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Carlos Diegues was born on 19 May 1940 in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. He is a producer and director, known for Xica (1976), O Maior Amor do Mundo (2006) and Better Days Ahead (1989). He has been married to Renata Maria de Almeida Magalhães since 1982. They have one child. He was previously married to Nara Leão.

Fátima Toledo is the first and most respected acting coach in Brazil. She is the creator of an exclusive method of interpretation, known as Método FT, used in the film industry for over 30 years. During all these years, the films that Fátima did the acting coach with whole Casting (Leads and Supporting actors) have won more than 511 awards and 348 nominations in most prestigious nationals and internationals films festivals, including 2 Golden Globe (Central Station and Pixote) and 6 Oscar nominations (Central do Brasil and City of God). Fátima Toledo owns a studio in São Paulo where anyone can experience her method.

In 2014, Fátima had her history and method documented in the book "Fátima Toledo: Interpret life, live cinema", written by Mauricio Cardoso and released by Liberars publisher.

Erom Cordeiro was born on 19 May 1977 in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. He is an actor, known for The Seeker (2019), One Against All (2016) and A Divisão (2019).

Oscar has an extensive experience as an actor in his professional career. In childhood he lived in a small town with just over 70,000 people in Alagoas (Northeast of Brazil). Began his acting career in Juiz de Fora - MG (BR), where he made many important and significant works.

Years later, he received awards for best playwright and best actor. In 2003, he received 07 awards for best drama with the play "Memórias do Caos Humano".

Today he's been working on many personal projects, writing for theater and movies and acting in cine productions. He released the books "Sobre Homens e Abismos" (About Men and Abysm) and "O Corpo Marcado de Giz". In 2011, for your first publication, Oscar Calixto was named as corresponding member in the APALCA (Academy of the Letters, Sciences and Arts).

Pepe was born on 26 February 1983 in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil.

Adnor Pitanga was born in 1946 in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. He is a director and writer, known for Momentos de Prazer e Agonia (1983), Rockmania (1986) and Confissões de Uma Viúva Moça (1976). He has been married to Anita Pitanga since 30 September 2005.

Sadi Cabral was born on 10 September 1906 in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. He was an actor and writer, known for O Matador (1968), Minha Doce Namorada (1971) and Mãos Sangrentas (1955). He died on 23 November 1986 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Djavan is a Brazilian Samba singer/songwriter. Djavan was born in Maceió, Brazil to a white father of Dutch descent and a black mother. He later formed the group Luz, Som, Dimensão (LSD - "Light, Sound, Dimension"), playing Beatles' material. In 1973, Djavan moved to Rio DE Janeiro and started singing soap opera soundtracks. His first album, A Voz, o Violão e a Arte DE Djavan, was recorded in 1976 and included the hit song "Flor DE Lis". Stevie Wonder was a guest on the album Luz.

In 1999, his album Ao Vivo sold 1.2 million copies. In 2016, he was nominated for the 2016 Latin Grammy Awards in the Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Portuguese Language Song and Best Singer-Songwriter Album categories. Djavan's compositions have been recorded by numerous musicians, including Al Jarreau, Carmen McRae and The Manhattan Transfer. His album Vesúvio was ranked as the 35th best Brazilian album of 2018 by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone magazine.

The Brazilian actor Paulo Leal de Melo Neto was born in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil, to Célia Bernardes, a hairstylist, and Paulo Leal Jr., an economist. His father has Italian ancestry, while his mother has German ancestry. When Paulo was about one year old his parents separated and his mother moved to the southern part of Brazil, taking Paulo with her to a tiny beach town called Tramandaí, Rio Grande do Sul. Which is where he grew up.

Paulo started taking acting classes when he was 13 years old in Osório, a city nearby his hometown. At the age of 22, Paulo moved up to Rio de Janeiro to start working at Globo television. In 2008 got his first role on a soap opera called "Minha Terra, Minha Mãe", which was on air in Angola, Portugal, Macau and in addition to other Portuguese speaking countries, excluding Brazil. In 2009 got the role of "Raulzão" on the soap opera "Tempos Modernos" - Globo TV. Right after the end of this soap, in 2010, Paulo moved to New York city to study at the traditional school of acting, Stella Adler. Back in Brazil, in 2011, he played "João Paixão" on the soap opera "Amor e revolução" - SBT TV. In 2012, Paulo was seeing as "Tadeu Oliveira" on the musical soap "Rebelde" - Record TV. On another musical soap, "Chiquititas"-SBT TV in 2013/14, Paulo got the role of "Dr. Fernando Brausen" a medical doctor and a clown. Also in 2014, he joined the crew of the comedy movie "Desculpe o Transtorno" by "Tomas Portella". In the early months of 2015, Paulo played Romeo on the short movie "Romeo Reboot", a production based on the Shakespeare's novel "Romeo and Juliet", directed by "Manuel Nogueira".

