{{Short description|Brazilian actress}}{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Portuguese name|Winitskowski|de Azevedo}} {{Infobox person | name = Danielle Winits | image = Brazil and Croatia match at the FIFA World Cup (2014-06-12; fans) 21.jpg | image_size = 230px | alt = Danielle Winits | caption = Winits in 2014 | birth_name = Danielle Winitskowski de Azevedo | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|12|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | spouse = {{marriage|Cássio Reis<br>|2005|2010|end=divorced}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ego.globo.com/Gente/Noticias/0,,MUL1514227-9798,00-DANIELLE+WINITS+E+CASSIO+REIS+ESTAO+SEPARADOS.html |title=Ego – Danielle Winits e Cássio Reis estão separados |access-date=February 10, 2012 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035816/http://ego.globo.com/Gente/Noticias/0,,MUL1514227-9798,00-DANIELLE+WINITS+E+CASSIO+REIS+ESTAO+SEPARADOS.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><br /> {{marriage|Jonatas Faro<br>|2010|2011|end=div}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.atarde.com.br/cultura/noticia.jsf?id=5660392 |title=A Tarde Online – Danielle Winits e Jonatas Faro se casam no Rio de Janeiro |access-date=February 10, 2012 |archive-date=August 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810020837/http://www.atarde.com.br/cultura/noticia.jsf?id=5660392 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | children = 2 | known_for = | occupation = Actress }} '''Danielle Winitskowski de Azevedo''',<ref>[http://www.terra.com.br/exclusivo/noticias/2003/06/18/001.htm Conheça os nomes reais dos famosos] Terra</ref> (born 5 December 1973 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), known as '''Danielle Winits''', is a Brazilian actress, dancer, and singer.<ref name=Quem>{{cite web |url=http://revistaquem.globo.com/Revista/Quem/0,,EMI88546-9530,00-DANIELLE+WINITS.html |title=QUEM – celebridades de A a Z – NOTÍCIAS – Danielle Winits |date=June 30, 2010 |work=Quem |publisher=Editora Globo S/A |location=Porto Alegre, Brazil |language=Portuguese |trans-title=WHO – celebrities from A to Z – NEWS – Danielle Winits |accessdate=March 10, 2011 }} {{Google translation|pt|en|http://revistaquem.globo.com/Revista/Quem/0,,EMI88546-9530,00-DANIELLE+WINITS.html |Translate this Portuguese article to English }}</ref><ref name="IMDb_bio">{{cite web|title=Danielle Winits – Biography|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935423/bio |publisher=IMDb.com, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc)|accessdate=March 10, 2011|location=Seattle, WA}}</ref> She has appeared as a regular in several Brazilian TV series<ref name=Quem/><ref name=IMDb>{{cite web|title=Danielle Winits|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935423/|publisher=IMDb.com, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc)|accessdate=March 10, 2011|location=Seattle, WA}}</ref> and also played the Velma Kelly character in a Brazilian adaptation of the musical ''Chicago''. Danielle Winits has also posed twice for the Brazilian Playboy.<ref name="IMDb_bio"/>
== Biography == Danielle took courses in ballet, arts and acting, and became an actress in theatre, cinema and television. In the theater, she has always preferred musicals, where she has excelled as a dancer and singer. She began her television career in 1993, in the Brazilian miniseries, ''Sex Appeal''. Her theatrical debut came the following year in the musical ''Band-Aid''. Her first film role was in 1999 in the film ''Até que a Vida nos Separe''.<ref name=Quem/>
===Personal life=== Her grandfather, Rubens Vieira Winitskowski, was a member of the 1st Fighter Group of the Brazilian Air Force, sent to fight in Italy in World War II as a third-sergeant, part of the ground support team.
