Tânia Calil Campos de Oliveira (née Padis; born 8 July 1977), known professionally as Tania Khalill, is a Brazilian actress.[3]

Tania Khalill
Khalill in 2009
Born
Tânia Calil Padis Campos

(1977-07-08) 8 July 1977 (age 46)
São Paulo, Brazil
Alma materMackenzie Presbyterian University
OccupationActress
Years active1995–present
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1][2]
Spouse
(m. 2005)
Children2

Early life edit

Khalill was born to pediatrician Emiliano Campos and psychologist Terezinha Calil Campos in São Paulo's Partridge's neighborhood. Her stage name Khalill is derived from her last name Calil. She is the second of three daughters and is of Lebanese and Syrian descent.[4][5]

She studied at Brazilian Baptist College and graduated in 2000 from Mackenzie University with a degree in psychology, although she has never practiced psychology as a profession.[6]

Tania Khalill practiced ballet for 16 years, between the ages of 6 and 22.[7] She danced professionally for five years in the Paulista Dance Company, formed by the classical ballet dancer Paula Castro, and lived in Cuba for five months to study at the Cuban National Ballet School, one of the most respected in the world.[1] [8] She also starred in advertising campaigns. Although she was represented by Elite modeling agency, she has never been a runway model.

To improve as a dancer, Tania sought inspiration in the theater. She later decided to invest in an acting career, so she studied drama for seven years and graduated from Carmina Actors School. She took courses at Beto Silveira, a Theatre-Macunaíma school, and attended a course for television and theater professionals at Actors School Wolf Maya.[9] She also attended the Theatre Workshop of Interpretation of Oswaldo Boaretto for five years.[10] Tania also studied speech and presentation with SENAC TV.

Career edit

In 2002, Khalill premiered on television in the supporting cast of the soap opera, Sabor da Paixão. In 2004, she acted in the show Galera on TV Cultura, where she played the part of Nalva Ferrari, a samba dancer. The show was based on the novel Senhora do Destino, by Aguinaldo Silva. In 2006, Tania played Nikki Ortega in Cobras & Lagartos. In 2008, she participated in TV series Casos e Acasos and Guerra & Paz. In 2009, Tania played the part of the passionate Duda in Caminho das Índias, based on the novels.[11]

Khalill made her stage debut in 1995, in a play by Naum Alves. Since then, she has appeared in works by Nelson Rodrigues; Short Comedy by Luis Fernando Verissimo and directed by Wolf Maya; The Suitcase, by Larry Shue and directed by Isser Koriki,[12][13] along with José Rubens Chachá. In 2002, she participated in an SCYSD short film, a film course design at FAAP. In 2005, she joined the cast of another short, The Opposite Sex, directed by Hudson Glauber[14] In 2009, she appeared in the short Innocent directed by Thiago Luciano and Bob Shultz, which was shown at the 13th International Film Festival Latino in Los Angeles, United States.[15]

Khalill was on the cover of the following magazines: Boa Forma, Claudia, Manequim, Corpo a Corpo, among others. Sensual Held for VIP magazine, with cover of the publication in September 2004, was still present in the list of 100 Sexiest Women in the World in the same magazine that year, and was also considered one of the 25 sexiest women in the annual ranking of the journal This is People in 2004[16] and 2009.[17] She refused the invitation to pose nude for Playboy magazine.[18]

In 2010, Great Little attended the show, the children's musical based on the book was titled CD released by Jair Oliveira in 2009, and was nominated for a Grammy Latino in the same year.[19][20][21] She debuted the piece with text by Mario Viana and opposite Dalton Vigh.[22]

The actress, involved with a children's project, launched in October 2010, Acampamento de Férias 2 - A Arvore da Vida, where she plays Débora.[23] In the film, the actress will work with Murilo Rosa and Isaiah Washington in the sci-fi Area Q, a co-production between Brazil and the United States, which deals with the appearance of aliens in Quixadá and Quixeramobim, Ceará cities. She played the role of Valkyrie, a reporter at the service of a self-interested superpower. The film is directed by Gerson Sanginitto Halder Gomes and production of the recordings take place in Ceará and Los Angeles.[24][25][26]

