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Bárbara Paz

Bárbara Paz

Bárbara Paz is a Brazilian non-binary actress , director and producer. Biography Bárbara Raquel Paz was born in Campo Bom , in the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre. The youngest of four sisters, at the age of six she lost her father, who was a politician in the city. Her mother had consequences after giving birth to Bárbara and died after seventeen years on hemodialysis . At the age of nine, Bárbara started working, as her father's death caused the family to experience financial difficulties. She started painting plaster sculptures and selling them in the town square, to help buy medicine for her mother. As a teenager, she decided to get her work permit and started working in a shoe factory, where she stayed for two months. She went back to studying in the morning and working in the afternoon, this time in a boutique, where she stayed for two years. She then joined an advertising agency , where she did her first modeling jobs . After her mother's death in May 1992, Bárbara found herself alone. Only she and her mother lived in the small house, as her sisters had already gotten married. Suffering with memories at home, she didn't want to stay there alone, and in her city there were no prospects for a good future. The following month, she took the money she had saved, and went to live in São Paulo , with some friends, willing to share the rent on an apartment, and try a career in modeling or acting. As soon as she arrived in the city, she got a job as a secretary at a university and took an acting course at the Macunaíma Theater School. Looking for a job in the fashion area, after passing the photography and runway tests, she managed to get agencies to give her some placements, and she modeled for magazines, participated in fashion editorials and exhibition fairs. In December of the same year, six months after arriving in the capital of São Paulo, he traveled south to spend the end of the year festivities. On Christmas Day, Bárbara and some friends were in a serious car accident after drinking. They hit a tree shortly after leaving the house where they were gathered. She had a major facial trauma that required 400 stitches . Afterwards, she returned to São Paulo but, with the scars left by the accident, she abandoned her modeling career and locked herself up at home. After recovering, she would resume her career. She then decided to study theater at the Antunes Filho Theater Research Center and from there she joined the group Parlapatões

Personal information

Birthday

1974-10-17

Birth Place

Campo Bom, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Movies and TV shows :

5 Mentiras

5 Mentiras

2006

0.0

Movie
A Porta ao Lado

A Porta ao Lado

2023

5.3

Movie
poster

A Trick of Fate

2022

6.5

TV
poster

Alta Definição

2009

9.5

TV
Amigo Secreto

Amigo Secreto

2004

0.0

Movie
poster

Angélica: 50 & Tanto

2023

6.0

TV
poster

As Cariocas

2010

7.8

TV
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

2020

7.0

Movie
poster

Casa dos Artistas

2001

0.0

TV
Cat's Cradle

Cat's Cradle

2002

5.4

Movie
Chico Mário - A Melodia da Liberdade

Chico Mário - A Melodia da Liberdade

2021

8.0

Movie
De Cara Limpa

De Cara Limpa

2000

2.0

Movie
Depois de Tudo

Depois de Tudo

2015

5.7

Movie
poster

Dinossaurs & Robots

2011

6.2

TV
poster

Harassment

2018

7.5

TV
Manual para Atropelar Cachorro

Manual para Atropelar Cachorro

2005

0.0

Movie
poster

Maria Esperança

2007

6.0

TV
poster

Marisol

2002

2.8

TV
My Hindu Friend

My Hindu Friend

2016

4.2

Movie
Never Too Old to Meow

Never Too Old to Meow

2014

7.0

Movie
O Martelo de Vulcano

O Martelo de Vulcano

2003

3.8

Movie
Paulista

Paulista

2009

4.1

Movie
Plano B

Plano B

2020

0.0

Movie
Por Que Você Não Chora?

Por Que Você Não Chora?

2020

6.2

Movie
Produto Descartável

Produto Descartável

2003

2.0

Movie
Quarto 38

Quarto 38

2008

4.2

Movie
poster

Que História é Essa, Porchat?

2019

7.1

TV
Quinta das Janelas

Quinta das Janelas

2013

10.0

Movie
poster

Rules of the Game

2015

5.3

TV
Se Puder... Dirija!

Se Puder... Dirija!

2013

4.4

Movie
poster

Seize the Day

2009

5.8

TV
Sexo e a Metrópole

Sexo e a Metrópole

2004

6.4

Movie
poster

Tainted

2014

7.2

TV
Talk to Him

Talk to Him

2018

0.0

Movie
poster

The Other Side of Paradise

2017

5.3

TV
poster

Trail of Lies

2013

6.0

TV
Vinte e cinco

Vinte e cinco

2002

8.0

Movie
Viva o Cinema! Uma História da Mostra de São Paulo

Viva o Cinema! Uma História da Mostra de São Paulo

2024

0.0

Movie
What Is It Worth?

What Is It Worth?

2005

6.5

Movie