Acting
Yara de Novaes
Born
1966-08-25 (60)
Place of birth
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazi
Known for
Acting
Credits
23 titles
Yara de Novaes is an actress, director and drama teacher based in São Paulo, Brazil.
Known for
5.8Christian and Renato are identical twins who have opposite lives: Christian grew up in an orphanage and is underemployed, struggling to survive. Renato was adopted by a rich family and had everything that money can buy. When they meet again as adults, a tragedy happens: Renato is murdered and identified as Christian who, in turn, takes the place of his brother. However, to this end, he must leave behind his identity and his great love.
In Your Place
2021
7.4Based on true events, it follows socialite Ângela Diniz as her murder becomes a national flashpoint, turning the ensuing trial into a defining moment in the country’s history
Ângela Diniz: Murdered and Convicted
2025
8.0An honest lawyer reaches a moral crossroads after the cops force her to inform on her incarcerated brother, the leader of a rising criminal faction.
Brotherhood
2019
6.3In this contemporary romantic comedy about love in all its forms, All the Women in the World tells the story of Paulo, a bohemian dreamer that lives his relationships intensively, falling deeply for all the women he meets. Never able to forget Maria Alice, his greatest love, he counts on the advice of his two best friends to face the emotions of his accomplishments and breakups.
All the Women in the World
2020
8.6Doctors, nurses and drivers of a special mobile service unit navigate personal and professional dramas while burdened by the responsibility to prevent others from dying.
Emergency 53
2026
6.5Isabel is a promising screenwriter who has dedicated her life to become a writer for a hit telenovela. When she finally gets her chance, her mentor Lauro Valente betrays her. At the premiere, Isabel decides to confront him and magically ends up in his telenovela as the main character. From the inside, she will be able to prove her creativity.
Soap Opera
2023
Film credits
2020s · 5 titles
NRSandra is an insurance broker staying at a hotel with her team for a training session led by a famous coach. When a mysterious phone call wakes her in her room, she realizes she is being watched by a foreign guest.
Sandra
2025
8.4Malu — a mercurial, unemployed actress living with her conservative mother in a precarious house in a Rio de Janeiro slum — tries to deal with her strained relationship with her own adult daughter while surviving on memories of her glorious artistic past.
Malu
2024
NRBrazil 1970. Zé walks away from his upper-middle-class life and joins the resistance against the military regime. Together with his partner Bete, he abandons public life to fight the system, while also raising two kids. Based on the life of José Carlos Novais da Mata-Machado who died under torture at the age of 27, falsely accused of betraying his companions.
Zé
2023
Through the investigation of crimes committed by Brazilian politicians, a vigilante officer encounters an unlikely love and is faced with the recurring question of our imagination as a nation: is there anyone who is not corruptible in this country?
Justa
2020
6.6Young, intense and authentic, Dani just wants a normal life. However, since she was a child, she has been misaligned with her world.
And They Say I Am the Crazy One
2020
2000s · 3 titles
6.6The story of a young black man, Héracles, who after being released from a juvenile institution, tries to apply for his first honest job as a motorcycle delivery boy. To get the job, he has to perform 12 hard tasks in São Paulo.
The Twelve Labours
2006
Zé Rocha is a director trying to shoot his first film. He dreams of making a professional movie, and starts shooting in 35mm. But as his budget begins to fade, he changes to Black-and-White, then gradually down to 16mm, Super-8 and, in the end, to his despair, to the video format. With the help of Edna Marla, producer who is searching for the Holy Grail of a genuinely 100% Brazilian celluloid; Dona Martírio, his mother, former left-wing activist; Guará Rodrigues, an underground Brazilian movie star; and Lila Lessa, who stars in a 6 p.m. soap opera, they develop strategies and outlandish plans to win the insane battle of filmmaking in Brazil.
Samba Chanson
2002
Two siblings trying to pay their debts.
Rua da Amargura
2003
Series credits
5.8Christian and Renato are identical twins who have opposite lives: Christian grew up in an orphanage and is underemployed, struggling to survive. Renato was adopted by a rich family and had everything that money can buy. When they meet again as adults, a tragedy happens: Renato is murdered and identified as Christian who, in turn, takes the place of his brother. However, to this end, he must leave behind his identity and his great love.
In Your Place
2021
7.4Based on true events, it follows socialite Ângela Diniz as her murder becomes a national flashpoint, turning the ensuing trial into a defining moment in the country’s history
Ângela Diniz: Murdered and Convicted
2025
8.0An honest lawyer reaches a moral crossroads after the cops force her to inform on her incarcerated brother, the leader of a rising criminal faction.
Brotherhood
2019
6.3In this contemporary romantic comedy about love in all its forms, All the Women in the World tells the story of Paulo, a bohemian dreamer that lives his relationships intensively, falling deeply for all the women he meets. Never able to forget Maria Alice, his greatest love, he counts on the advice of his two best friends to face the emotions of his accomplishments and breakups.
All the Women in the World
2020
8.6Doctors, nurses and drivers of a special mobile service unit navigate personal and professional dramas while burdened by the responsibility to prevent others from dying.
Emergency 53
2026
6.5Isabel is a promising screenwriter who has dedicated her life to become a writer for a hit telenovela. When she finally gets her chance, her mentor Lauro Valente betrays her. At the premiere, Isabel decides to confront him and magically ends up in his telenovela as the main character. From the inside, she will be able to prove her creativity.
Soap Opera
2023
9.5Icaro, a young resident, and Dr. Mancini, a famous surgeon, become criminal doctors to solve their problems, starting a dangerous double life from which it may be impossible to escape.
Sutura
2024
Adaptation of Carla Madeira's romance "Véspera".
Véspera
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8.4In the complex world of apps and social media, the outspoken Rita and the methodic Enzo are facing the typical dilemmas of their generation. They meet after a series of failed virtual relationships and decide to join their fears and obsessions. The couple gets increasingly close, sharing childhood traumas, obnoxious friends and embarrassing situations, until they realize true love is a lot different from what internet had shown.
It’s a Match
2019
6.0No synopsis available yet.
No Espaço Entre Nós
2025
