Dandara Mariana

@dandaramariana

Interpretation, Dance, and Music are intertwined in Dandara Mariana´s career, an actress who was born in Rio de Janeiro (RJ) in 1988. She is an actor’s daughter (Romeo Evaristo) with an international consultant (Elizabeth Correa Nahas). Since a child, she showed interest in following the artistic career. During her adolescence, Dandara and her friends set up a cover group for the Spice Girls. She was Melanie Brown. Her father encouraged her so much, that he accompanied the group as an illuminator of the presentations. “I’ve always been a spontaneous child. As a child, I loved day-care, differently from the others. Art was the natural way that I followed as a way to go beyond this restless side of me”, she says.

After graduating in school, her taste for decoration and arts stood out. Dandara ended up opting for the architecture course. It didn’t take long and soon Dandara realized she had made the wrong choice. Thanks to her friends Lázaro Ramos and Taís Araújo, she was invited to participate in the program As Aventuras de Parabólico, in the Channel Brazil, directed by the actor. There she was certain of what she wanted performing arts. In 2007 she enrolled in CAL (Casa das Artes de Laranjeiras). Finally, she felt in the right place.

In her resumé, Dandara has classics such as “Toda Nudez Será Castigada”, by Nelson Rodrigues; “Do Mundo Nada se Leva”, by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart; and “Antígona”, by Sophocles. Music and dance have also come into her life through musicals: “Orfeu da Conceição”, directed by Aderbal Freire Filho; “O Bem do Mar – Dorival Caymmi”, directed by De Bonis; “Garrincha – Uma ópera das ruas”, directed by the brilliant American director Bob Wilson. In September 2018, she played the samba singer Dona Ivone Lara in the musical “Dona Ivone Lara – Um Sorriso Negro”.

In the movies, Dandara was part in the cast of the films “Aparecida – O Milagre”, “O Concurso”, “Um Candidato Honesto”, “Através das Sombras”, “Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos”, “Intervenção”, and the short film “O Casaco”, a work that toured festivals around the world and for which the actress won the best actress award at the 42nd Guarnicê Film Festival, in São Luís / MA.

In 2012, she made her debut on TV Globo playing the young Tamires in “Malhação”, and at the same network she went on to make some special participations, such as in the series “Na Forma da Lei” and in the soap operas “Babilônia” (2015) and “A Regra do Jogo” (2015). In 2017, she stood out as the character Marilda in “A Força do Querer”, a soap opera that was broadcast in prime time on the network, with great audience success.

In 2019, as one of the main characters in the soap opera “Verão 90”, also on TV Globo, Dandara played a lambada and axé dancer who was romantically involved with the main character. There, Dandara also drew a lot of attention for her dancing skills, and all this helped her gain a lot of popularity. This was also achieved through the show “Dança dos Famosos”, from the same network, where she won the status of the best participant of all the editions. On the road of successes achieved through hard work and talent, other soap operas came along such as “Salve-Se Quem Puder (2020)” and “Travessia” (2023), both from the same network.

In 2022, she debuted in productions on the Streaming platforms. “Não foi Minha Culpa”, from Star+, a series which was told real stories of feminicide and domestic violence, where the actress gave life to Raíssa. This character is extremely important in this series, as long as Raíssa reigns as a great singer through the Carnival blocks. Thanks to this series, there was a follow-up to all the episodes where the character puts in on appearance.

She also stars in the movie “Casamento à Distância”, the first Brazilian romantic comedy with black people at the center of the story on Netflix. In “Encantado’s”, a series on Globoplay, Dandara plays Pandora, the new employee at the market: graceful, religious, outspoken and naive.

Dandara likes to say that she embraces all kinds of artistic expressions. “Art is part of my life. I am constantly allowing myself, opening up about my feelings, whether singing, dancing, drawing, writing, reading, observing… I am into Art” she says, “I hope my Art can influence in a positive way not only me but also the others”, she adds.

The actress has been developing a beautiful path in her career. She has earned the respect of the artistic community and the audience through her struggle and her hard work. Dandara is a complete artist who has become a reference for many black girls who have seen in her the possibility of being who you are and achieving what you want.

Dandara is a strong and brave woman who pursues her dreams and goes further to achieve them.

Experience and Skills

Graduated in Performing Arts by CAL (Casa das Artes de Laranjeiras)

Graduated in Theater by UCAM (Universidade Cândido Mendes)

Theater Course by Camila Amado and Elisa Lucinda

Theater Course by Amir Haddad (Group : Ta na Rua)

Music WorkShop by Théâtre du Soleil

Portuguese
English

2019 – 42ND GUARNICÊ FILM FESTIVAL
Best Actress
Film: “O Casaco”

2019 – NELSON RODRIGUES TROPHY (ANCEC)
(National Agency for Culture Entrepreneurship and Communication)
Best Actress
Soap Opera: “Verão Noventa – Globo TV"

2017 – RAÇA NEGRA TROPHY
Best Actress
Soap Opera: “A Força do Querer – Globo TV“

Dance
Singing

2022/2024 – ENCANTADO’S – GLOBO TV

Series – Season: 01, 02 and 03
Author: Renata Andrade – Thais Pontes – Chico Mattoso – Antonio Prata
Director: Henrique Sauer – Deo Cardoso – Naína de Paula
Character: Pandora

