Adriana Esteves

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Esteves and the second or paternal family name is Agostinho.

Adriana Esteves Agostinho Brichta (born 15 December 1969) is a Brazilian actress. Internationally known for her works in telenovelas, such as Brazil Avenue (2012) and A Mother's Love (2021).

Adriana Esteves
Esteves in 2019
Born	Adriana Esteves Agostinho (1969-12-15) 15 December 1969 (age 55) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alma mater	Gama Filho University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1988–present
Spouses	Totila Jordan ​ ​ (m. 1988; div. 1993)​ Marco Ricca ​ ​ (m. 1995; div. 2004)​ Vladimir Brichta ​ (m. 2006)​
Children	2
Parent(s)	Regina Esteves Agostinho (mother) Paulo Felipe Agostinho (father)

She was nominated twice for the International Emmy Award, for her works in Songs of Betrayal (Dalva e Herivelto: uma Canção de Amor) and Above Justice (Justiça).^[1][2]

Career

Daughter of Regina Esteves Agostinho and Paulo Felipe Agostinho, Adriana Esteves began her career as a model and got her first job on television as part of the series, "Star for a Day", on the TV show Domingão do Faustão.

Her first television appearance was as an extra on the soap opera Vale Tudo. She was also a successful model.^[3] Her character debut was in the 1989 telenovela Top Model.^[4]

In 2005, she took on the part of Celinha on the series, Toma Lá, Dá Cá. When the program aired on the Globo in 2007, Adriana, after maternity leave with her second child, reprised her role as Celinha.

While still acting in Toma Lá, Dá Cá, Adriana recorded the miniseries Dalva e Herivelto: uma Canção de Amor, playing the singer-songwriter Dalva de Oliveira. The miniseries aired in January 2010. In the same year, she starred the episode "A Vingativa do Méier" of TV series As Cariocas.^[5][6]

In 2011, she was cast as Julia, the protagonist of Morde & Assopra, who was part of a love triangle with scientist Ícaro (Mateus Solano) and farmer Abner (Marcos Pasquim).^[7] In 2012, she gained notoriety for interpreting the villainess Carminha on the soap opera Avenida Brasil, written by João Emanuel Carneiro. She received praise from critics and audiences alike for her performance and was enshrined as one of the greatest villainesses of Brazilian television — only surpassed by Odete Roitman of Vale Tudo, Nazaré Tedesco of Senhora do Destino and Flora of A Favorita.^[8]

Personal life

Adriana's first boyfriend, who later became her husband, was jujutsu teacher Totila Jordan. They married in 1988 and remained together for two years, divorcing in 1990.

In 1994, she married actor Marco Ricca. A year later, she discovered he suffered from anxiety and panic disorder.^[9] In 2000, they had a son together, Felipe. In 2004, Ricca and Esteves got a divorce.

After months of separation from Marco, she started dating actor Vladimir Brichta. In February 2006, they married. In the same year, after a few months of marriage, their first son, Vicente, was born.^[10] Adriana became the stepmother of Agnes Brichta, born in 1997, who was Vladimir Brichta's daughter from his first wife, singer Gena, who died in 1999 of leukemia.

