Theresa Amayo
Theresa Guichard Amayo Brasini was a Brazilian actress.
Life and career
Amayo began her career on stage in the 1950s. She was an early star of Brazilian television, first working for Rede Tupi, and then being one of the first actresses who got an exclusive contract by Rede Globo. Her major works include Sangue e Areia and Pecado Capital.The wife of the actor, screenwriter and film director Mário Brasini, in 2004 Amayo lost her daughter, her son-in-law and her grandson in the Indian Ocean tsunami. In 2019 she was awarded best actress at the 52nd edition of the Festival de Brasília for her performance in the film Dulcina.
Amayo died after a one-year battle with kidney cancer in Rio de Janeiro, on 24 January 2022, at the age of 88.
Stage
Irene – by Pedro Bloch. Theater debut in Rio, title role, great success in Portugal- As Bruxas já foram Meninas A Cegonha se Diverte Um Cravo Na Lapela Mulheres Feias Daqui não Saio É do Amor que se Trata Pindura Saia Três em Lua de Mel Irma la Douce Pepsi – Adultério Adulterado Um Raio de Sol Divórcio O Noviço O Rapto das Cebolinhas Seis Personagens à Procura de Autor As Inocentes do Leblon A Teia de Aranha Um Vizinho em Nossas Vidas Aqui e Agora Pequenos Burgueses A Guerra Mais ou Menos Santa A Moratória – by Jorge Andrade Liberdade para as borboletas – by Gershe, replacing Débora DuarteA Moratória – by Jorge Andrade
- A Vida É Uma Ópera – A Garota do Biquini Vermelho – by Artur Xexeo – Barata Produções As Eruditas – de Molière – Cia. Limite 151
- Theresè Raquin – Cia.Limite 151
- Tricotando – 2017