Taís Araújo

Acting

Taís Araújo

Born

1978-11-25 (47)

Place of birth

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Known for

Acting

Credits

72 titles

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.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 20 titles

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

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

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

70 Anos Esta Noite poster
8.0

With the participation of great stars of television drama, the documentary promotes an emotional journey through the great moments of soap operas, celebrating its seven decades on Brazilian TV.

70 Anos Esta Noite

2021

Show 60 Anos poster
7.8

TV Globo celebrates its 60th anniversary with a mega-show.

Show 60 Anos

2025

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

Magalu - Black das Blacks poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Magalu - Black das Blacks

2020

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

De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade poster
NR

Through clippings, the film draws a narrative line between the construction of racism in Brazil and the United States, having as base the European invasion of the continent, police violence, the genocide of the black people, the massacre of indigenous peoples, religious violence, the criminalization of funk music, structural racism in art and education, the importance of quota policy and the need urgent historical repair as a commitment by the Brazilian state to the black people.

De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade

2020

Ecos do Teatro Experimental do Negro poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ecos do Teatro Experimental do Negro

2026

Ritmo de Natal poster
7.1

No synopsis available yet.

Ritmo de Natal

2023

Tributo: Léa Garcia poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tributo: Léa Garcia

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

Tributo: Walcyr Carrasco poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tributo: Walcyr Carrasco

2025

Tributo: Zezé Motta poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tributo: Zezé Motta

2024

Calibre 180 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Calibre 180

2021

No artwork available
NR

A stubborn prosecutor is tasked with putting a plastic surgeon in jail who confessed to killing and dismembering a former patient. What should be an easy case ends up becoming one of the most difficult and disturbing jobs of his career. More than presenting incontrovertible proof and evidence, she will have the challenge of making the jurors -and millions of Brazilians- forget the absurd thesis, constructed with the help of the media by a brilliant lawyer, that the defendant is not a cold-blooded killer and cruel, but a peaceful good man, driven crazy by the unhealthy pursuit of an ex-girlfriend.

Doutor Monstro

2026

Tributo: Manoel Carlos poster
9.5

No synopsis available yet.

Tributo: Manoel Carlos

2024

Sinfonia de Natal poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sinfonia de Natal

2024

2000s · 6 titles

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

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

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

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

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

Garrincha: Lonely Star poster
4.5

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

Series credits

Alta Definição poster
7.2

In Alta Definição, Daniel Oliveira interviews one guest every week with an intimate approach.

Alta Definição

2009

A Grande Família poster
8.4

The daily lives of a typical Brazilian middle-class family, that are always very close and tries, in their way, to survive the financial and relationship difficulties.

A Grande Família

2001

A Favorita poster
7.8

Donatela and Flora, two friends who became rivals. One of them committed a homicide and pretends to be innocent. There are two versions for the same story. Who, after all, is telling the truth? Donatela or Flora?

A Favorita

2008

Snakes & Lizards poster
7.4

Is it possible that in a world ruled by appearance, there is room for loyalty, ethics, true love, honesty and solidarity? Is it possible, today, when unrelenting consumption is a way of life, to find someone who equates more value to being rather than having? Cobras & Lagartos is an urban tragic comedy, modern and humanist, that deals with two increasingly different worlds: one which values loyalty and solidarity and the other, where the seduction of superfluity and the power of money reign.

Snakes & Lizards

2006

Большая засада poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Большая засада

1995

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

Shades of Sin poster
6.8

A Maranhense young woman and a carioca tourist photographer fall for each other and get separated by destiny and a woman obsessed with his family's fortune.

Shades of Sin

2004

Que História é Essa, Porchat? poster
7.4

No synopsis available yet.

Que História é Essa, Porchat?

2019

Seize the Day poster
5.9

Helena and Luciana are two supermodels with completely opposite personalities: the first is stormy and spoiled, while the second - being older - is patient and restrained. Their fate changes when Helena becomes involved with Marcos, Luciana's father, an older man recently divorced from a former model, Tereza, who does not accept the end of the marriage.

Seize the Day

2009

Uga-Uga poster
6.7

An orphaned young man raised in the wild by an indigenous shaman is found by his grandfather and returned to his estranged family, where he finds himself as heir to their wealth.

Uga-Uga

2000

Passione poster
6.8

An ambitious young woman with a traumatizing past targets an Italian man, the distant son of a wealthy Brazilian family.

Passione

2010

Evil Angel poster
8.6

Ambitious Nice seeks social advancement through Rodrigo Medeiros, but ends up truly falling in love with him. This is the second version of the telenovela, originally aired in 1976.

Evil Angel

1997

Xica da Silva poster
7.9

No synopsis available yet.

Xica da Silva

1996

Port of Miracles poster
6.3

Porto dos Milagres is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from 5 February to 29 September 2001, totaling 203 chapters. It was written by Aguinaldo Silva and Ricardo Linhares and loosely based on two works written by Jorge Amado - The Dead Sea and the discovery of America by the Turks. Had Philip collaboration Miguez, Maria Elisa Berredo, Nadotti Nelson and Gloria Baker, directed by Fabricio Mamberti and Luciano Sabino. Director general Mark and Robert Paul Naar, co-directed by Fabricio Mamberti and Luciano Sabino. Had the direction of core Marcos Paulo.

