Alice Braga

{{Infobox person

| name = Alice Braga

| image = Alice Braga at Queen of the South at ATX.jpg

| caption = Braga at the ATX Television Festival in 2016

| birthname = Alice Braga Moraes

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|4|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = São Paulo, Brazil

| relatives = Sônia Braga (aunt)

| occupation = {{flatlist|

Actress
producer

}}

| years_active = 1998–present

| spouse =

| partner(s) = {{plainlist|

Bianca Comparato (2017–2023)
Renata Brandão (2024–present)

}}

| website =

}}

Alice Braga Moraes{{cite web |title=Alice Braga |url=http://contigo.abril.com.br/celebre/alice-braga-390670.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419012303/http://contigo.abril.com.br/celebre/alice-braga-390670.shtml |archive-date=April 19, 2009 |url-status=dead}} ({{IPA|pt-BR|aˈlisi ˈbɾaɡɐ moˈɾajs|lang}}; born 15 April 1983) is a Brazilian actress and producer. She has appeared in several Brazilian films, starring as Angélica in the acclaimed City of God (2002), Karinna in Lower City (2005), and Dolores in Only God Knows (2006).

Braga came to international prominence after appearing opposite Will Smith in I Am Legend (2007), and has since become a familiar face in Hollywood, having appeared in films such as Predators (2010), The Rite (2011), Elysium (2013), The Shack (2017), Soul (2020), and The Suicide Squad (2021). She portrayed the starring role of Teresa Mendoza in the USA Network crime drama-thriller television series Queen of the South (2016–2021).{{Cite web|url=https://tvline.com/what-to-watch/queen-of-the-south-series-finale-usa-network/?|title = Queen of the South Ends, XL Million Little Things Finale, Loki Premiere, CMT Awards and More|date = 9 June 2021}} In 2024, she starred in the Apple TV+ science fiction series Dark Matter.

Early life

Alice Braga Moraes was born in São Paulo and raised in a Catholic family.{{cite web |url=http://www.horror.com/php/article-3452-1.html |title=Alice Braga & Colin O'Donoghue Talk Devils, Exorcisms & Sir Anthony Hopkins |website=Horror.com |date=24 January 2011 |access-date=3 August 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112001943/http://www.horror.com/php/article-3452-1.html |archive-date=12 November 2013 }} She speaks fluent Portuguese, English, and Spanish.{{cite web |title=Alice Braga |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/alice-braga |website=Interview Magazine |access-date=18 March 2022 |date=28 June 2016}}

Her exposure to acting came at an early age; both her mother Ana Braga and aunt Sônia Braga{{cite news | url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/jimmy-fallon-exiting-saturday-night-live | work=Fox News | first=Roger | last=Friedman | title=Jimmy Fallon: Exiting Saturday Night Live? | date=5 May 2003 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423072525/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C85983%2C00.html | archive-date=23 April 2008 | df=mdy-all | access-date=16 May 2008 }} are actresses, and she often accompanied them to film sets. She began her career by appearing in school plays and commercials. Her first commercial was for yogurt when she was 8 years old. As a teenager, she began pursuing roles in television and films.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

Career

Braga made her acting debut in the Portuguese-language short film Trampolim (1998) and then returned to her schooling. Her breakthrough came when she was cast as Angélica in the critically acclaimed crime film City of God (2002), for which she received a Best Supporting Actress nomination from the Cinema Brazil Grand Prize. Afterward, she attended university while appearing in a pair of well-regarded South American films: Lower City (2005) and Only God Knows (2006). She also appeared in the popular Brazilian television program Carandiru, Outras Historias (2005).

