Camila Rodrigues (actress)

Before embarking on her acting career, Rodrigues studied fashion, but ended up dropping out upon concluding that her calling was to be an actress. She graduated from the Casa das Artes de Laranjeiras (CAL) theater school.

Rodrigues began her career in 2005 on TV Globo, when she played the character Mariana de Oliveira ("Mari"), sister of the protagonist Sol in the soap opera América.

Her film debut was in 2006 in the film O Cavaleiro Didi e a Princesa Lili, where she played Lili as an adult.

After her television debut, Rodrigues participated in productions such as Sitio do Pica-Pau Amarelo, Desejo Proibido and Malhação.

Years later, in 2012, Rodrigues signed a contract with Record, the channel where she currently works. Since then, Rodrigues has participated in several projects, gaining international fame with her character Nefertari in Os Dez Mandamentos (2016). In addition, Rodrigues also presented Família Record in 2016 alongside Sergio Marone and participated in the fourth season of Dancing Brasil in 2018.

In 2019, she was initially cast in the miniseries Jezabel, but ultimately chose to join the cast of Topíssima, where she played the character Sophia Loren Alencar.^[1][2] In it, she played a rich, successful and independent businesswoman, her first leading role in a soap opera. The character, inspired by the character played by Sandra Bullock in the film The Proposal, stood out for her profile as an empowered woman, addicted to work, but portrayed with lightness and humor. Her performance was praised, especially for her on-screen chemistry with Felipe Cunha, who portrayed her love interest in the story.^[3] In 2020, the actress briefly reprised the role in a guest appearance on the soap opera Amor sem Igual.^[4]

The following year, she was cast as the main antagonist in the third season of the soap opera Gênesis, marking her return to the biblical genre after six years. In the plot, she played Nadi, an ambitious and manipulative character, with emphasis on her strategies of approaching and seducing, aiming to achieve her goals.^[5] In 2022, she was invited to join the cast of the soap opera Reis  [pt], but ended up leaving the project due to pregnancy, being replaced by Francisca Queiroz.^[6] Two years later, she returned to Record TV to play the antagonist of the series A Rainha da Pérsia  [pt], in the role of the powerful Persian queen Vashti, reimagined in this new version under the name Amestris.^[7]

During the filming of the soap opera América in 2005, Rodrigues began dating actor Bruno Gagliasso. In August 2006, the couple got married.^[8] They announced their separation in March 2008,^[9] and the divorce was finalized in May 2008.^[10] Rodrigues began dating businessman Roberto Costa in early 2011,^[11] and the couple got married in October 2012;^[12] they announced their divorce in September 2016 after separating in April of the same year.^[13]

On 1 June 2022, Rodrigues announced her pregnancy on social media.^[14] She gave birth to her first child, a son, on 6 November 2022, the result of her relationship with businessman Vinicius Campanario.^[15][16][17]