# Chica Xavier

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{{Short description|Brazilian actress (1932–2020)}}
{{Portuguese name|Xavier|Queiroz}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Chica Xavier
| image        = Chica Xavier cropped.jpg
| alt          = 
| caption      = Xavier in 2010
| birth_name   = Francisca Xavier Queiroz
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1932|1|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place  = [Salvador, Bahia](/source/Salvador%2C_Bahia), Brazil
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|2020|8|8|1932|1|22|df=yes}}
| death_place  = [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro), Brazil
| nationality  = 
| other_names  = 
| known_for    = 
| years_active = 1953–2012
| spouse       = {{marriage|Clementino Kelé|1956}}
| children     = 3
| occupation   = Actress
}}

''' Francisca Xavier Queiroz de Jesus''' (22 January 1932 – 8 August 2020), known professionally as '''Chica Xavier''', was a Brazilian actress and producer. Xavier worked in stage, film, and television. She was known primarily for her work in [Rede Globo](/source/Rede_Globo)'s telenovelas, but was active in stage for 60 years. Xavier was born in [Salvador, Bahia](/source/Salvador%2C_Bahia). She was married to actor Clementino Kelé.<ref name="b"/><ref name="e"/><ref name="t"/>

Xavier started working at 14 years as bookbinder at the Official Press of the State of Bahia. She moved to [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro) in 1953 and studied theater with Pascoal Carlos Magno. Her theater debut was on September 25, 1956 at the Teatro Municipal. Xavier acted in ''[Orfeu da Conceição](/source/Orfeu_da_Concei%C3%A7%C3%A3o)'' alongside Haroldo Costa, [Léa Garcia](/source/L%C3%A9a_Garcia), Cyro Monteiro, Dirce Paiva, Clementino Kelé, among others. Xavier played the role of Dama Negra, which symbolized Death; she recited verses from [Vinícius de Moraes](/source/Vin%C3%ADcius_de_Moraes) and danced to ''atabaques'', or Afro-Brazilian drumming.<ref name="e"/>

Xavier's film debut was in ''Assalto ao Trem Pagador'' in 1962, directed by [Roberto Farias](/source/Roberto_Farias). She then worked in several [Rede Globo](/source/Rede_Globo) productions. In 1973 Xavier debuted on TV in the telenovela ''Os Ossos do Barão''. She played more than 50 characters on television, and was a cast member in ''[Sinhá Moça](/source/Sinh%C3%A1_Mo%C3%A7a_(1986_TV_series))'', ''[Dancin' Days](/source/Dancin'_Days_(1978_TV_series))'', ''[Renascer](/source/Renascer_(1993_TV_series))'', ''[Pátria Minha](/source/P%C3%A1tria_Minha)'', ''[Força de um Desejo](/source/For%C3%A7a_de_um_Desejo)'', and the miniseries ''Tenda dos Milagres'', where she played the ''mãe-de-santo'' Magé Bassã.<ref name="b"/>

Xavier published ''Chica Xavier canta sua prosa: Cantigas, louvações e rezas para os orixás'' in 1999. The book had a preface by her friend [Miguel Falabella](/source/Miguel_Falabella), and was illustrated by her daughter Izabela d'Oxóssi. She was the subject of a biography in 2013 by Teresa Montero titled ''Chica Xavier: Mãe do Brasil''. Xavier was born at a [Candomblé](/source/Candombl%C3%A9) ''terreiro'', or temple. She was the leader of a Candomblé religious community in Rio de Janeiro, the Cercado de Boiadeiro.<ref name="e"/>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1962|| ''O Assalto ao Trem Pagador'' || Lino's wife ||
|-
|1973|| ''Um Virgem na Praça'' || ||
|-
|1975|| ''Uma Mulata Para Todos'' || ||
|-
|1979|| ''Lerfá Mú'' || ||
|-
|1979|| ''A Deusa Negra'' || ||
|-
|1983|| ''Inocência'' || ||
|-
|1986|| ''[Sinhá Moça](/source/Sinh%C3%A1_Mo%C3%A7a_(1986_TV_Series))'' || Virgínia || TV series
|-
|1988|| ''Fera Radical'' || Júlia || TV series
|-
|1993|| ''Encontros imperfeitos'' || D. Joana ||
|-
|1993|| ''Renascer'' || Inácia ||
|-
|1996|| ''[O Rei do Gado](/source/O_Rei_do_Gado)'' || || TV series
|-
|1999|| ''[Força de um Desejo](/source/For%C3%A7a_de_um_Desejo)'' || Rosália || TV series
|-
|2001|| ''A Partilha'' || Bá Toinha ||
|-
|2002|| ''[Esperança](/source/Esperan%C3%A7a_(telenovela))'' || Nhá Rita || TV series
|-
|2004|| ''[Um Só Coração](/source/Um_S%C3%B3_Cora%C3%A7%C3%A3o)'' || Isolina || TV mini-series
|-
|2006|| ''Só Deus Sabe'' || Mãe de Santo ||
|-
|2007-2008|| ''[Duas Caras](/source/Duas_Caras)'' || Setembrina || 51 episodes
|-
|2010|| ''Nosso Lar'' || Ismália ||
|-
|2016|| ''Mulheres no Poder'' || Senadora entrevistada || (final film role)
|}

==References==

{{reflist|2|refs=

<ref name="b">{{cite news |last=Brito |first=Carlos |last2=Gimenez |first2=Elza |url=https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2020/08/08/chica-xavier-morre-no-rio.ghtml |title=Chica Xavier, atriz de 'Sinhá Moça' e 'Renascer', morre aos 88 anos |language=pt |work=G1 |publisher=Globo Comunicação e Participações |date=2020-08-08 |accessdate=2020-08-10 }}</ref>

<ref name="e">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Lopes |first=Nei |encyclopedia=Enciclopédia brasileira da diáspora africana |title=Xavier, Chica |date=2014 |publisher=Selo Negro Edições}}</ref>

<ref name="t">{{cite news |url=http://atarde.uol.com.br/cultura/noticias/2135234-artistas-lamentam-falecimento-de-chica-xavier |title=Artistas lamentam falecimento de Chica Xavier |language=pt |work=A Tarde |location=Salvador |date=2020-08-09 |accessdate=2020-08-10 |archive-date=2020-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812171208/http://www.atarde.uol.com.br/cultura/noticias/2135234-artistas-lamentam-falecimento-de-chica-xavier |url-status=dead }}</ref>

}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0944382}}

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Category:Actresses from Salvador, Bahia
Category:Afro-Brazilian actresses
Category:20th-century Brazilian actresses
Category:Brazilian television actresses
Category:Brazilian telenovela actresses
Category:Brazilian film actresses

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