Leandro Lima Lemos (born 25 February 1982) is a Brazilian model and actor.[2][3]

Leandro Lima
Born
Leandro Lima Lemos

(1982-02-25) 25 February 1982 (age 42)
Alma materLee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Occupations
  • Model
  • actor
Years active1999–present
Partner(s)Flávia Lucini
(2012–present)
Children2
Modelling information
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Hair colourBrown[1]
Eye colourGreen[1]
AgencyJoy Model Management (São Paulo)
New Madison (Paris)
I LOVE Models Management (Milan)
Storm Management (London)
Traffic Models (Barcelona)
Dominique Models (Brussels)

Biography edit

Lima was born in João Pessoa, Brazil. He graduated in Publicity and Advertising at Centro Universitário de João Pessoa in 2004. In 2011 he graduated in theater from the José Lins do Rêgo Cultural Space.[4] In 2012, Leandro studied performing arts at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City.[2]

Career edit

In 1999, at the age of seventeen, he founded the axé band Ala Ursa, in which he became a vocalist and performed throughout the Northeast region of Brazil, in addition to singing every year in the traditional Carnival of João Pessoa.[5] In 2005, aiming to gain recognition for the group, he participated in the fourth season of talent show Fama, in which he did not reach among the semifinalists, being eliminated in the first selections.[6]

In 2006 he was invited by a producer to take a test to become a model, in which he was approved and signed with Joy Models, contrary to the common, where the boys appear to the world of fashion during adolescence.[7] Leandro left the band Ala Ursa to pursue his career as a model, moving to Europe, where he paraded for major labels such as Versace, Calvin Klein and Christian Dior S.A., as well as advertising campaigns in Milan, Paris, London and Madrid.[8] During that time he made small special appearances in soap operas during the time he was in Brazil, including a male prostitute in Passione, lover of the character of the actress Maitê Proença.[9][10] In 2011 he starred in his first telenovela in the main cast, Insensato Coração, playing Patrick.[11] In 2012, Lima moved to New York City to pursue his modeling career.[4]

In 2013 he performed the tests to play Viktor in the telenovela Joia Rara, in Rede Globo but the actor Rafael Cardoso was eventually chosen for the role. The decision was made by director Amora Mautner, who believed that Leandro would fit better into the character David, which had not yet been filled. The actor premiered his first soap opera in the mainstream as a soldier who had fought in World War II and became a paraplegic.[12]

This year also paraded in São Paulo Fashion Week.[13] Without a fixed contract with the TV channel, Leandro returned to New York, where he modeled for labels such as Intimissimi and Ellus and for magazines such as Vogue Spain.[14]

In 2017 he passed the tests for the medieval telenovela Belaventura, on TV Record, where he played Jacques, son of Machiavellian counts.[15]

Personal life edit

In 1999 he began to date journalist Daniela Lins, with whom he remained until 2007.[16] The couple had a daughter, Giulia, born in 2000, when Leandro was only seventeen.[17] In 2012 he started dating model Flávia Lucini, to whom he was engaged in December 2015.[18]

Filmography edit

Television edit

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Poder Paralelo Mafioso Episode: "15 April 2009"
2009 Caras & Bocas Gallery Customer Episode: "14 May 2009"
2009 Caminho das Índias Puja party politician Episode: "4 September 2009"
2010 Dalva e Herivelto Radialist Episode: "6 January 2010"
2010 Viver a Vida Bartender Episode: "10 February 2010"
2010 Passione Vitório Episode: "16–19 August 2010"
2011 Insensato Coração Patrick de Jesus
2013 Joia Rara Davi Monteiro
2015 Saltibum Participant Season 2
2016 Chapa Quente Alberto Episode: "De Ciumento e Louco..."
2017 Belaventura Jacques de Alencastro Bourbon
2018–present Dancing Brasil Reporter
2018 Lia Rubem de Israel Paddan
2019 Most Beautiful Thing Francisco “Chico” Carvalho[19] Also known as "Girls from Ipanema"
2020 La Doña 2
2022 Pantanal Levi Episode: "15 April - 13 June 2022"

Film edit

Year Title Role
2017 Solteira Quase Surtando[20] Felipe

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "New Madinson Models – Leandro Lima". Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Ex-cantor de axé será par romântico de Mariana Ximenes em 'Joia Rara'". Revista Caras. 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Modelo internacional, Leandro Lima diz a que veio como ator". GQ Brasil. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Ator paraibano será um cadeirante na novela Joia Rara". UOL. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  5. ^ "André Bankoff usa 17 tatuagens falsas para gravar seriado". Área VIP. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  6. ^ "15 minutos de fama: relembre os paraibanos "esquecidos" e os que permanecem na mídia". Click Paraíba. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Leandro Lima". Joy MGMT. Archived from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Paraibano Leandro Lima participa do Encontro com Fátima Bernardes". Globo. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Leandro Lima: 'prefiro as mais velhas'". Revista Caras. 6 March 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Leandro Lima será cadeirante". Rede Globo. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Patrick de Jesus - Quem é Quem - Insensato Coração". Abril.com. Retrieved 17 December 2017.[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "Leandro Lima interpreta paraplégico que se envolve com personagem de Ximenes". Globo. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  13. ^ "Nobody can do this like i can". Time Out. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  14. ^ "Leandro Lima: Ator & Modelo". Divo MGMT. Retrieved 17 December 2017.[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ "Leandro Lima faz aulas de espadas para papel em Belaventura: "Era um sonho fazer um trabalho do gênero"". R7. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  16. ^ "Nova fase". Jornal da Paraíba. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  17. ^ "Leandro Lima diz que seu casamento está em crise". Revista Caras. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  18. ^ "Como namorar quando o trabalho é prioridade? Inspire-se no top casal Flavia Lucini e Leandro Lima". Revista Glamour. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  19. ^ Samuel Spencer (22 March 2019). "Most Beautiful Thing on Netflix cast: Who is in the cast of Coisa Mais Linda?". Daily Express. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
  20. ^ "Produtor de cinema que viveu em Palmeira produz comédia com atores globais". Leia Folha. Retrieved 17 December 2017.

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