Bruna Linzmeyer (born November 11, 1992) is a Brazilian actress also known for her activism in support of LGBTQIA+ and feminist rights.
Early life and education Linzmeyer was born on November 11 in Corupá, a small town in the south Brazilian countryside in the state of Santa Catarina. Her father has worked his whole professional life in a connector factory, and her mother has had many different experiences, from working as a secretary in factories and in the city's main catholic church to assisting people as a medium in a spiritism center and as a reiki therapist. Linzmeyer has one brother, ten years older, who works in a bank.
She doesn't have artists in her family and becoming an actress had never been a dream of hers. She wanted to leave the countryside since she was a teenager. As her family didn't have the financial resources to make it happen for her, she accepted to work as a model. When Linzmeyer was 15 years old, she won a beauty contest named Garota Verão, promoted by the Grupo RBS, which is TV Globo's subsidiary in Santa Catarina and one year later she moved to São Paulo to have better job prospects. While living there, she studied theater at Globe Company. Unfortunately, during this time, she couldn't make any money as a model and her parents couldn't support her financially anymore. Linzmeyer thought then working on TV Globo would give her enough money to keep living out of her hometown. So, she asked the model agency to get her some auditions for TV roles as an actress. Linzmeyer was chosen in her first audition to do a TV series at TV Globo and moved to Rio de Janeiro.
She studied at public schools and attended PUC-Rio (one of the largest and most prestigious private universities in Brazil) to study history, but she hasn't finished it. When it comes to her artistic training, she's been doing different open courses, but Linzmeyer is quite self-taught as well.
Career Bruna Linzmeyer started playing a Russian character named Tatiana Dovichenko in the 2010 TV Globo miniseries called Afinal, o Que Querem as Mulheres?, written-directed by Luiz Fernando Carvalho. Since then, she has built a solid career in cinema and TV.
Linzmeyer played several emblematic roles on TV. For instance, an autistic girl named Linda (who faces her family to have a more autonomous life) in the 2013 TV Globo telenovela Amor à Vida. Also, the sweet Professora Juliana, (a teacher who moves to the countryside, but when she decides to teach the adult workers of a local farm how to read and write, the a conservative colonel order her to be killed) who is the lead character, in the 2014 remake of the telenovela Meu Pedacinho de Chão. Bruna Linzmeyer plays Cibele Dantas in the 2017 telenovela A Força do Querer, by Glória Perez, one of the eight main characters of the telenovela, who gets involved in a love triangle with Ísis Valverde and Fiuk characters. Finally, her most recent work in the popular Pantanal remake, where she starred as Madeleine (a rich woman from Rio de Janeiro who falls in love with a farm laborer and ends up moving with him to his hometown in Pantanal, an isolated place surrounded by forest and wild animals that she hates). For this job, Linzmeyer did a web series on her Instagram, called #MadeleineReality, sharing with her followers the development of her character. It was an innovative and successful project that attracted more than 30 million viewers.
When it comes to cinema, her debut was in the Brazilian version of the franchise Cities of Love. The episode she took part in, the anthology Rio, eu te amo, was directed by Carlos Saldanha and starred her and Rodrigo Santoro as well.
In The Cold Front Brought by the Rain, where she starred as a heroin addict called Amsterdam, her performance was praised.
In the epic The Great Mystical Circus, directed by Carlos Diegues, she plays a circus contortionist and the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
In 2019 she won Felix Suzy Capó Award at Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, the festival's queer award as Personality of the Year, due to her activism for the LGBTQIAP+ community.
In the acclaimed 2021 production A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here, written-directed by Erica Sarmet, Linzmeyer won the Special Jury Award of the Sundance Film Festival with the ensemble cast for their performance in the film. They also collectively won the Best Interpretation award of the Mix Brasil Cinema Festival in São Paulo.
Regarding Medusa, a horror by Anita Rocha da Silveira, which premiered in the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival, Linzmeyer portrayed a free woman whose face was burned since she was considered to be a slut by a group of conservative girls.
