Fredy Costa

Fredy Costa (born 9 September 1980) is an Angolan-French actor, known for his roles in telenovelas such as Windeck and A Única Mulher. He was born in Luanda and raised in Paris, France.^[1]

He began his career as a model in 1999, having modeled for such companies as Unitel and Angola Telecom.^[2] He became the face of Martini in Angola in 2016.^[3]

He debuted on television with the TPA series Vidas Ocultas.^[4] He later had roles in the Angolan telenovelas Reviravolta, Sede de viver, Entre o Crime e a Paixão, Doce Pitanga and Voo Direto. In 2012, he took part in the telenovela Windeck, which was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2014, as Artur Domingos. He made his debut on Brazilian television in O Caçador. He later took part in the Emmy-nominated series Jikulumessu. In 2015, he was cast as Leandro Nascimento in the Portuguese telenovela A Única Mulher, and as Tiago Andrade in Ouro Verde, which won an Emmy in 2018.^[5] He also took part in the Brazilian telenovela Apocalipse, as well as the Portuguese-made productions A Teia and Quer o Destino.^[6]

Costa has 5 children, including 2 with singer Yola Araújo, Ayani and Jason.^[7] Costa dated Angolan-Portuguese actress Grace Mendes from 2013 to 2020.^[8] Later in 2020, he married Carmen Mouro.^[9] In 2007, he was sentenced to 6 months in prison for physically attacking actress Tânia Burity.^[10][11]