Adriana Esteves Explained

Adriana Esteves Agostinho Brichta (born 15 December 1969) is a Brazilian actress. Internationally known for her works in telenovelas, such as Brazil Avenue (2012) and A Mother's Love (2021).

She was nominated twice for the International Emmy Award, for her works in Songs of Betrayal (Dalva e Herivelto: uma Canção de Amor) and Above Justice (Justiça).^{[1] [2]}

Career

Daughter of Regina Esteves Agostinho and Paulo Felipe Agostinho, Adriana Esteves began her career as a model and got her first job on television as part of the series, "Star for a Day", on the TV show Domingão do Faustão.

Her first television appearance was as an extra on the soap opera Vale Tudo. She was also a successful model.^[3] Her character debut was in the 1989 telenovela Top Model.^[4]

In 2005, she took on the part of Celinha on the series, Toma Lá, Dá Cá. When the program aired on the Globo in 2007, Adriana, after maternity leave with her second child, reprised her role as Celinha.

While still acting in Toma Lá, Dá Cá, Adriana recorded the miniseries , playing the singer-songwriter Dalva de Oliveira. The miniseries aired in January 2010. In the same year, she starred the episode "A Vingativa do Méier" of TV series As Cariocas.^{[5] [6]}

In 2011, she was cast as Julia, the protagonist of Morde & Assopra, who was part of a love triangle with scientist Ícaro (Mateus Solano) and farmer Abner (Marcos Pasquim).^[7] In 2012, she gained notoriety for interpreting the villainess Carminha on the soap opera Avenida Brasil, written by João Emanuel Carneiro. She received praise from critics and audiences alike for her performance and was enshrined as one of the greatest villainesses of Brazilian television — only surpassed by Odete Roitman of Vale Tudo, Nazaré Tedesco of Senhora do Destino and Flora of A Favorita.^[8]

Personal life

Adriana's first boyfriend, who later became her husband, was jujutsu teacher Totila Jordan. They married in 1988 and remained together for two years, divorcing in 1990.

In 1994, she married actor Marco Ricca. A year later, she discovered he suffered from anxiety and panic disorder.^[9] In 2000, they had a son together, Felipe. In 2004, Ricca and Esteves got a divorce.

After months of separation from Marco, she started dating actor Vladimir Brichta. In February 2006, they married. In the same year, after a few months of marriage, their first son, Vicente, was born.^[10] Adriana became the stepmother of Agnes Brichta, born in 1997, who was Vladimir Brichta's daughter from his first wife, singer Gena, who died in 1999 of leukemia.

Esteves is a supporter of Rio de Janeiro football club Botafogo^[11] .

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Perdidos na Noite	Herself	Pilot: "Controle Remoto"
1988	Band Fórmula 1	Presenter
	Evidência
	Vale Tudo	Model
1989	Top Model	Cristina "Tininha"
1990	Delegacia de Mulheres	Manú	Episode: "O Aborto"
	Meu Bem, Meu Mal	Patrícia Melo
1991	Caso Especial	Marina	Episode: "Marina"
1992	Pedra sobre Pedra	Marina Farias Batista
	Você Decide	Maria / Norminha	Episode: "Águas Passadas"
	Especial Leandro e Leonardo	Malissa	TV special
1993	Renascer	Mariana Paiva Ferreira
1994	Você Decide	Ana	Episode: "Anjos sem Asas"
	Confissões de Adolescente	Viviane	Episode: "A Eleição"
1995	Decadência	Carla Tavares Branco
	A Comédia da Vida Privada	Maria Helena	Episode: "O Pesadelo da casa Própria"
1996	Razão de Viver	Zilda Ferreira
1997	A Indomada	Lúcia Helena de Mendonça e Albuquerque / Eulália de Mendonça e Albuquerque (First phase)
1998	Mulher	Liliana	Episode: "O Princípio de Tudo"
	Didi Malasarte	Lili	Year-end special
1998-1999	Torre de Babel	Sandra da Silva "Sandrinha"
2000-2001	O Cravo e a Rosa	Catarina Batista
2001	Brava Gente	Marina	Episode: "Como Matar um Playboy"
2002	Coração de Estudante	Amélia Mourão "Amelinha"
2003	Kubanacan	Lola Calderón
2004	Senhora do Destino	Young Nazaré Tedesco	First phase
2005	A História de Rosa	Rosa	40 Years Globo special
	A Lua Me Disse	Heloísa Queiroz
	A Turma do Didi	Herself
	Sitcom.br	Mother	Episode: "A Dura Vida de Uma Mãe"
2006	Belíssima	Stella Assumpção (voice)	Episodes dated 12 – 14 May 2006
2005-2009	Toma Lá, Dá Cá	Célia Regina "Celinha"
2010
	As Cariocas	Celi	Episode: "A Vingativa do Méier"
2011	Morde & Assopra	Júlia Freire Aquino de Medeiros
2012	Avenida Brasil	Carmen Lúcia Moreira de Souza "Carminha"
2015	Felizes para Sempre?	Tânia Drummond
	Babilônia	Inês Ferraz Junqueira
2016	Justiça	Fátima Libéria do Nascimento
2018	Segundo Sol	Laureta Bottini Maranhão "Laureta"
	Assédio	Stela Nascimento
2019	As Vilãs que Amamos	Herself	Episode: "15"
2019-2021	Amor de Mãe	Thelma Nunes Viana
2023	Os Outros	Cibele Costa Gonçalves
2024	Mania de Você	Mércia Dumas

