Zezé Polessa

Zezé Polessa

Born: September 22, 1953
in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Movies for Zezé Polessa...

Title: Perfect Love
Character: Cândida
Released: March 20, 2023
Type: TV
A story about love and its different manifestations, told through the little boy Marcelino in search of his biggest dream: to meet his mother. Inspired by a famous book, the plot takes place in the 1940s.
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Minha Família Perfeita
Title: Minha Família Perfeita
Released: September 8, 2022
Type: Movie
Fred is a successful publicist who is embarrassed to introduce his girlfriends to his eccentric Italian family. He meets Denise, the woman of his dreams, but she only accepts being proposed after meeting her family. Backed against the wall, Fred makes a date on the set of the margarine commercial he's been working on, but Denise mistakes him for Fred's family - and falls for them.
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Juntos a Magia Acontece
Title: Juntos a Magia Acontece
Character: Zilda
Released: December 25, 2019
Type: Movie
The death of the matriarch on Christmas eve provokes a crisis that makes the family review attitudes and give a new meaning to the date.
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Title: O Sétimo Guardião
Character: Milu Negromonte
Released: November 12, 2018
Type: TV
At first glance, Serro Azul may seem like just another typical inland town, quiet and surrounded by mountains, where technological advances such as internet and cell phones have not yet arrived. A place where anyone who passes does not pay much attention, not knowing what is missing, after all, a city that is near Greenville and Tubiacanga could not fail to have its peculiarities. The main one is a source with curative and rejuvenating properties, which is the outermost part of a gigantic aquifer, a huge reservoir of what is becoming the most precious possession of the Earth: water. This source is protected by seven guardians whose mission is to ensure that this wealth does not reach the wrong hands.
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Title: Edge of Desire
Character: Edinalva Ferreira
Released: April 3, 2017
Type: TV
An ambitious woman who, for love, abandons Law School and ends up in the criminal world. A policewoman who dreams about becominga MMA championwhile fighting organized crime. A young dreamer torn between finding true love and her search for freedom. Written by International Emmy Award winner Gloria Perez, "Edge of Desire" presents three strong-willed women that have one thing in common: the tenacity to fight for what they want.
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Couples Counseling
Title: Couples Counseling
Character: Malka Stein
Released: December 8, 2016
Type: Movie
A seasoned couples therapist comes to realize she might need help with her own marriage after meeting a new pair of young clients.
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Love Stories
Title: Love Stories
Released: September 15, 2016
Type: Movie
Eduardo discovers he has a split personality: a buttoned-up São Paulo executive and beach-loving weekend playboy in Rio de Janeiro called Duca. Unconsciously, he becomes entangled with a woman although he's already engaged to another.
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Chatô, The King of Brazil
Title: Chatô, The King of Brazil
Character: Germana Almeida
Released: November 19, 2015
Type: Movie
The true story of Assis Chateaubriand, the first magnate of communications in Brazil. Due to his influence during the late 1930s up to the early 1960s, he has come to be called 'the Brazilian Citizen Kane'.
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Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: As Noivas de Copacabana - O Filme
Title: Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: As Noivas de Copacabana - O Filme
Character: Mariana França
Released: January 20, 2015
Type: Movie
Adaptation of the series shown in 1992. A sequence of crimes in the same style intrigue: a man walks with a woman on the beach; she dresses as a bride and is brutally strangled in the middle of the act of love. To prove the authorship of the crimes is the great challenge of detective França.
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Irmã Dulce
Title: Irmã Dulce
Character: Dulcinha - Older
Released: November 13, 2014
Type: Movie
Biographical film of Sister Dulce, who, in life, was called the “Good Angel of Bahia”, also nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and canonized by the Catholic Church. Contemplating from the 1940s to the 1980s, the film shows how the Catholic nun faced an incurable respiratory disease, machismo, the indifference of politicians and even the dogmas of the Church to dedicate her life to the care of the miserable, leaving a legacy that continues today.
