Marjorie Estiano

Marjorie Estiano
Background information
Birth name	Marjorie Dias de Oliveira
Born	(1982-03-08) March 8, 1982
Origin	Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Genres	Pop rock
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer
Years active	2003–present (actress) 2004–present (singer)
Labels	Som Livre (2004-2005) Universal Music (2005-)
Website	Marjorie Estiano

Marjorie Estiano (born March 8, 1982) is a Brazilian actress and singer. She rose to prominence in 2004 playing the role of Natasha in the Rede Globo teen series Malhação. She starred in three telenovelas^[1][2][3][4] and was the main antagonist in another two.^[5][6]

In 2007 Maria Paula was cast live, the lead role of Duas Caras in prime time of the largest Brazilian television network, Rede Globo.^[7] Marjorie played Manuela Fonseca, which is one of the main characters, in the 2011 telenovela A Vida da Gente.^[8] She was also a protagonist on another telenovela Lado a Lado,^[9] best telenovela in the 2013 Emmy International.^[10][11][12]

In 2013, Marjorie played the same character with Fernanda Montenegro in the movie Time and the Wind, as the young Bibiana, and the lead role in 2014's film Beatriz and 2015's film Garoto.^{[13][14][15][16][17]}

Biography

Born in Curitiba, Paraná state as Marjorie Dias de Oliveira to Eurandir Lima de Oliveira and Marilene Dias, the second of three siblings, Marjorie Estiano studied Scenic Arts in Paraná. When she finished, she moved to São Paulo to improve her acting abilities. There she studied music for two years ^[18]

Career

While studying, she made some TV commercials and played minor plays in theater. After this, she was approved in the TV Globo Actor's Workshop and moved to Rio de Janeiro. She then signed to join the cast of Malhação, and began acting in minor roles. She won the lead antagonist role of "Natasha" in 2004.^[19][20]

She began sharing the vocals of the band with singer, Gustavo (Guilherme Berenguer). Victor Pozas and Alexandre Castilho started recording demo tapes with Estiano and sending them to record labels. Universal Music was interested, and hired Estiano. After several months in studio, her self-titled debut album was released. The first single, "Você Sempre Será" (English: You Will Always Be), which was performed previously in Malhação, hit the top of Brazilian charts, and won the Faustão's The Best Of The Year award for Song Of The Year.

The second single, "Por Mais Que Eu Tente" (English: The More I Try), was her second top ten hit, and the third single "O Jogo" (English: The Game) peaked just outside the top ten, but still enjoyed success. Thanks to the enormous airplay of the song "Você Sempre Será", her album went platinum.

In prime time, she stood out in telenovelas Pages of Life (Páginas da Vida)^[21] (2006), Duas Caras^[22] (2007), India: A Love Story (Caminho das Índias)^[23] (2009), best telenovela in the 2009 Emmy International, and Império.^[24][25]

In 2007, she was the protagonist of the telenovela Two Faces (Duas Caras), which tells the story Maria Paula's revenge against Marconi Ferraço, his former criminal husband.^[26][27] .^[28]

She played Manuela Fonseca in the 2011 Rede Globo telenovela A Vida da Gente in access prime time.^[29][30] The telenovela is about the love triangle between Ana, Rodrigo and Manuela, and family dramas lived by them after a tragic accident.^[31][32]

She played the protagonist, Laura Assunção, in the soap opera Lado a Lado (2012), telenovela that tells the story of a friendship between two women Laura, a white girl, daughter of a baroness, and Isabel, descendant of a poor slave.^[33][34][35]

In 2014, she was the lead antagonist Cora in Império, best telenovela in the 2015 Emmy International.^[36]

Miniseries

First Miniseries

During the premiere of the play Mind Deception, actor and producer Malvino Salvador late on Thursday (11th), Rio de Janeiro, Marjorie Estiano took the opportunity to talk about the work of two that will air in January 2011, called "Amor em Quatro Atos" (Love in Four Acts). The series of four chapters, will be based on four songs by Chico Buarque: "Between rehearsals and recordings were 20 days of living together and he's great," said the actress, who used to apply a wavy hair to play the part. In the chapter she makes movies, plays a filmmaker called Marjorie involved in filming the video for the song "Construction" and in the middle of the episode will complain about the noise of the work and know the neighbor's character Malvino, the role of Mason.^{[37][38][39][40]}

Eu que Amo Tanto

She was a married woman who falls in love with another woman in serie.^[41][42]

Les Liaisons dangereuses

She played the character corresponding to Madame de Tourvel in the Brazilian version of Les Liaisons dangereuses.^[43]

Justiça

In Justice, she plays a dancer who became a quadriplegic and suffers euthanasia.^[44]

Production of New CD

Third Studio Album

Marjorie also has plans for the pre-production of a new CD and said it is already researching a speech: "I wanted to come out next year, but if you scroll novel or film, complicating," the actress said, citing speculation surrounding invitations to Globo's novelas next year.^[45]

Filmography

Film

Telenovelas

Series

Stage

Discography

• 2005:Marjorie Estiano^[72]
• 2007:Flores, Amores e Blábláblá^[73]
• 2014:Oito^[74][75][76]

Live DVD

• 2005: Marjorie Estiano e Banda Ao Vivo^[77]

Videography

Official Music Videos

Tours

• 2005-2006: Marjorie Estiano e Banda (Marjorie Estiano and Band)
• 2007-2008: Turnê Blablablá (Blablabla Tour)
• 2009-2010: Combinação Sobre Todas as Coisas (Combination Above All Things)
• 2013 - 2014: BB Covers^[79]
• 2014: Oito^[80]
• 2016: Nívea Rock^[81]

Music recording sales certification

• 2005: DVD gold the 25 thousand copies sold of the DVD Marjorie Estiano e Banda (Ao Vivo).
• 2005: Platinum by 150 thousand copies sold of the CD Marjorie Estiano.
• 2009: Download Gold, Por mais que eu tente.^{[82][83][84][85][86]}

Awards and nominations

Recognitions

• 2011: Best Actress, Critic's Choice - Minha Novela, for A Vida da Gente.^[126][127]
• 2012: Best romantic couple, Critic's Choice - Minha Novela, for Lado a Lado.^[128][129]
• 2014: Best Villains, Critic's Choice - Noveleiros, for Império.^[130]

References

External links

• Marjorie Estiano official website (Portuguese)
• Marjorie Estiano on Universal Music website (Portuguese)
• Oito on Deezer website (Portuguese)
• List of Estiano's albums/DVDs
• Marjorie Estiano at the Internet Movie Database