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Bruna Reis Maia (born 4 August 1995), known professionally as Bruna Marquezine ( ), is a Brazilian actress, filmmaker, and model. She debuted on television in 2000 as one of the children interviewers for the children’s program . She has been part of the cast of several . Throughout her career, she has been awarded the , Contigo Award! 2004, and , among others. She plays Jenny Kord, a love interest for (portrayed by ) in the film (2023).
Bruna Marquezine was born in in the , suburb of Rio de Janeiro. Her birth name is Bruna Reis Maia, having adopted the surname Marquezine, spelled in Italian as Marchesini, as a tribute to her paternal grandmother of . At the age of 9, she moved with her family, constituted by her father Telmo, a joiner, her mother Neide and little sister Luana, to Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro.
In 2012, Bruna Marquezine played the character Lurdinha in the soap opera . According to the actress, at the same time she considered giving up her career because of the . What helped her change her mind was the support network she found in other actresses, such as and .
In 2016, she played the dancer and aspiring actress Beatriz dos Santos in the series , in which she starred in her first nude scenes on television. At the time, Marquezine called the character “the most challenging role of her career”. In 2018, she was in the cast of the soap opera . A medieval-themed plot where the Catherine de Lurton lived for which the actress needed to lose five kilos for the composition of the character. Bruna’s performance in this telenovela was criticized by the public, but despite this, she considered Catarina one of the most rewarding characters of her career. In September of the same year, Bruna was one of the highlights of the fashion show at .
On November 23, 2020, Bruna Marquezine was announced by Netflix as the streaming service’s new hire. The following week, the company announced that the actress would play the character Liz in the series alongside artists such as Manu Gavassi, , , among others.
