Bruna Linzmeyer

Bruna Linzmeyer (born 11 November 1992) is a Brazilian actress[1] also known for her LGBTQIA+ and feminist rights activism.[2]

Bruna Linzmeyer
Linzmeyer in 2020
Born (1992-11-11) 11 November 1992
Corupá, Santa Catarina, Brazil
OccupationActress
Years active2010–present

Early life and education

Linzmeyer was born on November 11 in Corupá, a small town in the south Brazilian countryside in the state of Santa Catarina.[1] Her father has worked his whole professional life in a connector factory, and her mother has had many different experiences, from working as a secretary in factories and in the city's main catholic church to assisting people as a medium in a spiritism center and as a reiki therapist. Linzmeyer has one brother, ten years older, who works in a bank.

She doesn’t have artists in her family and becoming an actress had never been a dream of hers. She wanted to leave the countryside since she was a teenager. As her family didn’t have the financial resources to make it happen for her, she accepted to work as a model. When Linzmeyer was 15 years old, she won a beauty contest named Garota Verão, promoted by the Grupo RBS, which is TV Globo's subsidiary in Santa Catarina and one year later she moved to São Paulo to have better job prospects. While living there, she studied theater at Globe Company. Unfortunately, during this time, she couldn’t make any money as a model and her parents couldn’t support her financially anymore. Linzmeyer thought then working on TV Globo would give her enough money to keep living out of her hometown. So, she asked the model agency to get her some auditions for tv roles as an actress. Linzmeyer was chosen in her first audition to do a tv series at TV Globo and moved to Rio de Janeiro.

She studied at public schools and attended PUC-Rio (one of the largest and most prestigious private universities in Brazil) to study History, but she hasn’t finished it. When it comes to her artistic training, she’s been doing different open courses, but Linzmeyer is quite self-taught as well.

Career

Bruna Linzmeyer started playing a Russian character named Tatiana Dovichenko in the 2010 TV Globo miniseries called Afinal, o Que Querem as Mulheres?, written-directed by Luiz Fernando Carvalho. Since then, she has built a solid career in cinema and tv.

Linzmeyer played several emblematic roles on tv. For instance, an autistic girl named Linda (who faces her family to have a more autonomous life) in the 2013 TV Globo telenovela Amor à Vida.[3] Also, the sweet Professora Juliana, (a teacher who moves to the countryside, but when she decides to teach the adult workers of a local farm how to read and write, the a conservative colonel order her to be killed) who is the lead character, in the 2014 remake of the telenovela Meu Pedacinho de Chão.[4] Bruna Linzmeyer plays Cibele Dantas in the 2017 telenovela A Força do Querer, by Glória Perez, one of the eight main characters of the telenovela, who gets involved in a love triangle with Ísis Valverde and Fiuk characters.[5] Finally, her most recent work in the popular Pantanal remake, where she starred as Madeleine (a rich woman from Rio de Janeiro who falls in love with a farm laborer and ends up moving with him to his hometown in Pantanal, an isolate place surrounded by forest and wild animals that she hates). For this job, Linzmeyer did a web series on her Instagram, called #MadeleineReality, sharing with her followers the development of her character. It was a innovative and successful project that attracted more than 30 million viewers.

When it comes to cinema, her debut was in the Brazil's version franchise Cities of Love. The episode she took part in the anthology Rio, eu te amo was directed by Carlos Saldanha and starred her and Rodrigo Santoro as well.

In The Cold Front Brought by the Rain, where she starred as a heroin addict called Amsterdam, her performance was praised.

In the epic The Great Mystical Circus, directed by Carlos Diegues, she plays a circus contortionist and the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

In 2019 she won Felix Suzy Capó Award at Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, the festival's queer award as Personality of the Year, due to her activism for LGBTQIAP+ community.

In the acclaimed 2021 production A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here, written-directed by Erica Sarmet, Linzmeyer won the Special Jury Award of the Sundance Film Festival with the ensemble cast for their performance in the film. They also collectively won the Best Interpretation award of the Mix Brasil Cinema Festival in São Paulo.