In 2011, Tania was in the telenovela Fina Estampa, playing the teacher Letícia.[27][28] In 2012, interpreted Ayla in the telenovela Salve Jorge of Glória Perez.[29] In 2013, she played a cabaret dancer Dália, the telenovela Joia Rara.[30]

Personal life edit

On December 10, 2005, she married singer Jair Oliveira at the Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro church in São Paulo.[31] Oliveira, known at the time as Jairzinho, was a member of the Balão Mágico group. She met her husband when Oliveira was singing in a bar in São Paulo. The couple has two daughters, Isabella, born on July 10, 2007, at the São Luiz hospital,[32] and Laura was born on March 5, 2011, also at São Luiz Hospital.[33]

Filmography edit

Television edit

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2002 Sabor da Paixão Sabrina [34]
2004 Galera Plurabelle Professor of history [35]
Senhora do Destino Marinalva Ferreira da Silva (Nalva) [36]
2006 Cobras & Lagartos Nicole Ortega (Nikki) [37]
2007 Pé na Jaca Paula Episode: "March 20, 2007" [38]
2008 Guerra & Paz Vivi Episode: "Ricos & Pobres" [39]
Casos e Acasos Fabiana Episode: "O Colar, O Cachorro e O DVD" [40]
Iara Episode: "A Nova Namorada, o Chefe e o Dia Fértil" [40]
2009 Caminho das Índias Maria Eduarda de Moraes Garrido (Duda) [41]
2011 Acampamento de Férias 2 Débora Season 2 [42]
Fina Estampa Letícia Fernandes Prado [43]
2012 Salve Jorge Ayla [44]
2013 Joia Rara Dália Hérnandez [45]
2016 Grandes Pequeninos Chefs Presenter [46]
2017 Prata da Casa Talita Episode: "Kama Sutrex" [47]

Films edit

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Inocente Short film
2011 Area Q Valquíria
2016 My Hindu Friend Rosemary
2017 Eu Fico Loko: O Filme Martha Coelho

Internet edit

Year Title Role
2013–present Grandes Pequeninos Chefs Presenter[46]

