Cláudia Vasconcelos Lira (December 16, 1965) is a Brazilian actress.
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Biography
Early years and education
Claudia was born in João Pessoa, capital of the state of Paraíba, in 1965. While still a child, she moved to the city of Rio de Janeiro. She studied performing arts at Casa das Artes de Laranjeiras (CAL), a traditional theater school in Rio.
Even as a child, she performed in children's plays such as O Lenhador da Floresta, Os Germens da Discordia, for which she won the Coca-Cola Award for Best Actress, and Dama e o Vagabundo, for which she also won the Coca-Cola Award for Best Actress.
Career
Her first role on television was in the TV Globo miniseries Tarcísio & Glória, where she played Olga. Her debut in the network's soap operas was in Bambolê, where she played Orsina. In 1996, she made her film debut with the movie Doces Poderes.
She appeared in several soap operas on the network, including Renascer (1993), História de Amor (1996), Uga-Uga (2000), Bang Bang (2005), Caminho das Índias (2009). The actress also appeared in series and other programs on the network, including Chiquinha Gonzaga (1999), Zorra Total (1999), and O Quinto dos Infernos (2002). In 2007, the actress appeared in the soap opera Dance Dance Dance broadcast by TV Bandeirantes. In the same year, In 2007, she won te Prêmio Shell in the special category for her initiative to build the Solar de Botafogo Cultural Center in the neighborhood of the same name. In 2012, he moved to TV Record, where she worked on the soap opera Rebelde.
In 2016, she returned to Globo to work on the soap opera Velho Chico. Two years later, she joined the cast of Segundo Sol.
Personal life
She married Leonardo Franco and they had a daughter, Valentina, born in 2006. She is currently married to businessman João Marcelo Araújo.
In 2020, she was on the verge of death in a hospital in Rio de Janeiro due to medical negligence caused by a failure to identify that the actress had appendicitis, spending ten days in intensive care.