Mariza Marchetti Salvi (born 25 November 1982) is a Brazilian actress.

Mariza Marchetti was born on 25 November 1982 in São Paulo.^[1]

Mariza studied at Colégio Rio Branco in Higienópolis.^[2] In 1998, she entered law school at Universidade Paulista (UNIP), graduating in 2002.^[3] In the same year she graduated, she took a scenic arts course at Incenna Escola de Teatro e Televisão.^[2]

In 1998 Mariza had her first TV experience narrating the pilot episode of the series Mulher.^[4] In 2000, she debuted as an actress in the miniseries Tele-tema, from the assigned channel TVC Rio, playing as the student Carla.^[4] In 2002, she was in the soap opera Marisol as Raquel, secretary of the main character, in addition to participating in the documentary Raul Roulien, um Brasileiro em Hollywood.^[4][5] In the following years, she made special appearances in the soap operas Seus Olhos and Revelação, in addition to being in the short films Nostra Bella Época, Além de Dois, Vida a Três and Noturno.^[6] In 2009, she signed with the portal Spetáculos and had her first experience with the internet starring in the web-novel Vento Norte as the suffering Raíssa, moving in the same year to the position of antagonist in Black Tie, as the ambitious Micaella L'faire.^[7] In 2012 she was in the cast of Máscaras, from Rede Record, playing as the gynecologist Paula Aguillar.^[8]

In 2013, she joined the cast of Flor do Caribe, from Rede Globo, as the doctor Márcia, who maintained an NGO to treat children and adolescents who suffered sexual exploitation.^[9] In 2016 she got the opportunity to play her first prominent role, Lady Rebeca in Escrava Mãe, an abolitionist who fought for the emancipation of women.^[10] In 2017 she played Malca in O Rico e Lázaro.^[11]

NOTE: The names of the films and the roles played are in Portuguese. See the original Wikipedia page here.

NOTE: The names of the films and the roles played are in Portuguese.