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).
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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.
