Personal Info
Birth date
1977-06-14 (48 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Also known as
-Camila Pitanga
Biography
Camila Manhães Sampaio (born June 14, 1977), professionally known as Camila Pitanga, is a renowned Brazilian actress known for her performances in film and television. The daughter of actors Vera Manhães and Antônio Pitanga, and the sister of actor Rocco Pitanga, Camila began her artistic career as a child at the age of six in the film Quilombo (1984). Throughout her career, she stood out in various television productions, including the telenovela Paraíso Tropical (2007), where she played the character Bebel, a role that earned her the APCA (São Paulo Association of Art Critics), Qualidade Brasil, and Contigo! awards for Best Actress. She also starred in Cama de Gato (2009), Lado a Lado (2012), and Velho Chico (2016). In cinema, Camila starred in films such as Caramuru: A Invenção do Brasil (2001), Redentor (2004), and Eu Receberia as Piores Notícias dos Seus Lindos Lábios (2011), for which she won the Prêmio Guarani for Best Actress. In September 2016, she was named the national ambassador for UN Women Brazil, committing to the defense of women's rights and the promotion of gender equality. In Beleza Fatal on Max, Camila Pitanga received a prominent role with great recognition, gaining significant attention for her performance, which became one of the telenovela's highlights.
Filmography
Young Hearts
6.1
Overview:
Malhação is a Brazilian television series for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the Múltipla Escolha High School.A Grande Família
8.4
Overview:
The daily lives of a typical Brazilian middle-class family, that are always very close and tries, in their way, to survive the financial and relationship difficulties.Paraíso Tropical
8.2
Overview:
The search for a successor provokes the beginning of a clash between two young and talented executives of his group: Daniel Bastos, a lad of simple origins and excellent character, who is not only handsome and charming, but also intelligent and skilled, and Olavo Novaes, an ambitious and unscrupulous man who is ready to fight for the position, at any cost. To fight against Olavo‘s treacherous plans, Daniel will have the help of the sweet and sensitive Paula, a young lady raised as an only child who founds, on the eve of her mother‘s death, that she is adopted and has a family. What Paula does not know is that she has an identical twin sister, the wicked Taís, who is as ambitious and unscrupulous as the man who becomes her main ally, Olavo Novaes. Antenor, for his part, decides on having an heir when he meets the headstrong and honest Lúcia, a woman who will make this cold businessman find true love is and a real reason to live.Casseta & Planeta, Urgente!
6.4
Overview:
Casseta & Planeta is a Brazilian group of comedians who run a TV show named Casseta & Planeta Urgente, broadcast by Rede Globo. The humour featured on the show is mostly satirical, relating to religious or ethical groups, and minorities. The group founded a company called Toviassu Produções Artísticas, whose name is an acronym composed of syllables from the phrase "Todo viado é surdo" – "Every gay is deaf"; which is the ending of a widely known Brazilian practical joke. Each one of the seven members has a specific function within the company. They present their TV show at Rede Globo and publish a website and many books, among other products, for example the "Machobol". Originally a magazine named Casseta Popular and a humour newspaper called O Planeta Diário, the two teams joined forces and were hired by Rede Globo to become writers for the network's comedy shows, starting with TV Pirata in 1988. A few years later, they starred in their own show.Mulheres Apaixonadas
6.5
Overview:
The series surrounds the damaged relationship between a saxophonist and a woman who falls in love for a former boyfriend, whom she had left to marry him.Brava Gente
7
Overview:
Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from stories and national stories, and plays by famous playwrights, screenwriters and signed by a number represented by several actors and actresses. The genres of the stories varied each week with the style of each director or author. Brava Gente in the stories ranged from comedies and dramas. In all 53 episodes were shown, broadcast on Tuesday nights.Sessão de Terapia
8.278
Overview:
Set in an office of a psychoanalyst, the series follows the professional and personal day-to-day work of therapist Theo. Displayed daily, each episode of the plot is marked by the story of one of his patients, and the last episode of the week will always bring an assessment of Theo's by his supervisor Dora.Scars of Beauty
8.1
Overview:
Two families, two terrible injustices, and one common plan for revenge. A daughter who loses her mother is wrongly imprisoned and murdered in prison. A mother who loses her daughter is the victim of medical malpractice. Both join forces to take revenge on those who destroyed their families.Ambitious Women
5.4
Overview:
In Ambitious Women, all levels of ambition are revealed in a plot full of greed, revenge and struggle for power, through the conflicts of three strong women with very different personalities.Sex Appeal
6
Overview:
It tells the story of young people who dream of a modeling career and the rise of their lives. It all starts when the Sex Appeal agency, led by Edgar and Cecilia, runs a contest that will award the winner two hundred thousand dollars and the possibility of living abroad. The main competitors are Angel, Vilma, Eva and Claudinha. They will do anything to earn, even things they would never imagine doing.Aruanas
