Ticiana Studart
Acting
Biography
Ticiana Studart began her career in 1979, acting on TV and in theater, trained at the renowned Tablado, under the guidance of Maria Clara Machado and Carlos Wilson. On television, she took part in landmark productions such as Água Viva and Dancing Days, as well as working for TV Educativa and TV Manchete. As an actress, she starred in two films, several shorts and memorable plays, including Ibsen's Peergynt, directed by Marcos Fayad, which received praise from critics such as Yan Michalski. In 1985, she moved to New York, where she stayed for four years, furthering his artistic training. She studied at the H.B. Studio with great masters such as Uta Hagen, F. Murray Abraham (Oscar winner for Amadeus), Herbert Bergohoff, Bill Alton and Geraldine Page. She began her career as a director at the Director's Company, where she mounted Lorca's Yerma at the Staret Theatre. During her time there, she also did an internship at the Public Theatre. Back in Brazil in 1987, she made her debut with Delicadas Torturas, a success with audiences and critics, which won Paulo José prizes such as the Molière Award for Best Actor. In the following years, she directed and staged notable plays, including Bukowski - Bicho Solto no Mundo, A Casa de Prostituição de Anaïs Nin and Coração na Boca, which was praised by the Miami Herald as a "Brazilian masterpiece". Her career also includes shows such as Insensatez, by Jean Cocteau, and Tudo sobre Mulheres, by Miro Gavran. With an established career, Ticiana has directed 43 productions at CAL, where she has been a teacher for 23 years, and has signed major productions such as Freud, a Última Sessão and Amargo Fruto: A Vida de Billie Holiday, a musical she wrote and directed. In 2012, she launched the book Fora do Normal, published by Editora Record. She currently develops the theater project Cavalo Novo and continues to teach at CAL, giving courses in acting, communication and language. Throughout her career, Ticiana has performed more than 25 plays and made an invaluable contribution to the Brazilian cultural scene.
Known For
The cheerful and outgoing Jordana lived alongside Silas for 20 years, helping him become wealthy. Despite this, he abandons her to run away with the opportunistic Carla. After the separation, Jordana faces financial difficulties. She then meets Dona Mena, an eccentric and lonely old woman abandoned by her family. Jordana takes care of Dona Mena and, when she dies, inherits four bronze cupids containing a million dollars. The problem is that the cupids disappear without a trace. The cupids become the subject of a fight between Dona Mena's nephews, Loreta and Carlito. The two are the villains of the story. Jordana, however, ends up falling in love with Carlito. In the final chapters, Jordana manages to recover the cupids and rebuild her life. She has the help of her friend Vieira.
Jogo da Vida
Enterprising youths live many adventures when they decide to start a business specializing in making video clips for rock groups.
Tropclip
The daily routine of a women's Republic in the late days of 1963 and early 1964 - before the military coup - is presented from the perspective of several characters, and the place's owner who is about to sell the house to an international company who wants to build a mall in the place.
1º de Abril, Brasil
The relationship among three friendly couples turns upside down when two of the men get a job on TV. Their girlfriends leave them, looking for more action in their lives.
Aguenta, Coração
In Ipanema, a couple of vampires seduce their victims with promises of sexual encounters through letters. But their lives are turned upside down when a stranger, fascinated by the idea of anthropophagy, replies to one of their letters, leading to an unlikely outcome.