Esteves is a supporter of Rio de Janeiro football club Botafogo.^[11]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Perdidos na Noite	Herself	Pilot: "Controle Remoto"
1988	Band Fórmula 1	Presenter
	Evidência
	Vale Tudo	Model
1989	Top Model	Cristina "Tininha"
1990	Delegacia de Mulheres	Manú	Episode: "O Aborto"
	Meu Bem, Meu Mal	Patrícia Melo
1991	Caso Especial	Marina	Episode: "Marina"
1992	Pedra sobre Pedra	Marina Farias Batista
	Você Decide	Maria / Norminha	Episode: "Águas Passadas"
	Especial Leandro e Leonardo	Malissa	TV special
1993	Renascer	Mariana Paiva Ferreira
1994	Você Decide	Ana	Episode: "Anjos sem Asas"
	Confissões de Adolescente	Viviane	Episode: "A Eleição"
1995	Decadência	Carla Tavares Branco
	A Comédia da Vida Privada	Maria Helena	Episode: "O Pesadelo da casa Própria"
1996	Razão de Viver	Zilda Ferreira
1997	A Indomada	Lúcia Helena de Mendonça e Albuquerque / Eulália de Mendonça e Albuquerque (First phase)
1998	Mulher	Liliana	Episode: "O Princípio de Tudo"
	Didi Malasarte	Lili	Year-end special
1998-1999	Torre de Babel	Sandra da Silva "Sandrinha"
2000-2001	O Cravo e a Rosa	Catarina Batista
2001	Brava Gente	Marina	Episode: "Como Matar um Playboy"
2002	Coração de Estudante	Amélia Mourão "Amelinha"
2003	Kubanacan	Lola Calderón
2004	Senhora do Destino	Young Nazaré Tedesco	First phase
2005	A História de Rosa	Rosa	40 Years Globo special
	A Lua Me Disse	Heloísa Queiroz
	A Turma do Didi	Herself
	Sitcom.br	Mother	Episode: "A Dura Vida de Uma Mãe"
2006	Belíssima	Stella Assumpção (voice)	Episodes dated 12 – 14 May 2006
2005-2009	Toma Lá, Dá Cá	Célia Regina "Celinha"
2010	Dalva e Herivelto: uma Canção de Amor	Dalva de Oliveira
	As Cariocas	Celi	Episode: "A Vingativa do Méier"
2011	Morde & Assopra	Júlia Freire Aquino de Medeiros
2012	Avenida Brasil	Carmen Lúcia Moreira de Souza "Carminha"
2015	Felizes para Sempre?	Tânia Drummond
	Babilônia	Inês Ferraz Junqueira
2016	Justiça	Fátima Libéria do Nascimento
2018	Segundo Sol	Laureta Bottini Maranhão "Laureta"
	Assédio	Stela Nascimento
2019	As Vilãs que Amamos	Herself	Episode: "15"
2019-2021	Amor de Mãe	Thelma Nunes Viana
2023	The Others	Cibele Costa Gonçalves
2024	Mania de Você	Mércia Dumas

Films

Year	Title	Role
1991	Inspetor Faustão e o Mallandro	Singer
1995	As Meninas	Lorena
1999	Tiradentes	Bárbara Heliodora
	O Trapalhão e a Luz Azul	Juliana / Anajuli
2006	Trair e Coçar É Só Começar	Olímpia
2015	Minions	Scarlet Overkill (Brazilian voice dubbing)
	Real Beleza	Anita[12]
2016	Mundo Cão	Dilza
	Canastra Suja	Maria
2018	Loveling	Sônia
2021	Marighella	Clara Charf
2022	Executive Order	Isabel Garcez

Music Videos

Year	Artist	Song
1994	Roberto Carlos	"Quero Lhe Falar Do Meu Amor"
1997	Paulinho Moska	"A Seta e o Alvo"[13]
2014	Ana Carolina	"Pole Dance"[14]

Stage

Year	Title	Role
1992	A Dama e o Vagabundo	Cookie "Dama"
1994	A Falecida	Falecida
2001	Ponto de Vista	Amy
2002	Only You	Júlia
2007	Auto de Angicos	Maria de Déa "Maria Bonita"

Awards and nominations

International Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2011	Best actress	Dalva e Herivelto: uma Canção de Amor	Nominated
2017	Best actress	Justiça	Nominated

Cartagena Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
1996	Best actress	As Meninas	Won

Gramado Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2018	Best Supporting Actress	Loveling	Won

Festival de Cinema Itinerante da Língua Portuguesa

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2016	Best actress	Mundo Cão	Won

Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2017	Best Actress	Mundo Cão	Nominated	[15]
2019	Best Actress	Canastra Suja	Nominated	[16]
2019	Best Supporting Actress	Loveling	Won	[16]
2022	Best Actress	Marighella	Nominated	[17]
2023	Best Supporting Actress	Executive Order	Won	[18]

Troféu APCA

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
1994	Best Actress	Renascer	Nominated
1998	Best Actress	Torre de Babel	Won
2012	Best Actress	Avenida Brasil	Won
2016	Best Actress	Justiça	Nominated
2018	Best Actress	Assédio/Segundo Sol	Nominated
2023	Best Actress	Os Outros	Nominated	[19]

