Lucinha Lins
Encyclopedia
Lúcia Maria Werner Vianna Lins (born March 9, 1953), better known as Lucinha Lins, is a Brazil
ian actress and singer.
series Plantão de Polícia, pioneer in issues such as homosexuality
and drug traffic on the Brazilian television. Two years later, she became recognized as a singer, after she won the Shell
Music Festival performing Jerônimo Jardim's "Purpurina".
In 1980 she duetted with Rio superstar Jorge Ben on the track 'Georgia e Jorge' on his Alô, alô, Como Vai? album.
In 1984, Lucinha starred on the Globo miniseries Rabo-de-Saia. To promote her role, she posed nude for the August issue of Playboy
. On the following year, she starred in Dias Gomes
' Roque Santeiro, the highest rated telenovela
in the history of Brazil, as the virgin widow of the title character, portrayed by José Wilker
. On 1989, she starred in O Salvador da Pátria, which was accused by some of having an anti-Lula
bias.
From 1991 to 1994, she had minor roles on Globo productions. She then decided to leave Globo to act in two SBT telenovelas, As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor and Sangue do Meu Sangue. On 1996, she acted on Rede Record
's Perdidos de Amor. On 1997 she returned to Globo, to star on the third season of teen series Malhação
. On 1999 she would return to Record to act on Tiro e Queda. On 2001 she returned to Globo, where she starred in Estrela Guia, alongside pop singer Sandy
. She would also act on the network's Chocolate com Pimenta on 2003.
On 2004, she left Globo to star as Blanca on the SBT adaptation of Televisa
's Esmeralda
. Two years later, she signed with Record. Her first role on the network was on the controversial Vidas Opostas
, which was the first telenovela in Brazil shot at a favela
. Two years later, she would star as Vilma, the pyromaniac villain of Chamas da Vida
, the network's current 10 p.m. telenovela. The first antagonist of her career has been acclaimed by both critics and public.
singer-songwriter
Ivan Lins
from 1971 to 1982. They had two children together, one of whom, Cláudio, is also an actor and singer. Lins let Lucinha keep his last name, for which she initially became recognized, after they got divorced. Since the early 1980s, Lucinha maintains a domestic partnership
with fellow actor Cláudio Tovar, father of her only daughter Beatriz. On September 30, 2008, she became a grandmother.
Minisries
Series
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian actress and singer.
Career
Lucinha became first known by the public on the 1979 Rede GloboRede 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...
series Plantão de Polícia, pioneer in issues such as homosexuality
Homosexuality
Homosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, or romantic attractions" primarily or exclusively to people of the same...
and drug traffic on the Brazilian television. Two years later, she became recognized as a singer, after she won the Shell
Royal Dutch Shell
Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six...
Music Festival performing Jerônimo Jardim's "Purpurina".
In 1980 she duetted with Rio superstar Jorge Ben on the track 'Georgia e Jorge' on his Alô, alô, Como Vai? album.
In 1984, Lucinha starred on the Globo miniseries Rabo-de-Saia. To promote her role, she posed nude for the August issue of Playboy
Playboy magazine (Brazilian issue)
The Brazilian issue of Playboy is a local franchise of Playboy magazine published in Brazil. The original edition of the magazine was created by Hugh Hefner in the 1950s in the United States.-History:...
. On the following year, she starred in Dias Gomes
Dias Gomes
Alfredo de Freitas Dias Gomes was an important Brazilian playwright.He was born on October 19, 1922 in Salvador, Bahia and died in a car accident in São Paulo, in 1999. He started writing plays at age 15 and later wrote soap operas. He wrote the first ever colored soap opera in Brazilian...
' Roque Santeiro, the highest rated 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"...
in the history of Brazil, as the virgin widow of the title character, portrayed by José Wilker
José Wilker
José Wilker de Almeida is a Brazilian actor of film, stage and TV, born in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Northeast of Brazil.-Filmography:* A falecida * A vida provisória * Estranho triângulo...
