
Zaira Zambelli
Acting
Biography
Zaira Zambelli is a brazilian actress, most known for her roles in the film 'Bye Bye Brazil', and the novela 'Paraíso'. For the past 20 years she has been directing and producing a theater in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro.
Born: August 14, 1953
Place of Birth: Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Known For

Chico Anysio Show

Irmãos Coragem
Dias Gomes and Marcílio Moraes' version of the soap opera of the same name by Janete Clair shown in 1970, Irmãos Coragem features as central characters João, Jerônimo and Duda, three brothers who threaten the dominance of the powerful farmer Pedro Barros, the highest authority in the fictional Coroado, in the interior of Minas Gerais, where the story is set.

Marina

Bye Bye Brazil
The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A young accordion player is completely enamored of Salomé, and he begs to come along. The Gypsy Lord shrugs, and the accordionist and his pregnant wife, Dasdô, join the troupe.

O Amor é Nosso!

As Meninas
During the military dictatorship in Brazil, Lorena, Lia and Ana Clara, three university students of different social backgrounds and origins meet at a nun's pension in São Paulo. Besides their differences, they become close friends, sharing their dramas and dreams, helping each other until the day they have to separate permanently.

Perdoa-Me Por Me Traíres
Glorinha, a middle-class 15 year old girl, always thought her mother Judite had killed herself, and that her father Gilberto has gone crazy as result. Her friend Nair takes her to a high-class bordello, where she wants to work. When uncle Raul, who raised her, discovers her prostitution, he decides to finally tell her all the truth about her parents' story.

Summer Showers
70-year-old widower living in a poor Rio de Janeiro suburb falls in love again when he finds a woman of approximately the same age.

Fulaninha
Movie director in his forties and in existential crisis falls in love with an unknown teen girl he sees walking down the streets, without knowing she's the daughter of the woman he's having a relationship with.

O Cortiço
This adaptation of a classic Brazilian novel focuses on the relations of charismatic characters within a tenement.
Filmography
as Empregada
as Manuela
as Sulamita
as Nair
as Zaira Gelbert
as Rosinha
as Maria Bonita
as Selma
as Família Sorôco
as Maria
as Dasdô
as Colega de trabalho
as Zulmira
as Patrícia