Nana Gouvêa

Nana Gouvea
Born
Sebastiana Gouvêa Moraes

(1975-05-03) May 3, 1975
OccupationActress
Spouse(s)Danny Alexsanders Aguiar Silva (1991-1993), Carlos Fernandez (2012-2019)
Children2
Websiteinstagram.com/nanagouveaofficial

Sebastiana Gouvêa Moraes (born May 3, 1975, in Jataí, Goiás) is a Brazilian actress.

Biography

Nana began her career at age 10 as a photo model, and by age 15 was already recognized by the Brazilian brands Ellus, Fórum, São Paulo Alpargatas, DeMillus, Zoomp among others. However, she gained notoriety from a series of photo essays that began in Playboy Magazine in 1996, then presented as Botafogo's muse, a reference to her favorite team. After that period she was further highlighted in a sequence of sexy photo essays .

On TV, Nana starred in "Pantera do Faustão" in TV Globo (1996); Was the host on "Domingo Milionário" with J. Silvestre on TV Manchete (1997); appeared as a regular guest star on "Banheira do Gugu" on SBT (1998/99); starred in the soap opera Porto dos Milagres on TV Globo (2001), JK (2006), Amazônia, de Galvez a Chico Mendes (2007) featured in the soap opera Bicho do Mato for TV Record (2006). In 2008, she did Faça Sua História (TV Globo) and Lendas Urbanas on SBT. In April 2011, Nana appeared in the soap opera Araguaia for TV Globo, where she plays Jamila,[1][2][3] who enchants an Arab tourist whom she eventually marries.

Nana is also known as one the most memorable Queens of the Brazilian Carnival of all time, starring in the show for 13 consecutive years, from 1996 to 2009, appearing for several Samba Schools including Caprichosos de Pilares, São Clemente, Unidos da Tijuca, Vila Maria and others.

In 2011, Nana moved to New York, where she studied Meisner Techniques at Esper Studios, with one of the best teachers in America, the renowned Terry Knickerboker (acting) and Gail Bell (Voice techniques). In the US, Nana has starred in several indie films such as the sci-fi terror Black Wake (2018), which she also produced, Blood Circus(2017), Linea del Sangre(2019), Lady Godiva(2020) and Bishop's Cove (2023).

In 2016/7, Nana Gouvea stared at the NHK Japan popular show "Otona No Kiso Eigo" ("Basic English for Adults") as the sweet beauty Isabella, becoming one of Japan's favorite actresses and celebrities.

Personal life

Nana lives in New York City since 2011.

Nana married Carlos Keyes in 2011 and divorced in 2019. They have no children.

Nana is the mother of two girls from her first marriage to Danny Alexanders Aguiar Silva from 1991 to 1993, Daphynie Katerine Gouvea Aguiar, born on March 14, 1992, and Angel Kathleen Gouvea Aguiar, born on May 31, 1993, she also has one grandson, son of Daphynie, Noah Gouvea Alcantara, born on October 12, 2016.[4]

Daughter of the lawyer, farmer and real estate investor Sebastião Gouvea Moraes and Laudenes Moreira Gouvea, a housewife, Nana has two siblings, Fernando Moreira Gouvêa and Maria Luiza Gouvêa with Nana being the youngest of the three.

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Note
2001 Porto dos Milagres Lindinha Cameo
Casa dos Artistas Herself Reality show
2003 A Turma do Didi Roberta Cameo
2004 Sob Nova Direção Ursinho Cameo
2005 Zorra Total Priscila Cameo
2006 JK Ninon Vesúvio Cameo
Bicho do Mato Teca Toulouse Cameo
2007 Amazônia, de Galvez a Chico Mendes Léa Cameo
2008 Faça Sua História Veranista Episode: "Caramuru"
2010 Sonho Dourado Bia Herst
S.O.S. Emergência Suellen Episode: "Sim Senhor, Sim Senhora"
Vendemos Cadeiras Herself Cameo
2011 Araguaia Jamila Cameo
2017 The Fever Carmine Co-star
Otona No Kiso Eigo Isabella Co-star

Film

Year Title Ref.
2000 O Filho Pródigo [5]
2016 Black Wake [6]
2016 Blood Circus [7]
2017 Peripheral [8]
2019 Linea De Sangre
Killer Response

| 2020 || | ||Lady Godiva / Lady Godiva || |- |} | 2023 ||| | ||Bishop's Cove / Marquesa || |- |}

References

  1. ^ "Nana Gouvêa fará participação especial em 'Araguaia'".
  2. ^ "EGO - NOTÍCIAS - Vestindo burca, Nana Gouvêa grava 'Araguaia'".
  3. ^ "Nana Gouvêa faz participação especial nas últimas cenas de Araguaia".
  4. ^ Nana Gouvêa grava vídeo para explicar fotos após furacão Sandy
  5. ^ "Perfil Rainha Nana Gouvêa". Archived from the original on 2003-12-24. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
  6. ^ Black Wake IMDb
  7. ^ Gouvea, Nana. House Rules.
  8. ^ Gouvea, Nana. The Peripheral.