Dani
Ornellas
Actress
At age 17, Dani Ornellas visited Tablado (theater acting) it was enough to change her life. The moment she came across art and met Maria Clara Machado was born the desire to turn that passion into a way of life. “. “I was immediately taken by a wish that was stronger than me. I couldn’t think of anything else, but to become an actress. I knew I could do other things but happiness would be incomplete”, she recalls. In spite of the difficulties and the little family support – due to job instability – she rolled up her sleeves and moved forward.
She was keen to study, improve herself and that is what she has been doing until today. “The more I learn, the more I see that I have a lot to learn,” she says. Her debut was a success. It came up through a setting of Opera do Malandro, under the supervision of Maria Clara Machado. From there, more theater plays, awards in the movies and television work have been fulfilling the dream of this “carioca”.
Eager for knowledge, she also graduated in Tourism and attended free courses in the field of gastronomy.
In the movies, she was awarded for her performance in her first job: Cruz e Souza, o poeta do Desterro. It earned Dani Ornellas the award for the best actress in “Festival de Cinema Negro” in São Paulo, in 2005. Her participation in Filhas do Vento, by Joel Zito, was also responsible for the prizes at Festival Negro in Sao Paulo and Festival de Cinema in Macapá , both in 2005
In this last job, she took part of the movies Cidade de Deus. According to the actress, she had never seen a movie formed mostly by a black cast of actors. Through it, she ended up being known by the audience. “It was my second experience in films and my first contact with Paulo Lins. I did a test for a character, but I ended up playing another one. The truth is that thanks to this change of character, I played the scenes that I loved the most”, she said.
On television, her first job was in a soap opera called A Padroeira. Afterwards, she participated in shows such as Força Tarefa, Cidade dos Homens and Tecendo o Saber. It is also included the hit of soap operas: Duas Cara,s by Aguinaldo Silva, and also the co-production Brazil-Portugal Paixões Proibidas. On Futura channel, she presented the program Nota Dez – A Cor da Cultura and the series A família Imperial. Thanks to her participation in a famous Brazilian series called Suburbia she eventually became known by the general public and she was taken to the level of the most beautiful black actresses these days. “It was the greatest and best opportunity to show my work as an actress. I Consider Suburbia as a launch,” she added.
Among his most recent works, the character Deodora, in I Love Paraisópolis, in 2015, of TV Globo, and as the mother of Saint Simone de Oxum, in Malhação, in 2018.
Experience and Skills
For her performance in the Movies: ““Filhas do Vento”, “Cruz e Sousa, and “O poeta do Desterro” (International Black Film Festival of São Paulo/BR- 2005).
TV Series
4ª temporada
Director: Susana Garcia
Character: Emergency medical
2018 – SOB PRESSÃO – Globo TV
TV Series
Episode: 208
Production: Conspiração Filmes
Author: Jorge Furtado
Writer: Lucas Paraizo
Director: Andrucha Waddington and Mini Kerti
Character: Dayse
2018 – MALHAÇÃO/ VIDAS BRASILEIRAS – Globo TV
Writer: Patrícia Moretzsohn
Director: Natália Grimberg
Character: Simone
2018 – ASSÉDIO – Globo TV
Writer: Maria Camargo
Director: Amora Mautner
Character: Naiara Flores
2017 – VOCÊ DECIDE – Globo TV
Interactive TV Show
Director: José Eduardo Belmonte
Episode: Vamos Falar Sobre Morte?
