Bárbara Raquel Paz (born October 17, 1974) is a Brazilian actress, director and producer. Bárbara was born in Campo Bom, in the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre. The youngest of four sisters, at the age of six she lost her father, who was a politician in the city. Her mother had consequences after giving birth to Bárbara and died after seventeen years on hemodialysis. At the age of nine, Bárbara started working, as her father's death caused the family to experience financial difficulties. She started painting plaster sculptures and selling them in the town square, to help buy medicine for her mother. As a teenager, she decided to get her work permit and started working in a shoe factory, where she stayed for two months. She went back to studying in the morning and working in the afternoon, this time in a boutique, where she stayed for two years. She then joined an advertising agency , where she did her first modeling jobs. After her mother's death in May 1992, Bárbara found herself alone. Only she and her mother lived in the small house, as her sisters had already gotten married. Suffering with memories at home, she didn't want to stay there alone, and in her city there were no prospects for a good future. The following month, she took the money she had saved, and went to live in São Paulo , with some friends, willing to share the rent on an apartment, and try a career in modeling or acting. As soon as she arrived in the city, she got a job as a secretary at a university and took an acting course at the Macunaíma Theater School. Looking for a job in the fashion area, after passing the photography and runway tests, she managed to get agencies to give her some placements, and she modeled for magazines, participated in fashion editorials and exhibition fairs. In December of the same year, six months after arriving in the capital of São Paulo, he traveled south to spend the end of the year festivities. On Christmas Day, Bárbara and some friends were in a serious car accident after drinking. They hit a tree shortly after leaving the house where they were gathered. She had a major facial trauma that required 400 stitches. Afterwards, she returned to São Paulo but, with the scars left by the accident, she abandoned her modeling career and locked herself up at home. After recovering, she would resume her career. She then decided to study theater at the Antunes Filho Theater Research Center and from there she joined the group Parlapatões. She identifies as non-binary.

Фільмографія

• 2025Fisherman's Street, nº 6 — Director
• 2025Girassol Vermelho — Oficial Superior 2
• 2025O Combinado Não Sai Caro — Ivone
• 2024Uma Vaga Capacidade de Asas
• Viva o Cinema! Uma História da Mostra de São Paulo
• 2023A Porta ao Lado — Isis
• A Trick of Fate — Úrsula Alves
• 2021Chico Mário - A Melodia da Liberdade — Voice
• 2021The Act — Producer, Director
• 2020Babenco: Tell Me When I Die — Self, Director, Editor, Writer, Producer
• 2020Plan B
• 2020Por Que Você Não Chora? — Bárbara
• Harassment — Lorena
• O Outro Lado do Paraíso: As Vinganças de Clara — Joana Medeiros Montserrat (Jô)
• 2018Talk to Him — Bárbara Paz, Director
• The Other Side of Paradise — Joana Medeiros Montserrat (Jô)
• 2016My Hindu Friend — Sofia Guerra
• 2015Depois de Tudo — Manu
• Rules of the Game — Nelita
• 2014Never Too Old to Meow — Carol, Co-Producer
• Tainted — Taís
• A Mulher da Sua Vida — Helena
• 2013Quinta das Janelas — Laninha
• 2013Se Puder... Dirija! — Dra. Márcia
• Сліди брехні — Edith Sobral Khoury
• Dinossaurs & Robots — Virgínia Lolatto
• The Cariocas — Denise
• 2009Paulista — Bárbara Paz
• Seize the Day — Renata Ferreira
• 2008Quarto 38 — Luisa
• Maria Esperança — Maria Muniz Hurtado
• 20065 Mentiras — A atriz histérica
• 2005Manual para Atropelar Cachorro
• 2005What Is It Worth?
• 2004Amigo Secreto — Suely
• 2004Sexo e a Metrópole
• 2003O Martelo de Vulcano — Polca
• 2003Produto Descartável
• 2002Cat's Cradle — Policial Loira
• Marisol — Marisol Mendes / Verônica Linhares
• 2002Seja O Que Deus Quiser!
• 2002Vinte e cinco — Teresa
• 2000De Cara Limpa — Nita
• A Mulher ao Lado — Director
• Cuddle — Director, Producer

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (6)

• Angélica: 50 & Tanto — Self
• Que História é Essa, Porchat? — Self
• 2017The Clove and The Rose — Self
• O País do Cinema — Self
• Alta Definição — Self
• Casa dos Artistas — Self - Contestant