Personal life Bruna has ancestry of German, indigenous, African, Portuguese, and Spanish descendents.
Linzmeyer describes herself as sapatão-queer and lesbian.
Filmography
Cinema Year TitleDirector Role Ref 2013 Rio, Eu Te Amo (Segment: "Pas de Deux")Carlos Saldanha Ballet dancer 2014AutorretratoAnna Costa e SilvaAnna Costa e Silva Seewatchlook, O que você vê quando olha o que enxerga?Michel Melamed She 2015 O AmuletoJeferson De Diana 2016 A Frente Fria que a Chuva TrazNevile D'Almeida Amsterdã 2017 The Movie of my LifeSelton Mello Luna Madeira 2018 O BanqueteDaniela Thomas Cat Woman The Great Mystical CircusCarlos Diegues Beatriz O Que RestaFernanda TeixeiraPatrícia2019AlfazemaSabrina FidalgoDiabe2020 Alice & SóDaniel Lieff AliceDobermanErnesto SolisEscândaloYasmin Thayná e Lucílio JotaAmanda2021A Wild Patience Has Taken Me HereErica SarmetRô2022MedusaAnita Rocha da SilveiraMelissa 2024 Cidade; Campo Juliana Rojas Mara World Premiere at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival Baby Marcelo Caetano Jana
Television Television Year Title Author Role Notes 2010 Afinal, o Que Querem as Mulheres? Luiz Fernando Carvalho Russinha (Tatiana Dovichenko) 2011 Insensato Coração Gilberto Braga Leila Alencar Machado 2012 As Brasileiras Gregorio Duvivier e Clarice Falcão Clara Episode: A Vidente de Diamantina Gabriela Walcyr Carrasco Anabela Fernandes Prado 2013SeewatchlookVarious2013-2014 Amor à Vida Walcyr Carrasco Linda 2014 Meu Pedacinho de Chão Benedito Ruy Barbosa Teacher Juliana 2015-2016 A Regra do Jogo João Emanuel Carneiro Belisa Stewart 2017A Força do QuererGloria Perez Cibele Dantas 2018 Pega Pega Claudia Souto Police officer One episode Quebrando o Tabu Herself Episode: "LGBT Fobia"2018-2019 O Sétimo GuardiãoAguinaldo Silva Lourdes Maria 2022PantanalBruno LuperiYoung Madeleine 12 episodes2023Notícias PopularesMarcelo CaetanoRataEpisode: "Fogo Amigo"Drag Race Brasil Reality show Guest judgeEpisode: "Brazilian Festivals Ball"2025Máscaras de Oxigênio (não) Cairão AutomaticamenteLéa
Theater Year Play Author Ref. 2011 Seewatchlook Michel Melamed 2012 Adeus à Carne Michel Melamed
Web Year Title Note Ref 2016 Jantar Secreto Booktrailer
Discography Single Year Title Label Ref 2015 Aqui é a Belisa Som Livre
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result Ref2011Prêmio Contigo! de TVBest TV Newcomer ActressAfinal, o Que Querem as Mulheres? Prêmio Qualidade Brasil Best Newcomer in a TV Series or miniseries Best Telenovela Newcomer Actress Insensato Coração Prêmio Quem de Televisão Best Newcomer 2012 Melhores do Ano Best Newcomer Actress Melhores do Ano: Confira todos os vencedores das 14 edições do prêmio2014 Prêmio Contigo! de TV Best Supporting Actress Amor à Vida Prêmio F5 Best Actress (telenovela) Meu Pedacinho de Chão Melhores do Ano Best Telenovela Actress Melhores do Ano 2014: conheça todos os indicados nas 15 categorias 2015 Best Newcomer Actress A Regra do Jogo 2016 Troféu Viver SC Best Artist Herself Diário Catarinense entrega Troféu Viver SC2022Sundance Film FestivalSpecial Jury Award (for the Ensemble Cast)A Wild Patience Has Taken Me HereWonFestival Mix BrasilBest PerformanceA Wild Patience Has Taken Me HereWon
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