Biography
Marília Pêra was a Brazilian actress, singer and theatre director. Born Marília Soares Pêra on 22 January 1943 in Rio de Janeiro, she came from a family with a background in the performing arts and began appearing on stage as a child. She worked extensively in theatre, telenovelas and film over five decades.
Pêra is known for her role as Sueli in the 1980 film Pixote, for which she received the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress, and as Irene in Walter Salles's Central Station (1998). She won multiple Best Actress awards at the Gramado Film Festival and appeared in other films including Bar Esperança (1983) and Angels of the Night (1987). She died on 5 December 2015 in Rio de Janeiro.
