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Gabriela Duarte Says She Ended Work With Her Mother To Build Her Own Career

She recounts industry pushback after choosing autonomy.

Overview

  • In a new podcast interview, the actress says she stopped taking roles with Regina Duarte to avoid being seen only as an inseparable duo.
  • Offers to keep the pair together rose after Por Amor in 1997, a hit Brazilian soap opera that cemented their on-screen bond.
  • She says her mother and TV Globo disliked the decision because the pairing was viewed as good business.
  • Duarte reports she heard threats that her career would end and says the first stretch on her own was hard.
  • The accounts come from her interview as reported by ISTOÉ, Terra, and O Globo, and the stories include no responses from Regina Duarte or TV Globo.