Betty Faria
Actress
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Betty Faria started her career as a professional dancer and gradually transitioned to acting. Throughout her career, Betty has appeared in 26 films and over fifty soap operas, series, and television programs.
Hired by Rede Globo as an actress in 1969 to participate in the soap opera "A Última Valsa" by Glória Magadan, she became a television star in the 1970s. Betty became the irreverent "Tieta" in the eponymous soap opera, written by Agnaldo Silva and Ricardo Linhares, in 1989. She played other significant roles in television dramas such as Lucinha in "Pecado Capital" (1975), Lígia in "Água Viva" (1980), Joana in "Baila Comigo" (1981), Joana in "Cavalo de Aço" (1973), Jussara in "Partido Alto" (1984), and Irene in "Véu de Noiva" (1969), among dozens of other roles. She also participated in numerous musical programs on TV Excelsior in 1964 and on Globo in musicals such as "Dick & Betty 17," which inaugurated the network in 1965, "Alô, Dolly" (1965), the "International Festival of Song" (1967), "Brasil Pandeiro" (1978-79), a monthly musical directed by Augusto César Vannucci, and in her own program, "Betty Faria Especial," in 1984, directed by Augusto César Vannucci.
In cinema, in addition to the iconic "Bye Bye Brasil" (1979, Dir. Cacá Diegues), which competed at Cannes, she appeared in classics and renowned films such as "Anjos do Arrabalde" (1986, Dir. Carlos Reichenbach), which earned her the Best Actress Award at the 1987 Gramado Festival; "Um Trem para as Estrelas" (1987, Dir. Cacá Diegues); "Lili Carabina, A Estrela do Crime" (1988, Dir. Lui Farias); and "Romance da Empregada" (1988, Dir. Bruno Barreto). For the latter, she won Best Actress awards at the Huelva, Havana, Sorrento, Ibero-American Cinema, and Air France Cinema festivals.
Other important films include "A Estrela Sobe" (1974, Dir. Bruno Barreto), for which she won the Air France Best Actress Award; "Jubiabá" (1985, Dir. Nelson Pereira dos Santos), for which she was also the executive producer; "Perfume de Gardênia" (1991, Dir. Guilherme de Almeida Prado), for which she won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the Brasília Festival; "For All, O Trampolim da Vitória" (1996, Dir. Luís Carlos Lacerda), which earned her an Honorable Mention at the Punta Del Este Festival; "Chega de Saudade" (2007, Dir. Laís Bodanzky), for which she was awarded at the International Cartagena Film Festival. She was also nominated for Best Actress at the Arte Qualidade Brasil Award in 2008 and 2009 and was honored with awards for her body of work at the Gramado Festival (Oscarito Trophy) in 2012 and at CineEuphoria (Special Tribute) in 2019.
In theater, she participated in works, play studies, and actor workshops. She debuted in the play "Os Inocentes do Leblon" (1965, Text by Barrilet Gredy, Dir. Antonio Cabo) and joined the Oficina Group, performing in the play "Pequenos Burgueses" (1966, Text by Máximo Gorki, Dir. José Celso Martinez Correa). Alongside Cláudio Marzo and Antônio Pedro, she founded the Teatro Carioca de Arte, which staged plays such as "O Bravo Soldado Schweik" by Juroslav Hasek and "A Falsa Criada" by Marivaux, both in 1967.
She also worked in "João, Amor e Maria" (1966, Dir. Kleber Santos); "Calabar" (1973, Text by Chico Buarque and Ruy Guerra), which was censored on the eve of its premiere; "Putz" (1976, Dir. Osmar Rodrigues Cruz); "Amor Vagabundo" (1982, Dir. Domingos Oliveira); "Camaleoa" (1994, Dir. Marília Pêra); "Um Caso de Vida ou Morte" (1998, Text by David Mamet, Elaine May, and Woody Allen, Dir. Flávio Marinho and Gilberto Gawronski); the monologue "Shirley Valentine" (2009, Text by Pauline Collins, Dir. Guilherme Leme); and "A Atriz" (2015, Text by Peter Quilter, Prod. Marcus Montenegro).