Marjorie de Sousa


Marjorie Lissette de Sousa Rivas is a Venezuelan actress, model, and singer. She was a contestant in the Miss Venezuela 1999 pageant, and made her screen debut in the telenovela Toda mujer. Her accolades include the TVyNovelas Awards, in addition to nominations for the Juventud Awards and People en Español Awards. She has often been singled out as one of the most beautiful Latin women in entertainment industry by some media outlets, and has established herself as one of the most-popular and influential celebrities from Venezuela.
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Career

1999–2009: Beginnings and notable roles

At age 12, de Sousa began her career doing television commercials and working as a model. In 1999, she entered the beauty pageant Miss Venezuela in the hands of the famous Venezuelan designer Giovanni Scutaro. A year later, she worked on her first telenovela, Amantes de luna llena, which was produced and broadcast by the television channel Venevisión. In 2001, she co-starred in the hit telenovela Guerra de mujeres, with the character Carolina, one of the most popular in the plot.
In 2002, de Sousa left Venezuela to work on the telenovela Gata salvaje, a co-production of Venevisión and the Spanish-American channel Univision. In this internationally acclaimed novel, she plays Camelia Valente, an antagonist in which she has perhaps been one of her best characters, achieving her international projection. Next, she worked on another successful Univision telenovela called Rebeca, where she had the character of Gisela, another role where she acted as an antagonist. At the end of that production, de Sousa went to work on the Mexican telenovela Mariana de la noche, produced by Televisa; there her character had the name of Carol, also as an antagonist.
In 2005, she starred in the telenovela Ser bonita no basta of the TV network RCTV. A year later she returned to star in another telenovela of RCTV, Y los declaro marido y mujer, a beach production set in Venezuela's Margarita Island. In 2008, de Sousa began to work in the cast of the telenovela Amor comprado, produced by Venevisión; with a character as villain of the plot called Margot. She also participated in the films Soltera y sin compromiso and Duelos de pasarelas.

2010–present: Critical success in telenovelas

In 2010, de Sousa becomes the antagonist of the telenovela Pecadora next to Eduardo Capetillo and Litzy where she began to have skills as a singer interpreting the theme of her character and the protagonist. In 2011, she appeared in the telenovela Sacrificio de mujer, alongside Luis José Santander and its directed by Adriana Barraza. That same year she starred in the video for the song "Poquito a Poquito" by Henry Santos, former member of American bachata group Aventura.
In 2012, she played an antagonist in a special participation in Corazón apasionado alongside Guy Ecker and Marlene Favela. de Sousa made her theatrical debut at Toc Toc, a world-renowned work, and received the best critics of the industry after her unique and original interpretation of Lili. That year she also received the Miami Life Award in Best Female Protagonist category for her extraordinary performance as Clemencia in Sacrificio de mujer. In the same year, de Sousa returned to Televisa as an antagonist in the telenovela Amores verdaderos produced by Nicandro Díaz González. Due to the success of her character in the telenovela, she won the prize as Best Antagonist in a telenovela at the Premios TVyNovelas. In 2013, she joined the cast of the play Perfume de Gardenia, produced by Omar Suárez. She also appeared in the fourth season of reality show ¡Mira quién baila!, being in third place.
In 2014, de Sousa got her first lead on Televisa, in the telenovela Hasta el fin del mundo, first paired with Pedro Fernández, who left the project due to supposed problems with de Sousa, and David Zepeda took the place of Fernández. After Hasta el fin del mundo, she participated in 2016 in Juan Osorio's telenovela, Sueño de amor, in which only as a guest star appeared. In 2017, she signed an exclusive contract with the Spanish-language television network Telemundo. The network began filming the telenovela Al otro lado del muro, alongside Litzy that debut on 21 February 2018. In October 2020, de Sousa Participated on the Reality Show of the Spanish Version of Masked Singer, ¿Quién es la máscara? in the 2nd Season as a Banana, and was eliminated on the 2nd Episode.

Personal life

de Sousa married Venezuelan actor Ricardo Álamo in 2004 and divorced him in 2006. In 2016, she had a romantic relationship with Argentine-born Puerto Rican actor Julián Gil, with whom she had her first son Matías Gregorio Gil de Sousa. The relationship between de Sousa and Gil ended unamicably in 2017.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000Toda mujerAmérica
2000–2001Amantes de luna llenaMayra Robledo
2001–2002Guerra de mujeresCarolina Bonilla
2002–2003Gata salvajeCamelia Valente
2003RebecaGisela Gidalva
2003–2004Mariana de la nocheCarol Montero
2005Ser bonita no bastaCoral Torres
2006–2007Y los declaro marido y mujerSaoia Mujica
2007Isla ParaísoMaiteMiniseries
2008Amor compradoMargot Salinas
2008–2009¿Vieja yo?Estefanía Urrutia
2010PecadoraSamantha Sabater
2011Sacrificio de mujerClemencia Astudillo
2012Corazón apasionadoLeticia Bracamontes
2012–2013Amores verdaderosKendra Ferreti
2014–2015Hasta el fin del mundoSofía Ripoll
2016Sueño de amorCristina Vélez
2017Mi marido tiene familiaHerself
2018Al otro lado del muroSofía Villavicencio
2018DescontrolAriadna Morelos
2019Un poquito tuyoJulieta Vargas
2021La desalmadaJulia Torreblanca
2022–2023Amores que engañanSeveral roles
2023–2024Golpe de suerteEva Montana
2024El Conde: Amor y honorCayetana Carrá
2025CómplicesStacy Marcos
2026Lobo, morir matandoGracielaFilming

YearTitleRoleVenue
2009Orinoco
2012Toc TocLiliSeveral locations
2013Perfume de gardeniaGardenia PeraltaSeveral locations
2015Hasta el fin del mundo... CantaréSofía RipollSeveral locations
2016¿Por qué los hombres aman a las cabronas?DulceSeveral locations
2018El matrimonio perjudica seriamente la saludJuliaSeveral locations

YearTitleArtistAlbum
2011"Poquito a Poquito"Henry SantosIntroducing Henry Santos