Nina de Pádua

Acting

Nina de Pádua

Born

1955-10-09 (71)

Place of birth

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Known for

Acting

Credits

44 titles

Known for

Young Hearts poster
6.2

Malhação is a Brazilian television series for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the Múltipla Escolha High School.

Young Hearts

1995

História de Amor poster
8.0

Helena is a sweet, honest, sensitive and a warrior woman who faces the premature pregnancy of her daughter Joyce, who in turn is abandoned by her boyfriend, the irresponsible Caio. The biggest problem is the girl's father, Assunção, Helena's ex-husband, who does not accept the situation. Lonely and alone, Helena awakens a passion for the endocrinologist Carlos Alberto, and has her feelings matched. But Carlos is committed to the possessive Paula. The girl's parents, Zuleika and Rômulo, anxiously await their daughter's wedding with Carlos, who will save the family from financial decay. But Carlos is the type of man that women don't really forget. Even married to Paula and in love with Helena, he is still harassed by ex-wife Sheyla, who is not satisfied with having lost him and dreams of a rapprochement.

História de Amor

1995

Soul Mate poster
6.8

A young woman is fated to relive the love of an earlier life. Separated by time, young Serena and botanist Rafael surmount all obstacles as they live a love that is stronger than fate itself. These challenges include the lovely but ambitious Cristina, who is obsessed by the rich botanist and driven nearly mad by her attempts to shatter their great love. A romantic comedy set in the 1940s, Soul Mate underscores the importance of love, family values and the ties of affection with a light touch and plenty of humor.

Soul Mate

2005

Four Lives, Four Loves poster
7.5

A traffic accident causes four women's destinies to intertwine. In the series, the four enter a pact of revenge against the men who hit them and caused them to suffer. Auxiliadora struggled to help her husband Alcebíades prosper, but when he leaves her for a younger woman, is thrown out of the house. The shy Tatiana was engaged to Fortunato, who failed to show up at their wedding. The Babalu hurricane caught mechanic Raí in bed with another woman. Abigail, a preppy psychologist who is struggling in a failing marriage, decides superficially to continue it but revolts against her husband, Gustavo, who humiliates her in public at a congress. Gustavo has custody of Ângela, a girl who longs to know her true father, Bruno. Her mother died in the childbirth, traumatizing him.

Four Lives, Four Loves

1994

Mandacaru poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mandacaru

1997

A Gata Comeu poster
8.1

After getting lost on a sea excursion, Jô Penteado and Fábio Coutinho develop mutual feelings during the two months they spend stranded on a deserted island.

A Gata Comeu

1985

Film credits

1990s · 4 titles

1980s · 12 titles

Avaete, Seed of Revenge poster
5.2

Little Indian boy survives his tribe massacre, growing up together with his wish for revenge and his quest for his own identity. Based on a true story.

Avaete, Seed of Revenge

1985

Engraçadinha poster
5.4

After the funeral of her father Arnaldo, who committed suicide, Engraçadinha confesses to the priest the motives. On the engagement party of her cousin Sílvio with Letícia, Engraçadinha seduces him in the library, and later she ends her engagement with Zózimo and lies to Letícia, telling that she is pregnant. Letícia decides to tell Arnaldo what happened, and he says that the child can not be born. He exposes dirty secrets to Engraçadinha, and a tragedy is announced.

Engraçadinha

1981

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

O Visionário: A Poesia de Murilo Mendes

1983

Observatorium poster
5.0

Post-modernity spaces brings out more violence from wars and love relationships. A young couple and the post-apocalyptic atmosphere of the Cold War.

Observatorium

1982

Verão poster
NR

In a beach house, snapshots of a couple's relationship are interspersed with flashbacks to a political past that still threatens their lives.

Verão

1983

The Secret of the Mummy poster
4.6

A mad scientist attempts to bring an ancient Egyptian mummy back to life.

The Secret of the Mummy

1982

Obscenidades poster
7.0

A bourgeois housewife's life is shaken by a series of anonymous letters that she periodically receives, increasingly obscene. At first, she believes the sender to be a complete stranger, then she begins to suspect her husband's friends. But she doesn't dare talk to her husband about the letters or their contents: she remains anxious, thinking about suicide, and always waiting for the postman.

Obscenidades

1986

Menino do Rio poster
6.5

Romantic adventures of a group of Rio de Janeiro teenagers and surfers.

