia, playing Bianca Cadore, a professor of literature who seeks therapy to save her marriage to her husband, Tadeu.

Personal life On 16 December the same year, Sabatella married the actor Fernando Alves Pinto in São Paulo, after two years of dating, in an intimate ceremony for 350 guests. She is a vegetarian. In 2023, Sabatella disclosed that she had been diagnosed with autism.

Career

Television

Year Title Role Notes 1991 Caso Especial RitaEpisode: "Os Homens Querem Paz" O Dono do Mundo Thaís Arruda Camargo 1993 Agosto Salete 1994 74.5 - Uma Onda no Ar Luíza Trench 1995 Irmãos Coragem Maria de Lara Barros / Diana / Márcia 1996 Caça Talentos Flora Você Decide Bárbara Episode: "Testemunha de Acusação" 1998 Torre de Babel Celeste Leme Toledo 1999 A Turma do Pererê Você Decide Episode: "Trio em Lá Menor" 2000 A Muralha Ana Cardoso 2001 Os Maias Participation Porto dos Milagres Arlete Palmeirão First phase O Clone Latiffa Rachid 2004 Um Só Coração Maria Luísa Sousa Borba 2005 Hoje É Dia de Maria Maria Tecendo o Saber Marília Episode: "A Cadeirante" Hoje É Dia de Maria 2 Alonsa / Rosicler / Asmodeia 2006 JK Marisa Soares Páginas da Vida Sister Lavínia Resston 2007 Desejo Proibido Ana Fernandes 2008 Som Brasil Presenter 2009 Caminho das Índias Yvone Magalhães 2010 Afinal, o Que Querem as Mulheres? Flanneur 2011 Chico Xavier Maria 2012 As Brasileiras Monique Episode: "A Apaixonada de Niterói" Guerra dos Sexos Angelina Special participation 2013 Sangue Bom Verônica Vasquez / Palmira Valente 2014 Sessão de Terapia Bianca Cadore 2017 Tempo de Amar Delfina Leitão 2019Órfãos da TerraSoraia Anssarah Abdallah 2020 Night on Earth Narrator (Portuguese version) 2021Nos Tempos do Imperador Teresa Cristina de Bragança, Empress of Brazil

Film

Year Title Role Notes 1994 Dente por Dente Short film 1997 Decisão Laura Short film 1998 Bela Donna Dona Benta 1999 O Tronco Anastácia 2001 O Xangô de Baker Street Esperidiana 2002 Durval Discos Célia 2003 Chatô, O Rei do Brasil 2006 Vestido de Noiva Lúcia 2007 Não por Acaso Lúcia 2008 Romance Ana Hotxuá Director 2009 Flordelis - Basta uma Palavra para Mudar Eliane 2010 Chico Xavier Maria Amazônia Caruana Zezé 2011 Circular Cristina 2013 The Mother War Anita Garibaldi 2019 Happy Hour Vera