Dandara
Mariana
Actress
Music, dance and interpretation are intertwined in Dandara Mariana´s career, an actress who was born in Rio de Janeiro (RJ) in 1988. She is an actor’s daughter (Romeo Evaristo) with an international consultant (Elizabeth Correa Nahas). Since a child, she showed interest in following the artistic career. During her adolescence, Dandara and her friends set up a cover group for the Spice Girls. She was Melanie Brown. Her father encouraged her so much, that he accompanied the group as an illuminator of the presentations. “I’ve always been a spontaneous child. As a child, I loved day-care, differently from the others. Art was the natural way that I followed as a way to go beyond this restless side of me”, she says.
After graduating in school, her taste for decoration and arts spoke louder. Dandara ended up opting for the architecture course. It didn’t take long and soon realized she had made the wrong choice. Thanks to her friends Lázaro Ramos and Taís Araújo, she was invited to participate in the program As Aventuras de Parabólico, in the Channel Brasil, directed by the actor. There she was certain of what she wanted: performing arts. In 2007 she enrolled in CAL (Casa das Artes de Laranjeiras). Finally he felt in the right place.
In her resumé, Dandara has classics like Toda Nudez será Castigada, by Nelson Rodrigues; No Mundo Nada se Leva, by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart; and Antígona, by Sophocles. Music and dance came back to her life by performing three musicals: Orfeu da Conceição, O Bem do Mar – Dorival Caymmi and Garrincha – in the role, she gave life to the singer Elza Soares. In September 2018, she played the samba singer Dona Ivone Lara in the young phase, in the musical Dona Ivone Lara – A Sorriso Negro (O Musical). In the movies, Dandara joined the cast of Aparecida – O milagre, O concurso, Um Canditato Honesto Através das Sombras and the still unreleased, Dona Flor e seus dois maridos”.
In 2017, she debuted as Marilda in A Força do Querer. Once again the dance arises in her career. In the soap opera of Glória Perez, she plays a riparian river girl who rocks while dancing “carimbó”, being the best friend of the protagonist Ritinha (lived by Isis Valverde). Even before, she performed also on TV, the young Tamtam in Malhação (2012), participated in the series Na Forma da Lei and in the soap operas, Babilônia (2015) and A Regra do Jogo (2015).
In 2019, the actress is in the summer soap opera Verão 90 graus, from TV Globo, as the dancer Dandara. Currently she attends Dance at UFRJ. Dandara likes to say that she embraces every kind of artistic expression. “Art is part of my life. I’m constantly allowing myself, opening my senses: singing, dancing, drawing, writing, reading, watching …, “she says, adding that her other passion is to travel. She has already been to Australia, Japan, India, England … Dandara doesn’t stop. She goes far to reach her dreams.
Experience and Skills
Graduated in Theater by UCAM (Universidade Cândido Mendes)
Theater Course by Camila Amado and Elisa Lucinda
Theater Course by Amir Haddad (Group : Ta na Rua)
Music WorkShop by Théâtre du Soleil
Studying Dance / UFRJ (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
English
Singing
Writer: Mario Teixeira
Director: Jorge Fernando
Character: Dandara
2017 – A FORÇA DO QUERER – GLOBO TV
Writer: Glória Perez
Director: Rogério Gomes and Pedro Vasconcelos
Character: Marilda
2015 – A REGRA DO JOGO – GLOBO TV
Writer: João Emanuel Carneiro
Director: Enrique Dias and Joana Jabace
Character: Sabrina
2015 – BABILÔNIA – GLOBO TV
Writer: Gilberto Braga
Director: Pedro Peregrino
Character: Jôse
2015 – ERNESTO, O EXTERMINADOR DE SERES MONSTRUOSOS E OUTRAS PORCARIAS – BRASIL TV
Writer: Ana Pacheco and Izabella Faya
Director: Gustavo Spolidoro
Character: Fernanda
2012 – MALHAÇÃO CONECTADOS – GLOBO TV
Writer: Ingrid Zavarezz
Director: Mário Márcio Bandarra, Roberto Vaz and Ajax Camacho
Character: Tamtam
2010 – NA FORMA DA LEI – GLOBO TV
Series
Writer: Antônio Calmon
Director: Wolf Maya
Character: Amanda
2006 – AS AVENTURAS DE PARABÓLICO – BRASIL CHANNEL
Miniseries
Director: Lázaro Ramos
Character: Diana
2018 – CIDADE DO MEDO
Writer: Gustavo de Almeida e Rodrigo Pimentel
Director: Caio Cobra
Character: Flávia
2016 – ATRAVÉS DAS SOMBRAS
Director:Walter Lima Junior
Character: Nazaré
2016 – DONA FLOR E SEUS DOIS MARIDOS
Director: Pedro Vasconcelos
Character: Zulmira
2015 – CHIBATA
Director: Marcos Manhães Marins
Character: Dulce Alves
2014 – UM CANDIDATO HONESTO
Director: Roberto Santucci
Character: Uma repórter
2013 – O CONCURSO
Director: Pedro Vasconcelos
Character: Janaína
2012 – BILLI PIG
Director: José Eduardo Belmonte
Special Participation
2010 – APARECIDA – O MILAGRE
Director: Tizuka Yamasaki
Character: Sheila
2009 – JACK E CHAN
Director: Alice Demiere
Character: Jack
SHORT FILM
2018 – INJÚRIA
Director: Ernani Nunes
Character: Karine
Director: Jô Santana
Character: Ivone Lara (Young Girl)
2016 – GARRINCHA
Director: Bob Wilson
Character: The Dancer
2016 – MIXMEMÓRIA
Director and Choreographer: Carmem Luz
2014 – DAR UM JEITO
Collaborative Text
Supervision: Eduardo Vaccari
Character: Lifeguard and Limp Woman
2013 – RÚCULA COM TOMATE SECO
Writer: Arthur Vinciprova
Director: Arthur Vinciprova
Character: Suzana
2010 – ORFEU DA CONCEIÇÃO”
Director: Aderbal Freire Filho
2009 – O BEM DO MAR – DORIVAL CAYMM
Director: Antônio De Bonis
2009 – OS ORDINÁRIOS
Inspired by the film: “Felos, Sujos e Malvados”
Director: Inês Vianna
Character: Bia
2009 – NOITE DE REIS
Writer: William Shakespeare
Director: Thierry Trémoroux
Character: Olívia
2008 – ANTÍGONA
Writer: Sófocles
Director: Celina Sodré.
Character: Ismênia
2008 – FUENTE OVEJUNA
Writer: Lope de Vega
Director: Arnaldo Marques.
Character: Laurencia
2007 – TODA NUDEZ SERÁ CASTIGADA
Writer: Nelson Rodrigues
Director: Celina Bebianno.
Character: Geni
2007 – DO MUNDO NADA SE LEVA
Writer: George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Director: Celina Bebianno.
Character: Essie
