Bárbara Paz

Known for ActingBorn 1974-10-17 (age 51)Campo Bom, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Bárbara Raquel Paz (born October 17, 1974) is a Brazilian actress, director and producer. Bárbara was born in Campo Bom, in the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre. The youngest of four sisters, at the age of six she lost her father, who was a politician in the city. Her mother had consequences after giving birth to Bárbara and died after seventeen years on hemodialysis. At the age of nine, Bárbara started working, as her father's death caused the family to experience financial difficulties. She started painting plaster sculptures and selling them in the town square, to help buy medicine for her mother. As a teenager, she decided to get her work permit and started working in a shoe factory, where she stayed for two months. She went back to studying in the morning and working in the afternoon, this time in a boutique, where she stayed for two years. She then joined an advertising agency , where she did her first modeling jobs. After her mother's death in May 1992, Bárbara found herself alone. Only she and her mother lived in the small house, as her sisters had already gotten married. Suffering with memories at home, she didn't want to stay there alone, and in her city there were no prospects for a good future. The following month, she took the money she had saved, and went to live in São Paulo , with some friends, willing to share the rent on an apartment, and try a career in modeling or acting. As soon as she arrived in the city, she got a job as a secretary at a university and took an acting course at the Macunaíma Theater School. Looking for a job in the fashion area, after passing the photography and runway tests, she managed to get agencies to give her some placements, and she modeled for magazines, participated in fashion editorials and exhibition fairs. In December of the same year, six months after arriving in the capital of São Paulo, he traveled south to spend the end of the year festivities. On Christmas Day, Bárbara and some friends were in a serious car accident after drinking. They hit a tree shortly after leaving the house where they were gathered. She had a major facial trauma that required 400 stitches. Afterwards, she returned to São Paulo but, with the scars left by the accident, she abandoned her modeling career and locked herself up at home. After recovering, she would resume her career. She then decided to study theater at the Antunes Filho Theater Research Center and from there she joined the group Parlapatões. She identifies as non-binary.Read more

Movies & web series

Quinta das Janelas

Uma Vaga Capacidade de Asas

Chico Mário - A Melodia da Liberdade

Plan B

A Mulher da Sua Vida

The Act

Vinte e cinco

Seja O Que Deus Quiser!

Casa dos Artistas

The Cariocas

Angélica: 50 & Tanto

Que História é Essa, Porchat?

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

Harassment

Alta Definição

Never Too Old to Meow

A Trick of Fate

What Is It Worth?

Sexo e a Metrópole

The Other Side of Paradise

Maria Esperança

Trail of Lies

Por Que Você Não Chora?

Seize the Day

Marisol

Dinossaurs & Robots

Depois de Tudo

Rules of the Game

Cat's Cradle

A Porta ao Lado

Tainted

O Martelo de Vulcano

Produto Descartável

Se Puder... Dirija!

Quarto 38

Paulista

My Hindu Friend

De Cara Limpa

O Combinado Não Sai Caro

Girassol Vermelho

Rua do Pescador, nº6

Viva o Cinema! Uma História da Mostra de São Paulo

Talk to Him

O Outro Lado do Paraíso: As Vinganças de Clara

The Clove and The Rose

5 Mentiras

Manual para Atropelar Cachorro

Amigo Secreto