Vera Zimmermann

Acting

Vera Zimmermann

Born

1964-03-30 (62)

Place of birth

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Known for

Acting

Credits

36 titles

Vera Alice Santos Zimmermann (born March 30, 1964 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian actress. Daughter of German father and Gaucho mother, Vera began acting as an actress in the early 1980s, when she performed with Nelson Rodrigues the Eterno Retorno and Macunaíma, with Antunes Filho. It was the inspiring muse of Caetano Veloso in the song "Vera Gata". In 2015 she was hired by RecordTV, where she gained a lot of attention interpreting Princess Henutmire in Os Dez Mandamentos. In 2017, is climbed to live the queen Neusta, in O Rico e Lázaro. In 2005 Vera caused controversy when appearing on the cover of Época magazine with the title "I Did Abortion". Such cover won the Esso prize of graphical cre…

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 4 titles

1980s · 4 titles

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

Trail of Lies poster
6.1

Paloma is a willful woman whose newborn baby is kidnapped by her own brother, Félix, who plans to become sole heir to the family’s fortune. Bruno is an honest man who, during the same night, loses his wife and son in childbirth and miraculously finds Paloma’s child in a dumpster. Destiny will unite their lives in a plot of secrets, revelations, and disputes, with the unpredictable consequences of lives based on a dangerous and surprising network of lies.

Trail of Lies

2013

Anything Goes poster
5.9

The story of a mother and daughter with opposing views on the path to success in life takes the audience on a contemporary journey about character, ethics and honesty.

Anything Goes

2025

Vamp poster
8.1

After making a Faustian bargain with a vampire for fame, a regretful young singer must find a sacred, lost artifact that might revert the curse.

Vamp

1991

My Love, My Torment poster
7.4

Dom Lázaro is vying for control of his company with Ricardo, the son of his deceased wife's infidelity. Amidst the power struggles, his rival is having an affair with Isadora, the widow of the businessman's son.

My Love, My Torment

1990

Razão de Viver poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Razão de Viver

1996

The Rich and Lazarus poster
8.3

After the death of Joshua, the Hebrew people begin to "go their own way", turning their backs on God and beginning to worship pagan gods. But when the prophet Jeremiah tries to warn them, his own people try to stone him, calling him a traitor and false prophet, but his prophecy is fulfilled with the arrival of King Nebuchadnezzar II and his wife Queen Amytis. And in another part of the story involves the love triangle involving Joana, Zac and Asher, who at the beginning of the novel were childhood friends, but over time the trio is growing and Zac and Asher fall in love with Joan, but she corresponds only to Asher.

The Rich and Lazarus

2017

The Prophet poster
6.5

From a young age, Marcos has the gift of premonition and, in his future, he will have to choose between the path of light and the path of vanity. As an adult, Marcos meets Sônia, and the two fall in love.

The Prophet

2006

Negócio da China poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Negócio da China

2008

Estrela de Fogo poster
7.0

In the interior of southeastern Brazil, a powerful race horse explorer deals with his dysfunctional family while competing against one of his former employees - now a wealthy man.

Estrela de Fogo

1998

Gabriela poster
8.2

Naïve and provocative Gabriela is a raggedy migrant worker who arrives in town to mesmerize all with her playful and simple, yet raw sensuality. Set in 1925, the story unravels in Ilhéus, a quiet northeastern coastal city thriving with cocoa crops and aspirations for progress, even though the traditional ways still rule.

Gabriela

2012

Marisol poster
5.9

Marisol is a Brazilian telenovela produced by SBT in partnership with Televisa and originally broadcast from April 9 to November 5, 2002. It is a Brazilian adaptation of the Mexican telenovela Marisol, based on the original story by Inés Rodena. Adapted by Henrique Zambelli with text supervision by Ecila Pedroso, the telenovela stars Bárbara Paz and Carlos Casagrande. The story follows Marisol, a kind-hearted young woman who was abandoned as a baby and raised by a poor couple. The only clue to her true identity is a necklace her mother left with her. As she falls in love with Rodrigo Lima do Vale, Marisol becomes entangled in a web of family secrets, betrayal, greed, and revenge. Determined to uncover the truth about her origins, she must overcome countless obstacles while fighting for justice, happiness, and the love of her life.

Marisol

2002

Vida Nova poster
8.3

São Paulo, 1945. A tenement in the Bixiga neighborhood centralizes the plots and characters. The cheerful Lalá is a former prostitute who got along with a senator of the Republic, her lover, who, when he died, left her in an excellent financial situation, since she had a daughter with him, Marialina. Lalá is courted by the simple Italian Antônio Sapateiro, a mature man in love with her. The Portuguese Manoel Vitor loves the Jewish Ruth, but her parents forbid dating because of religion.

