# Lília Cabral

Lília Cabral Bertolli Figueiredo (born 13 July 1957) is a Brazilian actress. She has already been nominated twice to the International Emmy Award for Best Actress, for her roles as Marta in Pages of Life (2006–2007) and as Tereza in Seize the Day (2009–2010).

## Biography

She is daughter of an Italian father, Gino Bertolli, and a Portuguese mother, Almedina Cabral, who was born in São Miguel, Azores. Lilia lost her mother when she was very young, before she started working in television, which she deeply resents, as her mother never had the opportunity to see her work as an actress. She is from the São Paulo neighborhood of Lapa, where she spent her childhood, but has lived in Rio de Janeiro for over twenty years.

## Career

Cabral began her career in the theater performing in the play Feliz Ano Velho, based on a book by Marcelo Rubens Paiva.
She debuted on television in 1981 in the telenovela Os Adolescentes, written by Ivani Ribeiro and produced by Rede Bandeirantes.
In 1984, she signed contract with Rede Globo to act in Corpo a Corpo, by Gilberto Braga, and there she remains today.
In 2003, Lilia Cabral participated in Chocolate com Pimenta as the comic villainess Bárbara. Later, she joined the cast of Começar de Novo as Aída, the owner of a famous spa.
In 2006, she starred as the main antagonist in Páginas da Vida as the insensitive bitter Marta. For her brilliant performance she received the Trophy Press award for Best Actress. She was also nominated for an International Emmy Award for Best Actress in 2007, but she lost the award to the French actress Muriel Robin for her part as Marie Besnard in The Poisoner.
In 2010, she was nominated for the second time to the International Emmy Award for Best Actress for her role in the telenovela Viver a Vida.
Cabral starred as the protagonist Griselda Pereira in the telenovela Fina Estampa in 2011. In 2012, she won two Best Actress awards for her excellent portrayal of Griselda.

## Personal life

Her first marriage was to filmmaker João Henrique Jardim when she was very young, but the marriage didn't last long. Since 1994, she has been married to the economist Iwan Figueiredo, who is the father of her only daughter, Giulia Bertolli, who was born when Lilia was 38. The pregnancy was not planned. She suffered three miscarriages before her pregnancy.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1981 | Os Adolescentes | Marcela | |
| 1982 | Os Imigrantes | Angelina | |
| 1982 | Os Imigrantes: Terceira Geração | Angelina | |
| 1984 | Corpo a Corpo | Margarida Fraga Dantas | |
| 1985 | De Quina pra Lua | Marieta | |
| 1986 | Hipertensão | Antonieta "Tatá" | |
| 1987 | Mandala | Lena | First phase |
| 1988 | Vale Tudo | Aldeíde Candeias | |
| 1989 | Tieta | Amorosa de Jesus "Amorzinho" | |
| 1991 | Salomé | Ernestina | |
| 1991 | O Portador | Luciana | |
| 1992 | Você Decide | Arminda "Mindinha" | Episode: "Cigarra ou Formiga" |
| 1992 | Pedra sobre Pedra | Alva | |
| 1993 | Sex Appeal | Clarisse Fonseca | |
| 1994 | Você Decide | Neusinha | Episode: "A Copa do Mundo é Nossa" |
| 1994 | Pátria Minha | Simone Pelegrine | |
| 1994 | História de Amor | Sheila Bueno | |
| 1995 | Engraçadinha... Seus Amores e Seus Pecados | Eduarda | |
| 1995 | Confissões de Adolescente | Gilda | Episode: "Por Um Triz" |
| 1996 | Você Decide | | Episode: "Pai de Aluguel" |
| 1997 | Anjo Mau | Goreti Garcia | |
| 1998 | Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos | Violeta | |
| 1998 | Sai de Baixo | Miriam | Episode: "O Casamento do Meu Melhor Amigo" |
| 1998 | Você Decide | | Episode: "Ligeiramente Grávida" |
| 1998 | Meu Bem Querer | Verena Alves Serrão | |
| 1999 | Você Decide | Laura | Episode: "Ligeiramente Grávida" |
| 1999 | Você Decide | Claudete | Episode: "Robin Hood Aposentado" |
| 1999 | Mulher | Dalva | Episode: "Mãe Menina" |
| 1999 | Malhação | Cláudia Almeida | Season 6 |
| 2000 | Laços de Família | Ingrid Frank Lacerda | Episodes dated 5 July – 3 October |
| 2001 | Estrela-Guia | Daphne Pimenta | |
| 2001 | Brava Gente | Isadora | Episode: "Preozas do Finado Zacarias" |
| 2001 | Os Normais | Amanda | Episode: "Surpresas São Normais" |
| 2001 | Sai de Baixo | Dora | Episode: "Família de Aluguel" |
| 2002 | Sítio do Picapau Amarelo | Hera | Cameo |
| 2002 | A Grande Família | Margot Pereba | Episodes: "Explode Coração" / "Vai Para o Trono ou Não Vai" / "Noiva em Fúria" |
| 2002 | Sabor da Paixão | Edith | |
| 2003 | Chocolate com Pimenta | Bárbara Albuquerque | |
| 2004 | A Diarista | Pinky | Episode: "Mulheres Que Enchem o Saco Demais" |
| 2004 | Começar de Novo | Aída | |
| 2005 | A História de Rosa | Dra. Estela Duncar | Globo Special, 40 years |
| 2006 | A Grande Família | Margot | Episode: "A Malvada" |
| 2006–07 | Páginas da Vida | Marta Toledo Flores | |
| 2007 | A Diarista | Dona Elvira | Episode: "Aquela da Doida" |
| 2007 | Toma Lá, Dá Cá | Dra. Mísia | Episode: "Freud Já Não Explica Mais" |
| 2008–09 | A Favorita | Catarina Coppola Monteiro | |
| 2009–10 | Viver a Vida | Tereza Saldanha | |
| 2011 | Divã | Mercedes | |
| 2011–12 | Fina Estampa | Griselda da Silva Pereira "Pereirão" | |
| 2013 | Saramandaia | Vitória Vilar | |
| 2014–15 | Império | Maria Marta Medeiros de Mendonça e Albuquerque | |
| 2016 | Tá no Ar: a TV na TV | False Helena / Globeleza | Episode: "January 18th" Episode: "February 2" |
| 2016 | Liberdade, Liberdade | Virgínia | |
| 2017 | A Força do Querer | Silvana Garcia | |
| 2018 | O Sétimo Guardião | Valentina Marsalla / Marlene Rocha | |
| 2019 | Tá no Ar: a TV na TV | Herself | Episode: "February 12th" |
| 2019 | Zorra | Dona Sandra / Herself | Episode: "November 2" |
| 2020 | Todas as Mulheres do Mundo | Dionara | Episode: "Dionara" |
| 2020 | Salve-se Quem Puder | Herself | Episode: "March 13th" |
| 2023 | Fuzuê | Maria Isabel Azevedo Montebello "Bebel" | |
| 2024–present | Garota do Momento | Maristela Alencar | |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1989 | Dias Melhores Virão | Desk |
| 1990 | Stelinha | Chris |
| 1990 | Assim na Tela Como no Céu | Mary Magdalene |
| 1998 | Como Ser Solteiro | Analyst |
| 2001 | A Partilha | Lúcia |
| 2009 | Divã | Mercedes Cunha Ribeiro |
| 2011 | Amor? | Laura |
| 2014 | Julio Sumiu | Edna |
| 2019 | Maria do Caritó | Maria do Caritó "Caritó" |
| 2021 | A Lista | Laurita (Short-film) |
| 2023 | Tire 5 Cartas | Fátima |

