Leandra Leal

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Leandra Leal
Leal in 2015
Born
Leandra Rodrigues Leal Braz e Silva

(1982-09-08) 8 September 1982 (age 43)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • film director
  • producer
  • playwright
Years active1990–present
Spouses
José Paes de Lira
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(m. 2003; div. 2010)​

Alê Youssef
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(m. 2010; div. 2018)​
Guilherme Burgos
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(m. 2023)​
Children1
ParentÂngela Leal (mother)
RelativesAmérico Leal (grandfather)

Leandra Rodrigues Leal Braz e Silva (born 8 September 1982) is a Brazilian actress, singer, film director, producer, and playwright.[1][2]

Biography

She is the granddaughter of the cultural producer Américo Leal and daughter of actress Ângela Leal. She started in drama at the age of seven, and eight on television, when she participated in the last chapter of the soap opera Pantanal, in which her mother also worked. An only child, one may assume she was influenced by her mother in her career choice, because since she was a little girl she has been living among artists and was fascinated by the art of interpretation.[3]

In 2000 she co-starred in the miniseries A Muralha and then the soap opera O Cravo e a Rosa, emerging in both rather prominently. In 2002, she participated in the Pastores da Noite miniseries, and in 2002, she was present in a season of children's series Sítio do Picapau Amarelo. She also came to participate in some episodes of A Grande Família, as Viviane, one of Tuco's girlfriends.[4]

In 2004, she acted in the soap opera Senhora do Destino, gaining the sympathy of the audience by clashing with the villain Nazaré, played by Renata Sorrah. Later that year, she also acted in the film Cazuza - O Tempo Não Pára, as Bebel, singer's best friend.

In 2008, she co-starred in the remake of Ciranda de Pedra as Elzinha.[5] At the end of the year, she debuted as a director in the Mercadorias e Futuro goods and theatrical spectacle, with José Paes de Lira.[6]

She is the flagship holder of the largest block of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, the Cordão do Bola Preta.[7]

In 2011, she was part of the cast of the film Estamos Juntos,[8] participated in the last chapter of the soap opera Insensato Coração,[9] and also participated of a framework called the Fantástico, A História do Amor, in which she played 64 different characters on the side the actor Daniel de Oliveira.[10][11]

In 2012, she was in the episode "A Sexóloga de Floripa" in series As Brasileiras.[12] And the soap opera is Cheias de Charme, playing Maria do Rosário.[13] In 2013 was cast in the remake of Saramandaia, which give life to veterinary Zélia, one of the central characters of trama.[14]

Works

Television

YearTítleRoleNote
1990PantanalMaria Marruá LeôncioCameo
A História de Ana Raio e Zé TrovãoCameo
1994Confissões de AdolescenteMariana
1995Explode CoraçãoYanka
1996Você Decideep: "Um Mundo Cão"
1997A IndomadaLúcia Helena1ª Phase
1998Você Decideep: "Seria Trágico, Se Não Fosse Cômico"
Pecado CapitalClarelis Batista
2000A MuralhaBeatriz Ataíde Olinto
Brava GenteMargaridaCameo
O Cravo e a RosaBianca Batista
2002Sítio do Picapau AmareloWallet Disguised By Cucaep: "Perigo no Reino das Águas Claras"
Pastores da NoiteOtália
2003Sítio do Picapau AmareloGuinevereep: "A Lenda do Rei Arthur"
A Grande FamíliaViviane12 episode (2003-2005)
2004Um Só CoraçãoUcha
Senhora do DestinoMaria Cláudia Tedesco
2006Páginas da VidaSabrina Marcondes
2008Ciranda de PedraElza Carmelo
2009Decamerão - A Comédia do SexoIsabel
2010PassioneAgostina Mattoli
2011Insensato CoraçãoAdrianaCameo
A História do Amor64 different charactersBoard of Fantástico
2012As BrasileirasRosa MariaEp: "A Sexóloga de Floripa"
Cheias de CharmeMaria do Rosário Monteiro da Silva
2013SaramandaiaZélia Vilar
2014ImpérioCristina dos Anjos Bastos de Medeiros[15][16]
2016JustiçaKellen Aparecida
2019AruanasLuiza
2026 Coração Acelerado Zilá Garcia Sampaio Amaral[17]

