1998Winner
Best Performance
Central Station
Marília Pêra
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
January 22, 1943
Biography
Marília Soares Pêra (Rio de Janeiro, January 22, 1943 — Rio de Janeiro, December 5, 2015) was a Brazilian actress, singer and theater director. Throughout her career, she won around 80 awards, acting in 49 plays, 29 soap operas and more than 20 films. Pêra won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress in 1982 for her role in Hector Babenco's acclaimed Pixote, and received Best Actress awards at the Gramado Film Festival (Triple Award Winner) and at the Cartegena Film Festival for Carlos Diegues' Better Days Ahead. Other films include Bar Esperança, Angels of the Night and Diegues' Tieta do Agreste.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1985Nominee
Best Performance
Mixed Blood
2005Nominee
Best Performance
Transamerica
Career Highlights
2009Highlight
Best Performance
Dzi Croquettes
2008Highlight
Best Performance
Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala
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Central Station
Mixed Blood
Transamerica