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Title: Empire
Character: Magnólia Ferreira da Costa
Released: July 21, 2014
Type: TV
Heartbreak forever changed the fate of the young and humble José Alfredo. Years later, he became the Lord Alfredo, a successful owner of a jewelry empire and a man obsessed with power. Temperamental and cunning, he tries to balance his turbulent marriage, an extramarital love affair, and the dispute between his children over succession in his business. One day, however, the unexpected appearance of a possible daughter, of whom he was unaware, causes upheaval in his life and takes his familial conflicts to a whole new level.
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Title: Brave Woman
Character: Berna Ayata
Released: October 22, 2012
Type: TV
A moving tale of courage and resilience in the struggle for freedom – this is the role that life has cast for headstrong Morena in Brave Woman. Raised in a poor neighborhood in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, this tough and humble woman will spare no effort to protect her family and gain her independence.
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Title: Cordel Encantado
Character: Ternurinha Peixoto
Released: April 11, 2011
Type: TV
Cordel Encantado is an epic telenovela encircled by castles, kings and outlaws that tells a majestic love story between Azucena and Jesuino: two noble spirited young people who are unaware of their true origins. Beautiful Azucena and her hero Jesuíno go through many adventures in their determination to stay together.
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Title: O Bem Amado
Character: Dorotéia Cajazeira
Released: January 18, 2011
Type: TV
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The Well Beloved One
Title: The Well Beloved One
Character: Dorotéia Cajazeira
Released: July 23, 2010
Type: Movie
Based on the homonymous work of Dias Gomes , The Well Beloved tells the story of the mayor Paraguassu Odorico, whose primary goal in his administration in the city of Sucupira is the inauguration of a cemetery. One side is supported by the sisters Cajazeiras. On the other, he has to fight against strong opposition led by Vladmir, owner of rag city. For lack of a corpse, the mayor can never accomplish his goal. Not even the arrival of Ernesto - a dying man who does not die - and hiring Zeca Diabo, a bandit killer, provide him with the realization of his dream. Odorico gun situations for someone to die, but the first body to be buried in Sucupira may be the mayor himself, that the hunter becomes the hunted and goes from villain to martyr.
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Title: Written in the Stars
Character: Sofia Miranda
Released: April 12, 2010
Type: TV
Ricardo Aguillar, a powerful physician, loses the only and beloved son, the young Daniel, in an accident. After some time he discovers that the boy had frozen the semen before he died. From there he decides to go hunting for the "ideal woman", worthy of being inseminated and become the mother of his grandson. Only fate is about to play a part. When the insemination is finally done and the young woman chosen - the young Viviane - becomes pregnant, the man discovers himself hopelessly in love with her. From then on an unusual and surprising situation will give an electrifying direction to the story: the boy's spirit begins to prowl the family and, although they are in different plans, father and son will dispute the love of the same woman. It will be a clash between the impossible love, therefore idealized, and the realizable love, carnal, with all that it brings of joy and fulfillment, but also of hurts and uncertainties.
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Title: Beleza Pura
Character: Ivete Santos
Released: February 18, 2008
Type: TV
Beleza Pura is a Brazilian soap opera produced and broadcast by Rede Globo from February, 18 to September 12, 2007, with a total of 179 chapters. It replaced Sete Pecados, by Walcyr Carrasco at the 19h timeslot. It was written by the newcomer Andrea Maltarolli and co-written by Emanoel Jacobina, Ricardo Hoffstetter, Daisy Chaves, Flávia Bessone, and João Brandão, with text supervision by Silvio de Abreu, and general direction by Rogério Gomes.
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Achados e Perdidos
Title: Achados e Perdidos
Character: Magali
Released: April 19, 2007
Type: Movie
Ex-cop Vieira is involved in the death of his lover , a prostitute who works in the streets of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. After her death, some strange things started to happen and Vieira is harassed at the same time by the police and some old bad guys from his past. Meanwhile, he is seriously involved with a young and pretty prostitute named Flor.
