Marisa Cruz

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Marisa Cruz (2011)

Carla Marisa da Cruz (born June 27, 1974 in Luanda , Angola ) is a Portuguese model , television presenter and actress .

Life

At the age of one she came to Portugal with her parents from Angola . When she was five years old, her father died and she moved with a sister to live with her great-grandmother in Viseu . As a teenager she lived with her mother in Lisbon. On the advice of her mother, she enrolled in a modeling agency when she was 16. In 1992 she became Miss Portugal and this was the beginning of her career as a model .

She then worked for Fátima Lopes in their newly founded Lisbon modeling agency Face Models . She became Lopes' most famous model. After an advertising campaign for the men's magazine Maxim , her fame increased further in Portugal and she then appeared more frequently on television, for example in the galas at the Globo de Ouro awards. In 2002 she appeared for the first time as a regular television presenter on the side of Herman José in a game show on the channel SIC .

This was followed by acting roles in telenovelas and in 2004 the leading role in a movie, the box office hit Kiss Me by director António da Cunha Telles (among the 40 most successful Portuguese films since 2004). In 2005 she received the Shooting Star award at the Berlinale 2005 .

She is married to the professional soccer player João Pinto , with whom she has two children.

Filmography

  • 1993–1994: Parabéns (TV series)
  • 1994–1995: Isto É o Agildo (TV series)
  • 1996: Reformado E Mal Pago (TV series)
  • 2002: Sonhos Traídos (TV series)
  • 2002: Não Há Pai (TV series)
  • 2004: Kiss Me; R: António da Cunha Telles
  • 2008: Casos da Vida (TV series)
  • 2008: Olhos nos Olhos (TV series)

Web links

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.imdb.de/name/nm1518439/
  2. ↑ http://www.infopedia.pt/$marisa-cruz
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personal data
SURNAME Cruz, Marisa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES da Cruz, Carla Marisa (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese model, television presenter and actress
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Luanda , Angola