Troféu Imprensa

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
1993	Best Actress	Renascer	Nominated
1998	Best Actress	Torre de Babel	Won
2000	Best Actress	O Cravo e a Rosa	Nominated
2013	Best Actress	Avenida Brasil	Won
2019	Best Actress	Segundo Sol	Won

Melhores do Ano

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
1999	Best Actress	O Cravo e a Rosa	Won	[20]
2003	Best Actress	Kubanacan	Won	[21][22][23]
2012	Best Actress	Avenida Brasil	Won
2016	Best Actress in a Series	Justiça	Won
2018	Best Character	Segundo Sol	Won
2019	Best Actress in a Series	Assédio	Won
2021	Best Actress	Amor de Mãe	Nominated
2023	Series Actress	Os Outros	Won	[24]

Prêmio Contigo! de TV

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
1997	Best Supporting Actress	Razão de Viver	Nominated
2008	Best Actress in a Comedy Series	Toma Lá, Dá Cá	Nominated	[25][26]
2009	Best Actress in a Comedy Series	Toma Lá, Dá Cá	Nominated
2010	Best Actress in a Series	Dalva e Herivelto: uma Canção de Amor	Won
2011	Best Actress	Morde & Assopra	Nominated
2013	Best Actress	Avenida Brasil	Won
2015	Best Actress in a Series	Felizes para Sempre?	Nominated
2018	Best Actress	Segundo Sol	Nominated
2020	Best Actress	Amor de Mãe	Nominated	[27]
2021	Best Telenovela Actress	Amor de Mãe	Nominated	[28]

Prêmio Extra de Televisão

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
1998	Best Actress	Torre de Babel	Nominated	[29]
2010	Best Actress in a Series	Dalva e Herivelto: uma Canção de Amor	Nominated	[29]
2012	Best Actress	Avenida Brasil	Won	[29]
2016	Best Actress	Justiça	Won

Prêmio Qualidade Brasil

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2008	Best Actress in a Comedy Series	Toma Lá, Dá Cá	Nominated	[30]
2009	Best Actress in a Comedy Series	Toma Lá, Dá Cá	Nominated	[30]
2010	Best Actress in a Series	Dalva e Herivelto: uma Canção de Amor	Won

Prêmio Quem de Televisão

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2012	Best Actress	Avenida Brasil	Won	[31]
2016	Best Actress	Justiça	Won

Troféu Internet

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2013	Best Actress	Avenida Brasil	Won
2019	Best Actress	Segundo Sol	Nominated

Prêmio Botequim Cultural

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2013	Best Actress	Avenida Brasil	Won

Meus Prêmios Nick

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2012	Favorite character	Avenida Brasil	Nominated

Troféu AIB De Imprensa

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2015	Best Actress	Babilônia	Won

Campo Grande Latin American Film, Video and TV Festival

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2000	Best Actress	O Cravo e a Rosa	Won

UOL TV and Celebrities Trophy

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2018	Best Actress	Segundo Sol	Won

Shell Theatre Award

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2007	Best Actress	Auto de Angicos	Nominated

O Globo - Prêmio Faz Diferença

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2016	Best Actress	Justiça	Nominated
2018	Best Actress	Assédio/Segundo Sol	Nominated

Sesc Festival Best Movies

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2016	Best Actress	Real Beleza	Nominated
2019	Best Actress	Loveling/Canastra Suja	Pending

Guarani Brazilian Film Award

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2015	Best Actress	Real Beleza	Nominated
2016	Best Supporting Actress	Mundo Cão	Nominated

Prêmio Melhores da Revista da TV - O Globo

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
1998	Best Actress	Torre de Babel	Won	[32]

Prêmio Cosmos

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2023	Best Female Performance in a Series	Os Outros	Nominated	[33]

SEC Awards

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2024	Best Actress in a National Series	Os Outros	Pending	[34]

Splash Awards

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2023	Best Performance in a National Series	Os Outros	Won	[35]

Melhores do Ano NaTelinha

Year	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2021	Best Actress	Amor de Mãe	Won	[36]
2023	Best Actress	Os Outros	Nominated	[37]