
Maria Clara Spinelli
Acting
Biography
Maria Clara Spinelli Rodrigues (Assis, May 20, 1975) is a Brazilian actress. Internationally awarded for the film Quanto Dura o Amor? (2009) at the Paulínia Film Festival, Hollywood Film Festival and Monaco Film Festival. In 2023, she became the first transsexual actress to star in a production on Brazilian open TV.
Born: May 20, 1975
Place of Birth: Assis, São Paulo, Brazil
Known For

Carcereiros

Supermax
Twelve people are confined together in an abandoned maximum security prison in the middle of the Amazon forest, and end up having to fight for their lives against unknown creatures and supernatural odds.

Edge of Desire
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.

Brave Woman
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.

Elas por Elas
Seven friends who met in their youth at an English course meet again 25 years later; Lara, Taís, Helena, Adriana, Renée, Natália and Carol, each of them has a different personality and origin, but they share a deep affection.

De Perto Ela Não é Normal
The fun and inspiring journey of a woman, from her 8 to 40 years of age, in search of herself and her own pursuit of happiness. When pressured by her family and society, Suzi becomes different from the sensitive girl she once was. Throughout the years, she interacts with different contemporary feminine archetypes: the married woman, the woman who has attitude, the intelligent woman, the successful woman, the depressed woman, the enlightened woman and the desperate woman. Until she meets with her aunt Suely, the free woman, who makes her revisit her story and connect with her past. Suzi stops living in a way to make others happy and goes back to being her own self. A delicate comedy about a woman, who gets tired of corresponding to others 'expectations and goes after fulfillment in her own terms.

Paulista
Three metropolitan stories entwine in São Paulo. Would-be actress Marina arrives in the city looking for independence, falls madly in love with Justine, a bisexual rock singer, and is swept up into her wild, edgy lifestyle. Marina shares a flat on Avenida Paulista with Suzana, a mysterious lawyer who begins a relationship with a male colleague who is unaware that she's transsexual. Jay lives a few floors above them. He is a frustrated writer trying to give a meaning to his life by idealizing a stunningly beautiful prostitute, whom he transforms into a sort of muse. Following the frenetic pace of the city, the three "Paulista" characters will experience the euphoria of passion and its downside.

O Sol Por Elas

A Felicidade de Margô
After a stint with the police, Margô decides to tame her impetuous temper and adopt a different lifestyle in the metropolis of São Paulo, far from drugs and crime. Upon achieving her long-awaited promotion, an encounter with a law enforcement officer on the verge of a nervous breakdown puts Margô's dream to the test.
Filmography
as Self
as Renée Ferreira Cintra
as Beth
as Kelly
as Margô
as Miraceli Almeida (Mira)
as Janette
as Anita
as Suzana