Andrea Maltarolli was a Brazil

Brazil

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ian soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

 and telenovela

Telenovela

A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...

 screenwriter

Screenwriter

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Biography

A graduate in history and media, Andrea Maltarolli joined TV station Rede Globo

Rede Globo

Rede Globo , or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network, launched by media mogul Roberto Marinho on April 26, 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Organizações Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings...

 in 1995, and became involved with the fledgling soap opera Malhação

Malhação

Malhação is a Brazilian soap opera for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the...

. Aimed at the teenage market, the show became a great success and is still running as of 2009; Andrea Maltarolli continued to work on the programme team until 2002. She then collaborated on other popular shows, and developed her first solo venture, telenovela Beleza Pura

Beleza Pura

Beleza Pura is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Globo from February, 18 to September 12, 2008, with a total of 179 chapters. It replaced Sete Pecados, by Walcyr Carrasco at the 19h timeslot...

, broadcast in Brazil in 179 episodes between February and September 2008.
From end of 2008 to mid 2009, she adapted for the theatre the comics "Mulheres Alteradas" created by Maitena Burundarena

Maitena Burundarena

Maitena Burundarena , better known as Maitena, is an Argentine cartoonist.-Early works:Maitena drew erotic strips for several European publications such as Makoki, in Barcelona...

, an Argentine cartoonist.
At the time of her death, she was working on the plot of a new series, provisionally titled As Quatro Estações.

Screenwriting credits

• Malhação
  Malhação
  Malhação is a Brazilian soap opera for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the...
  
  
• Zorra Total
  Zorra Total
  Zorra Total is a Brazilian television comedy broadcast by Globo Network. It was launched on March 25, 1999 and has aired on Saturdays, at 10p.m., ever since May 1999....
  
  
• A Turma do Didi
• Escolinha do Professor Raimundo
• Beleza Pura
  Beleza Pura
  Beleza Pura is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Globo from February, 18 to September 12, 2008, with a total of 179 chapters. It replaced Sete Pecados, by Walcyr Carrasco at the 19h timeslot...