Sônia Braga
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Brazilian-American actress
Key facts
- Born
- Sônia Maria Campos Braga , ( 1950-06-08 ) 8 June 1950 (age 75) , Maringá , Paraná , Brazil
- Citizenship
- Brazil United States
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1967–present
- Spouses
- Arduíno Colassanti ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1970 ; separated</span>"}]]}'>sep. 1976 ) Antônio Guerreiro ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1980 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1988 )
- Relatives
- Alice Braga (niece)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sonia
- Family name
- Braga
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Maringá
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Native language
- Portuguese
- Field of work
- acting
- Hair colour
- black hair
- Official website
- www.soniabragaonline.com
- Image
- Sonia Bragga.jpg
- Residence
- New York City
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- Commons category
- Sônia Braga
- date of birth
- 1950-06-08
- relative
- Alice Braga
- name in native language
- Sônia Braga
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- social media followers
- 82610
- writing language
- English language
- notable role
- Zipporah
- unmarried partner
- David Lee Roth
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Encyclopedic overview
Sônia Maria Campos Braga ( Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈsonjɐ maˈɾi.ɐ ˈkɐ̃puz ˈbɾaɡɐ]; born 8 June 1950) is a Brazilian actress. She is known in the English-speaking world for her Golden Globe Award–nominated performances in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) and Moon over Parador (1988). She also received a BAFTA Award nomination in 1981 for Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (first released in 1976). For the 1994 television film The Burning Season, she was nominated for an Emmy Award and a third Golden Globe Award. Her other television and film credits include The Cosby Show (1986), The Milagro Beanfield War (1988), The Rookie (1990), Angel Eyes (2001), Sex and the City (2001), American Family (2002), Alias (2005), Aquarius (2016), Bacurau (2019), and Fatima (2020). In 2020, The New York Times ranked her #24 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.
Early life
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