Marília Pêra

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Marília Pêra (born on January 22, 1943 on Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro) is an award-winning Brazilian actress.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Biography

Marília Pêra was born on January 22, 1943 on Rio de Janeiro to actors Manuel Pêra and Dinorah Marzullo. Her sister is also an accomplished actress Sandra Pêra. She is the mother of actor Ricardo Graça Mello, and actresses Esperança Motta and Nina Morena.^{[citation needed]}

In 1982 she became the first South American ever honored in North America with a Best Actress Prize, for Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco, by the National Society of Film Critics Awards.^{[citation needed]}

She's regarded by the critics and by the public, as the most accomplished and versatile Brazilian actress after Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco.^{[citation needed]}

She's also hailed as "one of the decade's (1980s) ten best actresses" by Pauline Kael.^{[citation needed]}

After Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981), Bar Esperança (1983) and Tieta do Agreste (1996), she became the most awarded Brazilian actress.^{[citation needed]}

In Portuguese her lastname translates as "Pear", the fruit.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Awards

• Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
  • 1982: Best Actress - Pixote (won)

• Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
  • 2000: Best Actress - O Viajante (nominated)

• Gramado Film Festival
• 1983: Best Actress - Bar Esperança (won)
• 1987: Best Actress - Anjos da Noite (won, tied with Betty Faria for Anjos do Arrabalde).

• Havana Film Festival
  • 1996: Best Supporting Actress - Tieta do Agreste (won)

• National Society of Film Critics Awards
  • 1982: Best Actress - Pixote (won)

• Prêmio Contigo
  • 2005: Best Supporting Actress - Começar de Novo (telenovela) (nominated)

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