Nina García

Nina Sauer Garcia or Rita Moura dos Santos is a character and the main protagonist in the telenovela Avenida Brasil. She is Genésio's daughter and is Carminha's stepdaughter. Shortly after her father's death, she was abandoned in a dump by her stepmother and her lover, Max.
She was portrayed by Débora Falabella.
==In the telenovela==
===Early life and biography===
Rita was born in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro. Her parents and she were a happy family until her mother passed away. 
Genésio, at some point in his life, met a young woman named Lúcia, both fell in love and married. In Genésio's eyes, Carminha seemed to be the perfect and loving wife. However, she was cruel and abused and mistreated Rita. She also took money from Genésio.
===Avenida Brasil===
In 1999, after her dad's "money" was robbed. In a rainy night of Wednesday, he discover who Carminha really is. he confronts the wife and threatening to report her to the police, but, she kicked him out and runs away, so an sore Genésio, is run over and is hit by Tufão, a famous player of Flamengo, and dies in his arms.
The next morning, Carminha discovers that Nina was hiding the money. Furious, she tells her lover, Max to abandon her stepdaughter in a dump.
Rita is enslaved by Nilo, an abusive and alcoholic man, while she was giving food to one of the children, Nilo tries to beat her but Rita is saved by a boy named Batata, and goes to live with Mãe Lucinda. She fell in love with Batata, they start a relationship and get married. One night, she reads in a newspaper that Tufão is dating Carminha she goes through town and finds Tufão signing autographs, Nina tries to alert and screams for his name, but Tufão does not see her and keeps signing autographs, Nina returns to the dump disappointed.
A few months later, Rita and Batata are separated when an Argentinian couple adopts her. At the airport, Mr. García says that Rita stayed in the past and that her name is now Nina. 
13 years later, Nina now is a chef, she is in a relationship with a man named Hector. She's still planning to unmask and take revenge on Carminha, who is now married to Tufão. Nina's adoptive family is in trouble because her father is sick and her sister, Begonia, is a drug user. She's arrested on drugs, but Nina bails her out. Mr. García dies. Nina then decides to execute her revenge plan, she ends her relationship with Hector, cuts her hair and leaves back to Brazil.
In Rio de Janeiro, she reunites with Mãe Lucinda. Soon after, Nina meets Ivana, whom she met on the Internet at some point in the plot, she asks Tufão's sister to let her work at the mansion. On her first day at work, Nina reunites with Carminha, and remembers all the mistreats she suffered in childhood, Nina will put out the trash when she sees Mãe Lucinda she asks Nina why to be working for the Tufão family, Nina reveals the whole plan to Lucinda, who is in shock, she warns the cook to be careful. Later at night, Nina prepares the family dinner, and is praised by all, Zezé get envious. The next day, while working, Nina rediscovers Jorginho, and recalls the love they lived together including their marriage, Nina is annoyed and in tears when she sees Jorginho with another woman, his fiancée, Débora. 
Category:TV Show Heroes
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Category:Female
Category:Tragic
Category:Seductress
Category:In Love
Category:Wrathful
Category:Parents
Category:Pure Good
Category:Fighters
Category:Loyal
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Category:Pessimists
Category:Liars