Marjorie Dias de Oliveira (born 8 March 1982), known professionally as Marjorie Estiano (), is a Brazilian actress and singer-songwriter. She became nationally known for her role in TV Globo's teen soap opera Malhação.
In film, Estiano was the lead role in Time and the Wind, Good Manners, among others.
In television, she was the lead role in three telenovelas, including International Emmy Award-winning Side by Side, and four series. In 2019, she was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Actress for her role in Under Pressure.
Biography Born in Curitiba, Paraná, to Eurandir Lima de Oliveira and Marilene Dias, the second of three siblings, Marjorie Estiano studied Scenic Arts at the Escola Estadual do Paraná. After graduating, she moved to São Paulo to improve her acting abilities. There, she studied music for two years at the Faculdade Paulista de Artes.
Career While studying, she made some TV commercials and played minor plays in theater. After this, she was approved in the TV Globo Actor's Workshop and moved to Rio de Janeiro. She then signed to join the cast of Malhação, and began acting in minor roles. She won the lead antagonist role of "Natasha" in 2004.
She began sharing the vocals of the band with singer, Gustavo (Guilherme Berenguer). Victor Pozas and Alexandre Castilho started recording demo tapes with Estiano and sending them to record labels. Universal Music was interested, and hired Estiano. After several months in studio, her self-titled debut album was released. The first single, "Você Sempre Será" (You Will Always Be), which was performed previously in Malhação, hit the top of Brazilian charts, and won the Faustão's The Best of the Year award for Song of the Year.
The second single, "Por Mais Que Eu Tente" (The More I Try), was her second top ten hit, and the third single "O Jogo" (The Game) peaked just outside the top ten, but still enjoyed success. Thanks to the enormous airplay of the song "Você Sempre Será", her album went platinum. In 2005 released the first live DVD, titled Marjorie Estiano e Banda Ao Vivo.
In prime time, she stood out in telenovelas Pages of Life (Páginas da Vida) (2006), Duas Caras (2007), India: A Love Story (Caminho das Índias) (2009) and Império.
In 2007, she was the protagonist of the telenovela Two Faces (Duas Caras), which tells the story Maria Paula's revenge against Marconi Ferraço, his former criminal husband. Also in 2007, she released her second studio album, Flores, Amores e Blábláblá.
She played Manuela Fonseca in the 2011 Rede Globo telenovela A Vida da Gente in access prime time. The telenovela is about the love triangle between Ana, Rodrigo and Manuela, and family dramas lived by them after a tragic accident.
During the premiere of the play Mind Deception, actor and producer Malvino Salvador late on Thursday (11th), Rio de Janeiro, Estiano took the opportunity to talk about the work of two that will air in January 2011, called Amor em Quatro Atos (Love in Four Acts). The series of four chapters, will be based on four songs by Chico Buarque: "Between rehearsals and recordings were 20 days of living together and he's great," said the actress, who used to apply a wavy hair to play the part. In the chapter she makes movies, plays a filmmaker called Marjorie involved in filming the video for the song "Construction" and in the middle of the episode will complain about the noise of the work and know the neighbor's character Malvino, the role of Mason.
She played the protagonist Laura Assunção in Lado a Lado (2012), telenovela that tells the story of a friendship between two women Laura, a white girl, daughter of a baroness, and Isabel, descendant of a poor slave. Based on the novel's trilogy of the same name, by Erico Verissimo, Time and the Wind (2013) follows 150 years of family Terra Cambará and their opponent Amaral family.
In 2014, she was the lead antagonist Cora in Império, best telenovela in the 2015 Emmy International, the story of José Alfredo who builds an empire when he is separated from his love for Cora. She was a married woman who falls in love with another woman in serie Eu que Amo Tanto (2014). In September 2014 she released her third studio album, titled Oito.