He participated in a handful plays throughout his acting career.

Dida was born on 23 March 1934 in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. He died on 17 September 2002 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Roberto Firmino Barbosa de Oliveira (born 2 October 1991) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Liverpool and the Brazil national team as an attacking midfielder, forward or winger.

After starting his career with Figueirense in 2009, he spent four-and-a-half seasons at Hoffenheim. His 16 goals in 33 games for the 2013-14 Bundesliga season earned him the award for the league's Breakthrough Player. In July 2015, he signed for Premier League club Liverpool. Firmino made his international debut for Brazil in November 2014 and represented the nation at the 2015 Copa América.

Born in Maceió, Alagoas, Firmino joined Figueirense's youth setup in 2008, aged 17, after starting out at CRB. He was discovered by a dentist, Marcellus Portella. With the latter, he was mainly used as a defensive midfielder. Firmino made his professional debut on 24 October 2009, coming on as a half-time substitute for Toninho in a 1-2 home loss against Ponte Preta, for the Série B championship. In January 2010 he was promoted to the main squad.

Firmino scored his first professional goal on 8 May 2010, netting the winner in an away success against São Caetano. He contributed with eight goals in 36 appearances during the season, as Figueira returned to Série A after a two-year absence.

Firmino signed with Hoffenheim in December 2010, with the contract running until June 2015. He formally arrived at Hoffenheim on 1 January 2011. Then Hoffenheim manager Ernst Tanner commented that they were "pleased to hire a Brazilian talent". He made his debut a month later in a Bundesliga defeat against Mainz, where he came on as a 75th-minute substitute for Sebastian Rudy. He scored his first goal for the club on 16 April, the only goal of a league victory against Eintracht Frankfurt.

On 23 June 2015, while he was competing for Brazil at the Copa América, Hoffenheim and Firmino agreed terms for him to transfer to Premier League club Liverpool for up to £29 million on conclusion of the tournament, subject to a work permit. Liverpool confirmed the signing the following day, subject to a medical. The deal was finalised on 4 July. Firmino made his Liverpool debut in a pre-season friendly away to Swindon Town on 2 August, and his league debut a week later, replacing Jordon Ibe for the final 12 minutes of a 1-0 win at Stoke City. On 21 November, Firmino scored his first goal for Liverpool in a 4-1 victory over Manchester City at the City of Manchester Stadium. In January 2016, Firmino was described by Paul Little of the Irish Examiner as steadily improving during his first season in England, although an inability to combine with centre forward Christian Benteke drew criticism. Before the start of the 2017-18 season, Firmino switched his number to 9, in order to let new signing, Mohamed Salah take number 11. On 17 October, Firmino scored twice in a 7-0 Champions League win over Maribor, helping Liverpool to the joint-largest ever away win in the competition, and largest away win by an English club. Exactly two months later, he netted in a 4-0 win over Bournemouth; a result which saw Liverpool become the first team in Premier League history to win four consecutive away league matches by a margin of at least three goals. Firmino, Salah, Sadio Mané and Philippe Coutinho made up a prolific attacking quartet dubbed the "Fab Four" and "Fab Three" after the mid-season exit of the latter.

Firmino said that it was his "dream" to play in the national team though he had no "contact with national team manager Dunga". On 23 October 2014, Firmino received his first call up to Brazil national football team for the friendly matches against Turkey and Austria. He commented, "I'm very happy about the nomination and would especially like to thank the team". He debuted in a 4-0 win over Turkey on 12 November, replacing fellow debutant Luiz Adriano for the last 17 minutes. Firmino scored his first goal six days later in the latter match, a 2-1 away win. In May 2015, Firmino was included in Brazil's 23-man squad for the 2015 Copa América to be held in Chile. On 21 June, he scored in a 2-1 defeat of Venezuela to qualify the Seleção for the knockout stage as Group C winners.

Jhonnchefe was born on 8 March 1998 in Maceió, Alagoas, Brasil. Jhonnchefe is a director and writer, known for Jhonnchefe (2023).

Guilherme Levy was born on 11 October 1994 in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. He is an actor and producer, known for Movimento S (2014).

Thiago Brandão is a Brazilian software engineer, passionate about technology, who found a place in the film industry. After moving to the United Kingdom, Thiago entered the world of cinema as a support artist since 2022 and has since participated in major productions, although he is more interested in a career in IT, he still wants to participate in many major productions.