Films

Year	Title	Role
	Inspetor Faustão e o Mallandro	Singer
	As Meninas	Lorena
	Tiradentes	Bárbara Heliodora
	O Trapalhão e a Luz Azul	Juliana / Anajuli
	Trair e Coçar É Só Começar	Olímpia
	Minions	Scarlet Overkill (Brazilian voice dubbing)
	Real Beleza	Anita[12]
	Mundo Cão	Dilza
	Canastra Suja	Maria
2018	Loveling	Sônia
2021	Marighella	Clara Charf
2022	Executive Order	Isabel Garcez

Music Videos

Year	Artist	Song
1994	Roberto Carlos	"Quero Lhe Falar Do Meu Amor"
1997	Paulinho Moska	"A Seta e o Alvo"[13]
2014	Ana Carolina	"Pole Dance"[14]

Stage

Year	Title	Role
1992	A Dama e o Vagabundo	Cookie "Dama"
1994	A Falecida	Falecida
2001	Ponto de Vista	Amy
2002	Only You	Júlia
2007	Auto de Angicos	Maria de Déa "Maria Bonita"

Awards and nominations

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2011	Best actress
2017	Best actress

Gramado Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2017	Best Actress			[15]
2019	Best Actress			[16]
2019	Best Supporting Actress
2022	Best Actress	Marighella		[17]
2023	Best Supporting Actress	Executive Order		[18]

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
1994	Best Actress
1998	Best Actress
2012	Best Actress
2016	Best Actress
2018	Best Actress
2023	Best Actress	Os Outros		[19]

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
1993	Best Actress
1998	Best Actress
2000	Best Actress
2013	Best Actress
2019	Best Actress

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
1999	Best Actress			[20]
2003	Best Actress			[21] [22] [23]
2012	Best Actress
2016	Best Actress in a Series
2018	Best Character
2019	Best Actress in a Series
2021	Best Actress	Amor de Mãe
2023	Series Actress	Os Outros		[24]

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
1997	Best Supporting Actress	Razão de Viver
2008	Best Actress in a Comedy Series			[25] [26]
2009	Best Actress in a Comedy Series
2010	Best Actress in a Series
2011	Best Actress
2013	Best Actress
2015	Best Actress in a Series
2018	Best Actress
2020	Best Actress	Amor de Mãe		[27]
2021	Best Telenovela Actress	Amor de Mãe		[28]

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
1998	Best Actress			[29]
2010	Best Actress in a Series
2012	Best Actress
2016	Best Actress

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2008	Best Actress in a Comedy Series			[30]
2009	Best Actress in a Comedy Series
2010	Best Actress in a Series

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2012	Best Actress			[31]
2016	Best Actress

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2013	Best Actress
2019	Best Actress

O Globo - Prêmio Faz Diferença

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2016	Best Actress
2018	Best Actress

Sesc Festival Best Movies

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2016	Best Actress
2019	Best Actress

Guarani Brazilian Film Award

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2015	Best Actress
2016	Best Supporting Actress

Melhores do Ano NaTelinha

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2021	Best Actress	Amor de Mãe	Won	[36]
2023	Best Actress	Os Outros	Nominated	[37]

