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Sabrina Petraglia Balsalôbre
BornApril 16th, 1983 (41 years old) São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation(s)Actress, model, journalist, and businesswoman
Years active2007-present
PartnerRamón Velázquez (m. 2018)
Children3

Sabrina Petraglia Balsalôbre (São Paulo, April 16, 1983) is a Brazilian actress, model, and businesswoman best known for her role as Shirlei in the hit Rede Globo soap opera Haja Coração. Since 2023, she has lived in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

Biography

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In 1990, aged seven, she started theatre classes at school. In 2004, she graduated with a BA in Multimedia Communications from PUC-SP, one of the most prominent universities in São Paulo. In 2009 she graduated in acting from the Escola de Arte Dramática.[1]

Acting Career

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Petraglia started her acting career in theatre, performing in various plays in Brazil, including the leading female role in Zen Salles’ highly rated play Pororoca[2]. Directed by Sérgio Ferrara, it ran at Teatro Popular do SESI Paulista in São Paulo in 2010.

Her first appearance on television came in 2010 in the SBT telenovela Uma Rosa Com Amor In 2013, she made her TV Globo debut in the Flor do Caribe, but it was her role in Alto Astral a year later as Italia, a nurse in crisis after having an intimate video exposed online, that saw her become nationally famous.[3]

In 2016, she was cast in a principal role in Haja Coração, playing the part of Shirlei, a girl born with a birth defect. Her performances saw her nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2016 Premio Extra de Televisão and Best Actress at the 2017 Trofeu Internet awards.

In 2017, she starred in Tempo de Amar as a feminist, before two years later working with Oscar-nominated director Fernando Meirelles in HBO crime series Pico da Neblina (Joint Venture).[4] Between 2020 and 2021 she played the part of a business manager in Salve-se Quem Puder.

In 2024, she appeared on Brazilian screens for the first time since moving to Dubai the previous year. With scenes recorded both in the UAE and Brazil, she played the role of Maya in Familia É Tudo.[5]

The same year, she played the protagonist in the short film Mar de Maes, which was written by best-selling author Thais Vilarinho. The film was screened in Dubai in front of a full auditorium, including Petraglia, Vilarinho, and the Brazilian Ambassador to the UAE, Sidney Leon Romero. It was the first Brazilian production to premiere in the Arab country.[6]

Personal Life

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In addition to her successful career as an actress in Brazil, Petraglia has been expanding her presence internationally through social media where she shares insights and culture from her life in Dubai, drawing much attention both in Brazil and in the Gulf. [7]English-language publications have explored her journey, her transition to life in the UAE, and the projects in which she is involved. In January 2025, she said she had “three projects in the pipeline to promote our literature to a wider audience[8]”, as well as plans to produce children’s plays in Dubai.[9][10][6]

Petraglia is vocal in the championing of causes close to her heart such as female empowerment and protecting the environment for future generations. At the premier of Mar de Mães, “a heartfelt exploration of motherhood”, the she wore an upcycled black denim dress by Dunesi, a UAE-based sustainable fashion brand, and was joined on stage after the screening by an all-female panel to discuss their respective experiences of motherhood.  [8]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2010 Uma Rosa com Amor Tereza Petroni (Terezinha)
2011 Passione Sandra (Sandrinha) Episode: “13 de janeiro
2013 Flor do Caribe Simone
2014 Alto Astral Itália Pereira
2016 Haja Coração (Burning Hearts) Shirlei Rigoni Di Marino
2017 Tempo de Amar Olímpia Gomes da Rocha
2019 Pico da Neblina (Joint Venture) Nanda
2020-2021 Salve-se Quem Puder Micaela Santamarina[11]
2024 Família É Tudo Maya de Osma[12]

Cinema

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Year Title Role Notes
2009 Interação[13] Short Film
2010 O Filho[14] Sílvia Short Film
2016 Deixe-me Viver[15] Drª. Kelly Gravado
2024 Mar de Mães (Ocean of Mothers) Thaís Short Film

Theatre

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Year Title
2007–08 Os Náufragos da Rua Constança[16]
2009 O Colecionador de Crepúsculos[17]
2010–11 Pororoca[18]
2011 Avalon[19]
2012 Pífaro, Uma Fábula Musical[18]
2013 B.O. Uma Lenda Urbana Humana[18]
2015 A Lenda do Vale da Lua[20]

Awards and Nominations

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Year Award Category Title Result
2016 Prêmio Extra de Televisão[21] Best Supporting Actor Haja Coração Nominated
Prêmio Gshow[22] TV Couple of the Year (w/ Marcos Pitombo) Nominated
Troféu UOL TV e Famosos[23] TV Revelation Nominated
2017 Troféu Internet[24] Best Actress Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "Sabrina Petraglia: "Me chamavam de Penélope Charmosa"". Quem (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-08-24. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
  2. ^ Purepeople. "Sabrina Petraglia". www.purepeople.com.br. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
  3. ^ "Sabrina Petraglia viverá jovem ingênua na TV: 'Na adolescência, eu era como a Itália'". Alto Astral (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-02-03.
  4. ^ "Sabrina Petraglia fará 'O pico da neblina', série da HBO - Patrícia Kogut, O Globo". Patrícia Kogut (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
  5. ^ "Atriz se divide entre Dubai e Brasil para gravar Família é Tudo | Metrópoles". www.metropoles.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-08-12. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
  6. ^ a b "Short film "Ocean of Mothers" screened in Dubai". anba.com.br. 2025-01-24. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
  7. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
  8. ^ a b Plowman, Raquel (2025-01-27). "Ocean Of Mothers: Sabrina Petraglia Dazzles At Dubai Premiere". Retrieved 2025-02-03.
  9. ^ Plowman, Raquel (2025-01-27). "Ocean Of Mothers: Sabrina Petraglia Dazzles At Dubai Premiere". Retrieved 2025-02-03.
  10. ^ gulftoday (2025-01-24). "Brazilian cinema in UAE: 'Ocean of Mothers' explores joys, struggles, power of friendship in motherhood". gulftoday. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
  11. ^ Felipe Brandão (2019-08-20). "Sabrina Petráglia integrará núcleo de Flávia Alessandra na novela Salve-se Quem Puder". Observatório da Televisão. Retrieved 08/12/2019. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  12. ^ "Família é Tudo: Sabrina Petraglia muda visual para interpretar Maya, executiva que promete assumir a produtora". gshow (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-05-29. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
  13. ^ "Intereção" – Direção: Pedro Morelli". FBCU. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Curta: "O Filho" Direção: Rogério Trajano". FilmesD. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  15. ^ ""Deixe-me Viver", o filme nos cinemas". Radio Boa Nova. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  16. ^ "Os Náufragos da Rua Constança homo capitas no Sapiens". Cia Antropofágica. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  17. ^ ""O Colecionador de Crepúsculos" leva obra de Câmara Cascudo". Uol. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  18. ^ a b c "Trabalhos de Sabrina Petraglia". Destaque Art. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  19. ^ "Avalon - Teatro Do Sesi - São Paulo". Uol. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  20. ^ "A Lenda do Vale da Lua". VEJA São Paulo. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  21. ^ "Prêmio Extra de TV 2016: vote nos melhores da televisão". Extra (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  22. ^ http://gshow.globo.com/tv/noticia/2016/12/premio-gshow-2016-conheca-os-indicados-e-de-seu-voto.html {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  23. ^ "Quem foi a revelação da TV em 2016?". UOL. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  24. ^ "Troféu Imprensa 22/05/2016 – Definição dos premiados". TN Audiência. 22 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
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