Jararaca was born on 29 September 1896 in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. He was an actor and writer, known for No Trampolim da Vida (1946), Harlem Nights (1989) and Kika (1993). He died on 9 October 1977 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Alberico Bruno was born on 30 April 1934 in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Carnaval Barra Limpa (1967), Eu Sou o Tal (1959) and Samba em Brasília (1961). He died on 25 December 1986 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Luziana Luli Brazil, born Luziana Mercia Ferreira, in Maceio, capital of Alagoas state in the Northeast of Brazil. And naturalized Canadian in July 28, 2023. Her father, Jose Ednaldo (Edinho) Ferreira, a trumpet player and post office inside worker, born in Marechal Deodoro, Alagoas, where one of the best beach of Alagoas is, French's Beach (Praia do Frances), and her mother, Maria das Graças Ferreira (born Maria das Graças da Conceição), an Art and religion teacher, born in Agua Branca, Alagoas, a dry hinterland or backwoods place, gave birth in Saint Lucy's Day (Santa Luzia) December 13, 3:45 a.m., Luziana was almost dying, in Santa Casa de Misericordia Hospital, as her mom is really religious Catholic decided to name Luziana in homage to the saint of the day to protect her life, because the doctor said she would have problems either mental or physical. She had problems to talk, but eventually started walking late, around one year old, Fiat, the medicine used to heal also triggered her asthma, that gave her an experience of almost death , she saw her body, but it was fast. What the family didn't expect was that her elder brother, the poet graduated psychologist Ely Max Ferreira, would be the one who really born with a incurable disease, Duchene Progressive Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Her younger brother, Elton Márcio Ferreira born one year after her. She always thought she wanted to be actress, writer and legal doctor. Her family wasn't wealthy, they couldn't afford lots of training, and also Ely and Luziana needed to attended swimming classes for their health improvement, so her little brother Elton attended because he couldn't stay alone at home, Elton wanted to practice Martial Arts Judo, as he couldn't attend alone because someone had to go with him Luziana attended Judo too, they liked it, but Luli didn't like competition. But at twelve years old she discovered she had an enormous ovarian cyst and had to go under a surgery removing her left ovary too. As she left Judo her little brother left too, so they decided to get some classical piano lessons, Luziana asked her mom to subscribe her in Theatre lessons too and that's how she begun.

While attending theater classes she had experience researching contents for a Cultural and Educational Radio Program, Luzes da Ribalta, at Radio Educativa FM, that went on air during Sundays 4 p.m. from 1993 to 1994, in the end of the course it had a Christmas Show, Life's Portrait (Reatratos da Vida) in which she played a short tempered grumpy house wife, in December 14, 1993, in the Sergio Cardozo Pocket Theatre, beside Deodoro Theatre, Centro, Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. In this meanwhile she dropped discontinued the piano classes because, as she said, the teacher never left the theory, never let us touch the piano, and she and her younger brother decided to study English, her elder brother didn't have time to attend because he had physiotherapy and supplementary Math classes because the family wasn't good in Math no one could help each other and he was stopping walking, the swimming classes weren't helping anymore.

The computer classes started to exist in Brazil and Luziana decided to enroll, she was the youngest in the class, she was having problems to follow, after one year she decided to drop that. She fell in love for a classmate in English classes and after an argument with him she decided to drop the classes too. Went back to theatre and a fanfare band playing drums, she also was trying to learn to play sax while her younger brother was playing trombone, her elder brother decided he wanted to turn his poetries into music and wanted to take private lessons at home, as he was already on wheelchair, but the teacher was just after money, didn't teach much and wanted advanced payment, after paid never showed up again. Luziana parent's wanted to buy a keyboard piano to Ely but Elton also wanted a trombone, so Ely decided to let Elton get his gift first, instead he could sing his poetries, so he did, in a school presentation fair. In that same day Luziana made part on her second project "The flower" (A Flor), theatrical play written by Alberto Do Carmo, theater logo, art teacher at the school where she and her brothers studied, Sagrada Familia School, in the next year she made part with the same group in another show Mother Portrait (Retrato de Mãe), directed again by her classmate Jurandir Bozo (today master of Coco de Roda and actor in Serial Kelly). In a bus stop she met her English classmate who invited her to join their friend in a English course with the same first teacher they had, she accepted and there she had the chance to make role in a commercial STEP English Course, that made her wish to go back acting again.

After that she participated in a contest the "V Mostra de Teatro Alagoano" (V Show of Alagoas Theatre) with the pay "The Call of Eduardo Da Silva" (O Chamado de Eduardo da Silva) winner of honorable mention as the best show, in June, 1995, in which she played one of the Hell's ghosts, at the Lima Filho Theatre in Maceio, Alagoas, Brazil. There she had her best experience watching and working with the best artists of Alagoas, Brazil.

She went on through out the year with the group Loucos Por Teatro (Crazies for Theater), Directed by Clístenes Péricles (today Péricles Brazil) working on advertisements of shows and as crew and model in two student productions, "The Miracle" (O Milagre) and "Where are my toys" (Onde estão meus brinquedos?), and the next two years, unfortunately, she had to stop to focus in her studies. Then she decided to go back to computer classes, her older brother had just finished computer classes, she wanted to become a programmer but instead she learned how to fix computer, she started operation computer classes all over and finished all the courses she started, including English and computer.