Braga made her English-language debut with a starring role alongside Brendan Fraser, Mos Def, and Catalina Sandino Moreno in the crime thriller Journey to the End of Night (2006), which premiered at the 5th Annual Tribeca Film Festival. She received further recognition when she was cast opposite Will Smith in the blockbuster action thriller I Am Legend (2007). She subsequently had roles in the David Mamet-directed martial arts film Redbelt (2008), alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor and Tim Allen,[http://ca.askmen.com/women/celeb_profiles_actress_60/97_alice_braga.html AskMen.com – Alice Braga] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109234929/http://ca.askmen.com/women/celeb_profiles_actress_60/97_alice_braga.html |date=9 November 2007 }} the post-apocalyptic thriller Blindness (2008), alongside Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo, and the crime drama Crossing Over (2009), alongside Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, Jim Sturgess, and Ashley Judd.{{cite web|url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/03/09/predators-alice-braga-arnold-schwarzenegger-adrien-brody/%27Predators%27|title=Star Alice Braga On Special Effects, Adrien Brody's Muscle & Schwarzenegger's Cameo}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

File:Alice Braga at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.JPG

Braga portrayed Beth in the science fiction film Repo Men (2010).{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35668/the-x-rays-continue-with-new-repo-men-poster|title=The X-rays Continue With New Repo Men Poster|date=3 February 2010|publisher=DreadCentral|access-date=3 August 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204082244/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35668/the-x-rays-continue-with-new-repo-men-poster|archive-date=4 December 2013}} She starred as Isabelle in Nimród Antal's science fiction action film Predators (2010),{{cite web|first=Steve|last=Barton|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/36323/alice-braga-talks-predators-rating-and-more|title=Alice Braga Talks Predators Rating and More|date=10 March 2010|website=Dread Central|access-date=3 August 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810153834/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/36323/alice-braga-talks-predators-rating-and-more|archive-date=10 August 2014}} which was shot and produced by Troublemaker Studios and Robert Rodriguez.{{cite web|url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/19407|title=Latest 'Predators' Chatter: Hulking Out and Varied Creatures|date=10 March 2010|website=Bloody Disgusting|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100313151626/http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/19407|archive-date=13 March 2010}} Braga appeared as Frey Santiago in Neill Blomkamp's science fiction action film Elysium (2013), co-starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster.{{cite web|first=Russ |last=Fischer|url=http://www.slashfilm.com/alice-braga-joins-neill-blomkamps-elysium/|title=Alice Braga Joins Neill Blomkamp's 'Elysium'|date=29 May 2011|website=/Film|access-date=3 August 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725102432/http://www.slashfilm.com/alice-braga-joins-neill-blomkamps-elysium/|archive-date=25 July 2014}} In 2014, she starred as Vania in the Brazilian jungle film The Ardor, as Olivia in the Argentine romance drama Latitudes, and as Alice Taylor in Kriv Stenders' action-thriller Kill Me Three Times.{{cite web|first=Kalyn|last=Corrigan|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3337637/interview-alice-braga-female-action-star-kill-three-times/|title=Interview: Alice Braga on Being A Female Action Star & 'Kill Me Three Times'|website=Bloody Disgusting|access-date=3 August 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414031820/http://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3337637/interview-alice-braga-female-action-star-kill-three-times/|archive-date=14 April 2015}}

In 2016, Braga starred as Marisol Kingston in the western drama The Duel, alongside Liam Hemsworth and Woody Harrelson. In 2017, she starred as Sophia in the Christian drama The Shack, alongside Octavia Spencer and Sam Worthington, based on the novel of the same name.

From 2016 to 2021, Braga starred in the crime drama series Queen of the South, produced for USA Network, an adaptation of Arturo Perez-Reverte's best-selling novel La Reina del Sur. The series marked Braga's first lead American television role. She previously had small supporting roles in a non-English television series.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/usas-queen-south-adaptation-finds-743468|title=USA's 'Queen of the South' Adaptation Finds Its Star (Exclusive)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=23 October 2014|access-date=5 November 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110133241/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/usas-queen-south-adaptation-finds-743468|archive-date=10 November 2014}}