The movie Sob Pressão (2016) follows the emergency department doctors and nurses of a precarious public hospital in Rio de Janeiro. She played the character corresponding to Madame de Tourvel in the Brazilian version (2016) of Les Liaisons dangereuses. In Justice (2016), she plays a dancer who became a quadriplegic and suffers euthanasia. In the 1930s movie Entre Irmãs (2017), two sisters separated by fate face prejudice and sexism: one from the big city high society, the other from a group of country renegades. Inspired by the eponymous movie, in 2017 she premiered the series Sob Pressão (2017–2021), where Estiano played Dr. Carolina again and earned her an International Emmy Award for Best Actress.
Filmography Television Year Title Role Notes2002PopstarsParticipant1st season 2003 Malhação Fabiana 10th season, 4 episodes 2004–06 Malhação Natasha Ferreira 11th–12th season 2005–07 A Turma do Didi Marjorie Estiano 2 episodes 2006 Páginas da Vida Marina Martins de Andrade Rangel 2007 Sob Nova Direção Nelly Li Episode: "A Dona da Voz" Duas Caras Maria Paula Fonseca do Nascimento 2009 Caminho das Índias Antônia "Tônia" Cavinato Cadore 2010 S.O.S. Emergência Flávia Menezes Episode: "Na Saúde e Na Doença" 2011 Amor em Quatro Atos Letícia Episode: "Ela Faz Cinema" 2011 A Vida da Gente Manuela Fonseca 2012 Lado a Lado Laura Assunção Vieira / Paulo Lima 2014 Império Cora dos Anjos Bastos 2014 Eu Que Amo Tanto Angélica Episode: "Angélica" 2016 Ligações Perigosas Mariana de Santanna 2016 Justiça Beatriz Vieira Pugliesi Guest 2017–21 Sob Pressão Dr. Carolina AlencarMain role; 36 episodes 2023FimRuth 2025 Ângela Diniz: Assassinada e Condenada Ângela DinizMain role; 6 episodes 2026 Habeas Corpus Inez FrancoMain role; 8 episodes
Film Year Title Role 2011 Malu de Bicicleta Sueli 2013 Time and the Wind Bibiana Terra Cambará (young) 2014 Apneia Giovanna 2015 Garoto Girl 2016Sob Pressão Dr. Carolina Alencar 2017Entre IrmãsEmília dos Santos Duarte Coelho 2017 Good Manners Ana 2018Todo Clichê do Amor Dani 2018AuroraMônica 2018 Paraíso Perdido Milene 2018 A Onda Maldita Alice 2019 Beatriz Beatriz 2024Abraço de Mãe Ana 2024 I'm Still Here Eliana Paiva (older)
Stage Year Title Role 1997Lisístrata 1998A Raposa e as Uvas 1998Casa de Bernarda Alba 1999Clarice 2000O Palhaço Imaginador 2001Liberdade, Liberdade 2002Buchicho 2000–03Beijos, Escolhas e Bolhas de Sabão Tati 2003Bárbara não lhe Adora Bárbara Cristina 2009–10Corte Seco Samantha 2011Inverno da Luz VermelhaChristine 2012–13O Desaparecimento do Elefante Atashi 2016–17Fluxorama Valkirie 2019Os Sete Afluentes do Rio Ota -
Discography
Marjorie Estiano (2005) Flores, Amores e Blábláblá (2007) Oito (2014)
Tours 2005–2006: Marjorie Estiano e Banda (Marjorie Estiano and Band) 2007–2008: Turnê Blablablá (Blablabla Tour) 2009–2010: Combinação Sobre Todas as Coisas (Combination Above All Things) 2013 – 2014: BB Covers 2014: Oito 2016: Nívea Rock
Music recording sales certification 2005: DVD gold the 25 thousand copies sold of the DVD Marjorie Estiano e Banda (Ao Vivo). 2005: Platinum by 150 thousand copies sold of the CD Marjorie Estiano. 2009: Download Gold, Por mais que eu tente.
