Ana Botafogo
{{short description|Brazilian ballet dancer and actress|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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| occupation = Ballet dancer
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Ana Botafogo (born 9 July 1957) is a Brazilian ballet dancer and actress.{{Cite web|url=https://www.womex.com/virtual/montenegro_e_raman_e/ana_botafogo|title=Ana Botafogo – virtualWOMEX|website=womex.com|access-date=2016-06-10}}
Biography
Born in Rio de Janeiro, she started her studies in her hometown and to dance professionally in France, at the Ballet de Marseille. Botafogo also attended the Salle Pleyel's Goubé Academy at Paris, École supérieure de danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower, and Dance Center-Covent Garden, in London.
Botafogo has been the prima ballerina of Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro since 1981.{{Cite web|url=http://diversao.terra.com.br/arte-e-cultura/danca/jamais-imaginei-uma-carreira-tao-longa-diz-ana-botafogo,1f4fece7326585b58d148c3edba3346dfp13RCRD.html|title=Do balé à novela de Manoel Carlos: conheça Ana Botafogo|website=Terra|access-date=2016-06-10}}
She debuted in the Municipal with the ballet Coppélia, which opened her career to international presentations. She made a special participation as an actress in the TV Globo telenovela Páginas da Vida, playing the ballet teacher Elisa, daughter of the characters played by Tarcísio Meira and Glória Menezes.
Filmography
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- 1996 – Não Fuja da Raia ... Andrea
- 2006 – Páginas da Vida .... Elisa Fragoso Martins de Andrade Telles
- 2009 – Viver a Vida .... as herself
- 2015 – Malhação .... as herself
- 2020 – Salve-se Quem Puder .... as herself {{cite web |last=Bittencourt |first=Carla |date=7 March 2020 |title=Famosos prestigiam inauguração do restaurante de Micaela em 'Salve-se quem puder' |url=https://m.extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/telinha/famosos-prestigiam-inauguracao-do-restaurante-de-micaela-em-salve-se-quem-puder-24291099.html |access-date=7 March 2020 |publisher=Extra |language=pt}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.anabotafogo.com.br/}}
- {{IMDb name|2171803|Ana Botafogo}}
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Category:Actors from Rio de Janeiro (state)
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