Between 2005 and 2010, she was married to actor and model Cássio Reis. On 19 December 2007, gave birth to their son, her first child, Noah.<ref name=Quem/>
On 8 December 2010, she married actor Jonatas Faro.<ref name="IMDb_bio"/> The couple divorced in March 2011 but they had a son, named Guy, born on 28 April 2011.<ref name=divfaro>{{cite web |title=Danielle Winits e Jonatas Faro são vistos conversando animadamente no Leblon |url=http://contigo.abril.com.br/noticias/danielle-winits-jonatas-faro-sao-vistos-conversando-animadamente-no-leblon/ |publisher=Abril |accessdate=January 31, 2012 |location=Brazil |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824175535/http://contigo.abril.com.br/noticias/danielle-winits-jonatas-faro-sao-vistos-conversando-animadamente-no-leblon |archivedate=August 24, 2011 }}</ref><ref name=guybirth>{{cite web|title=Nasce filho de Danielle Winits e Jonatas Faro|url=http://www.correiodoestado.com.br/noticias/nasce-filho-de-danielle-winits-e-jonatas-faro_108774//|publisher=Correio do Estado|accessdate=January 31, 2012|location=Brazil|archive-date=December 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224024954/https://www.correiodoestado.com.br/noticia/nasce-filho-de-danielle-winits-e-jonatas-faro/108774/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Career==
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Títle ! Role |- | 1993 || ''Sex Appeal'' || Eva |- | 1993 || ''Olho no Olho'' || Dominique |- | 1995 || ''Cara & Coroa'' || Diana |- | 1995 || ''A Próxima Vítima'' || Ana |- | 1995 || ''Malhação'' || Melissa Brown |- | 1995 || ''Você Decide'' || (ep. "O Gosto da Vingança") |- | 1996 || ''Ponto a Ponto'' || Herself |- | 1997 || ''A Justiceira'' || Marlene |- | 1998 || ''Corpo Dourado'' || Alicinha |- | 1998 || ''A Turma do Didi'' || Herself (Christmas TV specials) |- | 1998 || ''Sai de Baixo'' || Dadá (ep. "Quem Não Odalisca Não Petisca") |- | 1999 || ''Chiquinha Gonzaga'' || Suzette Fontin (young) / Helena |- | 1999 || ''Zorra Total'' || Maria Pia |- | 1999 || ''Flora Encantada'' || Herself |- | 1999 || ''Sai de Baixo'' || Paty Bole Bole (ep. "A Idade do Bobo") |- | 2000 || ''Uga-Uga'' || Tati |- | 2001 || ''Sai de Baixo'' || Gabi (ep. "Um Louro Chamado Desejo") |- | 2001 || ''Os Normais'' || Luana (ep. "Complicar é Normal") |- | 2001 || ''O Clone'' || Shirley |- | 2002 || ''O Quinto dos Infernos'' || Manoela |- | 2002 || ''Sítio do Picapau Amarelo'' || Drª. Jaqueline / Cuca (ep. "Perigo no Reino das Águas Claras") |- | 2002 || ''Pastores da Noite'' || Madame Beatriz |- | 2003 || ''Kubanacan'' || Marisol / Frida |- | 2004 || ''Sob Nova Direção'' || Francis (ep. "Mulher de Amigo Meu Pra Mim é Um Saco") |- | 2005 || ''A Diarista'' || Mafalda (ep. "O Casamento do Meu Melhor Figueirinha") |- | 2005 || ''Casseta & Planeta, Urgente!'' || Herself |- | 2006 || ''Páginas da Vida'' || Sandra Ribeiro |- | 2007 || ''Minha Nada Mole Vida'' || Priscila |- | 2008 || ''Guerra e Paz'' || Bárbara Palermo / Paloma Paz |- | 2009 || ''Sem Noção'' || Marilinha Braga de Vasconcelos<ref name="SP Fashion Week">{{Cite web |url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u492143.shtml |title=Danielle Winits será apresentadora do GNT durante SP Fashion Week |trans-title=Danielle Winits will be host of the GNT for SP Fashion Week |language=Portuguese |others=Folha de S.Paulo |date=January 20, 2009}}</ref> |- | 2009 || ''Superbonita'' || Presenter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gnt.globo.com/superbonita/noticias/Danielle-Winits-comanda-o-Superbonita-desta-semana.shtml|title=Danielle Winits comanda o Superbonita desta semana|date=September 18, 2009|accessdate=July 1, 2013|work=GNT|publisher=Globo.com}}</ref> |- | 2009 || ''Cinquentinha'' || Becky Santoro |- | 2010|| ''A Vida Alheia'' || Manuela |- | 2010 || ''Criança Esperança'' || Barbie<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://televisao.