{{Short description|Brazilian actress}} {{Portuguese name|Zatz|Camargo}} {{Infobox person | name = Luisa Mell | image = Luisa Mell cropped.png | caption = Mell in 2018 | birth_name = Marina Zatz de Camargo | other_names = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|9|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = São Paulo, Brazil | spouse = {{marriage|Gilberto Zaborowsky|2011|2021|reason=div}} | children = 1 | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|television presenter|animal rights activist|businesswoman}} | years_active = 1998–present | website = {{URL|http://luisamell.com.br/}} }}
'''Marina Zatz de Camargo'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.consultasocio.com/q/sa/marina-zatz-de-camargo-zaborowsky|title=Marina Zatz De Camargo Zaborowsky|publisher=ConsultaSocio.com|language=pt}}</ref> (born 19 September 1978), known professionally as '''Luisa Mell''', is a Brazilian actress, television presenter, animal rights activist, and businesswoman.
Mell's career began at the age of nineteen when she appeared in a sitcom aired on the Sunday program ''Domingo Legal'' (SBT). Then she went to Rede TV!, where she presented programs. The best known is the ''Late Show'', which had the purpose of rescuing animals from the streets or under mistreatment and arranging their adoption. Animal rights activist, Mell was responsible for passing a law banning the use of animals in circus shows and the immediate sacrifice of dogs collected by Zoonoses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.difundir.com.br/site/c_mostra_release.php?emp=1368&num_release=35998|title=ECCO é a nova assessoria de imprensa de Luisa Mell|publisher=DIFUNDIR|date=1 February 2011|language=pt}}</ref>
In May, 2013, she launched her official website. The website is intended to provide veterinary information, rescue stories, appeals for lost dogs and the saga of the girl as a vegetarian.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vejasp.abril.com.br/materia/luisa-mell-musa-pet|title=Luisa Mell: a musa pet da internet|publisher=Veja São Paulo|date=10 May 2013|language=pt}}</ref> In February, 2015, she founded the Luisa Mell, which mainly works to rescue injured or at risk animals, recovery and adoption. It also maintains a shelter with dozens of animals, between dogs and cats, all rescued from the streets, where they are protected, fed and given the chance to be adopted.
==Personal life== She graduated in law and theatre. Despite being part of a Jewish family, she began to attend the kabbalah after meeting with Madonna.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entretenimento.r7.com/famosos-e-tv/noticias/veja-e-mail-que-madonna-mandou-a-brasileiros-da-cabala-20091110.html|title=Veja e-mail que Madonna mandou a brasileiros da cabala|publisher=R7|date=10 November 2009|language=pt}}</ref>
She has a son, Enzo (born February 13, 2015), with her husband Gilberto Zaborowsky, and has been married since 2011. Gilberto is a businessman and has two children from a previous relationship, Lara and Eduardo.<ref name="EGO May 2016">{{cite web|url=http://ego.globo.com/criancas/noticia/2016/05/luisa-mell-fala-sobre-alimentacao-vegana-do-filho-ele-e-supersaudavel.html|title=Luisa Mell fala sobre alimentação vegana do filho: 'Ele é supersaudável'|publisher=EGO|date=8 May 2016|language=pt}}</ref>
She is vegan and raised her child vegan.<ref name="EGO May 2016" />
==Main works== '''TV''':
* ''Família Pimenta'' as Dora (1998; segment on the ''Domingo Legal'' of SBT) * ''Objeto do Desejo'' as presenter (2001; segment on the ''Noite Afora'' of RedeTV!<ref name="Luisa 23 years" />) * ''TV Fama'' as presenter (2002–2006; RedeTV!<ref name="Luisa 23 years" />) * ''Late Show''<ref name="Luisa 23 years">{{cite web|url=http://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,luisa-mell-ganha-programa-na-rede-tv,20020905p6406|title=Luisa Mell ganha programa na Rede TV!|publisher=Cultura Estadão|date=5 September 2002|language=pt}}</ref> / ''Late Show Viva Mundo''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/late-show-apresentado-por-luisa-mell-muda-de-nome-ganha-novos-quadros-4149855|title='Late show', apresentado por Luisa Mell, muda de nome e ganha novos quadros|publisher=O Globo|date=9 October 2007|language=pt}}</ref> as presenter (2002–2008; RedeTV!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://diversao.terra.com.br/gente/interna/0,,OI3566488-EI13419,00-Luisa+Mell+diz+que+foi+desrespeitada+pela+RedeTV.html|title=Luisa Mell diz que foi desrespeitada pela RedeTV!|publisher=Terra Diversão|date=6 August 2008|language=pt}}</ref>) * ''Araguaia'' as Cristina "Cris" Gouveia (2011; Rede Globo<ref>{{cite web|url=http://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/araguaia-luisa-mell-volta-tv-como-cris-apos-periodo-dificil-1270542.html|title=Araguaia: Luisa Mell volta à TV como Cris, após período difícil|publisher=Extra|date=12 March 2011|language=pt}}</ref>) * ''Estação Pet'' as presenter (2011; TV Gazeta<ref>{{cite web|url=http://natv.ig.com.br/index.php/tag/estacao-pet/|title=Gazeta acaba com o 'TV Culinária' e o 'Estação Pet'|publisher=Na TV por Jonathan Pereira – iG|date=20 October 2011|language=pt}}</ref>) * ''Luisa Mell Salva'' as presenter (2014; segment on the ''Domingo Legal'' of SBT<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbt.com.br/domingolegal/fiquepordentro/14310/Luisa-Mell-salva-animais-de-maus-tratos-no-Domingo-Legal.html|title=Luisa Mell salva animais de maus tratos no Domingo Legal|publisher=SBT - Domingo Legal|date=25 May 2014|language=pt}}</ref>) * ''SOS Pet'' as presenter (2014; segment on the ''Mundo Pet'' of SBT<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbt.com.br/mundopet/fiquepordentro/15004/Mundo-Pet-estreia-neste-domingo;-saiba-tudo-sobre-o-programa.html|title=Mundo Pet estreia neste domingo; saiba tudo sobre o programa|publisher=SBT - Mundo Pet|date=10 October 2014|language=pt}}</ref>)
'''Film''':
* ''Sete Vidas'' as Ana (2007; Short)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://portacurtas.org.br/filme/?name=sete_vidas|title=Sete Vidas|publisher=Porta Curtas|language=pt}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|4159559|Luisa Mell}} {{Animal rights}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mell, Luisa}}
Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Brazilian animal rights activists Category:Brazilian television actresses Category:Brazilian television presenters Category:Brazilian women television presenters Category:Brazilian Jews Category:Animal sanctuary keepers