Titina Medeiros
Izabel Cristina de Medeiros, better known by the stage name Titina Medeiros, was a Brazilian theater and television actress.
Life and career
Originally from Currais Novos, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, she moved to Acari at a young age and began her acting studies at 19. Her theater debut was as a fairy in Sleeping Beauty in 1992, directed by Jesiel Figueiredo. Between 1996 and 1998, she was part of the Tambor de Teatro Group, directed by João Marcelino, with whom she performed in O Príncipe do Barro Branco. In 2012, she completed 16 years of artistic career, much of this time spent in theatrical plays with the Clowns de Shakespeare company, where she played countless characters, such as the award-winning play Sua Incelença, Ricardo III, in which she played Queen Elizabeth, as well as Dos Prazeres e dos Pedaços, Muito Barulho Por Quase Nada, Roda Chico, Roda Chico, among others. In 2003, she participated in the Brasil Total segment of the Fantástico program. In 2007, she created, alongside Quitéria Kelly, the Carmin Group, which resulted in the staging of the play Pobres de Marré.In 2012, she was invited by new authors Filipe Miguez and Izabel de Oliveira to join the cast of the new 7 pm telenovela, Cheias de Charme. The actress accepted the invitation and played her first villain in her career at Rede Globo, the scatterbrained Socorro, assistant to Chayenne. Even so, according to the actress, Socorro is not the main villain of the plot; she's just a villain with a comedic tone. In 2013, the actress was cast in the telenovela Saramandaia. However, she declined the role to dedicate herself to theater. Since 2013, he has been at the theater festival The Whole World Is a Stage, an event by Clowns de Shakespeare. In 2014, she partnered again with authors Filipe Miguez and Izabel de Oliveira, returning to the 7 PM slot in Geração Brasil, playing the comedic depilator Marisa. In 2016, she made her prime-time debut as the passionate Ruty Raquel in A Lei do Amor, forming a romantic pairing with Antonio, played by Pierre Baitelli. In 2018, she acted in the play she conceived, Meu Seridó, and joined the cast of the super series Onde Nascem os Fortes as the prisoner Bethânia, who shares a secret with Cássia, played by Patrícia Pillar.
Medeiros died on January 11, 2026, at the age of 48, due to complications from pancreatic cancer. She had been on leave from work for treatment of the disease since July 2025.