Notes and References

1. http://www.bahia247.com.br/pt/bahia247/outros/2454/Brasil-recebe-6-indica%C3%A7%C3%B5es-para-Emmy-internacional.htm Brasil recebe 6 indicações para Emmy internacional
2. News: Kenneth Branagh, Anna Friel, 'Justica' Among International Emmy Award Nominees. Tartaglione. Nancy. 2017-09-27. Deadline. 2018-01-30. en-US.
3. Web site: Adriana Esteves: remember os personagens da atria nas novelas . mdemulher . 2012 . 10 May 2013 . 16 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120616001502/http://mdemulher.abril.com.br/tv-novelas-famosos/fotos/acontece/adriana-esteves-carreira-principais-personagens-atriz-novelas-687790.shtml#1 . dead .
4. [Rede Globo]
5. Web site: Sônia Braga e Daniel Filho voltam à Globo . 8 June 2010 . Keila Jimenez . 8 June 2010 . AdNews . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110514002421/http://www.adnews.com.br/tv/104587.html . 14 May 2011 .
6. Web site: Adriana Esteves e Ailton Graça vivem marido e mulher em As Cariocas . 1 September 2010 . 1 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100905022716/http://redeglobo.globo.com/novidades/series/noticia/2010/09/adriana-esteves-e-ailton-graca-vivem-marido-e-mulher-em-cariocas.html. 5 September 2010 . live.
7. Web site: Após cinco anos afastada, Adriana Esteves volta às novelas. João Fernando. Terra Networks. 14 February 2011.
8. Web site: 'Avenida Brasil': Tony Ramos e Adriana Esteves gravam em Guadalupe. 1 March 2012. 16 October 2016. Sara Paixão. Extra. pt.
9. News: Adriana Esteves: "Fui ao fundo do poço e subi" . Quem / Globo . pt . Clara . Passi . 23 March 2011 . 2 January 2018 .
10. Web site: CARAS - Perfil: Adriana Esteves . 2012-05-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120523202157/http://caras.uol.com.br/perfil/adriana-esteves . 23 May 2012 . dmy .
11. https://oglobo.globo.com/play/noticia/2024/07/17/duelo-de-carminhas-adriana-esteves-torce-pelo-botafogo-e-o-filho-pelo-palmeiras-de-leila-pereira.ghtml
12. Web site: Iniciam as filmagens do longa-metragem "Beleza", de Jorge Furtado.
13. Web site: Folha de S.Paulo - Paulinho Moska lança 'Contrasenso' - 2/6/1997 . 2024-08-06 . www1.folha.uol.com.br.
14. Web site: EGO . do . Rio . no . Ana Carolina faz Adriana Esteves e Tatá Werneck 'sensualizar' em clipe . 2024-08-06 . Ego . pt-br.
15. Web site: 2017-07-13 . Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro 2017 anuncia indicados; veja a lista . 2024-09-09 . G1 . pt-br.
16. Web site: Vencedores Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro 2019 – Academia Brasileira de Cinema . 2024-09-09 . academiabrasileiradecinema.com.br.
17. Web site: 16 June 2022 . 14 April 2022 . Omelete . Marighella lidera indicações ao 21º Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro .
18. Web site: Confira os Vencedores do Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro 2023 – Academia Brasileira de Cinema . 2024-09-09 . academiabrasileiradecinema.com.br.
19. Web site: 25 January 2024 . 24 January 2024 . Conheça os indicados ao Prêmio APCA de televisão . Portal Alta Definição.
20. Web site: Melhores do Ano: Confira todos os vencedores das 16 edições do prêmio. Domingão do Faustão.
21. Web site: Conheça os grandes vencedores do Melhores do Ano 2014 . globo.com . 28 December 2014.
22. Web site: Domingão do Faustão | Alexandre Nero é o Ator de novela de 2014 e afirma que é um fanfarrão | Globoplay. globoplay.globo.com.
23. Web site: Domingão do Faustão | Alexandre Nero faz homenagem e reverencia Osmar Prado | Globoplay. globoplay.globo.com.
24. Web site: 18 December 2023 . 17 December 2023 . Gshow . Vencedores do ‘Melhores do Ano 2023’: veja a lista completa .
25. Web site: 11º Prêmio Contigo! (2009) – Vencedores . 15 October 2013 . Contigo! . . pt . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121021180221/http://contigo.abril.com.br/premio/tv/vencedores-2009.shtml . 21 October 2012 .
26. Web site: Prêmio Contigo, Brazil (2009). IMDb.
27. Web site: 7 November 2020 . 7 November 2020 . Contigo! . PRÊMIO CONTIGO! 2020: Atriz de novela .
28. Web site: 11 December 2021 . 2 December 2021 . You Yes . PRÊMIO CONTIGO! 2021: Veja a lista dos indicados .
29. http://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/premio-extra-tv/ganhadores-do-premio-extra-de-tv-2009-6094442.html Ganhadores do Prêmio Extra de TV 2009
30. Web site: Prêmio Qualidade, Brazil (2010). IMDb.
31. Web site: Quem • As últimas notícias e principais entrevistas com famosos, além de tudo que rola em eventos, novelas, séries, filmes e mais!. quem.
32. Web site: 18 August 2018 . Premiações Artísticas . Melhores da Revista da TV .
33. Web site: 6 January 2024 . 6 January 2024 . Nação Multiversal . SÉRIES: Vencedores das categorias de séries no Prêmio Cosmos .
34. Web site: 3 June 2024 . 30 April 2024 . Último Segundo IG . Votação Aberta: SEC Awards celebra cinco anos com maior lista de indicados de todos os tempos .
35. Web site: 18 November 2023 . 18 November 2023 . Splash UOL . Splash Awards 2023: conheça os vencedores da premiação dos melhores do ano .
36. Web site: 22 November 2021 . 21 November 2021 . Natelinha . Melhores do Ano 2021 .
37. Web site: 15 December 2023 . 25 October 2023 . «Conheça os vencedores do Melhores do Ano 2023 - NaTelinha - UOL» . natelinha.uol.com.br.