Marjorie Lissette de Sousa Rivas (born 23 April 1980)[1] is a Venezuelan actress, model, and singer of Portuguese descent.[2] She is known worldwide for her villainous roles in telenovelas.[1]
Marjorie de Sousa | |
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![]() De Sousa in December 2017 | |
Born | Marjorie Lissette de Sousa Rivas (1980-04-23) 23 April 1980 (age 42) Caracas, Venezuela |
Nationality | Venezuelan |
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Years active | 1999–present |
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Partner | Julián Gil (2016–2017) |
Children | 1 |
Website | marjoriedesousa |
At age 12, De Sousa began her career doing television commercials and working as a model.[3][1] In 1999, she entered the beauty pageant Miss Venezuela in the hands of the famous Venezuelan designer Giovanni Scutaro.[1][3] A year later, she worked on her first telenovela, Amantes de luna llena,[1] which was produced and broadcast by the television channel Venevisión.[1] In 2001, she co-starred in the hit telenovela Guerra de mujeres, with the character Carolina, one of the most popular in the plot.[3] In 2002, De Sousa left Venezuela to work on the telenovela Gata Salvaje, a co-production of Venevisión and the Spanish-American channel Univision.[4] In this internationally acclaimed novel, she plays Camelia Valente, an antagonist in which she has perhaps been one of her best characters, achieving her international projection.[4][5] At the end of that production, De Sousa went to work on the Mexican telenovela Mariana de la Noche, produced by Televisa; there her character had the name of Carol, also as an antagonist.[5] Next, she worked on another successful Univision telenovela called Rebeca, where she had the character of Gisela,[6] another role where she acted as an antagonist. In 2005, she starred in the telenovela Ser bonita no basta of the TV channel Radio Caracas Televisión.[7] A year later she returned to star in another telenovela of RCTV,[7] Y los declaro marido y mujer, a beach production set in Venezuela's Margarita Island.[7] In 2007, De Sousa began to work in the cast of the telenovela Amor comprado,[1] produced by Venevisión; with a character as villain of the plot called Margot.[1] Two years later, she becomes the antagonist of the telenovela Pecadora next to Eduardo Capetillo and Litzy where she began to have skills as a singer interpreting the theme of her character and the protagonist.[6]
In 2010, De Sousa appeared in Sacrificio de mujer, alongside Luis José Santander and its directed by Adriana Barraza.[8] In 2011, she played an antagonist in a special participation in Corazón apasionado alongside Guy Ecker and Marlene Favela.[9] That same year she starred in the new video of the song "Poquito a Poquito" by Henry Santos, former member of the band Aventura.[10] In films, she participated in the films Duelos de pasarela y soltera and Sin compromiso.[1] In 2012, she made her theatrical debut at Toc Toc, a world-renowned work, and received the best critics of the industry after her unique and original interpretation of Lili.[11] That year she also received the Prize for Best Female Protagonist in the United States for her extraordinary performance of Clemencia Sacrificio de mujer.[12] It was that year, when De Sousa returned to Televisa under the hand of producer Nicandro Díaz González in the telenovela of Amores verdaderos as an antagonist of the story,[13] due to the success of her character in the telenovela, she won the prize as Best Antagonist in a telenovela at the TVyNovelas Awards.[14] In 2013, she joined the cast of the play Perfume de Gardenia, produced by Omar Suárez.[15] She also appeared in the fourth season of reality show ¡Mira quién baila!, being in third place.[16]