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/2010/08/12/danielle-winits-se-fantasia-de-barbie-no-crianca-esperanca.jhtm |title=Danielle Winits se fantasia de Barbie no "Criança Esperança"|work=Uol |date=August 18, 2010}}</ref> |- | 2012 || ''Malhação'' || Marcela Porto |- | 2013 || ''Amor à Vida'' || Amarilys<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/danielle-winits-que-vivera-triangulo-gay-em-amor-vida-defende-relacoes-fora-dos-padroes-nao-existe-rascunho-para-amor-8180362.html |title=Danielle Winits, que viverá triângulo gay em 'Amor à vida', defende relações fora dos padrões: 'Não existe rascunho para o amor'|work=Extra |date=April 22, 2013}}</ref> |- |2024 |''Família é Tudo'' |Lizandra Chaves<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Guaraldo |first1=Luciano |last2=Bittencourt |first2=Carla |date=22 March 2024 |title=Longe das novelas há oito anos, Danielle Winits viverá tentação em Família É Tudo |url=https://noticiasdatv.uol.com.br/noticia/novelas/longe-das-novelas-ha-oito-anos-danielle-winits-vivera-tentacao-em-familia-e-tudo-117183 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Notícias da TV |language=pt}}</ref> |- |}
===Cinema=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Títle ! Role |- | 1999 || ''Até que a Vida nos Separe'' || Rosy |- | 1999 || ''Zoando na TV'' || Lana Love |- | 1999 || ''O Trapalhão e a Luz Azul'' || Corina |- | 2005 || ''Um Lobisomem na Amazônia'' || Natasha |- | 2006 || ''Se Eu Fosse Você'' || Cibelle |- | 2008 || ''Sexo com Amor?'' || Aline |- | 2009 || ''Os Normais 2 – A Noite Mais Maluca de Todas'' || Clara |- | 2010 || ''Simbologia de um Crime'' || Luiza Abrantes<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://caras.uol.com.br/noticia/rodrigo-lombardi-tem-o-sonho-de-fazer#image0|title=Rodrigo Lombardi tem o sonho de fazer...|work=Caras |date=July 13, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.istoe.com.br/noticias/data/69586_FESTIVAL+DE+RIBEIRAO+PIRES+CHEGA+A+COMPETICAO+DE+CURTAS|title=Festival de Ribeirão Pires chega a competição de curtas|work=IstoÉ|date=April 30, 2010|access-date=August 11, 2012|archive-date=June 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609112720/http://www.istoe.com.br/noticias/data/69586_FESTIVAL+DE+RIBEIRAO+PIRES+CHEGA+A+COMPETICAO+DE+CURTAS|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | 2012 || ''Até Que a Sorte Nos Separe'' || Jane<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cinema.terra.com.br/noticias/0,,OI5635411-EI1176,00-Com+folego+Danielle+Winits+estrela+comedia+com+Hassum.html|title=Com fôlego, Danielle Winits estrela comédia com Hassum|work=Terra|date=February 27, 2012|access-date=August 11, 2012|archive-date=March 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323135350/http://cinema.terra.com.br/noticias/0,,OI5635411-EI1176,00-Com+folego+Danielle+Winits+estrela+comedia+com+Hassum.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | 2013 || ''Odeio o Dia dos Namorados'' || Marina<ref>{{cite web |author=Francisco Russo |title=Odeio o Dia dos Namorados : Elenco |url=http://www.adorocinema.com/filmes/filme-217010/creditos/ |accessdate=April 11, 2013 |publisher=AdoroCinema}}</ref> |- |}
===Theatre=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Títle ! Role |- | 1994 || ''Band-aid'' || Rosângela |- | 1996 || ''A volta de Chico Mau'' || Maria Bela |- | 1998 || ''Cabaret Brazil'' || Tete Monroe |- | 1999 || ''Relax, it's sex!'' || various roles |- | 1999 || ''Lancelot'' || Guinevere |- | 2002 || ''Meu amor. Você é perfeita. Agora muda!'' || |- | 2005 || ''Amo-te (Você nunca amou alguém tanto assim)'' || Carol |- | 2005 || ''Chicago'' || Velma Kelly |- | 2009 || ''Hairspray'' || Amber von Tussle |- | 2012 || ''Xanadu'' || Kira/Clio<ref>{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2012/01/danielle-winits-thiago-fragoso-e-sidney-magal-falam-sobre-xanadu.html|title=Danielle Winits, Thiago Fragoso e Sidney Magal falam sobre Xanadu|work=G1|publisher=Globo.com|accessdate=January 30, 2012|date=January 13, 2012}}</ref> |}
===Awards=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Títle ! Category / Role ! Result |- | 2000 || ''Prêmio Qualidade Brasil'' || Best actress in ''Uga Uga'' || {{won}} |- | 2003 || ''Prêmio Conta Mais'' || Atriz Destaque in ''Kubanacan'' || {{won}} |- | 2007 || ''Prêmio Contigo'' || Best supporting actress in ''Páginas da Vida'' || {{won}} |}
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