Port of Miracles

2001

Sparkling Girls poster
8.0

"Sparkling Girls" centers around three young and beautiful, hard-working housekeepers who reach stardom instantly when an online video clip of them singing, surprisingly becomes a hit. Their success provokes the wrath of a glamorously gaudy and outspoken famous singer who will do anything to ruin the girls' friendship and career. With humor, romance, over the top characters, and bright, glittery stage performances set to catchy tunes, "Sparkling Girls" delivers all of the expected delights and shows that dreams really do come true.

Sparkling Girls

2012

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

A Mother's Love poster
7.2

Lurdes is a mother of five who tirelessly seeks for Domenico, a child of hers who was sold by his own father 26 years ago; Thelma is an overprotective mother who finds out she has a terminal illness, and must race against time to make her dreams come true and prepare her son for a life without her presence; Vitória is a successful lawyer who sees the end of her marriage after countless failed attempts to have a baby and decides for adoption, but finds out she is pregnant during the process. In "A Mother's Love", the lives of these women are intertwined while they recognize themselves in the unconditional love provided by motherhood.

A Mother's Love

2019

Cara e Coragem poster
5.5

The soap opera addresses the world of stuntmen with Pat and Moa. They investigate Clarice's death and try to protect the secret of Jonathan's magnesium formula.

Cara e Coragem

2022

Now Generation poster
2.8

The genius Jonas Marra (Murilo Benício, from Brazil Avenue) has attained what few others have — a rich and famous celebrity of the digital world in Silicon Valley and the owner of Marra International, a respected technology conglomerate. But behind his image of a successful businessman lies another person shrouded in conflict and mystery.

Now Generation

2014

Lady Night poster
8.3

Lady Night

2017

My Sweetheart poster
7.7

The plot revolves around the romantic conflict involving four young people who have known each other since childhood. Antônio Mourão, an orphan raised by Father Ovídio, has two dreams in life: to graduate in Medicine – he has just passed the entrance exam – and to marry Rebeca, one of the daughters of his godfather, the Protestant pastor Bilac. Antônio and Rebeca end up separated thanks to the interference of Lívia, the youngest daughter of Pastor Bilac. Sensual and deceitful, she dreams of abandoning her life in São Tomás de Trás, working as a lacemaker and attending her father's church services, to live in the big city. She sees in Antônio a chance to fulfill her desire and, even knowing about the romance between the young man and her sister, she orchestrates a situation to seduce him and manages to get pregnant by him. The two are then forced to marry and move to the capital.

My Sweetheart

1998

Saia Justa poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Saia Justa

2002

La vida es una lotería poster
5.0

Different stories about people having more luck than usual...

La vida es una lotería

2002

The Masked Singer Brasil poster
8.6

Singing competition in which celebrities face off against one another while shrouded from head to toe in an elaborate costumes, concealing their identities.

The Masked Singer Brasil

2021

Aruanas poster
7.5

Three friends leading a nonprofit organisation investigate environmental crimes in the Amazon involving a major mining company.

Aruanas

2019

Superbonita poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Superbonita

2000

The Fifth of Hell poster
5.3

Set in the 18th and 19th centuries, the miniseries draws on historical events to portray the behind-the-scenes story of Brazil's independence, blending humor and adventure.

The Fifth of Hell

2002

Popstar poster
5.0

Celebrities participate in a live singing competition, judged by musicians and other personalities.

Popstar

2017

Mister Brau poster
7.0

Follows the unconventional lives of a Brazilian pop artist who got out of the streets to reach stardom and his manager-wife-choreographer.

Mister Brau

2015

Criança Esperança poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Criança Esperança

1986

The Rogue's Trial (TV Series) poster
8.0

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 four-chapter miniseries original version of O Auto da Compadecida 2.

The Rogue's Trial (TV Series)

2026

Reencarne poster
5.0

In this supernatural thriller, the dark mysteries of the quest for immortality take over the scorching rural roads of the Goiás countryside.

Reencarne

2025

Love and Luck poster
7.4

The four-part anthology series brings together stories about relationships and transformation during times of social isolation.

Love and Luck

2020

Pipoca da Ivete poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

Pipoca da Ivete

2022

No artwork available
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

A Mulher da Sua Vida

2013

Decora poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Decora

2011

O Dentista Mascarado poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

O Dentista Mascarado

2013

Especial LED - Luz na Educação poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Especial LED - Luz na Educação

2022

Especial LED - Luz na Educação poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Especial LED - Luz na Educação

2022

The Color of Sin poster
NR

The soap opera centers on the interracial romance between Paco, a wealthy botanist, and Preta, a poor market vendor. The two fall in love but face major challenges for the sake of their love.

The Color of Sin

2004

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