Manuela Dias
{{Short description|Brazilian actress and writer}}
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| occupation = Former actress, author, and screenwriter
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Manuela Dias (born 11 April 1977) is a Brazilian former actress, author, and screenwriter. She performed on television as an actress in 1996 as a co-protagonist on Dona Anja, followed by her being on the cast of the 1998 film Brida. Since 2000, she has started a career in writing, also doing screenwriting, such as with the TV series Bambuluá. She was nominated for an International Emmy for her 2016 mini-series Justiça. In 2019, she created her first telenovela Amor de Mãe, on Rede Globo.
Biography
Dias was born in 1977 in Salvador, Bahia. She is the daughter of actress Sônia Dias, who in part inspired her to write Amor de Mãe.{{cite web |url=https://claudia.abril.com.br/sua-vida/manuela-dias-revela-o-que-a-inspirou-para-escrever-amor-de-mae/ |title=Manuela Dias revela o que a inspirou para escrever ‘Amor de Mãe’|website=claudia.abril.com.br|access-date=4 March 2024}} She graduated with a degree in journalism from the Federal University of Bahia.{{cite web|url=https://www.bahianoticias.com.br/holofote/entrevista/320-manuela-dias-detalha-final-de-amor-de-mae-e-relembra-anos-de-ufba-com-wagner-e-jean|title= Manuela Dias detalha final de Amor de Mãe e relembra anos de Ufba com Wagner e Jean |last=Moreira Bordalo|first=Júnior |publisher=Bahia Notícias|date=18 March 2021|access-date=4 March 2024}} She later graduated with a degree in film from Escola de Santo Antonio de los Baños in Cuba, where she was a student of Gabriel García Márquez.
In 2006, Dias participated in the Sundance Film Festival as a co-editor in the long film Only God Knows, directed by Carlos Bolado.{{cite web |url=https://history.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=4636 |title=Sólo Dios sabe|website=San Francisco International Film Festival|access-date=4 March 2024}} She later became a screenwriter in five short-films, among them Deserto Feliz (2007), directed by {{ill|Paulo Caldas|pt}}; Transeunte, directed by Eryk Rocha; and O Céu Sobre os Ombros, by Sérgio Borges, where they won five awards at the Festival de Brasília in 2010.{{cite web |url=https://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/noticia/2010/12/o-ceu-sobre-os-ombros-vence-o-festival-de-brasilia.html |title=‘O céu sobre os ombros’ vence o Festival de Brasília|last1=Tito|first1=Fábio|last2=Tavares|first2=Jamila|website=G1|date=1 December 2010|access-date=4 March 2024}} In 2011, the long film A Hora e a Vez de Augusto Matraga, directed by {{ill|Vinícius Coimbra|pt}} and screenplayed by Dias, was featured at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival and won five prizes, among them the Best Film award by the jury and by popular vote.{{cite web|title='A hora e a vez de Augusto Matraga' é o grande vencedor do Festival do Rio|url=http://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/noticia/2011/10/hora-e-vez-de-augusto-matraga-e-o-grande-vencedor-do-festival-do-rio.html|access-date=4 March 2024}}
She later began to transition to writing for television, writing shows for TV Globo. She collaborated in series such as Aline, A Grande Família, Fama, and Sandy & Junior, and in telenovelas such as Cordel Encantado and Joia Rara. In 2014, she produced her first long film, Love Film Festival, with Leandra Leal and Manolo Cardona.{{Cite web |title=Manuela Dias {{!}} Filme B - o maior portal sobre o mercado de cinema no Brasil |url=http://www.filmeb.com.br/quem-e-quem/montador-produtor-roteirista/manuela-dias |access-date=4 March 2024 |website=www.filmeb.com.br}} While at Rede Globo, she wrote the screenplay for Ligações Perigosas at the beginning of 2016.[http://gshow.globo.com/Bastidores/noticia/2015/11/resumo-de-ligacoes-perigosas-conheca-os-personagens-e-trama-da-nova-minisserie-da-tv-globo.html Resumo de 'Ligações Perigosas': Conheça os personagens e trama da nova minissérie da TV Globo]
