Taís Araújo

Acting

Taís Araújo

Born 1978-11-25 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Taís Bianca Gama de Araújo (born November 25, 1978 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian actress. She was the first Black Brazilian actress to be a protagonist in a Brazilian telenovela, Xica da Silva (1996), in Rede Manchete.

Acting credits

Elza: A Mulher do Fim do Mundo poster
NR

A biopic about star Elza Soares, considered one of the greatest samba singers ever and a symbol of the struggle against racism and women discrimination in Brazil.

Elza: A Mulher do Fim do Mundo

Garrincha: Lonely Star poster
4.1

The life of Brazilian soccer player, Garrincha, considered to be one of the greatest players of all time, with his uniquely original style. He had arched legs, a passion for women and booze. Also had a much talked extramarital affair with singer Elza Soares and died in relative decadence. The movie focuses on his zenith, from 1953 until the World Championship and the Rio Regional Championship, in 1962.

Garrincha: Lonely Star

2003

The Rogue's Trial poster
6.6

After 20 years missing, João Grilo returns to Taperoá to join his old friend Chicó and, after his story of resurrection spreads, he is disputed as an electoral candidate by the two most powerful politicians in the city.

The Rogue's Trial

2024

Brasileiríssima poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Brasileiríssima

2022

Ecos do Teatro Experimental do Negro poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ecos do Teatro Experimental do Negro

2026

Atabaque Nzinga poster
NR

After being collected from the dressing room of the Candomblé center, Ana shares her desires, memories, dreams, and reflections with the viewer through a diary.

Atabaque Nzinga

2007

Executive Order poster
6.9

In a dystopian future, the Brazilian government decrees a measure that forces black citizens to migrate to Africa in an attempt to return to their origins. Seeing themselves in the center of terror, two cousins take refuge in an apartment, where they debate social and racial issues, and share the same yearning for the change of country.

Executive Order

2022

Minha Irmã e Eu poster
7.1

Sisters Mirian and Mirelly were born in the interior of Goiás, but live in different cities. When their mother disappears, the two put aside their differences and come together to look for her, on a journey that could change their lives.

Minha Irmã e Eu

2023

Daughters of the Wind poster
6.4

In a small town in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, two sisters meet again after years apart.

Daughters of the Wind

2005

Magalu - Black das Blacks poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Magalu - Black das Blacks

2020

Ópera do Mallandro poster
6.0

The short tells the story of a boy who, in his last recovery test at school, has the task of writing a text in 15 minutes. During the creative process, the boy embarks on a musical universe full of characters and myths from the 80's revived in four musical numbers packed with reinterpretations of Sérgio Mallandro's hits.

Ópera do Mallandro

2007

Show 60 Anos poster
7.8

No synopsis available yet.

Show 60 Anos

2025

Tributo: Zezé Motta poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tributo: Zezé Motta

2024

Avocado Seed poster
8.6

A Jewish teenager goes to a Catholic school and falls in love with a black Catholic girl.

Avocado Seed

1998

Chuck Billy and The Marvelous Guava Tree poster
7.1

Chuck Billy has spent his life picking guavas from Jed’s guava tree. But now that Dr. Agripino is going to build a road that will take down the tree, Chuck and his friends are going to do everything they can to stop it.

Chuck Billy and The Marvelous Guava Tree

2025

Tributo: Léa Garcia poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tributo: Léa Garcia

2023

Jules and Dolores poster
6.4

On December 19th, 1983, the dream was taken away. The most coveted trophy of all time, the Jules Rimet Cup disappeared from the headquarters of CBF, the Brazilian Football Association. Let me explain: every 4 years FIFA holds a Football World Cup. Back then, only a country that won the Cup three times could keep the trophy for good. This privilege was reserved to Brazil when they won for the 3rd time in 1970. The beautiful trophy was kept as a symbol of superiority in the headquarters of CBF, in Rio de Janeiro. “Jules and Dolores” is a pop comedy that tell us the real, preposterous and unusual story behind this theft.

Jules and Dolores

2016

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Caixa de Areia

2017

Falas Negras poster
9.8

The special features 22 real testimonials from people like Mandela, Martin Luther King and Marielle Franco, who fought racism and freedom in favor of justice.

Falas Negras

2020

A Guerra dos Rocha poster
5.3

Clumsy old lady Dina Rocha lives with her son Marcelo. After a series of incidents at home, she moves to her house in Santa Teresa. She meets her friend Nonô and she pays a visit to her old friend. Her sons do not know where she is and they go to the hospitals and morgues. Coincidently there is the body of an old lady smashed by a truck and they believe that she is their mother. Meanwhile two smalltime thieves break in Nonô's house and keep the two old ladies locked in the bathroom. During the funeral of Dina Rocha, the dysfunctional families have a quarrel disputing their heritage.

A Guerra dos Rocha

2008

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

As Mulheres do Meu Pai

The Greatest Love of All poster
5.9

Antônio is an astrophysicist who has just found out he has an inoperable brain tumor. After decades living in the United States, he returns to Brazil and tries to learn more about his biological mother. His quest sends him off into the slums of Rio de Janeiro.

The Greatest Love of All

2006

Ritmo de Natal poster
7.1

No synopsis available yet.

Ritmo de Natal

2023

Pixinguinha, an Affectionate Man poster
7.0

The life of legendary Brazilian musician Alfredo da Rocha Vianna Filho, better known as Pixinguinha.

Pixinguinha, an Affectionate Man

2021

Behind the camera