## Stage

| Ano | Título | Papel |
| 1978 | Marat Sade | Charlotte Cordeille |
| 1979 | Divinas Palavras | Marigaila |
| 1981 | Seda Pura e Alfinetadas | Mannequin |
| 1981 | De Como Dia Virou Noite e a Noite.. | |
| 1982 | Cinderela, Cinderela | |
| 1983–84 | Feliz Ano Velho | |
| 1986 | Miss Banana | |
| 1988 | Delicadas Torturas | |
| 1989 | JK | Sarah Kubitscheck |
| 1989 | Machado em Cena — Um Sarau Carioca | |
| 1991 | La Ronde | |
| 1992 | Baile de Máscaras | |
| 1993–94 | Solteira, Casada, Viúva, Divorciada | 4 characters |
| 1996 | Futuro do Pretérito | |
| 2002–03 | Unha e Carne | Isadora |
| 2005–09 | Divã | Mercedes |
| 2010–15 | Maria do Caritó | Maria do Caritó |
| 2020–23 | A Lista | Laurita |

## Literature

| Year | Title | Author | Notes |
| 2007 | Descobrindo Lília Cabral | By Analu Ribeiro | Biography |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated | Result |
| 2006 | Troféu Imprensa | Best Actress | Páginas da Vida | Won |
| 2007 | International Emmy | Best Actress | Páginas da Vida | Nominated |
| 2007 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Actress | Páginas da Vida | Won |
| 2007 | Prêmio APCA | Best Actress | Páginas da Vida | Won |
| 2008 | Prêmio Qualidade Brasil | Best Supporting Actress | A Favorita | Won |
| 2008 | Melhores do Ano | Best Supporting Actress | A Favorita | Nominated |
| 2009 | Festival de Cinema Brasileiro de Miami | Best Actress | Divã | Won |
| 2009 | Troféu Imprensa | Best Actress | Viver a Vida | Won |
| 2009 | Melhores e Piores - TV Press | Best Actress | Viver a Vida | Won |
| 2009 | Melhores da Revista da TV - O Globo | Best Actress | Viver a Vida | Won |
| 2009 | Prêmio Quem de Televisão | Best Actress | Viver a Vida | Won |
| 2009 | Melhores e Piores - IG | Best Actress | Viver a Vida | Won |
| 2010 | International Emmy | Best Actress | Viver a Vida | Nominated |
| 2011 | Prêmio Quem de Televisão | Best Actress | Fina Estampa | Nominated |
| 2012 | Troféu Imprensa | Best Actress | Fina Estampa | Won |
| 2012 | Melhores do Ano | Best Actress | Fina Estampa | Won |
| 2012 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Actress | Fina Estampa | Won |
| 2014 | Melhores do Ano | Best Actress | Império | Nominated |
| 2014 | Prêmio Extra de Televisão | Best Actress | Império | Won |
| 2014 | Prêmio Quem de Televisão | Best Actress | Império | Nominated |
| 2015 | Troféu Imprensa | Best Actress | Império | Won |
| 2015 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Actress | Império | Won |