Menino do Rio

1982

Noite poster
4.0

Somwhere in the city of Porto Alegre, a man who has lost his memory is questioned by a group of police officers about the barbaric murder of a socialite. Without recognizing himself in the documents he carries in his pocket, he wanders through the underworlds of the city in search of an answer.

Noite

1985

It's Not All True poster
6.9

Orson Welles goes to Brazil to shoot his documentary It's All True.

It's Not All True

1986

Me Beija poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Me Beija

1984

Eternamente Pagu poster
7.2

Eternamente Pagu is a biographical film about Patrícia Galvão, best known as Pagu, a Brazilian political, literary and artistic activist. An important figure of the Brazilian Modernism, Pagu was also a militant for the Brazilian Communist Party after she married writer Oswald de Andrade. She broke up with Andrade and, as a journalist was arrested by the Dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas. After she left prison, she abandoned Communism in favor of Trotskyist Socialism, married Geraldo Ferraz, and started a career as theatre director.

Eternamente Pagu

1987

Series credits

Young Hearts poster
6.2

Malhação is a Brazilian television series for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the Múltipla Escolha High School.

Young Hearts

1995

História de Amor poster
8.0

Helena is a sweet, honest, sensitive and a warrior woman who faces the premature pregnancy of her daughter Joyce, who in turn is abandoned by her boyfriend, the irresponsible Caio. The biggest problem is the girl's father, Assunção, Helena's ex-husband, who does not accept the situation. Lonely and alone, Helena awakens a passion for the endocrinologist Carlos Alberto, and has her feelings matched. But Carlos is committed to the possessive Paula. The girl's parents, Zuleika and Rômulo, anxiously await their daughter's wedding with Carlos, who will save the family from financial decay. But Carlos is the type of man that women don't really forget. Even married to Paula and in love with Helena, he is still harassed by ex-wife Sheyla, who is not satisfied with having lost him and dreams of a rapprochement.

História de Amor

1995

Soul Mate poster
6.8

A young woman is fated to relive the love of an earlier life. Separated by time, young Serena and botanist Rafael surmount all obstacles as they live a love that is stronger than fate itself. These challenges include the lovely but ambitious Cristina, who is obsessed by the rich botanist and driven nearly mad by her attempts to shatter their great love. A romantic comedy set in the 1940s, Soul Mate underscores the importance of love, family values and the ties of affection with a light touch and plenty of humor.

Soul Mate

2005

Four Lives, Four Loves poster
7.5

A traffic accident causes four women's destinies to intertwine. In the series, the four enter a pact of revenge against the men who hit them and caused them to suffer. Auxiliadora struggled to help her husband Alcebíades prosper, but when he leaves her for a younger woman, is thrown out of the house. The shy Tatiana was engaged to Fortunato, who failed to show up at their wedding. The Babalu hurricane caught mechanic Raí in bed with another woman. Abigail, a preppy psychologist who is struggling in a failing marriage, decides superficially to continue it but revolts against her husband, Gustavo, who humiliates her in public at a congress. Gustavo has custody of Ângela, a girl who longs to know her true father, Bruno. Her mother died in the childbirth, traumatizing him.

Four Lives, Four Loves

1994

Mandacaru poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mandacaru

1997

A Gata Comeu poster
8.1

After getting lost on a sea excursion, Jô Penteado and Fábio Coutinho develop mutual feelings during the two months they spend stranded on a deserted island.

A Gata Comeu

1985

Chamas da Vida poster
6.3

This telenovela is full of secrets. The plot releases love stories, hate, friendship, revenge, friendship, hate and many surprises. The exciting story of Flame of Life shows a love growing interest started in two childhood friends who haven’t seen each other for many years and are bring back together in a tragic moment.

Chamas da Vida

2008

Apocalipse poster
7.8

A mysterious and spiritual portrayal of one of the most intense and controversial stories in the Holy Bible: the end of the world.

Apocalipse

2017

To Love Is To Care poster
8.1

After a devastating flood leaves her with nothing, physiotherapist Adriana finds work as a caregiver for Arthur Brandão, a reclusive jewelry tycoon surrounded by ambitious heirs. The trust that develops between them leads to a marriage of convenience designed to protect Arthur’s legacy, but the arrangement turns tragic when he is murdered on their wedding night.​ Wrongfully convicted of the crime, Adriana spends six years in prison, losing her identity and her future.​Now free, she embarks on an intense journey of revenge and justice to unmask the real killer, reclaim her life, and confront a forbidden love from her past.

