Gaia Bermani Amaral

{{Short description|Brazilian-Italian actress, model and television presenter}}

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television presenter

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Gaia Bermani Amaral (born 16 September 1980) is a Brazilian-Italian actress, model and television presenter.

Life and career

Born in São Paulo, the daughter of a Brazilian fashion photographer and an Italian model, at young age Bermani Amaral moved with her family to Milan, where she studied at the Liceo classico Giuseppe Parini and later started working as a model and a spokesperson.{{cite news|last1=Francesca Pellegrini|title=Gaia Bermani Amaral. Sulla barca del successo|url=http://www.mymovies.it/biografia/?a=68285|accessdate=5 October 2014|newspaper=MyMovies}} She became first known in 2000, after appearing in a series of commercials for TIM.{{cite news|last1=Alessandra Rota|title=Gaia dagli spot a Sabrina|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2003/02/10/gaia-dagli-spot-sabrina.html?ref=search|accessdate=20 February 2015|work=La Repubblica|date=10 February 2003}} In 2001 she hosted the Rai 2 cinema magazine Stracult and made her debut as an actress in a stage adaptation of Sabrina. Bermani Amaral made her film debut in 2005, in Roberto Faenza's I giorni dell'abbandono.{{cite news|last1=Claudia Morgoglione|title=Quel dramma normale di Olga fischi ai "Giorni dell'abbandono"|url=http://www.repubblica.it/2005/i/sezioni/spettacoli_e_cultura/cinema/venezia/faenza/faenza/faenza.html?ref=search|accessdate=20 February 2015|work=La Repubblica|date=6 September 2005}} She later appeared in several TV-series and films.{{cite news|title=Gaia Bermani Amaral: "Belen? Le donne che puntano solo a essere sexy sono banali"|url=http://www.panorama.it/societa/gaia-bermani-amaral-le-donne-che-puntano-solo-a-essere-sexy-sono-banali/|accessdate=20 February 2015|work=Panorama|date=15 October 2012}}

Filmography

=Films=

class="wikitable"
Year !Title !Role !Notes
2005 \|I giorni dell'abbandono \|Carla \|
2006 \|Il quarto sesso \|Stella \|Short film
2009 \|Polvere \|Betty \|
2010 \|The Woman of My Dreams \|Irene \|
rowspan="2"\|2016 \|Suddenly Komir \|Helene \|
West Coast \|Gilda \|
2018 \|Malati di sesso \|Giovanna \|
2019 \|The Noisy Silence \|Wife \|Short film
2021 \|The Last Paradiso \|Bianca Schettino \|Netflix Original film

class="wikitable"

Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

2005

|I giorni dell'abbandono

|Carla

2006

|Il quarto sesso

|Stella

|Short film

2009

|Polvere

|Betty

2010

|The Woman of My Dreams

|Irene

rowspan="2"|2016

|Suddenly Komir

|Helene

West Coast

|Gilda

2018

|Malati di sesso

|Giovanna

2019

|The Noisy Silence

|Wife

|Short film

2021

|The Last Paradiso

|Bianca Schettino

|Netflix Original film

=Television=

class="wikitable"
Year !Title !Role !Notes
rowspan="2"\|2008 \|Capri \|Roxanne \|Recurring role; 3 episodes
Amiche mie \|Lulu \|Recurring role; 8 episodes
2010 \|Crimini \|Federica Actis \|Episode: "Little Dream"
2011 \|Xanadu \|Elise Jess \|Main role; 8 episodes
2011–2013 \|Un passo dal cielo \|Silvia Bussolati \|Main role (seasons 1–2); 24 episodes

class="wikitable"

Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

rowspan="2"|2008

|Capri

|Roxanne

|Recurring role; 3 episodes

Amiche mie

|Lulu

|Recurring role; 8 episodes