Angelina Muniz

For the Mexican writer, see Angelina Muñiz-Huberman.

Angelina Muniz
Angelina in 2006
Born
Angelina Maria Muniz Zagari

(1955-03-21) 21 March 1955 (age 69)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupations
  • model
  • actress

Angelina Maria Muniz Zagari (born 21 March 1955), is a Brazilian actress and former model.[1] She is one of the popular Brazilian sex symbols of the late 1970s and early 1980s after she appeared nude in some Brazilian films. Angelina had also posed nude three times for the men's magazine Playboy.[2]

Biography

After graduating in law from a private university in Rio, Angelina then opted for a career in acting. In 1978 she took part in her first telenovela, Sinal de Alerta. She then made her film debut through Fim de Festa the same year. Despite getting good acclaim for her the subsequent film Nos Embalos de Ipanema, Angelina focused on the small screen appearing in a large number of telenovelas, including Happy End, Feathers and Sequins.[3] As an actress, she is best known for her role in The Mutants: Ways of the Heart (2008), O Direito de Nascer (2001) and Ways of the Heart (2007). Angelina has presented an MPB programme on the now-defunct Musical FM radio in São Paulo in the 1990s, her brief stint as a radio broadcaster.[4]

Personal life

Angelina's daughter Alone Muniz is also an actress.[5]

References

  1. ^ Frandoloso, Rogério (1 March 2023). "Cadê elas? Veja o antes e depois de seis atrizes que eram lindas e sumiram da TV". Aqui Tem Fofoca (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Tiooda - Angelina Muniz, símbolo sexual de 70 e 80". tiooda.com.br. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  3. ^ Redação (9 August 2010). "Angelina Muniz: 'Sou sem rodeios'". Revista CARAS (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Onde andam estas Sex-Symbols dos anos 70 e 80? – parte 2 | Memória". VEJA SÃO PAULO (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  5. ^ admin (1 November 2006). "Filha de Angelina Muniz se apresenta no Bar Brahma, em SP". OFuxico (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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