On the 8th day of sixth month this year she will turn great 60. She is best know for her acting and has been in the entertainment industry for the past 5 decades. Sonia Maria Campos Braga comes from the Brazil, South America but is equally popular in her home land and US. While she played a minor role in The Red Light Bandit (’68), it is 7 years later than she really shot to stardom with a part in Gabriela (Brazilian soap opera). She had other small roles in Brazil in TV series and other soap operas, but Gabriela was a stepping stone she needed.

She starred in Dona Flor And Her Two Husbands (’76), Lady On The Bus (’78), Gabriela, Cravo e Canela (’83), Kiss Of The Spider Woman (’85), The Rookie (’91), From Dusk Till Dawn 3 (’00), Sex And The City (’01), Law & Order (’03), Che Guevara (’05), CSI Miami (’05), Alias (’05), Ghost Whisperer (’05), Bordertown (’07), An Invisible Sign of My Man (’10), Lope (’10), Femina (’11), amongst many more. Apart from acting, she also tried her luck at producing and produced and co-produced 2 movies in the seventies and nineties. Her long career saw her score 3 nominations from Golden Globes as well as BAFTA and Emmy.

In total she has 10 nominations and 4 awards under her belt for her work as a Best Actress or Best Supporting Actress. On a personal note Sonia Braga, relocated to US (Roosevelt Island in NY City) in the last couple of years of the last decade to reignite the acting in there. She also sported a nick The Brazilian Bombshell during the seventies and eighties and at the height of her popularity was romantically linked to Robert Redford. She is related to Daniela Braga – who works as a director in Hollywood.