Character: Doctor
2017 – CONSELHO TUTELAR – Record TV
Writer: Marco Borges
Director: Rude Lagemann
Character: Baby-Sitter
2017 – ESCOLA DE GÊNIOS – Gloob TV
Writers: Ângela Fabri and Ludmila Naves
Directors: João Daniel Tikhomiroff, Marcelo Cordeiro and Jeferson De
Character: Viola and Violeta
2016 – LIBERDADE, LIBERDADE – Globo TV
Writer: Márcia Prates
Director: Vinicius Coimbra
Character: Jacinta
2015 – I LOVE PARAISÓPOLIS – Globo TV
Writers: Alcides Nogueira and Mário Teixeira
Director: Wolf Maya
Character: Deodora
2015 – QUESTÃO DE FAMÍLIA – GNT
Writer: Rodrigo Lages
Director: Sergio Rezende
Character: Rose
2014 – MEU PEDACINHO DE CHÃO – Globo TV
Writer: Benedito Ruy Barbosa
Director: Luis Fernando Carvalho
Character: Amância
2012 – SÉRIE FAMÍLIA IMPERIAL – Globo TV
Director: Cao Hamburguer
2012 – SUBURBIA – Globo TV
Writers: Luis Fernando Carvalho and Paulo Lins
Director: Luis Fernando Carvalho
Character: Vera
2009 – FORÇA TAREFA – Globo TV
Director: José Alvarenga
2008 – DUAS CARAS – Globo TV
Director: Wolf Maya
2004 – CIDADE DOS HOMENS – Globo TV
Director: Regina Casé
2001 – A PADROEIRA – Globo TV
Director: Roberto Talma
2007 – PAIXÕES PROIBIDAS – Band TV
Director: Inácio Coqueiro
Director: Lázaro Ramos
Character: Fugitive mother
2019 – PRISIONEIRO DA LIBERDADE
Director: Jeferson De
Character: Maria Julia
2018 – MONTANHA RUSSA
Director: Vinicius Reis
Character: Paula
2016 – SIMONAL
Director: Leonardo Domingues
Character: Maria
2008 – O INVENTOR DE SONHOS
Director: Ricardo Nauemberg
2008 – CORES E BOTA
Director: Juliana Vicente
2007 – METEORO
Director: Diego de La Teixeira
2006 – MÃOS NEGRAS
Director: Daniel Caetano
2005 – FILHAS DO VENTO
Director: Joel Zito
2005 – QUASE DA FAMÍLIA
Director: Adriano Lírio
2005 – ALGUÉM FALOU EM RACISMO
Director: Claudius Cecon
2003 – O CHEIRO DA FEIJOADA
Director: Iléa Ferraz
2002 – CIDADE DE DEUS
Director: Fernando Meirelles
2002 – CRUZ E SOUZA, O POETA DO DESTERRO
Director: Sylvio Back
Writer: Elísio Lopes Junior
Director: Lázaro Ramos
Character: Língua Regina, Dona Elenita e Velha
2017 – VIL
Writer: Livre Dramaturgia a partir da peça homônima de Rodrigo de Roure
Director: Renato Carrera
Character: Woman
2016 – VIL
Writer: Livre Dramaturgia a partir da peça homônima de Rodrigo de Roure
Director: Renato Carrera
Character: Viola and Delegada
2015 – PORTO DE MEMÓRIAS – O TRIUNFO DE LEOLPODINA
Writer: Alexei Waichenberg, Maria Nattari e Regina Miranda
Director: Regina Miranda
Character: Monumento Escravo
2014 – VESTIDO DE NOIVA
Writer: Nelson Rodrigues
Director: Renato Carrera
Character: Mulher inatual, Carpideira e Mãe
2013 – A PROPÓSITO DE SENHORITA JULIA
Writer: Strindberg. Adaptação de José Almino and Walter Lima Jr.
Director: Walter Lima Jr
Character: Cristiane
2013 – HISTÓRIAS DE JILÚ
Writer: Rodrigo de Roure
Director: Renato Carrera
Character: Jilú
2009/2010 – MORTE SOBRE A LAMA
Director: Ricardo Torres
2003 – NUNCA PENSEI QUE IA VER ESSE DIA
Director: Luiz Antônio Pilar
2001 – MITOLOGIA DOS DEUSES AFRICANOS
Director: Aduni Benton
1997 – TUTY
Director: Cirano Rosale,
1996 – A ÓPERA DO MALANDRO
Director: Thais Balloni