2022 – TRAVESSIA– GLOBOTV

Author: Glória Perez
Director:Mauro Mendonça Filho
Character: Talita

2020 – SALVE-SE QUEM PUDER – GLOBO TV

Author: Daniel Ortiz
Director: Fred Mayrink
Character: Bel Apolinário

2019 – VERÃO 90 – GLOBO TV

Writer: Mario Teixeira
Director: Jorge Fernando
Character: Dandara

2017 – A FORÇA DO QUERER – GLOBO TV

Writer: Glória Perez
Director: Rogério Gomes and Pedro Vasconcelos
Character: Marilda

2015 – A REGRA DO JOGO – GLOBO TV

Writer: João Emanuel Carneiro
Director: Enrique Dias and Joana Jabace
Character: Sabrina

2015 – BABILÔNIA – GLOBO TV

Writer: Gilberto Braga
Director: Pedro Peregrino
Character: Jôse

2015 – ERNESTO, O EXTERMINADOR DE SERES MONSTRUOSOS E OUTRAS PORCARIAS – BRASIL TV

Writer: Ana Pacheco and Izabella Faya
Director: Gustavo Spolidoro
Character: Fernanda

2012 – MALHAÇÃO CONECTADOS – GLOBO TV

Writer: Ingrid Zavarezz
Director: Mário Márcio Bandarra, Roberto Vaz and Ajax Camacho
Character: Tamtam

2010 – NA FORMA DA LEI – GLOBO TV

Series
Writer: Antônio Calmon
Director: Wolf Maya
Character: Amanda

2006 – AS AVENTURAS DE PARABÓLICO – BRASIL CHANNEL

Miniseries
Director: Lázaro Ramos
Character: Diana

2022/2024 – ENCANTADO’S – GLOBOPLAY

Series – Season: 01, 02 and 03
Author: Renata Andrade – Thais Pontes – Chico Mattoso – Antonio Prata
Director: Henrique Sauer – Deo Cardoso – Naína de Paula
Character: Pandora

2023 – CASAMENTO A DISTÂNCIA – NETFLIX

Film
Director: Silvio Guindane
Character: Eva

2022 – NÃO FOI MINHA CULPA – DISNEY+

Series
Author: Juliana Rosenthal and Michelle Ferreira
Director: Susanna Lira
Character: Raíssa

FEATURE FILM

2018 – CIDADE DO MEDO

Writer: Gustavo de Almeida e Rodrigo Pimentel
Director: Caio Cobra
Character: Flávia

2016 – ATRAVÉS DAS SOMBRAS

Director:Walter Lima Junior
Character: Nazaré

2016 – DONA FLOR E SEUS DOIS MARIDOS

Director: Pedro Vasconcelos
Character: Zulmira

2015 – CHIBATA

Director: Marcos Manhães Marins
Character: Dulce Alves

2014 – UM CANDIDATO HONESTO

Director: Roberto Santucci
Character: Uma repórter

2013 – O CONCURSO

Director: Pedro Vasconcelos
Character: Janaína

2012 – BILLI PIG

Director: José Eduardo Belmonte
Special Participation

2010 – APARECIDA – O MILAGRE

Director: Tizuka Yamasaki
Character: Sheila

2009 – JACK E CHAN

Director: Alice Demiere
Character: Jack

SHORT FILM

2018 – O CASACO

Director: Ernani Nunes
Character: Karine

Director: Jô Santana
Character: Ivone Lara (Young Girl)

2016 – GARRINCHA

Director: Bob Wilson
Character: The Dancer

2016 – MIXMEMÓRIA

Director and Choreographer: Carmem Luz

2014 – DAR UM JEITO

Collaborative Text
Supervision: Eduardo Vaccari
Character: Lifeguard and Limp Woman

2013 – RÚCULA COM TOMATE SECO

Writer: Arthur Vinciprova
Director: Arthur Vinciprova
Character: Suzana

2010 – ORFEU DA CONCEIÇÃO”

Director: Aderbal Freire Filho

2009 – O BEM DO MAR – DORIVAL CAYMM

Director: Antônio De Bonis

2009 – OS ORDINÁRIOS

Inspired by the film: “Felos, Sujos e Malvados”
Director: Inês Vianna
Character: Bia

2009 – NOITE DE REIS

Writer: William Shakespeare
Director: Thierry Trémoroux
Character: Olívia

2008 – ANTÍGONA

Writer: Sófocles
Director: Celina Sodré.
Character: Ismênia

2008 – FUENTE OVEJUNA

Writer: Lope de Vega
Director: Arnaldo Marques.
Character: Laurencia

2007 – TODA NUDEZ SERÁ CASTIGADA

Writer: Nelson Rodrigues
Director: Celina Bebianno.
Character: Geni

2007 – DO MUNDO NADA SE LEVA

Writer: George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Director: Celina Bebianno.
Character: Essie

Press

Contact Info

Phone: (+55 21) 3547-1883
E-mail: contato@marciodamasceno.com.br