André Marques is a Brazilian actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

, TV host

Presenter

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 and entertainer

Entertainment

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As actor, his first important role on TV was the high school student Mocotó in the soap opera

Soap opera

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 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...

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He currently hosts the TV show Video Show

Vídeo Show

Vídeo Show is a long-running Brazilian TV program on Globo TV. From its debut in 1983 to 1994, the show aired weekly. Since then, it has been airing from Monday to Friday at 1:45 pm being one of the most-watched afternoon shows....

at Globo TV

Rede Globo

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In July 2009, it was confirmed he had been contaminated by swine flu during a travel to Argentina

Argentina

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.http://www.abril.com.br/noticias/diversao/andre-marques-caso-confirmado-gripe-suina-481560.shtml André Marques was probably the first Brazilian celebrity

Celebrity

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 contaminated in the 2009 global outbreak

2009 flu pandemic

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