Bárbara Paz

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1974-10-17 (50 years old)

Place of Birth Campo Bom, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Also Known As Barbara Paz

Bárbara Paz

Biography

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

Known For

Actor

2023
2022
A Trick of Fate

as Úrsula Alves

2020
Plano B

as Self

2018
Talk to Him

as Bárbara Paz

2018
Harassment

as Lorena

2016
My Hindu Friend

as Sofia Guerra

2015
2015
2014
Tainted

as Taís

2013
Se Puder... Dirija!

as Dra. Márcia

2013
2013
Trail of Lies

as Edith Sobral Khoury

2011
Dinossaurs & Robots

as Virgínia Lolatto

2010
As Cariocas

as Denise

2009
Paulista

as Bárbara Paz

2009
Seize the Day

as Renata Ferreira

2009
2008
Quarto 38

as Luisa

2007
Maria Esperança

as Maria Muniz Hurtado

2006
5 Mentiras

as A atriz histérica

2004
Amigo Secreto

as Suely

2002
Cat's Cradle

as Policial Loira

2002
Vinte e cinco

as Teresa

2002
Marisol

as Marisol Mendes / Verônica Linhares

2001
Casa dos Artistas

as Self - Contestant

2000

Producer

2021
The Act

as Producer

2014
Never Too Old to Meow

as Co-Producer

Director

2021
The Act

as Director

2018
Talk to Him

as Director

Editor

Writer