Marília Gabriela Baston de Toledo (born 31 May 1948), best known as Marília Gabriela or just Gabi, is a Brazilian journalist, TV host, actress, writer, and former singer.

Career Television hosting Marília began her journalist career in 1969, as an intern at Rede Globo's Jornal Nacional. That same year she was invited to present the news program Jornal Hoje, in São Paulo. In 1973, she presented the TV show Fantástico, with a story about the anniversary of Carmen Miranda's death. After that she became special reporter for the program. In 1980, Marília became the main host of the program TV Mulher, together with Ney Gonçalves Dias She recorded two albums under Som Livre and Universal Music, named Perdida de Amor, with participations of Simone and Caetano Veloso. After leaving TV Mulher, in 1984, she was TV Globo's correspondent in England for six months, besides doing news stories for Fantástico. Unhappy, she left TV Globo for Rede Bandeirantes. In 1985, she presented the variety shows Marília Gabi Gabriela, at TV Bandeirantes, and the talk show Cara a Cara.

With low ratings, Marília Gabi Gabriela show was canceled, leaving her only with Cara a Cara, on late Sunday nights; from 1987 to 1994 she also presented Jornal Bandeirantes. In 1989 she mediated the first presidential debate between the candidates Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Fernando Collor de Mello. After leaving TV Bandeirantes, she signed with Rede CNT for a short period. In 1997, she signed with Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão, where she presented SBT Repórter and talk show De Frente com Gabi. She also had a brief stint at RedeTV!.

Acting Gabriela debuted on stages in 2000, with the leading role in Gerald Thomas (theatre director)' play Esperando Beckett,. She also acted in feature films and telenovelas. In the telenovela Senhora do Destino, de Aguinaldo Silva, Marília Gabriela played two characters in different timelines: Josefa Medeiros Duarte Pinto, a journalist, and her daughter, Guilhermina de Medeiros Duarte Pinto Lefevre. After prioritizing her acting career at Rede Globo, and also presenting Marília Gabriela Entrevista on cable channel GNT, she returned to SBT in June 2010, back with De Frente com Gabi. On 6 July 2010 she signed with TV Cultura to present Roda Viva on Mondays, keeping her program on SBT on Sundays. Thus, Marília Gabriela passed to host three programs in three different channels. After a year at TV Cultura, SBT decided for her exclusivity on broadcast television. She left the channel in 2015.

Personal life Gabriela's first husband was Reinaldo Haddad, whom she married in 1970. In 1972 they had a son, Christiano Cochrane. In 1974 she was widowed. From 1976 until 1986, she was married to Zeca Cochrane, with whom she had her second son, Theodoro Cochrane, an actor. In 1999, after a year of dating, Marília Gabriela married model and actor Reynaldo Gianecchini. On 27 October 2006, it was announced the couple had separated.

Filmography

Television

Acting roles Novelas, Séries & Minisséries Year Title Role NotesChannel2004 Senhora do Destino Josefa de Medeiros Duarte Pinto/Maria Guilhermina de Medeiros Duarte Pinto Lefevre Rede Globo A Diarista Pérola Special participation Sob Nova Direção Branca2006 JK Celita Bueno Cavallini Sob Nova Direção Rebeca Special participation2007 Duas Caras Margarida Maria dos Anjos / Margarida McKenzie Salles Prado (Guigui) 2009 Cinquentinha Mariana Santoro 2012 A Vida de Rafinha Bastos Herself(Episode: Piloto) - web series Special participation YouTube2013 Chiquititas Herself SBT2014 Porta dos Fundos Herself(Episode: De Frente) YouTube As Canalhas Celina GNT2016 Adnight Treinadora de Adnet Programa de estreia Rede Globo

Presenter Programs Year Title Channel 1980 - 1984 TV Mulher Rede Globo 1985 Marília Gabi Gabriela Rede Bandeirantes 1987 - 1995 Cara a Cara Rede Bandeirantes 1987 - 1992 Jornal Bandeirantes Rede Bandeirantes 1995 - 1996 Marília Gabi Gabriela CNT/Gazeta 1995 - 2000 SBT Repórter SBT 1996 First Class SBT 1998 - 2015 Marília Gabriela Entrevista GNT 2000 - 2001 Gabi RedeTV! 2002 - 2004 De Frente com Gabi SBT 2010 - 2011 Roda Viva TV Cultura 2010 - 2015 De Frente com Gabi SBT2012 Reviva Canal VivaSaturday Night Live RedeTV! 2013 - 2014 Gabi Quase Proibida SBT 2016 TV Mulher Canal Viva

Cinema Feature and short films Year Title Role 1997 Ed Mort Silva 2002 Avassaladoras Débora 2003 Gregório de Mattos Abadessa 2004 O Diabo a Quatro Regina 2005 Quanto Vale ou É por Quilo? (Indisponível)2008 Sexo com Amor? MônicaBellini e o Demônio Letícia 2016 Procurando Dory Marília Gabriela (dub) 2018 O Doutrinador Minister Marta Regina

Stage Plays Year Title2001 Esperando Beckett2006 Lady Macbeth2008 Aquela Mulher2015 Vanya e Sonia e Masha e Spike

Book 2008: Eu Que Amo Tanto (the book got a segment in the TV program Fantástico (Rede Globo), retelling some of its stories)

Discography

Albums 1982: Marília Gabriela Label- Opus Columbia / Som Livre Tracks Diga Ao Povo Que Fico (Rita Lee / Roberto de Carvalho) Bicho de Estimação (Roberto Carlos / Erasmo Carlos) Ser, Fazer e Acontecer (Gonzaguinha) Essas Coisas que Eu Mal Sei (Marina Lima / Antônio Cícero) Sampa (Caetano Veloso) Dois Namorados (Guto Graça Mello / Naila Skorpio) Da Cor do Pecado (Bororó) O Que É, O Que É? (Milton Nascimento / Fernando Brant) Eramos Três (Tunai / Sergio Natureza) Cataclisma (Ivan Lins) Tomara (Caetano Veloso) 1984: Marília Gabriela Label - Som Livre Tracks Sampa Da Cor Do Pecado Albatroz Drão Mutante Cataclisma Diga Ao Povo Que Fico O Que É, O Que É Abrir A Porta Espelho Tomara Trem Das Cores 2002: Perdida de Amor Label- Universal Music Tracks Fotografia Loira Perdido de Amor Você Marina Este Seu Olhar Nem Eu Inútil Paisagem Alguém Como Tu Copacabana Copacabana Blade Runner Sábado Em Copacabana

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