Samara Felippo

Samara Felippo Santana (born 6 October 1978) is a Brazilian actress.

Early life Samara had originally trained to become a gymnast but decided to study drama in order to overcome her inhibitions.

Career She was invited to join Caça Talentos, a children's morning telenovela (televised soap opera) with Angélica.

Samara studied cinema at a college in Rio de Janeiro. In another film, Concerto Campestre, which was filmed entirely in Pelotas (RS), she had the lead role.

Also very involved with the theater, Samara has performed in several plays during hiatuses from television work. She played in Êxtase (2007); Comunhão de Bens (2000); and participated in the TV Globo soap opera Sete Pecados." And in the same year she performed in a few episodes of Casos e Acasos, again on TV Globo.

In 2011, she performed in the play Hamlet and in the play Mulheres Alteradas, replacing Adriane Galisteu. In October of that year, she was cast in the miniseries on the life of Dercy Gonçalves which debuted in January 2012 on TV Globo. In the miniseries she had the role of Maria Decimar, daughter of the comedian.

In July 2012, the actress signed with Rede Record. In 2013, the actress was cast as Dinah in the Biblical miniseries José do Egito. In the same year, she returned to the theater in Orgulhosa Demais, Frágil Demais, where she portrayed Marilyn Monroe.

In January 2014, she signed a contract with Globo, and will be in the series O Caçador playing the role of stripper Paulinha Tsunami. In 2015, Samara gave life to Jochebed in the first phase of the novel Os Dez Mandamentos. In 2017, Samara will return the screens in the novel Apocalipse, in which she will play a police officer.

Personal life She married a basketball player Leandro Barbosa in 2008, and they had a child together, a daughter on June 25, 2009. In December 2010, the couple separated, but reconciled again six months later. But, in September 2013, the actress announced their separation again. The actress has a column about the backstage life of NBA basketball in the portal Basketeria.

On May 25, 2013, Samara gave birth to her second daughter.

Filmography Television

Films

Theater