{{short description|Brazilian actress (born 1986)}} {{Portuguese name|Costa Campos|Cotote}} {{Use American English|date=January 2014}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox person | name = Nanda Costa | image = Nanda Costa - Orgulho e Família 2023.png | imagesize = | caption = Costa in 2023 | birth_name = Fernanda Costa Campos Cotote | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|09|24|df=yes}} | birth_place = Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2006–present | spouse = {{marriage|Lan Lan|2019}} | children = 2 }}

'''Fernanda Costa Campos Cotote'''<ref name="birthdatebirthplace">{{cite web | title = Nanda Costa - perfil | url = http://contigo.abril.com.br/famosos/nanda-costa/atriz/vida | accessdate = September 14, 2012 | publisher = Contigo! | language = Portuguese | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20121231163124/http://contigo.abril.com.br/famosos/nanda-costa/atriz/vida | archivedate = December 31, 2012 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> (born 24 September 1986) is a Brazilian actress. She is most known for playing the lead role, Morena, in the telenovela ''Salve Jorge''.<ref name="oglobo">{{cite web |url=http://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/kogut/posts/2011/12/05/nanda-costa-substituir-juliana-paes-um-desafio-mas-estou-pronta-420104.asp |title=Nanda Costa: 'Substituir Juliana Paes é um desafio, mas estou pronta' |accessdate=September 14, 2012 |author=Kogut, Patrícia |date=December 5, 2011 |publisher=O Globo |language=Portuguese |archive-date=February 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217003702/http://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/kogut/posts/2011/12/05/nanda-costa-substituir-juliana-paes-um-desafio-mas-estou-pronta-420104.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Biography== Costa was born in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro state,<ref name="birthdatebirthplace"/> She has Lebanese ancestry through her maternal grandmother. In interviews, she has stated that she is bisexual and has known since she was a teenager. Discreet in her personal life, she is rarely seen in the press.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvg.globo.com/programas/video-show/Especiais/Doce-de-Mae/noticia/2012/12/nanda-costa-da-dica-comida-arabe-com-ovo-frito.html|title=Nanda Costa dá dica: comida árabe com ovo frito! |author=Gshow|date=20 December 2012|publisher=Vídeo Show|access-date=13 February 2016|language= pt}}</ref> Nanda Costa discussed her 5-year relationship with Lan Lahn in an interview. Together they wrote a song titled 'Aponte,' which was recorded by the singer Maria Bethania in 2017. More recently Costa and Lanh wrote a song titled 'Não é Comum, mas é normal' that could be translated as 'It's not usual but it's normal,' about LGBTQ representation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://revistamarieclaire.globo.com/Noticias/noticia/2018/07/amor-e-amor-nanda-costa-fala-pela-primeira-vez-de-sua-relacao-com-lan-lanh.html|title=Amor é amor: Nanda Costa fala pela primeira vez de sua relação com Lan Lanh|author=Marie Clarie|date=27 July 2018|language= pt}}</ref>

