Christiane Torloni

Christiane Maria dos Santos Torloni (born 18 February 1957) is a Brazilian actress. She is the winner of numerous awards, including an APCA Award, two Prêmios Qualidade Brasil, and a Shell Award, as well as receiving nominations for a Grande Otelo and three Troféu Imprensas. She is one of the most renowned actresses in Brazilian television drama.

Born and raised in São Paulo, Torloni studied theater at IBAM. Since her childhood, she had already decided to be an actress. As a child, she acted as a princess at Teatrinho Trol, on Rede Tupi. But it was at the age of 18 that she actually began his professional career in an episode of Caso Especial, on TV Globo. In 1976 she made her first soap opera, Duas Vidas, and two years later she was already starring in the soap opera Gina. Since then, she has joined the cast of several television productions.

Acting as Jô Penteado in the romantic comedy A Gata Comeu (1985) and the villain Fernanda in the drama Selva de Pedra (1986), Christiane achieved great recognition for her versatility and reached the height of her fame. She was nominated for the Troféu Imprensa her performance in the soap opera A Viagem (1994), one of her most memorable works as the genial Diná. She repeated this feat the following year for her work in Cara & Coroa (1995), playing the lookalikes Fernanda and Vivi.

In 2002, she won the APCA Award for Best Actress on Television for Um Anjo Caiu do Céu. In 2003, she returned to prominence on television playing one of Manoel Carlos' Helenas, in Mulheres Apaixonadas, one of the most successful soap operas of the 2000s. In 2011, she played the memorable villain Tereza Cristina in Fina Estampa, a character that is constantly remembered as one of the greatest of her career. For this work, she received his third nomination for the Troféu Imprensa.