Theatre edit

Year Title Role
1995 No Natal a Gente Vem Te Buscar
2003 Curta Comédia
2007 O Mala Tansy
2010 Grandes Pequeninos - O Show
Vamos?
2015 Dez Encontros[48]
2017 Mary Poppins - O Musical Mary Poppins[49]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Tania Khalill um luxo!". Revista Corpo a Corpo ed. 213. September 2006. Archived from the original on 21 February 2007.
  2. ^ "Tania Khalill de corpo (maravilhoso) e alma (zen)". Corpo a Corpo. March 2009. Archived from the original on 14 March 2009.
  3. ^ "Tânia Khalill - Biografia". M de Mulher. Archived from the original on 27 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Tania Khalill posa para marca de sapatos". Globo. 2012.
  5. ^ "TÂNIA KHALILL ESTRELA CAMPANHA DE COLEÇÃO DE SANDÁLIAS". Ofuxico. 2012.
  6. ^ "Tânia Kalil espera momento de virar um "vulcão sensual"". Paraná Online. 24 July 2004.
  7. ^ "Tania Khalill: corpo esculpido pelo balé". Boa Forma. Archived from the original on 23 January 2012.
  8. ^ "O outro lado de Tania Khalill". Isto é Gente 516. 3 August 2009.
  9. ^ "Sapatilhas, divã e palco". Quem 317. 4 October 2006.
  10. ^ "Dançando em Cuba". Claudia. June 2009. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012.
  11. ^ "Duda". Globo.com.
  12. ^ "Tânia Khalil entre o palco e as mamadeiras". Isto é Gente 445. 17 March 2008.
  13. ^ "Carreira artística". Claudia. June 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009.
  14. ^ "O Sexo Oposto - Curta Metragem produzido pela escola". Escola de Atores Wolf Maia. Archived from the original on 28 January 2011.
  15. ^ "Lucy Ramos vive lésbica em curta-metragem". Revista Lado A. 8 October 2009.
  16. ^ "As 25 mais sexy - Atriz - Tânia Kalil". Isto é Gente 265. 6 September 2004.
  17. ^ "Tania Khalill". Isto é Gente 521. 5 October 2009.
  18. ^ ""A vida fica cinza sem amor", diz Tânia Kalil". Terra. 15 October 2004.
  19. ^ "Tânia Khallil fala da peça "Grandes Pequeninos"". Jovem Pan. 23 April 2010. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012.
  20. ^ "Jair e Tania com a pequena Isabela". Caras. 14 May 2010. Archived from the original on 2 April 2011.
  21. ^ "Jair Oliveira e Tania Khallil lançam espetáculo infantil". Terra. 31 March 2010.
  22. ^ "Dalton Vigh e Tania Khallil estreiam texto de Mário Viana em SP". Portal R7. 5 August 2010.
  23. ^ "No teatro tudo permanece vivo, diz Tania Khalill". Click Cultural. 4 August 2010.[permanent dead link]
  24. ^ "Tania Khalill e Isabela". Caras. 3 February 2010.
  25. ^ "Tania Khalill estreia no cinema com 'Área Q'". Terra. 29 September 2009. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012.
  26. ^ "Estreia no cinema: Tânia Khalill grava novo filme em Los Angeles". Babado. 5 October 2009.
  27. ^ "Tania Khalill retoca o visual para 'Fina estampa'". EGO. Globo.com. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  28. ^ "Tania Khallil - Letícia Fernandes Prado". globo.com. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  29. ^ "Ayla (Tânia Khalill)". Globo.com. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  30. ^ Patrícia Kogut (14 September 2013). "Tania Khalill fica ruiva para interpretar dançarina". O Globo. Globo.com. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  31. ^ "Entrevista Tânia Kalil". Terra. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012.
  32. ^ "Tânia Khalill e Jairzinho são pais de uma menina". Ego. 10 July 2007.
  33. ^ "Nasce 2ª filha de Tania Khalill e Jair". Caras. 5 March 2011.
  34. ^ "Em casa com Tania Khalill". Editora Abril. 28 May 2009. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  35. ^ "Tania Khalill vê sua Nikki crescer e se destacar em novela". Terra Networks. 5 November 2006.
  36. ^ "Sapatilhas, divã e palco". revista QUEM. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012.
  37. ^ "Tânia Khalil". Isto é Gente 364. 14 August 2006.
  38. ^ "Tânia Khalil volta à TV em "Caminho das Índias" e "Guerra e Paz"". UOL. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  39. ^ "Tania Khalil e João Camargo fazem par romântico em 'Guerra e Paz'". O Dia. 3 October 2008.[permanent dead link]
  40. ^ a b "Isabela completa Tania Khalill". Caras. 23 April 2008. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009.
  41. ^ "Tania Khalill revive sua gestação na novela". Caras. 1 April 2009. Archived from the original on 12 April 2009.
  42. ^ "'Acampamento de férias II - A Árvore da Vida' traz aventuras para Renato Aragão e sua filha, Lívian". O Globo. 23 January 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  43. ^ "Tânia Khallil faz foto caracterizada como Letícia, sua personagem em 'Fina estampa'". Extra - Globo. 23 June 2011.
  44. ^ "Tania Khalill conta sobre o seu personagem em Salve Jorge". Contigo. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.[permanent dead link]
  45. ^ "Joia Rara - Teledramaturgia". tvg.globo.com. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  46. ^ a b "Jair Oliveira e Tânia Khalill estreiam programa com filhas no Discovery Kids". Na Telinha. uol.com. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  47. ^ Flávio Ricco (29 May 2017). "Em comédia da Fox, Tânia Khalill vai pra cama com Xuxa e Robson Caetano" [In Fox comedy, Tania Khalill goes to bed with Xuxa and Robson Caetano]. TV e Famosos (in Portuguese). UOL. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  48. ^ Iara Biderman (9 January 2015). "Dois atores se desdobram na peça 'Dez Encontros' de David Hare". Folha de S. Paulo. UOL. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  49. ^ Ancelmo Gois (27 October 2017). "Tania Kalill no mundo das crianças". O Globo. Retrieved 16 November 2017.

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