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Money on the Side
Title: Money on the Side
Character: Lina
Released: April 6, 2007
Type: Movie
Fishy businessman deposits some money in his secretary’s (and lover) account. But a typing mistake sends the money to an honest woman’s account, whose husband had just been fired.
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Gaijin: Ama-me Como Sou
Title: Gaijin: Ama-me Como Sou
Character: Gina
Released: September 2, 2005
Type: Movie
In 1908, Titoe leaves her country, Japan, to try her luck in Brazil. Her intention is just to get rich and return in five years. But life has other plans for her.
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Title: A Lua Me Disse
Character: Ester Bogari Prado
Released: April 18, 2005
Type: TV
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Manual para Atropelar Cachorro
Title: Manual para Atropelar Cachorro
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
A simple and handy manual to take the boredom under the narration of a sick mind, crazy in any big city. Mojo, a lonely young fanatic about movies and American culture, has dreams that will never come true. After spending his days holed up in a building, he decides to vent his repressed impulses by running over mutton dogs.
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Title: Agora é Que São Elas
Character: Cristina Castro (Tintim)
Released: March 24, 2003
Type: TV
The synopsis was loosely inspired by an argument by Paulo José called Cidade das Formigas. It was based on what happened in the city of Formiga, in Minas Gerais, where women work for large clothing manufacturers in the country. In Formiga Real, women guarantee a large part of their families' livelihood with this work.
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As Alegres Comadres
Title: As Alegres Comadres
Character: Sra. Lima
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Scoundrel João Fausto, a former Portuguese officer, arrives in Tiradentes,in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Using his status of former Imperial Court member, he tries to become lover of both ms. Lima and ms. Rocha, with the intention of taking their money.
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Bufo & Spallanzani
Title: Bufo & Spallanzani
Character: Zilda
Released: October 19, 2001
Type: Movie
Ivan Canabrava is a writer, turned insurance ivestigator who investigates mysterious deaths involving Bufo Marinus. Bufo Marinus is a frog poison causing catalepsy in humans, simulating death, enabling grand insurance fraud and other crimes. Ten years later, now as a successful writer, similar characters possibly using Bufo Marinus reappear and create an intricate plot full of surprises.
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Title: Porto dos Milagres
Character: Amapola Ferraço
Released: February 5, 2001
Type: TV
Porto dos Milagres is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from 5 February to 29 September 2001, totaling 203 chapters. It was written by Aguinaldo Silva and Ricardo Linhares and loosely based on two works written by Jorge Amado - The Dead Sea and the discovery of America by the Turks. Had Philip collaboration Miguez, Maria Elisa Berredo, Nadotti Nelson and Gloria Baker, directed by Fabricio Mamberti and Luciano Sabino. Director general Mark and Robert Paul Naar, co-directed by Fabricio Mamberti and Luciano Sabino. Had the direction of core Marcos Paulo.
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Title: Andando nas Nuvens
Character: Bonitona
Released: March 22, 1999
Type: TV
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Dedicatórias
Title: Dedicatórias
Released: August 8, 1998
Type: Movie
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Title: Hilda Furacão
Character: Neném
Released: May 27, 1998
Type: TV
After stirring society by leaving her groom at the alter and going directly to a prostitution house, a young model becomes the city's most famous harlot, known as "Hilda the Hurricane", in the 50's Brazil. She could do fine if it wasn't for Malthus, a young novice said to be a saint, for whom she falls in love. However, the boy is kept under the strict, severe doctrine of Father Nelson, a conservative priest intolerant even to every minor sin. Things start getting harder when Roberto, Malthus' old friend and a communist reporter (the actual author of the story), tries to interview Hilda and disclosure the real reasons behind her radical change of mind. In the meantime, the middle-classes are terrified by the "leftist threat" in Brazilian politics.