7.6
Overview:
Three friends leading a nonprofit organisation investigate environmental crimes in the Amazon involving a major mining company.A Próxima Vítima
7.6
Overview:
A young law student starts to work as a detective, decided to uncover the identity behind a series of murders, as well as who is next.Insensato Coração
5.9
Overview:
Insensato Coração is a Brazilian telenovela that first aired on Rede Globo in 2011.Side by Side
9.2
Overview:
Winner of the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela, "Side by Side" focuses on two women of different origins and social classes. The brave Isabel, daughter of a former slave and in love with the capoeira player Zé Maria; and Laura, descendant from a wealthy family and destined to an undesired marriage to Edgar. In addition to an unshakable friendship, the two share the same purpose in life: the conquest of freedom in the conservative society of Rio de Janeiro of the early 20th century.A Invenção do Brasil
9
Overview:
The legend of Caramuru, a Portuguese man that finds a paradise in Brazil, after stranded by a shipwreck, but has his heart tested when the chance to return to his country comes.Porto dos Milagres
5.6
Overview:
Porto dos Milagres is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from 5 February to 29 September 2001, totaling 203 chapters. It was written by Aguinaldo Silva and Ricardo Linhares and loosely based on two works written by Jorge Amado - The Dead Sea and the discovery of America by the Turks. Had Philip collaboration Miguez, Maria Elisa Berredo, Nadotti Nelson and Gloria Baker, directed by Fabricio Mamberti and Luciano Sabino. Director general Mark and Robert Paul Naar, co-directed by Fabricio Mamberti and Luciano Sabino. Had the direction of core Marcos Paulo.Pastores da Noite
NYR
Overview:
The Night Shepherds universe is inhabited by prostitutes, priests, rogues, saint's parents and street vendors. For a very Brazilian people who fight every day for survival and only rely on the solidarity spirit and friendship of each other. The seductive Cabo Martim, the romantic Curió, the noble Massu, the artful Foot of Wind and the Jesuit master live their adventures in four independent episodes, which are completed in their poetry and the strength of each story.Cat's Cradle
8.1
Overview:
Imagine a strong and tender hearted woman, a confused man and a villain capable of everything to get money. We have the perfect love triangle to a classic love story.Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury
7.3
Overview:
“Rio 2096 – A Story of Love and Fury” is an animated film that portrays the love between an immortal hero and Janaína, the woman he has been in love with for 600 years. As a backdrop to the romance, the feature highlights four phases of Brazilian history: colonization, slavery, the Military Regime and the future, in 2096, when there will be a war for water.Acting
2025Samba Infinite as Sister
2025Show 60 Anos as Bebel
2025Dona de Mim (10 Episodes) as Ellen
2025Scars of Beauty (40 Episodes) as Lola
2024Malês as Sabina
2022Happy Hour com Mariana Ximenes (1 Episode) as Self
202170 Anos Esta Noite as Unknown
2019Juntos a Magia Acontece as Vera
2019Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta as Self
2019Aruanas (20 Episodes) as Olga
2017Barravento Novo as Unknown
2016Pitanga as Self
2016Velho Chico (172 Episodes) as Maria Tereza de Sá Ribeiro Vidigal
2015Ambitious Women (143 Episodes) as Regina Rocha
2014Educação.doc (5 Episodes) as Ela mesma
2013Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury as Janaína (voice)
2012Sessão de Terapia (6 Episodes) as Rita
2012Side by Side (154 Episodes) as Isabel Nascimento
2011I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips as Lavinia
2011Decora (1 Episode) as Unknown
2011Insensato Coração (185 Episodes) as Carolina Miranda (Carol)
2009Cat's Cradle (161 Episodes) as Rosalinda "Rosie"
2007Noel: The Samba Poet as Ceci
2007Basic Sanitation, the Movie as Silene
2007Paraíso Tropical (179 Episodes) as Francisbel dos Santos Batista (Bebel)
2006Mulheres do Brasil as Esmeralda
2005Belíssima (209 Episodes) as Mônica Santana
2005Tecendo o Saber (1 Episode) as Ritinha
2005Sal de Prata as Cassandra
2005História de Amor as Unknown
2004Bendito Fruto as Choquita
2004Redeemer as Soninha
2003The Sign of Chaos as Furacão de Santos
2003The Price of Peace as Anésia
2003Stray Bullet as Marina
2003Mulheres Apaixonadas (203 Episodes) as Drª. Luciana Ribeiro Alves
2002Pastores da Noite (4 Episodes) as Marialva
2001Caramuru: Brazil Reinvented as Paraguaçu
2001A Grande Família (1 Episode) as Marina
2001Porto dos Milagres (203 Episodes) as Esmeralda Miranda
2000Brava Gente (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Elisa, Maria, Marialva
2000A Invenção do Brasil (3 Episodes) as Catarina Paraguaçu
1998Pecado Capital (7 Episodes) as Ritinha
1995Super Colosso as Unknown
1995Young Hearts (395 Episodes) as Alexandra Bittencourt (Alex)
1995A Próxima Vítima (203 Episodes) as Patrícia Noronha
1993Fera Ferida (210 Episodes) as Teresinha Fronteira
1993Sex Appeal (19 Episodes) as Vilma Nascimento
1992Casseta & Planeta, Urgente! (1 Episode) as Unknown
1981Som Brasil (26 Episodes) as Self - Host
Production
TBAIemanjá - Ocean's Goddess ... Executive Producer
Writing
2016Pitanga ... Writer
Directing
2016Pitanga ... Director