She enrolled in a fanfare schools' band as drummer and Judo, but she wanted to go back acting and once again she made part of an acting contest with the high school group with the play Terra a Vista (Land on Sight) wrote by Alberto Do Carmo. But then she had to focus on university studies, she decided she wanted to be writer and passed in the test to study Arts in Linguistics, Languages and Literature by the (public) Federal University of Alagoas, she decided to attend the night classes to work as computer teacher and technician during the day, but it was becoming stressful because the employer wasn't paying for 3 months, so she quit. Then she went to work in a computer shop while was finishing her university course and online she met the man who was going to become her husband.

Luis da Silva Medeiros, Brazilian son of Azorean Portuguese couple that went to Canada in 1973 to try better chances, Lui had just tuned 5 when they got to Canada, he was just able to get his Canadian Citizen status when he turned 18 years old. He had an accident when he was working changing his pickup truck oil and the jack fell he got paralyzed from his chest down, he was just 22 years old, was engaged with his first girlfriend, she left him one year after the accident, he had no hope of getting married, he wanted to die so badly. He had another girlfriend, a divorced woman they kept fighting, but they dated 3 years until Lui friends advise him he was better off that girlfriend, she was more problem in his life so he decided he couldn't go on, but he felt alone, his youngest niece told him about relationships online, he didn't know much how to use a computer, he had classes at NAIT in Edmonton and sooner he was about to make more friends, that's when he met that Brazilian girl who had a brother one wheelchair, someone who could understand him, he couldn't let her escape, he said, maybe he wouldn't have another chance. They dated online 5 months and he asked her in marriage. They got married in April 16, 2015, lots of people got in the Church to see a bridegroom on wheelchair, she added his last name to hers, and in June, 2006 they moved to Canada, but his mom didn't want her around and they went back to Brazil the following year where she went on teaching language, literature and linguistics and studying. Her elder brother Ely situation started to worsen fast and three months after her arrival he passed away, at 29 years old, in January 25, 2008, never being able to find someone to marry him, but he was happy, he wrote three poetry books, but just published two and with his money he finished paying their parents mortgage They went to live in a mini-farm, they learned to milk cow and goat, she tried learn to ride horse, bust just learned to drive a carriage, she also neutered pigs and, in 2015, decided to go back recording teaching people how to neuter pigs, and raise animals, that's when the channel Luli Brazil born, she chose Luli because that's how her dad calls her, and Brazil because she was a Brazilian who went to Canada. But then, in a visit to Canada Lui had a heart attack and needed Luli back in Canada, in 2017, but the visa just came out in 2019, she landed back in Canada in October 15, 2019, same day she left Canada.

She had experience subtitling videos in the period that she was waiting her visa, she also studied French and some Spanish. She finished a French Course but didn't become fluent speaker, though she can read and understand. She also published two studies in Literature and Linguistics area. One of them a review of the movie "Stranger than Fiction" (an American Fiction 2006), and the other was about teaching language using technology "Hipertexto no Ensino de Língua Inglesa na Escola Pública" (Hypertext in English Language Teaching in Public Schools), 2017, that one I presented in a symposium, .

She also wrote some screenplays but never recorded then she still plans to do that. Nowadays she is filmmaking to YouTube @LuliBrazil.

César Cavalcanti was born in 1939 in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. He is an assistant director and production manager, known for Blame It on Rio (1984), José Lins do Rego (1975) and A Espiã Que Entrou em Fria (1967).

Emmanuel Cavalcanti was born on 23 September 1936 in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Insônia (1980), An Avenue Called Brazil (1989) and Bahia (1976). He died on 9 April 2023 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Ivana Iza was born on 11 March 1978 in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Serial Kelly (2022), Deus Ainda é Brasileiro (2025) and Deus é Brasileiro (2003). She is married to Tainan Costa Canário. They have one child.

Maria Eduarda Arakaki was born on 12 August 2003 in Maceio, Brazil.

Nilo Machado was born in 1924 in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. Nilo was a director and producer, known for Tarados na Fazenda dos Prazeres (1982), Traí... Minha Amante Descobriu (1978) and Nas Garras da Sedução (1974). Nilo died in 1996 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Jhonatan Mello was born on 8 March 1998 in Maceió. Jhonatan is a director and editor, known for O Tempo de Duração Deste Filme Não Foi Disponibilizado por Seu Distribuidor (2012).

Lyliá Virna was born on 16 August 1976 in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Dona Anja (1996), Do Fundo do Coração (1998) and Pequena Travessa (2002).

Lucélia Pontes was born on 6 September 1994 in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Good Morning, Verônica (2020), Amara (2021) and Amor dos Outros (2021).