Vida Nova

1988

O Direito de Nascer poster
9.0

O Direito de Nascer is a Brazilian telenovela produced by JPO Produções and broadcast by SBT from May 21 to October 2, 2001. Based on the Cuban radio serial El Derecho de Nacer (1940), written by Félix B. Caignet, it was adapted by Aziz Bajur, with collaboration from Jayme Camargo and Alcione Carvalho. Directed by Roberto Talma and José Paulo Vallone, the telenovela stars Guilhermina Guinle, João Vitti, Dhu Moraes, Jorge Pontual, Ana Cecília Costa, Luiz Guilherme, Elaine Cristina, and Esther Góes. Set in Havana at the beginning of the 20th century, the story follows Maria Helena, a young woman who becomes pregnant after being abandoned by her fiancé. Afraid of her powerful father's reaction, she gives birth in secret and entrusts her son to the maid Dolores. Raised away from his family, Alberto grows up to become a doctor, unaware of his true origins. Years later, the revelation of his past brings conflicts, forgiveness, and the chance for reconciliation.

O Direito de Nascer

2001

I'll Never Forget You poster
8.0

I'll Never Forget You was a Brazilian soap opera shown by the SBT between April 14 and September 26, 2003, at 8:30 p.m. Based the original text of Caridad Bravo Adams, it was translated by Henrique Zambelli and adapted by Ecila Pedroso, under the supervision of Enéas Carlos, totalling 120 episodes. It was directed by Jacques Lagôa, Sacha and Henrique Martins, with David Grimberg as producer.

I'll Never Forget You

2003

The Illusionist poster
6.9

The illusionist is mysterious, captivating and mesmerizes all those around him. But is he really a swindler or a man with extraordinary powers? This fascinating telenovela tells the story of seductive Herculano Quintanilha, who exerts significant influence over his great love Amanda, the Hayalla family and his friends. These and other enigmas can be found in The Illusionist, a telenovela where seduction is the great secret.

The Illusionist

2011

Dona Anja poster
NR

Dona Anja is a Brazilian telenovela produced by JPO Produções and originally broadcast by SBT from December 9, 1996, to April 26, 1997. Based on the novel of the same name by Josué Guimarães, it was adapted by Cristianne Fridman and Yoya Wursch, with general direction by Roberto Talma. The telenovela stars Lucélia Santos, Jonas Mello, Angelina Muniz, Danton Mello, Manuela Dias, Giuseppe Oristânio, Luiz Guilherme, and Sérgio Mamberti. Set in 1977 in the countryside of Rio Grande do Sul, the story follows Anja Guimarães Castilhos, a woman who breaks with the conservative traditions of her town after discovering her fiancé's betrayal. Together with Colonel Quineu, she becomes the owner of a brothel and challenges the values of local society by defending women's independence and questioning social norms. Surrounded by political conflicts, rivalries, and personal disputes, Anja fights for her freedom while facing powerful enemies.

Dona Anja

1996

Desejo poster
8.5

Set in the early twentieth century and based on real facts, it tells the love story that led to the murder of one of the greatest Brazilian writers: Euclides da Cunha.

Desejo

1990

Contos de Verão poster
9.0

Cabral is a writer who decides to spend his summer writing a series about love stories. It is then that he begins to look back over his life and his works. He is married to Glorinha, a woman twenty years younger than him, with whom he has a daughter, the young Samanta. Glorinha dreams of having a second child, but Cabral rejects the woman's desire, creating a stalemate between the two.

Contos de Verão

1993

The Girl Who Killed Her Parents - The Series poster
6.1

Discover Suzane von Richthofen and Daniel Cravinhos’ versions of their relationship, their motives and the shocking crime that took place on the night of October 31st 2002. Based on the proceedings of the trial, the story transits from narrative to the testimonies given at court, and further still, interviews with the cast, the Director and the criminologist and script writer.

The Girl Who Killed Her Parents - The Series

2024

Dance Dance Dance poster
7.0

Sofia is a girl who lives in a country town. She was raised by her grandmother, as she never met her mother. Sofia inherited her talent for dancing from her grandmother, which is why she dreams of being a great dancer. With the help of her grandmother, she leaves the city and goes to São Paulo to try to make her dream come true.

Dance Dance Dance

2007