Dias wrote her first story while at Rede Globo directing the mini-series Justiça.{{Cite journal |title=Autora da minissérie 'Justiça', Manuela Dias diz que a dimensão pessoal das leis é seu interesse - Cultura - Estadão |url=http://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/televisao,autora-da-minisserie-justica-manuela-dias-diz-que-a-dimensao-pessoal-das-leis-e-seu-interesse,10000071134 |journal=Estadão}} In 2017, her draft for a novel was approved, with a provisional release for 2019 as her first novel. Her original series Amor de Mãe debuted in November 2019, with the series directed by {{ill|José Luiz Villamarim|pt}}. The series was, along with Salve-se Quem Puder, productions that were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It returned to production in March 2021.{{cite news |title=De máscara, Vitória Strada mostra retorno à Globo para gravar Salve-se Quem Puder |url=https://noticiasdatv.uol.com.br/noticia/novelas/de-mascara-vitoria-strada-mostra-retorno-globo-para-gravar-salve-se-quem-puder-40603 |newspaper=Notícias da Tv |access-date=4 March 2024|language=pt |date=10 August 2020}}{{cite web |title='Salve-se Quem Puder' volta à Globo com transmissão desde o início a partir de março |url=https://f5.folha.uol.com.br/amp/televisao/2021/02/salve-se-quem-puder-volta-a-globo-com-transmissao-desde-o-inicio-a-partir-de-marco.shtml |website=f5.folha.uol.com.br |access-date=4 March 2024 |language=pt |date=11 February 2021}}
Personal life
As of 2020, Dias is in a relationship with actor Murilo Benício. She has a daughter, Helena, who also inspired her to write Amor da Mãe.
Filmography
= As screenwriter =
== Television ==
=== Telenovelas ===
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Position !Co-writers !Broadcaster !Notes |
| 2011
| rowspan="2" |Collaborator | rowspan="2" |{{ill|Duca Rachid|pt}} | rowspan="3" |Rede Globo | |
| 2013
| |
| 2019–21
|Creator | |
=== Series and mini-series ===
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Position !Co-writers !Broadcaster !Notes |
| 2000–01
|Bambuluá | rowspan="8" |Screenwriter |{{ill|Roberto Talma|pt}} | rowspan="10" |Rede Globo | |
| 2002
|Sandy & Junior |{{ill|Adriana Avellar|pt}} |Season 4 |
| rowspan="2" |2008
|João Ubaldo Ribeiro | |
| Xuxa e as Noviças
|Cláudio Torres Gonzaga |Year end special |
| 2009
|Geral.com |Claudio Lobato |Episode: "Baseado em Fatos Reais" |
| 2009–11
|Aline |Mauro Wilson | |
| rowspan="2" |2012
|Acampamento de Férias |Season 3 |
| A Grande Família
|{{ill|Cláudio Paiva|pt}} |Season 12 |
| rowspan="2" |2016
| rowspan="2" |Creator | |
| Justiça
| |
== Film ==
= As an actress =
== Television ==
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Role |
| 1996
|Dona Anja |Aparecida Salena (Cida) |
| 1998
|Brida |Inês |
Books
- Diário da Dona Lurdes. São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2023. Spin-off of Amor de Mãe.{{Cite web |title=DIÁRIO DA DONA LURDES- 1ª ED. (2023). |url=https://www.travessa.com.br/diario-da-dona-lurdes-1-ed-2023/artigo/102b3ac8-2a3e-468f-b5d5-5a1d9a716aee |access-date=4 March 2024 |website=Livraria Travessa}}
Berenice e Soriano- o livro. São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2023.{{Cite web |title=BERENICE E SORIANO. 1ª ED. (2023) |url=https://www.travessa.com.br/berenice-e-soriano-1-ed-2023/artigo/8ab99382-f1dd-4589-8cd1-bc0b0edd6dd6 |access-date=4 March 2024|website=Livraria Travessa.}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0224887}}
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Category:Actresses from Salvador, Bahia
Category:Federal University of Bahia alumni
Category:Brazilian screenwriters
Category:20th-century Brazilian women writers
Category:21st-century Brazilian women writers
Category:20th-century Brazilian actresses