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997The Oyster and the WindMarcela
1999TravellerSinhá
2000O Melhor
O MaiorShort film
2001Dias de Nietzsche em Turim
2003O Homem Que CopiavaSílvia
Chatô, O Rei do BrasilLola
2004Cazuza - O Tempo Não PáraBebel Gilberto
2006Zuzu AngelSônia
2007Nome PróprioCamila
2008Bonitinha, Mas OrdináriaRitinha
2009Se Nada Mais Der CertoGeorgina
InsolaçãoLiuba
Antes da Noite
2011Estamos JuntosCarmem
2012BocaSilvia
2013ÉdenKarine[18]
Harmonica's HowlLuana
Rio Belongs to UsMarina
A Wolf at the DoorRosa
The DognapperZoé[19]
2014Divinas DivasHerselfJust as director
2017Bingo: The King of the MorningsLúcia
O RastroLeila
2024Carnival is OverRegina

Singles

TitleArtistArtist(s) extra(s)
Vida de EmpregueteEmpreguetesIsabelle Drummond and Taís Araújo
Maria BrasileiraEmpreguetesIsabelle Drummond and Taís Araújo
Forró das CuricasEmpreguetesIsabelle Drummond and Taís Araújo
Nosso BrilhoEmpreguetesIsabelle Drummond and Taís Araújo

References

  1. ↑ "Biografia da atriz Leandra Leal". Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "A MURALHA". Teledramaturgia.com.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 23 June 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Biografia da atriz Leandra Leal". Members. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "A Grande Família (2005)". Terra Networks. 12 June 2005. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  5. ↑ "Personagem Elzinha, Ciranda de Pedra (2008)". Globo.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  6. ↑ "Mercadorias e Futuro". Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  7. ↑ "Começa o desfile do Cordão da Bola Preta". G1. Globo.com. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  8. ↑ "Depois de lançamento no Rio, Leandra Leal participa de coletiva de filme em São Paulo". EGO. 1 June 2011. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  9. ↑ "Leandra Leal, participara do último capítulo de Insensato Coração". IG. 12 August 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.[permanent dead link]
  10. ↑ "Leandra Leal e Daniel de Oliveira contam História de Amor no Fantástico". Globo.com. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  11. ↑ "Daniel de Oliveira e Leandra Leal vivem 64 personagens em quadro do 'Fantástico' sobre o amor". O Globo. Globo.com. 30 October 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  12. ↑ "ROSA, A SEXÓLOGA DE FLORIPA". Globo.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  13. ↑ "Cheias de Charme tem como história principal o dia a dia das três domésticas". Rede Globo - novelas. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  14. ↑ "Leandra Leal se caracteriza como veterinária para "Saramandaia"". 7 May 2013.
  15. ↑ Gshow (22 June 2014). "Leandra Leal revela cachos compridos para viver heroína humilde em 'Império'". Extras - Império. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  16. ↑ UOL RJ (23 June 2014). "Leandra Leal será mocinha que fará tudo pela família em "Império"". UOL Televisão. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  17. ↑ "Leandra Leal volta às novelas da Globo após 11 anos como vilã carismática". Notícias da TV (in Brazilian Portuguese). 28 April 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  18. ↑ Fabíola Ortiz (6 October 2012). "Diretor de "Éden" arrisca com tema evangélico e provoca com interpretação de Leandra Leal e João Miguel". UOL. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  19. ↑ "Veja o trailer de Mato Sem Cachorro, filme com Bruno Gagliasso e Leandra Leal | Ofuxico". Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.