== Career == She played her first role in the 2006 Rede Globo telenovela Cobras & Lagartos, in which she starred as the antagonist Madá.<ref name="papofeminino">{{cite web |url=http://papofeminino.uol.com.br/2011/revistas/guia-da-tv/nanda-costa-vai-ser-protagonista/ |title=Nanda Costa vai ser protagonista |accessdate = September 14, 2012 |date=December 6, 2011 |publisher=UOL |language=Portuguese }}</ref> After participating in 2008 in the Globo's special ''Por Toda Minha Vida'' and in one episode of ''Ó Paí, Ó''. In 2009, she played in Viver a Vida as Soraia.<ref name="viveravida">{{cite web |url=http://viveravida.globo.com/Novela/Viveravida/Bastidores/0,,AA1710064-17521,00.html |title=Nanda Costa - Entrevista |accessdate=September 14, 2012 |date=December 6, 2011 |publisher=Rede Globo |language=Portuguese |archive-date=December 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222045815/http://viveravida.globo.com/Novela/Viveravida/Bastidores/0,,AA1710064-17521,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Nanda Costa was nominated for several awards for her role as the prostitute Jéssica in the 2010 film ''Sonhos Roubados''.<ref name="Isto É Gente">{{cite web|url=http://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/edicoes/527/artigo153873-1.htm|title=Novos talentos premiados|accessdate=September 14, 2012|author=Azevedo, Luciana|date=October 8, 2009|publisher=Terra|language=Portuguese|archive-date=October 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200645/http://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/edicoes/527/artigo153873-1.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Costa participated in the same year of one episode of ''Clandestinos - O Sonho Começou'', character also named Nanda.<ref name="clandestinos">{{cite web|url=http://gazetaweb.globo.com/noticia.php?c=207414&e=34|title=Nanda Costa está confirmada no elenco da série 'Clandestinos'|accessdate=September 14, 2012|date=June 22, 2010|publisher=Gazetaweb|language=Portuguese|archive-date=January 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114032657/http://gazetaweb.globo.com/noticia.php?c=207414&e=34|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2011, she played the antagonist Lilica in the telenovela ''Cordel Encantado'' by Duca Rachid and Thelma Guedes.<ref name="papofeminino" /> Nanda Costa played the lead role, Morena, a victim of human trafficking, in the 2012 Rede Globo telenovela ''Salve Jorge'' by Glória Perez.<ref name="folha">{{cite web |url=http://f5.folha.uol.com.br/televisao/1016095-nanda-costa-fica-com-a-vaga-de-juliana-paes-na-novela-de-gloria-perez.shtml |title=Nanda Costa fica com a vaga de Juliana Paes na novela de Gloria Perez |accessdate=September 14, 2012 |date=December 3, 2011|publisher=UOL |language=Portuguese }}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Television === {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Television |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2006 || ''Cobras & Lagartos'' || Madá (Maria Madalena Padilha) || Antagonist |- | rowspan="2" | 2008 || ''Por Toda Minha Vida'' || Dolores Duran || Episode: "Dolores Duran" |- | ''Ó Paí, Ó'' || Quenga || Episode: "A Quenga do Matagal" |- | 2009 || ''Viver a Vida'' || Soraia Villela || Antagonist |- | 2010 || ''Clandestinos - O Sonho Começou'' || Nanda || Episode: "Último Episódio" |- | rowspan="2" | 2011 || ''Amor em 4 Atos'' || Girl || Episode: "Folhetim & Vitrines" |- | ''Cordel Encantado'' || Lilica (Lillian Desireé) || Antagonist |- | 2012 || ''Salve Jorge'' || Morena || Lead role |- | rowspan=2 | 2014 | ''O Caçador'' || Marinalva || |- | ''Império'' || Tuane dos Santos || |- | rowspan=2|2015 || ''Malhação'' || Josefina Carrara || Season 22<ref>{{cite web|url=http://noticiasdetv.com/2015/06/25/nanda-costa-entra-em-malhacao-para-viver-vila/|title=Nanda Costa entra em "Malhação" para viver vilã|date=June 25, 2015 |accessdate=March 28, 2016|language=Portuguese}}</ref> |- | ''Romance Policial - Espinosa'' || Camila || |- | 2017|| ''Pega Pega'' || Sandra Helena || |- | 2018|| ''Segundo Sol'' || Maura || |- | rowspan="2" | 2019 || ''Segunda Chamada'' || Rita Maria de Cássia || |- | ''Amor de Mãe'' || Érica dos Santos Silva || |- | 2023|| ''The Masked Singer Brasil'' || Vovó Tartaruga || Season 3<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gshow.globo.com/realities/the-masked-singer-brasil/2023/noticia/nanda-costa-prova-que-nao-usou-efeito-na-voz-da-vovo-tartaruga-em-the-masked-singer-brasil.ghtml |title= Nanda Costa prova que não usou efeito na voz da Vovó Tartaruga no The Masked Singer Brasil |date=2 April 2023|website=Globo.com |access-date=2023-04-04 | language=pt-BR}}</ref> |- |2024 |''Justiça'' |Milena Souza de Jesus |Season 2<ref>{{Cite web |last=Papelpop |first=Redação |date=2023-03-02 |title=Paolla Oliveira e Nanda Costa serão rivais na nova temporada de "Justiça"; saiba mais |url=https://www.papelpop.com/2023/03/paolla-oliveira-e-nanda-costa-serao-rivais-na-nova-temporada-de-justica-saiba-mais/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=PAPELPOP |language=pt-br}}</ref> |- |}