Regarding Medusa, a horror by Anita Rocha da Silveira, which premiered in the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival, Linzmeyer portrayed a free woman whose face was burned since she was considered to be a slut by a group of conservative girls.

Filmography

Cinema
Year Title Director Role Ref
2013 Rio, Eu Te Amo (Segment: "Pas de Deux") Carlos Saldanha Ballet dancer [6]
2014 Autorretrato Anna Costa e Silva Anna Costa e Silva
Seewatchlook, O que você vê quando olha o que enxerga? Michel Melamed She [7]
2015 O Amuleto Jeferson De Diana [8]
2016 A Frente Fria que a Chuva Traz Nevile D'Almeida Amsterdã [9]
2017 The Movie of my Life Selton Mello Luna Madeira [10]
2018 O Banquete Daniela Thomas Cat Woman [11]
The Great Mystical Circus Carlos Diegues Beatriz [12]
O Que Resta Fernanda Teixeira Patrícia
2019 Alfazema Sabrina Fidalgo Diabe
2020 Alice & Só Daniel Lieff Alice
Doberman Ernesto Solis
Escândalo Yasmin Thayná e Lucílio Jota Amanda
2021 A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here Erica Sarmet Rô
2022 Medusa Anita Rocha da Silveira Melissa
2023 Cidade; Campo Juliana Rojas Mara

Television
Television
YearTitle AuthorRoleNotes
2010Afinal, o Que Querem as Mulheres? Luiz Fernando CarvalhoRussinha (Tatiana Dovichenko)[13][14]
2011Insensato Coração Gilberto BragaLeila Alencar Machado[15]
2012As Brasileiras Gregorio Duvivier e Clarice FalcãoClaraEpisode: A Vidente de Diamantina [16]
Gabriela Walcyr CarrascoAnabela Fernandes Prado[16]
2013-2014Amor à Vida Walcyr CarrascoLinda[3]
2014Meu Pedacinho de Chão Benedito Ruy BarbosaTeacher Juliana [17][18][19]
2015A Regra do Jogo João Emanuel CarneiroBelisa Stewart[20]
2017 A Força do Querer Gloria Perez Cibele Dantas[5]
2018Pega Pega Police officerOne episode [21]
O Sétimo Guardião Aguinaldo Silva Lourdes Maria
2021 Pantanal Bruno Luperi Madeleine Jovem
2023 Notícias Populares Marcelo Caetano
2023 Drag Race Brasil Reality show Guest judge Episode: "Brazilian Festivals Ball"

Theater
Year Play Author Ref.
2011 Seewatchlook Michel Melamed [22]
2012 Adeus à Carne Michel Melamed [16]

Web
Year Title Note Ref
2016 Jantar Secreto Booktrailer [23]

Discography

Single
Year Title Label Ref
2015 Aqui é a Belisa Som Livre [24]

Awards and nominations
YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef
2011 Prêmio Contigo! de TV Best TV Newcomer Actress Afinal, o Que Querem as Mulheres? Nominated
Prêmio Qualidade Brasil Best Newcomer in a TV Series or miniseries Won [25]
Best Telenovela Newcomer Actress Insensato Coração Nominated
Prêmio Quem de Televisão Best Newcomer Nominated [26]
2012 Melhores do Ano Best Newcomer Actress Nominated [27]
2014 Prêmio Contigo! de TV Best Supporting Actress Amor à Vida Nominated [28]
Prêmio F5 Best Actress (telenovela) Meu Pedacinho de Chão Nominated [29]
Melhores do Ano Best Telenovela Actress Nominated [30][31]
2015 Best Newcomer Actress A Regra do Jogo Nominated [32]
2016 Troféu Viver SC Best Artist Herself Won [33]
2022 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award (for the Ensemble Cast) A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here Won
Festival Mix Brasil Best Performance A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here Won