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Doces Poderes
Title: Doces Poderes
Character: Jornalista de Brasília
Released: November 17, 1997
Type: Movie
A journalist is placed upon the management of a large broadcasting company to the capital of Brazil at the time of local elections. She must now face ideological and ethical questions, brought back by a left-wing former boyfriend and her own colleagues. At the same time, a free-lancer spy is sent by an obscure figure in politics to manipulate the elections and its media coverage.
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Title: Salsa e Merengue
Character: Marinelza Bolla
Released: September 30, 1996
Type: TV
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Title: Sai de Baixo
Released: March 31, 1996
Type: TV
It follows the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the doorman of the apartment building in which they lived.
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Title: Explode Coração
Character: Mila Tolentino
Released: November 6, 1995
Type: TV
Explode Coração is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced by Rede Globo and aired between November 6, 1995 and May 4, 1996, with a total of 155 chapters. Written entirely by Glória Perez and directed by Ary Coslov, Gracie and Carlos Araújo Júnior, production had general direction and core Dennis Carvalho, and was the 51st "of eight novel" the state broadcaster. Ricardo Macchi, Edson Celulari and Teresa Seiblitz play the leading roles in a plot centered on the love triangle formed by the protagonists and addressing the culture of the gypsies in Brazil.
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Title: Decadência
Character: Jandira
Released: September 5, 1995
Type: TV
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Title: Memorial de Maria Moura
Character: Firma
Released: May 17, 1994
Type: TV
Adapted from the homonymous work by Rachel de Queiroz, it presents the saga of a woman against female submission in nineteenth-century patriarchal society.
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Title: As Noivas de Copacabana
Character: Mariana França
Released: June 2, 1992
Type: TV
Donato Menezes, a renowned art restorer from Copacabana is also a serial killer obsessed with women in their bridal gowns. His crimes follows the same pattern: he seduces and then kills the victim during the sexual act, always when they're wearing the gown.
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Title: O Portador
Character: Vilma
Released: September 10, 1991
Type: TV
After suffering a plane crash, Leo receives a blood transfusion and, some time later, discovers that he ended up contracting the AIDS virus. Desperate, he does his best to find out the identity of the bearer of the blood he received, and suffers from the prejudice of friends and people close to him.
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Title: Vamp
Character: Sílvia Sousa
Released: July 15, 1991
Type: TV
Vamp is a Brazilian telenovela produced and displayed at the time of 19 hours by Rede Globo, July 15, 1991 to February 8, 1992 in 179 chapters.
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Title: Top Model
Character: Anastácia Passos "Naná"
Released: September 18, 1989
Type: TV
Maria Eduarda "Duda" Pinheiro is a successful top model. After being hired to model Covery brand clothes, she meets the Kundera brothers, Alex and Gaspar, owners of the company. Gaspar, a former beatnik, is over 40 but still practices surfing, lives in a beach-side house and raises five children: Elvis (named after Elvis Presley), Ringo (Starr), Jane (Fonda), Olívia (Newton-John) and (John) Lennon, all from different mothers who left them with him. Anastácia "Naná" Passos, Duda's friend and mentor, loves him platonically, and rivalizes with Mariza Borges over him. Alex by contrast is a yuppie. He and their mother Morgana have a love-hate relationship and rivalry with his brother over Morgana's attention and the company. Alex begins to love Duda, however she falls in love with Lucas, a graffiti artist who is on the run from the São Paulo police due to his involvement in a crime there. He is also searching for his real father, and thinks it's either Alex or Gaspar.
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The Story of Fausta
Title: The Story of Fausta
Released: May 15, 1988
Type: Movie
Fausta is a survivor who dreams of building a house on land she's buying on the installment plan. Meanwhile she lives in a one-room tin-roofed hovel with her idle husband, João, and she works as a maid. Through it all she's a scourge, arguing, jeering and being jeered, but also displaying the spirit and energy of her idol, Tina Turner.