Bárbara Borges is an actress and former paquita, who has played several roles on Brazilian television and now faces the challenge of participating in Fazenda 14.
Barbara Borges is a Brazilian actress, who began her artistic career as one of the Xuxa paquitas back in 1995. After that, she began to dedicate herself to her acting career and did several jobs on both Rede Globo and Record.
Today, at 43 years old, Bárbara Borges is one of the participants in the 14th edition of the rural reality show, A Fazenda, on Record. She and 20 other people are competing for the coveted prize of R$1.5 million. The reality show started on the 13th and has already created something to talk about.
Therefore, Below we will learn a little more about Bárbara Borges’ life and career.
Who is Bárbara Borges?
Bárbara da Silva Borges e Cunha, known only as Bárbara Borges was born on January 26, 1979In Rio de Janeiro city.
The actress has a long career on television, mainly because she started in showbusiness at a young age, still in her teens, as one of Xuxa’s paquitas. In fact, this work brought her a lot of attention and earned her other work years later.
Currently 43 years old, Bárbara is the mother of two sons, Martim Bem, born on June 15, 2014, and Theo Bem, born on August 15, 2016. The two are the result of the actress’ relationship with businessman Pedro Delfino. The couple were in a relationship for seven years, between 2013 and 2020.
Career of Bárbara Borges
Bárbara Borges has built a very diverse and successful career in all her years in the media. Check out his main works below.
Paquita da Xuxa
As previously mentioned, Bárbara Borges’ artistic career began at a very young age, when she was 16 years old.
Therefore, his television debut was in 1995, as a stage assistant on the Xuxa Meneghel program. All of Xuxa’s assistants were affectionately called paquitas, and were a huge success at the time.
Barbarian She held the role for 4 years, between 1995 and 1999, when she left the program to dedicate herself to her acting career. At that time she performed her first theater play, called A Lista, by Oswaldo Montenegro.
Actress on Rede Globo
After taking a Performing Arts course, which she graduated in 2001, Bárbara had her first big opportunity. She was cast to participate in the soap opera Porto dos Milagres, as the character Luisa. The Rede Globo soap opera written by Aguinaldo Silva.
With her popularity on the rise, the other year, the actress was invited to play the villain Thaíssa, in the teen serial “Malhação”. The success was such that she ended up staying on the soap opera for two seasons.
Then, In 2004, she did another soap opera on TV Globo, playing the homosexual character Jennifer in the soap opera “Senhora do Destino”, which was a huge success. After that, she still took on smaller jobs, such as appearing in the series “Carga Pesada” and “A Diarista”. Finally, in 2007 she did her last job at the network, as Clarissa in the soap opera “Duas Caras”.
Actress on Rede Record
Therefore, In 2009, Bárbara signed a three-year contract with Record. Thus, she debuted on the network in the soap opera Bela, a Feia, playing the stallholder hairdresser Elvira. In fact, this was the actress’s first comedy role.
In 2012, Bárbara starred in the soap opera Balacobaco, once again playing a villain. Then, in 2017, after having her two children, the actress was cast in the medieval-themed soap opera Belaventura. The following year, she acted in the soap opera Jesus, playing the role of the villain Livona.
Furthermore, Bárbara Borges also participated in the 3rd season of “Dancing Brasil”. Finally, now, in 2022, he is part of the team of participants in the biggest reality show in the house, A Fazenda.
A while ago, Bárbara made a post about alcohol. However, according to her, the media distorted the situation, and she never had a problem with alcoholism. “When I made the post that generated a tangle of reports, I wanted to inspire people about behaviors, habits that we exceed and that we can stop”said the actress during the premiere of A Fazenda.
It all started when she was asked about her alcohol problem. And she promptly replied: “There was never a statement from me that there was alcoholism. I talked about excess in my relationship with alcohol. I was going through transitions that I needed to abandon, which wasn’t doing me any good. It was a long journey, the choice I had to leave that aside”he explained.
And she went on to say that this won’t be a problem for her during the reality show’s confinement. “So, I’m here with this issue well resolved in my head, I’m very willing to live it here. I don’t have the slightest problem and you will see that. What was is the past, the past is not a place of permanence, it is a reference, it was left behind. It’s a new Barbara, that’s it”concluded the piece.
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