. On 1989, she starred in O Salvador da Pátria, which was accused by some of having an anti-Lula
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , known popularly as Lula, served as the 35th President of Brazil from 2003 to 2010.A founding member of the Workers' Party , he ran for President three times unsuccessfully, first in the 1989 election. Lula achieved victory in the 2002 election, and was inaugurated as...
bias.
From 1991 to 1994, she had minor roles on Globo productions. She then decided to leave Globo to act in two SBT telenovelas, As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor and Sangue do Meu Sangue. On 1996, she acted on Rede Record
Rede Record
Rede Record de Televisão is a Brazilian television network, founded in 1953 by Paulo Machado de Carvalho, also founder of Rádio Record. Currently it is owned by businessman Edir Macedo, founder and bishop of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. Since 2007 it is Brazil's second largest...
's Perdidos de Amor. On 1997 she returned to Globo, to star on the third season of teen series 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...
. On 1999 she would return to Record to act on Tiro e Queda. On 2001 she returned to Globo, where she starred in Estrela Guia, alongside pop singer Sandy
Sandy & Junior
Sandy & Junior was a Brazilian pop music duo consisting of siblings Sandy Leah Lima and her brother Durval de Lima Junior . They have one of the 10 best-selling albums ever in Brazil...
. She would also act on the network's Chocolate com Pimenta on 2003.
On 2004, she left Globo to star as Blanca on the SBT adaptation of Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
's Esmeralda
Esmeralda (telenovela)
Esmeralda is a telenovela that was released by Televisa in 1997. It is a remake of a 1970 Venezuelan telenovela of that same name, and was itself remade in Brazil in 2004. Another version is Topacio from Venezuela in 1984.-Plot:...
. Two years later, she signed with Record. Her first role on the network was on the controversial Vidas Opostas
Vidas Opostas
Vidas Opostas is a Brazilian telenovela originally aired on Rede Record.-Controversy:Because of scenes involving graphic portrayal of nudity, drugs and violence, Vidas Opostas received a 14 rating from the DJCTQ...
, which was the first telenovela in Brazil shot at a favela
Favela
A favela is the generally used term for a shanty town in Brazil. In the late 18th century, the first settlements were called bairros africanos . This was the place where former slaves with no land ownership and no options for work lived. Over the years, many freed black slaves moved in...
. Two years later, she would star as Vilma, the pyromaniac villain of Chamas da Vida
Chamas da Vida
Chamas da Vida is a Brazilian telenovela produced by Rede Record. It premiered on July 8, 2008 and aired until April 28, 2009, at 9:45 p.m. schedule. Created by Cristianne Fridman, the telenovela is written by her in collaboration with Paula Richard, Renata Dias Gomes, Camilo Pellegrini and...
, the network's current 10 p.m. telenovela. The first antagonist of her career has been acclaimed by both critics and public.
Personal life
Lucinha was married to MPBMúsica Popular Brasileira
Música Popular Brasileira or MPB designates a trend in post-Bossa Nova urban popular music. It is not a discrete genre but rather a constellation that combines original songwriting and updated versions of traditional Brazilian urban music styles like samba and samba-canção with contemporary...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
Ivan Lins
Ivan Lins
Ivan Guimarães Lins is a Latin Grammy winning Brazilian musician. He has been an active performer and songwriter of Brazilian popular music and jazz for over 30 years. His first hit, Madalena, was recorded by Elis Regina in 1970. Beyond his own performance of his compositions, Simone is his most...
from 1971 to 1982. They had two children together, one of whom, Cláudio, is also an actor and singer. Lins let Lucinha keep his last name, for which she initially became recognized, after they got divorced. Since the early 1980s, Lucinha maintains a domestic partnership
Domestic partnership
A domestic partnership is a legal or personal relationship between two individuals who live together and share a common domestic life but are neither joined by marriage nor a civil union...
with fellow actor Cláudio Tovar, father of her only daughter Beatriz. On September 30, 2008, she became a grandmother.
