About Bruna Marquezine
Bruna Reis Maia known professionally as Bruna Marquezine (Brazilian Portuguese:is a Brazilian actress, filmmaker, and model. She debuted on television in 2000 as one of the children interviewers for the children's program Gente Inocente. She has been part of the cast of several telenovelas. Throughout her career, she has been awarded the Troféu Imprensa,[4] Contigo Award! 2004,[5] and Young Brazilian Award, among others. She plays Jenny Kord, a love interest for Jaime Reyes (portrayed by Xolo Maridueña) in the DC Universe film Blue Beetle (2023). She began her television career in 2000 as one of the children interviewers for the children's program Gente Inocente, at the time, presented by Márcio Garcia.[8][9] However, her first work as an actress had been in a commercial for the Military Police of São Paulo that talked about suicide and suicide prevention, when Bruna was still only five years old. This material reached Manoel Carlos and Ricardo Waddington, who later invited her to do a soap opera.[10][11] Her debut in telenovelas came in 2003, in Mulheres Apaixonadas, by Manoel Carlos, where Bruna became nationally known for playing the character Salete. In the same year, she participated in the film Xuxa Abracadabra as the character Maria. 2019, she debuted as a protagonist in the cinema in Vou Nadar até Você, a film by Klaus Mitteldorf that was screened at the 47th Gramado Film Festival where she gave life to the character Ophelia.[45][46] Taking a break from television, she became a regular attendee of fashion shows such as New York Fashion Week, Milan Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week.[47][48][49] Soon after, she became the poster girl for the Miu Miu, Puma e Karl Lagerfeld brands and for the jewelry company H. Stern.[50][51][52][53][54]
In January 2020, she did not have her contract renewed with TV Globo after 17 years, since the station was adopting a new model of contracting by work, keeping only a few names in the fixed cast, most of them veterans.[55][56][57] In addition, she recorded an appearance in the series Conquest, produced by Keanu Reeves for Netflix.[58][59] In September, she presented MTV Miaw with her friend Manu Gavassi, and shortly after, she announced a YouTube channel to share the backstage of her projects.[60]
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 Maldivas alongside artists such as Manu Gavassi, Sheron Menezzes, Klebber Toledo, among others.
In November 2021, Bruna Marquezine auditioned to play Supergirl in the DC Extended Universe film The Flash and ended in second place. The pandemic of COVID-19 was one of the factors for the non-approval, since she couldn't travel to participate in the final stage.[63] On March 8, 2022, she was officially announced as Jenny Kord in the DC movie Blue Beetle, her first international role as an actress.[64] Bruna Marquezine has said that despite not passing the tests for Supergirl, it put her on Warner Bros.' radar for new roles.
