Sônia Braga
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| Sônia Braga | |
 Sonia Braga in the brazilian movie poster A Dama do Lotação |
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| Birth name | Sônia Maria Braga Fields |
| Born | June 8, 1950 (age 56) Maringá, Paraná Brazil |
Sônia Maria Braga Fields (born June 8, 1950) is an internationally known Brazilian actress. She was born in 1950 in Maringá, Paraná Brazil.
In 1975, she became famous in Brazil with the telenovela Gabriela (based on the book Gabriela, Cravo e Canela by Jorge Amado). She made another notable Jorge Amado adaptation, when she played the lead role in the film Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos ("Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands") in 1976. She made appearances in several Brazilian blockbuster films such as A Dama do Lotação (The Bus Lady) in 1978 and Eu Te Amo (I Love You) in 1981.
According to Braga, director Francis Ford Coppola said that A Dama do Lotação original Brazilian film poster was the sexiest he had ever seen in his entire life.
She achieved world fame with her title role in the film Gabriela, the silver screen adaptation of the Amado's novel, in 1983. Amado's story was set in Bahia in 1925, with Braga playing the part of a beautiful mulatto girl, Gabriela, who transforms the lives of many provincial inhabitants. Jorge Amado's romantic tale was to be Braga's stepping stone into the world of the US cinema. Consequently, she then moved to the United States where she acted in movies such as Kiss of the Spider Woman and Angel Eyes. She has guest starred in television series such as Alias, The Cosby Show, CSI: Miami, Sex and the City and Ghost Whisperer.
Her niece, Alice Braga, starred in the internationally acclaimed feature film, City of God.
Braga has been romantically linked with Robert Redford and David Lee Roth.
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