References
  1. Keyla Leão (March 18, 2011). "Conheça a jovem atriz Bruna Linzmeyer, veja seu perfil e uma galeria de fotos" (in Portuguese). sempretops.com. Archived from the original on July 2, 2011. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  2. "Bruna Linzmeyer discursa sobre parada LGBT: "O futuro é livre e lindo" | Metrópoles". June 23, 2019.
  3. "Amor à Vida" (in Portuguese). teledramaturgia.com.br. Archived from the original on July 22, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  4. "Confira o elenco de "Meu Pedacinho de Chão", a nova novela das seis" (in Portuguese). O Planeta TV - Celebridades, Famosos, Novelas. January 26, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  5. Bruna Linzmeyer substitui Débora Falabella como protagonista em 'À Flor da Pele'
  6. "Rodrigo Santoro e Bruna Linzmeyer vivem um casal de bailarinos no primeiro filme com atores de Carlos Saldanha". RAC (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on April 18, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  7. "Seewatchlook, O que você vê quando olha o que enxerga?". Adoro Cinema (in Portuguese). Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  8. "O Amuleto". Cinepop Vírgula (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on August 31, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  9. "Bruna Linzmeyer perde 10kg para viver prostituta viciada em heroína". O Globo (in Portuguese). December 27, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  10. "Selton Mello começa a gravar filme com Vincent Cassel na Serra Gaúcha". G1 Globo (in Portuguese). April 14, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  11. O longa 'O Banquete' de Daniela Thomas
  12. "Bruna Linzmeyer aprende contorcionismo para interpretar dona de circo em filme". O Globo (in Portuguese). March 15, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  13. "Bruna Linzmeyer - Biografia e Fotos" (in Portuguese). Os Paparazzi. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  14. "Afinal, o Que Querem as Mulheres? une Paola Oliveira e Michel Melamed" (in Portuguese). globo.com. October 8, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  15. Mariana Albanese (May 9, 2011). "Exclusivo: "O que nos dá mais prazer é o que nos aproxima da morte", diz Bruna Linzmeyer" (in Portuguese). Contigo!. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  16. Debora Luvizotto (February 24, 2012). "Depois de "Insensato Coração", Bruna Linzmeyer fala sobre novos trabalhos em 2012" (in Portuguese). Vírgula. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  17. João Gabriel Batista (March 11, 2014). "Globo prepara "Meu Pedacinho de Chão" com 100 capítulos e 20 atores". NaTelinha (in Portuguese). UOL. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  18. Cristina Padiglione (March 11, 2014). "Novela 'Meu Pedacinho de Chão' volta com apenas 20 atores" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  19. "Confira o elenco de "Meu Pedacinho de Chão", a nova novela das seis" (in Portuguese).
  20. "Confira todos os personagens da próxima novela das nove a Regra do Jogo". otvfoco.com.br (in Portuguese). June 8, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  21. "Último capítulo 'Pega Pega': Domênico flerta com policial". Gshow (in Portuguese). January 7, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  22. "'Não vou parar, estou só começando', diz Bruna Linzmeyer sobre novos projetos" (in Portuguese). iG. February 24, 2012. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  23. Guilherme Cepeda (December 22, 2016). "Saiu! Veja o booktrailer de "Jantar secreto", novo livro de Raphael Montes" (in Portuguese). Burn Book. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  24. "Aqui É Belisa - Single by Belisa on Apple Music - iTunes" (in Portuguese). Itunes. December 11, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  25. "Categoria Televisão - 2011 - Prêmio Arte Qualidade Brasil". Archived from the original on August 13, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  26. "Prêmio F5 - Atriz do Ano (novela)" (in Portuguese). December 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  27. Melhores do Ano: Confira todos os vencedores das 14 edições do prêmio
  28. Vieira, Emilãine; Castilho, Lucas; Cabral, Paulo; Colognori, Piera; Doneda; Priscila (July 16, 2014). "Conheça os finalistas do 16° Prêmio CONTIGO! de TV". Editora Abril (in Portuguese). MdeMulher. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  29. "Prêmio F5 - Atriz do Ano (novela)". December 2014.
  30. Melhores do Ano 2014: conheça todos os indicados nas 15 categorias
  31. "Conheça os grandes vencedores do Melhores do Ano 2014". globo.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  32. "Bruna Linzmeyer concorre a Melhor Atriz Coadjuvante". November 8, 2015.
  33. Diário Catarinense entrega Troféu Viver SC
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