Awards and nominations Year Association Work Category Result Ref.1999Festival Theatre Lala Schneider Clarice Best Actress in a Leading Role 2004Melhores do Ano – Domingão do Faustão Malhação Revelation Actress PopTV – UOL Revelation Actress 2005IV Prêmio Jovem Brasileiro (IV Brazilian Youth Award)Best Actress in a Leading Role Melhores do Ano – Domingão do Faustão "Você Sempre Será" Song of The Year Trophy Leão Lobo Marjorie EstianoSinger Revelation Meus Prêmios Nick Singer Revelation 2006Prêmio Multishow de Música Brasileira Singer Revelation Prêmio Minha Novela Páginas da VidaBest Actress in a Supporting Role 2007Troféu ImprensaRevelation Actress Prêmio Contigo! de TVBest Actress in a Supporting Role Melhores do Ano – Domingão do FaustãoBest Actress in a Supporting Role 2008Capricho AwardsDuas CarasBest National Actress 2009Meus Prêmios Nick Caminho das Índias Favorite Actress Capricho Awards Best National Actress 2011Arte Qualidade Brasil Inverno da Luz Vermelha Best Actress in a Leading Role 17º Guarani Film Festival Malu de Bicicleta Best Actress in a Supporting Role MZOTV A Vida da GenteFavorite actress Caras-Digital Best Protagonist Prêmio Quem de Televisão Best Actress in a Supporting Role Meus Prêmios Nick Favorite TV character 2012Prêmio Extra de TelevisãoBest Actress in a Leading Role Noveleiros Lado a Lado Best Romantic Couple in Telenovela (with Thiago Fragoso) 2013Prêmio Contigo! de TV Best Actress in a leading Role Teledossiê Best Actress in a leading Role Retrospectiva UOL Best Actress in a leading Role Trans Brasil TV Best Actress in a leading Role and Best singer APTR O Desaparecimento do Elefante Best Actress in a Supporting Role Aplauso Brasil Best Actress in a Supporting Role Arte Qualidade Brasil Best Actress in a leading Role 2014MegaHertz Império Best Actress in a leading Role 2015Troféu Internet Best Actress in a leading Role 11º FIESP/SESI-SP Apneia Best Actress in a Supporting Role MIFF AWARDS of Milan Best Actress in a Supporting Role 2016Melhor do cinemaSob Pressão Best Actress in a Supporting Role 2017Sesc Cine Best Actress in a leading Role Festival de Cinema do RioAs Boas Maneiras Best Actress in a Supporting Role Notícias da TVSob Pressão Best Actress in a series Melhores do Ano – Domingão do Faustão Best Actress in a series Prêmio F5 Best Actress in a series Prêmio Contigo! de TV Best Actress in a series Trophy APCA Best Actress in a leading Role 2018UOL TV Best Actress in a leading Role 15º Zinegoak – Bilbao Film FestivalAs Boas Maneiras Best Actress in a Supporting Role Prêmio Extra de TelevisãoSob Pressão Best Actress in a Lead Role 23° Guarani Film FestivalEntre Irmãs Best Actress in a Lead Role Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro Best Actress in a Lead Role 12º FIESP/SESI-SP Best Actress in a series Trophy APCASob Pressão Best Actress in a Lead Role Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming Best Actress in a series 2019 International Emmy Award Best Performance By an Actress Melhores do Ano – Domingão do Faustão Best Actress in a series
Recognitions 2011: Best Actress, Critic's Choice – Minha Novela, for A Vida da Gente. 2012: Best romantic couple, Critic's Choice – Minha Novela, for Lado a Lado. 2014: Best Villains, Critic's Choice – Noveleiros, for Império.
References
External links
Marjorie Estiano official website (Portuguese) Marjorie Estiano on Universal Music website (Portuguese) Oito on Deezer website (Portuguese) List of Estiano's albums/DVDs