To Love Is To Care

2026

Vitória poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Vitória

2014

Brava Gente poster
8.3

Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from stories and national stories, and plays by famous playwrights, screenwriters and signed by a number represented by several actors and actresses. The genres of the stories varied each week with the style of each director or author. Brava Gente in the stories ranged from comedies and dramas. In all 53 episodes were shown, broadcast on Tuesday nights.

Brava Gente

2000

No artwork available
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Mania de Querer

1986

Éramos Seis poster
9.5

Éramos Seis is a Brazilian period drama telenovela produced by SBT and originally broadcast from May 9 to December 5, 1994. Based on the 1943 novel of the same name by Maria José Dupré, it was adapted by Sílvio de Abreu and Rubens Ewald Filho, with direction by Henrique Martins and Del Rangel and general direction by Nilton Travesso. The telenovela stars Irene Ravache, Othon Bastos, Jandir Ferrari, Tarcísio Filho, Luciana Braga, and Leonardo Brício. Set in São Paulo between the 1920s and 1940s, the story follows Dona Lola, a devoted wife and mother who struggles to keep her family together despite financial hardship and personal tragedy. As her four children—Carlos, Alfredo, Isabel, and Julinho—grow into adulthood, each follows a different path shaped by love, ambition, and loss. Through decades of sacrifice and resilience, Lola witnesses the joys and sorrows of family life while enduring profound changes that ultimately leave her to reflect on a lifetime of devotion.

Éramos Seis

1994

Livre Para Voar poster
8.6

Set in Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, the story shows how Pardal and Bebel, young people newly arrived in the city, fall in love. However, each hides their true identity from the other.

Livre Para Voar

1984

Dona Beija poster
8.7

No synopsis available yet.

Dona Beija

1986

Eu Prometo poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Eu Prometo

1983

O Campeão poster
9.0

In 1979, Maria Isabel Caldeira had to leave Brazil because her husband, Humberto, was involved in a political kidnapping. Because of this, she left behind her infant son, Lucas. Upon returning fifteen years later, her greatest struggle is the search for her lost son. Maria Isabel returns on the same flight as Renato Alcântara, a European football star returning to Brazil to coach Pindorama Futebol Clube. Around this time, Felipe Caldeira, Maria Isabel's father, is vying for the club's presidency against the corrupt Alberto Drummond. The behind-the-scenes world of football serves as a backdrop for a plot involving murder, child exploitation, a homosexual couple seeking acceptance, a submissive woman left in a clinic by her husband, who is having an affair with the housekeeper, and other stories.

O Campeão

1996

Obrigado, Doutor poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Obrigado, Doutor

1981

Samson and Delilah poster
7.0

Samson is a courageous man, strong, fearless, a Hebrew who fights many armies of his people enemies, and savage beasts; also, he keeps to himself the mysterious secret of his strength. He was born as the promise of being the rescuer of his people who were oppressed and persecuted.

Samson and Delilah

2011

Malu Mulher poster
9.0

After her divorce, Malu faces challenges in supporting her daughter and reinventing herself, grappling with loneliness, work, and the search for a new place in the world.

Malu Mulher

1979

Companhias do Teatro Brasileiro poster
NR

The series Companhias do Teatro Brasileiro (Brazilian Theater Companies) offers a documentary overview of the evolution of theatrical art in Brazil. The history of Brazilian theater is told through the testimonies of artists, historians, and researchers. Drawing on extensive archival material—including photographs, as well as audiovisual and audio recordings—the series revisits influential companies and groups such as Cia. João Caetano, Teatro Brasileiro de Comédia, Teatro Experimental do Negro, Teatro Oficina, and Grupo Galpão. Across 15 episodes, the series showcases these iconic groups, highlighting their artistic styles, repertoires, and the work of their actors and directors.

Companhias do Teatro Brasileiro

2023

Viva o Gordo poster
7.8

No synopsis available yet.

Viva o Gordo

1981

Até Onde Ela Vai poster
4.7

No synopsis available yet.

Até Onde Ela Vai

2024

A Máfia no Brasil poster
7.0

The story begins when the police find a murdered young woman and link the crime to the activities of a drug gang. One of the central characters of this gang is Lucien, protagonist of the miniseries. He is one of the main mafia leaders in the country and the son of the powerful boss of União Corsa. Lucien disputes authority within the organization with Lorenzo, his antagonist. Still in the first chapter, Lucien meets the model Heloísa. The young woman comes from a middle-class family and dreams of social mobility. He falls madly in love with her, and the two begin a rapturous romance.

A Máfia no Brasil

1984