In 2014, De Sousa got her first lead on Televisa, in the telenovela Hasta el fin del mundo,[17] first paired with Pedro Fernández,[18] who left the project due to supposed problems with De Sousa,[18] and David Zepeda took the place of Fernández.[19] After Hasta el fin del mundo, she participated in 2016 in Juan Osorio's telenovela, Sueño de amor, in which only as a guest star appeared.[20] After being absent from television for one year, in 2017 she signed an exclusive contract with the Spanish-language television network Telemundo.[21] The network began filming the telenovela Al otro lado del muro, alongside Litzy that debut on 21 February 2018.[22]
In October 2020, De Sousa Participated on the Reality Show of the Spanish Version of “The Masked Singer”, ¿Quién es la máscara? on the 2nd Season as a Banana, and was eliminated on the 2nd Episode.[23]
De Sousa married to Venezuelan actor Ricardo Álamo in 2004 and divorced in 2006.[24] In 2016, she had a romantic relationship with Argentine-born Puerto Rican actor Julián Gil with whom she had her first son name Matías Gregorio Gil de Sousa,[25][26] the relationship between De Sousa and Gil ended in 2017 in unfavorable terms.[27]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | Soltera y sin compromiso | Julia Maldonado | Television film |
2008 | Duelo de pasarelas | Natalia | |
2017 | Juan Apóstol, el más amado[28] | María Magdalena[29] | |
2018 | Lo más sencillo es complicarlo todo | Susana[30] | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | Amantes de luna llena | Mayra Robledo | 47 episodes |
2001–2002 | Guerra de mujeres | Carolina Bonilla | Stellar performance |
2002–2003 | Gata salvaje | Camelia Valente de Arismendi | Series regular |
2003 | Rebeca | Gisela Gidalva | Special participacion |
2003–2004 | Mariana de la noche | Carol Montero | Recurring role |
2005 | Ser bonita no basta | Coral Torres Olavarría | Main role |
2006–2007 | Y los declaro marido y mujer | Saioa Mujica Segarra | Main role |
2007 | Isla Paraíso | Maite | Series regular |
2008 | Amor comprado | Margot Salinas | Series regular |
2008–2009 | ¿Vieja yo? | Estefanía Urrutia Blanco | Series regular |
2009–2010 | Pecadora | Samantha Savater | Series regular |
2011 | Sacrificio de mujer | Clemencia Astudillo Talamonti / Clemencia Astudillo de Vilarte | Main role |
2012 | Corazón apasionado | Leticia Bracamontes | Guest star |
2012–2013 | Amores verdaderos | Kendra Ferreti / Macaria Chávez | Series regular |
2014–2015 | Hasta el fin del mundo | Sofía Ripoll Bandy / Sofía Fernández Bandy | Main role |
2016 | Sueño de amor | Cristina Vélez Valderrama | Main role |
2017 | Mi marido tiene familia | Herself | Episode: "Imelda y Blanca creen que Juan Pablo apareció"[31] |
2018 | Descontrol | Ariadna Morelos | Episode: "Creta"[32] |
2018 | Al otro lado del muro | Sofía Villavicencio de Martínez / Alejandra Miranda | Main role[33][34] |
2019 | Un poquito tuyo | Julieta Vargas | Main role |
2021 | La desalmada | Julia Torreblanca de Gallardo | Series regular |
2022 | Amores que engañan | Elisa | Episode: "Viente en alquiler" |
2023 | El Conde: Amor y honor | Cayetana Carrá | Series regular[35] |
Year | Title | Performer | Album |
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2011 | Poquito a Poquito | Henry Santos | Introducing Henry Santos |
2019 | Un Poquito Tuya | Herself | — |
2020 | Morenito De Mi Amor | Herself | — |
2021 | Ni Diabla Ni Santa | Herself | — |
Year | Award | Result | Category | Work |
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2012 | Miami Life Awards | Won | Female Protagonist[12] | Sacrificio de mujer |
2013 | Juventud Awards | Nominated | Girl That Takes Away My Sleep | Amores verdaderos |
People en Español Awards | Nominated | Best Female Villain[36] | ||
2014 | Bravo Awards | Won | Most Outstanding Female Villain[37] | |
People en Español Awards | Nominated | Best Actress | Hasta el fin del mundo | |
Nominated | Better Chemistry on the Screen (with Pedro Fernández) | |||
TVyNovelas Awards (Mexico) | Won | Best Antagonist Actress | Amores verdaderos | |
Won | Favorite Female Villain | |||
Nominated | The Prettiest | |||
2015 | Juventud Awards | Nominated | My Favorite Protagonist | Hasta el fin del mundo |
2016 | Juventud Awards | Nominated | My Favorite Protagonist | |
TVyNovelas Award for Best Antagonist Actress | |
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