Christiane Torloni

Since the age of 6, she had been playing role-play and at the age of 12 I was playing a little princess at Teatrinho Trol, on Rede Tupi. But the decision to become an actress happened in 1975, when Torloni took a theater course directed by Jaime Barcelos at IBAM. In the same year, at 18, she began her career on Rede Globo's Caso Especial "Indulto de Natal".^[9] She is of Spanish, Italian and indigenous descent.^[10]

Among the many characters played on television, there are the notable Jô Penteado, from A Gata Comeu (1985), Fernanda Arruda Campos^[11] from Selva de Pedra, (1986), Diná from A Viagem (1994) and the twins Fernanda and Vivi from Cara & Coroa (1995), in addition to the villain Tereza Cristina in Fina Estampa. In 1981, Christiane Torloni was the daughter of the first Helena created by Manoel Carlos in the soap opera Baila Comigo, played by Lílian Lemmertz. Twenty-two years later, the actress played one of the author's Helenas in Mulheres Apaixonadas (2003). She also had relevant characters in plots such as Gina, Chega Mais, Elas por Elas, Kananga do Japan, Um Anjo Caiu do Céu, América, Caminho das Indias, Ti Ti Ti, among others. She posed nude for Playboy magazine in March 1983 and November 1984, having also previously posed for Status in February 1980.

In the theater she subsequently worked with director José Possi Neto in a series of shows in which she sought bodily expressiveness.

^[12] La Torloni, as she is sometimes called, has always been a very committed artist, with historic participation in events such as Diretas Já,^[13] the fight for democracy and the end of the Military Regime; She has already made harsh criticisms of former president Lula, declaring himself against re-election in the executive branch.

The actress is involved in various social and environmental causes, which she personally leads. Among the relevant causes are the petition, published on the website amazoniaparasempre.com.br,^[14] for the preservation of the Brazilian Amazon, which brought more than one million signatures to the National Congress; as well as the bemquerermulher.com.br campaign that aims to end violence against women in Brazilian society.^[15]

Torloni also fights for other causes related to the environment in general, seeking to preserve animal habitats and end deforestation, as well as social causes, such as supporting needy people. She harshly criticized the Bolsonaro government, mainly for the measures that approved the dismantling of Amazon reserves.^[16]

In 2011, giving an interview during Rock in Rio on television, he launched the expression "Hoje é dia de rock, bebê!" which ended up making the festival’s history. In the following edition of Rock in Rio in 2013, the phrase, which had become a meme on social media, became an official t-shirt for the event^[17] and was even incorporated by the actress in a scene from the soap opera Alto Astral.

• 1979 – As Preciosas Ridículas
• 1980 – Bodas de Papel
• 1981 – The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
• 1984 – Uncle Vanya
• 1988 – O Lobo de Rayban... Julia Ferraz
• 1989– Orlando
• 1993 – 10 Elevado a menos 43 – Extasis (in Portugal)
• 1994 – Hamlet
• 1997 – Salome... Salomé
• 2000 – Joana D'Arc – A revolta ... Joana D'arc
• 2002 – The Blue Room
• 2004 – Paixão de Cristo: O Auto de Deus – Virgin Mary
• 2005 – Mulheres por um Fio... Elise

• Christiane Torloni at IMDb