Braga starred as Cecilia Reyes in the superhero horror film The New Mutants, which was released in 2020.{{Cite news |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=29 June 2017 |title=Alice Braga Joins 'New Mutants' as Rosario Dawson Exits (Exclusive) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/alice-braga-joins-new-mutants-as-rosario-dawson-exits-1017960 |url-status=live |access-date=21 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629213441/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/alice-braga-joins-new-mutants-as-rosario-dawson-exits-1017960 |archive-date=29 June 2017}} She starred as Maggie Teixeira in the HBO drama miniseries We Are Who We Are, which was written and directed by filmmaker Luca Guadagnino.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/chloe-sevigny-alice-braga-star-hbo-drama-call-me-by-your-name-director-1224786|title=Exclusive:Chloe Sevigny, Alice Braga, Kid Cudi to Star in HBO Drama From 'Call Me By Your Name' Director|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Lesley|last=Goldberg|access-date=21 July 2020|date=18 July 2019}} Braga appeared in the superhero action film The Suicide Squad, which was released in August 2021.{{Cite web |last=Whitbrook |first=James |date=13 September 2019 |title=Say Hello to the Very Disposable Stars of The Suicide Squad |url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/say-hello-to-the-very-disposable-stars-of-the-suicide-s-1838105121 |access-date=21 July 2020 |website=io9}}

Personal life

Braga maintains residences in Los Angeles, California, and São Paulo, Brazil.{{cite web|url=https://www.latam.com/vamos/pt_us/experience/alice-braga-hollywood-sao-paulo|title=Vamos/LATAM Alice Braga: de São Paulo a Hollywood|last=LATAM Airlines Group|author-link=LATAM Airlines Group|language=pt|access-date=24 September 2019|archive-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925013559/https://www.latam.com/vamos/pt_us/experience/alice-braga-hollywood-sao-paulo|url-status=dead}} She is friends with actors Diego Luna and Wagner Moura.{{cite web |last1=Musetto |first1=V.A. |title=SHE HAS BRAGA RIGHTS |url=https://nypost.com/2006/06/11/she-has-braga-rights/ |publisher=New York Post |access-date=7 January 2025 |date=11 June 2006}}{{cite web |title=Wagner Moura comenta ajuda de Alice Braga em Hollywood: ‘Reserva de afeto’ |url=https://gshow.globo.com/programas/programa-do-jo/O-Programa/noticia/2013/09/wagner-moura-comenta-ajuda-de-alice-braga-em-hollywood-reserva-de-afeto.html |access-date=7 January 2025}}

=Relationships=

In January 2020, Braga revealed she was in a relationship with actress Bianca Comparato, which began three years prior.{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Jenni|date=2020-01-08|title=Alice Braga Lives Long Distance Dating With Actress Bianca Comparato|url=https://playcrazygame.com/2020/01/08/alice-braga-lives-long-distance-dating-with-actress-bianca-comparato/|access-date=2021-08-17|website=Play Crazy Game|language=en-US|archive-date=16 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616080043/https://playcrazygame.com/2020/01/08/alice-braga-lives-long-distance-dating-with-actress-bianca-comparato/|url-status=usurped}} In December 2023, it was reported that Braga and Comparato had separated.{{cite web |title=Alice Braga e Bianca Comparato mantêm sociedade após separação em comum acordo |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/monicabergamo/2023/12/alice-braga-e-bianca-comparato-mantem-sociedade-apos-separacao-em-comum-acordo.shtml |publisher=Folha de S.Paulo |access-date=7 January 2025}}

As of February 2024, Braga is in a relationship with producer Renata Brandão.{{cite web |title=Alice Braga se declara para a namorada em novo clique: “Orgulho” |url=https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/entretenimento/alice-braga-se-declara-para-a-namorada-em-novo-clique-orgulho/ |website=CNN Brasil |access-date=7 January 2025 |date=9 February 2024}}{{cite web |title=Alice Braga viaja para o Espírito Santo e conhece os pais da nova namorada |url=https://portalleodias.com/famosos/alice-braga-viaja-para-o-espirito-santo-e-conhece-os-pais-da-nova-namorada |website=Portal Leo Dias |access-date=7 January 2025 |date=20 August 2024}}

