Acting

Manuela Duarte

Born

1984-07-31 (42)

Place of birth

Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Known for

Acting

Credits

6 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

Pé na Jaca poster
7.4

The hypochondriac lawyer Arthur, the model Maria, the religious Elizabeth, the hardworking Guinevere, and the womanizing personal trainer Lancelotti reunite after 25 years in the fictional town of Deus me Livre, in the interior of São Paulo. Determined to correct past mistakes and start their lives anew, they end up rekindling old flames. This is the main plot of Pé na Jaca, which, starting with the reunion of the five childhood friends, shows a frantic hunt for fortune, seasoned with hilarious romantic entanglements.

Pé na Jaca

2006

The Slave Mother poster
8.4

The story begins in 1789 in Congo, in Africa, where a tribe celebrates the marriage of Luena and Kamau. The natives, trapped and sold as slaves.

The Slave Mother

2016

Iconic: From Cleaning Lady to Fashionista poster
5.0

Jussara, a simple yet creative woman, rediscovers her talent and strength in the fashion world after a tragedy. Amid a fiercely competitive environment, she fights to claim her place, facing a powerful villain and a web of betrayals.​ At the center of this story is an unexpected romance with Giovanni, a visionary entrepreneur, while Nina, an ambitious and manipulative stylist, becomes an increasingly dangerous threat.

Iconic: From Cleaning Lady to Fashionista

2026

Nosso Lar 3: Vida Eterna poster
NR

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Nosso Lar 3: Vida Eterna

2027

Nunca Fomos Tão Modernos poster
1.0

Santiago is a very unlucky guy, but he managed to marry Marina, a talented restorer who works in a museum. Their marriage is not in the best condition, largely because of their routine and financial situation. But, trying to reconnect with her husband, Marina decides to use her best friend, Argeu, to make her spouse jealous. The problem is that all the plans they make together end up going wrong or causing more confusion.

Nunca Fomos Tão Modernos

2022

Film credits

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

Pé na Jaca poster
7.4

The hypochondriac lawyer Arthur, the model Maria, the religious Elizabeth, the hardworking Guinevere, and the womanizing personal trainer Lancelotti reunite after 25 years in the fictional town of Deus me Livre, in the interior of São Paulo. Determined to correct past mistakes and start their lives anew, they end up rekindling old flames. This is the main plot of Pé na Jaca, which, starting with the reunion of the five childhood friends, shows a frantic hunt for fortune, seasoned with hilarious romantic entanglements.

Pé na Jaca

2006

The Slave Mother poster
8.4

The story begins in 1789 in Congo, in Africa, where a tribe celebrates the marriage of Luena and Kamau. The natives, trapped and sold as slaves.

The Slave Mother

2016

Iconic: From Cleaning Lady to Fashionista poster
5.0

Jussara, a simple yet creative woman, rediscovers her talent and strength in the fashion world after a tragedy. Amid a fiercely competitive environment, she fights to claim her place, facing a powerful villain and a web of betrayals.​ At the center of this story is an unexpected romance with Giovanni, a visionary entrepreneur, while Nina, an ambitious and manipulative stylist, becomes an increasingly dangerous threat.

Iconic: From Cleaning Lady to Fashionista

2026