TV roles
Telenovelas- 2008: Chamas da VidaChamas da VidaChamas da Vida is a Brazilian telenovela produced by Rede Record. It premiered on July 8, 2008 and aired until April 28, 2009, at 9:45 p.m. schedule. Created by Cristianne Fridman, the telenovela is written by her in collaboration with Paula Richard, Renata Dias Gomes, Camilo Pellegrini and...
as Vilma Oliveira Santos - 2006: Vidas OpostasVidas OpostasVidas Opostas is a Brazilian telenovela originally aired on Rede Record.-Controversy:Because of scenes involving graphic portrayal of nudity, drugs and violence, Vidas Opostas received a 14 rating from the DJCTQ...
as Ísis Campobello - 2004: EsmeraldaEsmeralda (telenovela)Esmeralda is a telenovela that was released by Televisa in 1997. It is a remake of a 1970 Venezuelan telenovela of that same name, and was itself remade in Brazil in 2004. Another version is Topacio from Venezuela in 1984.-Plot:...
as Branca - 2003: Chocolate com PimentaChocolate com PimentaChocolate com Pimenta is a Brazilian novela, cast in the roaring 1920s, starring Mariana Ximenes and Murilo Benício. It was produced and broadcast by Rede Globo in 2003. It was written by Walcyr Carrasco and directed by Jorge Fernando....
as Elvira Rodrigues Albuquerque - 2001: Estrela-guia as Lucrécia Espíndola
- 1999: Tiro e Queda as Isabel
- 1998: Corpo DouradoCorpo DouradoCorpo Dourado is a Brazilian soap opera produced by and shown on Rede Globo from 12 January 1998 through 21 August 1998. The 191 chapters were written by Antonio Calmon and directed by Flávio Colatrello Jr, and later Marcos Schetchman.-Synopsis:...
as Hilda - 1997: MalhaçãoMalhaçãoMalhação 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...
as Bárbara - 1996: Perdidos de Amor as Lali
- 1995: Sangue do Meu SangueSangue do Meu SangueSangue Do Meu Sangue was a Brazilian telenovela produced by the SBT, shown of 11 of July 1995 the 4 of May 1996, original of Vicente Sesso, adapted for Paulo Figueiredo and Rita Buzzar , with direction of Nilton Travesso, Enrique Martins, Antonino Seabra and Del Rangel...
as Helena Rezende - 1994: As Pupilas do Senhor ReitorAs Pupilas do Senhor ReitorAs Pupilas do Senhor Reitor is a Portuguese romance novel by Júlio Dinis, written in 1863 and published in 1867. It was a success, and followed with a number of similar themed novels such as A Morgadinha dos Canaviais...
as Magali do Porto - 1994: A ViagemA ViagemA Viagem is a Brazilian TV soap opera produced by Rede Globo. It was written by Ivani Ribeiro with the contribution of Solange Castro Neves, and directed by Wolf Maya...
as Estela - 1993: Fera Ferida as Laurinda Mota da Costa
- 1992: Despedida de Solteiro as Marta
- 1991: O Dono do Mundo as Vanda
- 1989: O Salvador da Pátria as Ângela
- 1985: Roque Santeiro as Mocinha
Minisries
- 1984: Rabo-de-Saia as Santinha
Series
- 1991: Mundo da Lua as Roberta
- 1981: Sítio do Picapau AmareloSítio do Picapau AmareloSítio do Picapau Amarelo is the setting for the children's books written by Brazilian writer Monteiro Lobato. It is a small farm with a pretty cottage, surrounded by trees and simultaneously close to several other subsettings: the river, the woods, and a small village nearby...
as Rapunzel - 1979: Plantão de Polícia as Gisela
External links
- Lucinha Lins at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...