Filmography

File:Simon Pegg, Alice Braga & Luke Hemsworth Premiere of Kill Me Three Times (cropped).jpg and Luke Hemsworth at the Kill Me Three Times premier in March 2015]]

=Film=

Year	Title	Role	class="unsortable" \|Notes
class="wikitable sortable"
1998	Trampolim	Cláudia	Short film
2002	City of God	Angélica
2005	Lower City	Karinna
rowspan=3\| 2006	Only God Knows	Dolores
Journey to the End of the Night	Monique
Drained	Waitress
rowspan=3\| 2007	The Milky Way	Júlia
Rummikub	Daughter from São Paulo	Short film
I Am Legend	Anna Montez
rowspan=2\| 2008	Redbelt	Sondra Terry
Blindness	Woman with Dark Glasses
rowspan=2\| 2009	Crossing Over	Mireya Sanchez
Cabeça a Prêmio	Elaine
rowspan=3\| 2010	Repo Men	Beth
Predators	Isabelle
Predators: Moments of Extraction	Isabelle (voice)	Short film
2011	{{sortname\|The\|Rite\|dab=2011 film}}	Angelina Vargas
rowspan=3\| 2012	On the Road	Terry / Bea Franco
City of God – 10 Years Later	Herself
Uma Vida Inteira	Woman	Short film
rowspan=2\| 2013	Elysium	Frey Santiago
Os Amigos	Júlia
rowspan=4\| 2014	Muitos Homens Num Só	Eva
Latitudes	Olivia	Also producer
The Ardor	Vania
Kill Me Three Times	Alice Taylor
rowspan=2\| 2016	The Duel	Marisol Kingston
Entre Idas E Vindas	Sandra
2017	The Shack	Sophia
rowspan=3\| 2020	Eduardo & Mônica	Mônica
The New Mutants	Cecilia Reyes
Soul	rowspan="2" \| Counselor Jerry A (voice)
rowspan=2\| 2021	22 vs. Earth	Short film
The Suicide Squad	Sol Soria
2023	Hypnotic	Diana Cruz
TBA	House/Wife	Grace Sutton	Post-production

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

!class="unsortable" |Notes

2005

| Carandiru, Outras Histórias

| Vânia

| Episode: "Ezequiel, o Azarado"

2010

| Superbonita

| Host

| Unknown episodes

2012

| The Brazilians

| Mirtes

| Episode: "The Tameless from Ceará"

2014

| A Mulher da Sua Vida

| Roberta

| Episode: "Roberta"

2016–2021

| Queen of the South

| Teresa Mendoza

| Lead role; also executive producer

2018

| Samantha!

| Symantha

| 2 episodes; also executive producer

2019

| Sintonia

| {{n/a|None}}

| 6 episodes; producer

2020

| We Are Who We Are

| Maggie Teixeira

| Main role

2022

| Slumberkins

| Sloth's Mother (voice)

| 4 episodes

2023

| A Murder at the End of the World

| Sian

| Main role

2024

| Dark Matter

| Amanda

| Main role

=Video games=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

2021

| Predator: Hunting Grounds

| Isabelle (voice)

