{{Short description|Brazilian actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Betty Gofman | image = Betty Gofman.jpg | alt = | caption = Betty Gofman in ''A Vingança do Espelho: a História de Zezé Macedo.'' | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|06|03|df=y}} | birth_place = São Paulo | other_names = | occupation = Actress | known_for = | parents = Eny Léa Gass (mother) | relatives = Rosane Gofman (older sister) }} '''Betty Gofman''' (Rio de Janeiro, June 3, 1965) is a Brazilian stage, film, and television actress. Descended from Russian-Austrian Jews, she is married to philosopher Hugo Barreto, with whom she has two daughters, the twins Alice and Helena,<ref name="Pink"/> and she is the sister of actress Rosane (Roxanne) Gofman.<ref name="Terra">{{cite web | url=http://diversao.terra.com.br/tv/novelas/irmas-gofman-roubam-a-cena-em-39caminho-das-indias39,f08859d9e3837310VgnCLD100000bbcceb0aRCRD.html | title=Irmãs Gofman roubam a cena em 'Caminho das Índias' | publisher=Terra.com.br | accessdate=2014-06-23}}</ref>

==Early years==

Gofman was born in Rio de Janeiro. Her dream as a child was to be a veterinarian,<ref name="Crescer">{{cite web | url=http://revistacrescer.globo.com/Revista/Crescer/0,,ERT65186-15565,00.html | title=10 perguntas dos leitores para Betty Gofman | publisher=Revista Crescer | accessdate=2014-06-23}}</ref> and a protector of animals. With a theatrical training background, Gofman studied with Maria Clara Machado, and at Casa de Arte das Laranjeiras.<ref name="Museu"/>

==Career== When her sister, Roxanne, pursued an artistic career as an actress, Gofman decided to follow suit. She was only 20 years old when she was cast in the first version of the soap opera ''Ti Ti Ti'' (1985),<ref name="Museu">{{cite web | url=http://www.museudatv.com.br/biografias/Betty%20Gofman.htm | title=BIOGRAFIA DE BETTY GOFMAN PARA O MUSEU DA TELEVISÃO BRASILEIRA | publisher=Museu da TV | accessdate=2014-06-23 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202315/http://www.museudatv.com.br/biografias/Betty%20Gofman.htm | archive-date=2016-03-03 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and gained prominence with her character Monique in ''Selva de Pedra.'' Irreverent, she often performed in comedy roles. In ''Caminho das Índias,'' another soap opera on Brazilian TV, she made the audience laugh with her bumbling character Dayse.<ref name="Pink">{{cite web | url=http://estilo.br.msn.com/tempodemulher/variedades/betty-gofman-e-sua-paix%C3%A3o-por-c%C3%A3es | title=Betty Gofman e sua paixão por cães | publisher=Estilo.com.br | accessdate=2014-06-23 | author=Andrade Pink, Vanessa | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905170318/http://estilo.br.msn.com/tempodemulher/variedades/betty-gofman-e-sua-paix%C3%A3o-por-c%C3%A3es | archive-date=2014-09-05 | url-status=dead }}</ref> She participated in several soap operas and mini-series, among them ''Um Só Coração,'' produced by Rede Globo, where she played the painter Anita Malfatti. She also played a character in ''Cortina de Vidro'' by Walcyr Carrasco.

Her film debut was in Roberto Gervitz's ''Feliz Ano Velho'' released in 1987. She joined Bia Lessa's theatrical company and took part in several international theater festivals. Directed by Lessa, she acted in ''Everyday'', based on the novel by Virginia Woolf, Ibsen's ''Casa de Bonecas'', ''A Megera Domada'', and ''Orlando''.

== Personal life == By the end of the 1980s, she was in a relationship with musician Marcelo Fromer.<ref name="JBlança">{{cite journal|last=Rodrigues|first=Aponean|title=O novo LP dos Titãs |journal=Jornal do Brasil |date=18 October 1989 |volume=Ano Número 193 |url=http://memoria.bn.br/pdf/030015/per030015_1989_00193.pdf |access-date=29 July 2021 |page=2 (Caderno B)}}</ref>

==Filmography== ===Television=== {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * 1985 - ''Ti Ti Ti'' * 1987 - ''Direito de Amar'' * 1989 - ''Que Rei Sou Eu?'' * 1989 - ''Cortina de Vidro'' * 1991 - ''O Dono do Mundo'' * 1995 - ''Engraçadinha... Seus Amores e Seus Pecados'' * 1995 - ''Decadência'' * 1996 - ''A Comédia da Vida Privada'' * 1999 - ''Vila Madalena'' * 2000 - ''Garotas do Programa'' * 2001 - ''Os Normais'' * 2001 - ''Sai de Baixo'' * 2002 - ''O Beijo do Vampiro'' * 2002 - ''Desejos de Mulher'' * 2004 - ''Celebridade'' * 2004 - ''Começar de Novo'' * 2004 - ''Um Só Coração'' * 2005 - ''Sob Nova Direção'' * 2005 - ''América'' * 2006 - ''A Diarista'' * 2006 - ''JK'' * 2007 - ''O Sistema'' * 2007 - ''Amazônia, de Galvez a Chico Mendes'' * 2008 - ''Casos e Acasos'' * 2009 - ''Caminho das Índias'' * 2010 - ''Ti Ti Ti'' * 2012 - ''Salve Jorge''.<ref name="Museu"/> * 2014 - ''Em Família''<ref name="Entretenimento">{{cite web | url=http://entretenimento.r7.com/famosos-e-tv/fantasma-da-vila-betty-gofman-ja-recebe-criticas-nas-ruas-por-sua-personagem-28022014 | title=Fantasma da vilã! Betty Gofman já recebe críticas nas ruas por sua personagem | publisher=Entretenimento.r7.com | accessdate=2014-06-23}}</ref> * 2015 - ''Escolinha do Professor Raimundo'' * 2016 - ''Haja Coração'' * 2017 - ''A Força do Querer'' * 2018 - ''Deus Salve o Rei'' * 2019 - ''Órfãos da Terra'' * 2021 - ''Um Lugar ao Sol'' }}

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===Films=== * 1987 - ''Os Trapalhões no Auto da Compadecida'' * 1987 - ''Feliz Ano Velho'' * 1989 - ''Kuarup'' * 1994 - ''Boca'' * 1999 - ''Até que a Vida nos Separe'' * 2000 - ''Cronicamente Inviável'' * 2000 - ''Amélia'' * 2003 - ''Viva Voz'' * 2003 - ''Oswaldo Cruz - O Médico do Brasil'' * 2003 - ''Eclipse''.<ref name="Museu"/> {{Col-break}}

===Theater=== * ''Orlando'' * ''A Megera Domada'' * ''Casa de Bonecas'' * ''Cotidiano''.<ref name="Museu"/> * ''A Vingança do Espelho: A história de Zezé Macedo''<ref name="O Dia">{{cite web | url=http://odia.ig.com.br/diversao/2013-06-20/betty-gofman-reestreia-peca-sobre-zeze-macedo-no-leblon.html | title=Betty Gofman reestreia peça sobre Zezé Macedo no Leblon | publisher=O Dia.ig.com.br | accessdate=2014-06-23}}</ref> {{col-end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0324617|Betty Gofman}}

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