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Association ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result
2003 \| Cinema Brazil Grand Prize \| Best Supporting Actress \| City of God \| {{Won}}
2005 \| Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival \| rowspan=3\|Best Actress \| rowspan=8\|Lower City \| {{Won}}
rowspan=6\|2006 \| ACIE Awards \| {{Won}}
São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards \| {{Won}}
rowspan=2\|SESC Film Festival \| Audience Award Best Actress \| {{Won}}
Critics Award Best Actress \| {{Won}}
Verona Love Screens Film Festival \| Best Acting Performance \| {{Won}}
Prêmio Contigo Cinema \| rowspan=2\|Best Actress \| {{Won}}
2007 \| Cinema Brazil Grand Prize \| {{Won}}
rowspan=3\|2008 \| Black Reel Awards \| Best Supporting Actress \| Blindness \| {{Nom}}
SESC Film Festival \| Audience Award Best Actress \| The Milky Way \| {{Won}}
rowspan=2\|Cinema Brazil Grand Prize \| rowspan=2\|Best Supporting Actress \| Drained \| {{Nom}}
rowspan=2\|2009 \| Blindness \| {{Nom}}
Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival \| rowspan=3\|Best Actress \| rowspan=3\|Cabeça a Prêmio \| {{Won}}
2010 \| Festival de Cinema de Punta del Este \| {{Won}}
2011 \| Cinema Brazil Grand Prize \| {{Nom}}
2014 \| Cine PE \| Best Actress \| Muitos Homens Num Só \| {{Won}}
2015 \| rowspan=3\|Cinema Brazil Grand Prize \| Best Supporting Actress \| Os Amigos \| {{Nom}}
2016 \| Best Actress \| Muitos Homens Num Só \| {{Nom}}
rowspan=2\|2017 \| Best Supporting Actress \| Entre Idas e Vidas \| {{Nom}}
rowspan=5\| Imagen Foundation Awards \| rowspan=5\| Best Actress – Television \| rowspan=5\| Queen of the South \| {{Nom}}
2018 \| {{Nom}}
2019 \| {{Nom}}
2020 \| {{Nom}}
2021 \| {{Nom}}

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Association

! Category

! Nominated work

! Result

2003

| Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

| Best Supporting Actress

| City of God

| {{Won}}

2005

| Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival

| rowspan=3|Best Actress

| rowspan=8|Lower City

| {{Won}}

rowspan=6|2006

| ACIE Awards

| {{Won}}

São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards

| {{Won}}

rowspan=2|SESC Film Festival

| Audience Award Best Actress

| {{Won}}

Critics Award Best Actress

| {{Won}}

Verona Love Screens Film Festival

| Best Acting Performance

| {{Won}}

Prêmio Contigo Cinema

| rowspan=2|Best Actress

| {{Won}}

2007

| Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

| {{Won}}

rowspan=3|2008

| Black Reel Awards

| Best Supporting Actress

| Blindness

| {{Nom}}

SESC Film Festival

| Audience Award Best Actress

| The Milky Way

| {{Won}}

rowspan=2|Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

| rowspan=2|Best Supporting Actress

| Drained

| {{Nom}}

rowspan=2|2009

| Blindness

| {{Nom}}

Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival

| rowspan=3|Best Actress

| rowspan=3|Cabeça a Prêmio

| {{Won}}

2010

| Festival de Cinema de Punta del Este

| {{Won}}

2011

| Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

| {{Nom}}

2014

| Cine PE

| Best Actress

| Muitos Homens Num Só

| {{Won}}

2015

| rowspan=3|Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

| Best Supporting Actress

| Os Amigos

| {{Nom}}

2016

| Best Actress

| Muitos Homens Num Só

| {{Nom}}

rowspan=2|2017

| Best Supporting Actress

| Entre Idas e Vidas

| {{Nom}}

rowspan=5| Imagen Foundation Awards

| rowspan=5| Best Actress – Television

| rowspan=5| Queen of the South

| {{Nom}}

2018

| {{Nom}}

2019

| {{Nom}}

2020

| {{Nom}}

2021

| {{Nom}}

References

External links

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20180207214326/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bd25d85d5 Alice Braga] at the British Film Institute{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928042257/http://www.close-upfilm.com/features/Interviews/alicebraga.htm Interview with Alice Braga, star of 'Lower City'] by Peter Fraser, Close-Up Film (archived 2007)

{{Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival Award for Best Actress}}

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