=== Film === {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Film |- ! Year ! Title ! Role |- | 2007 || ''Querô'' || Girl 3<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imagemfilmes.com.br/filme/quero|title=''Querô''|accessdate=July 6, 2023|website=Imagem Filmes|date=April 15, 2009 |language=pt-BR}}</ref> |- | 2008 || ''Sexo com Amor?'' ||Juliana |- | 2008 || ''Bezerra de Menezes: O Diário de um Espírito'' ||Lady |- | 2009 || ''Carmo'' || Rosália |- | 2009 || ''Um Homem Qualquer'' ||Lia |- | 2010 || ''Sonhos Roubados'' ||Jéssica |- | 2011 || ''Rat Fever'' || Eneida |- | 2012 || ''Gonzaga - de Pai pra Filho'' || Odaléia Guedes |- | rowspan=2|2014 || ''Love Film Festival'' || Camila<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/filme-metalinguistico-encerra-mostra-competitiva-de-longas-de-ficcao-do-festival-do-rio-14155321|title=Filme metalinguístico encerra mostra competitiva de longas de ficção do Festival do Rio|accessdate=March 28, 2016|website=O Globo|date=October 6, 2014 |language=Portuguese}}</ref> |- | ''Infância'' || Iracema<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fortefilmes.com.br/portugues/infancia/|title=Infacîa|accessdate=March 28, 2016|website=Forte Filme|language=Portuguese|archive-date=January 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102091302/http://www.fortefilmes.com.br/portugues/infancia/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | 2020 || ''Monster Hunter'' || Lea |}

=== Stage === {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Stage |- ! Year ! Title ! Role |- | 2009 || ''Cravo e a Rosa - Musical'' || Rosicleide |- | 2011 || ''A República em Laguna'' || Anita Garibaldi<ref>{{cite web|url=http://revistaquem.globo.com/Revista/Quem/0,,EMI285276-9531,00.html|title=Murilo Rosa e Nanda Costa vivem Giuseppe e Anita Garibaldi em encenação|accessdate=March 28, 2016|website=Quem|language=Portuguese}}</ref> |- |}

==Awards and nominations==

* 2007 - (Nominated) Quality Award Brazil - Best Actress Breakthrough for ''Cobras & Lagartos''. * 2007 - (Nominated) Contigo Prize! TV - Best Actress Breakthrough for ''Cobras & Lagartos''. * 2008 - (Nominated) Quality Award Brazil - Best Actress Breakthrough for ''Bezerra de Menezes: O Diário de um Espírito''. * 2010 - Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival - Best Actress for ''Sonhos Roubados''. * 2010 - Brazilian Film Festival of Paris - best actress for ''Sonhos Roubados''. * 2010 - Brazilian Film Festival of Miami - Best Actress for ''Sonhos Roubados''. * 2010 - Festival of Biarritz - best actress for ''Sonhos Roubados''. * 2011 - Paulinia Film Festival - Best Actress for ''Febre do Rato''. * 2012 - (Nominated) Guarani Brazilian Cinema Award - best actress for ''Febre do Rato''. * 2013 - (Nominated) Grand Prix of Brazilian Cinema - best actress for ''Febre do Rato''. * 2013 - (Nominated) for Contigo Award ! TV - best actress for ''Salve Jorge''. * 2013 - (Nominated) for Extra Award for Television - best actress for ''Salve Jorge''. * 2013 - (Nominated) for UOL awards - best actress for ''Salve Jorge''. * 2013 - (Nominated) Award Quem de Televisão - best actress for ''Salve Jorge''. * 2014 - (Nominated) Troféu Internet award - best actress for ''Salve Jorge''. * 2018 - (Nominated) 19th Latin Grammy Awards - best portuguese language song for "Aponte".

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=2273474|name=Nanda Costa}}

{{Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival Award for Best Actress}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Costa, Nanda}} Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:Actors from Rio de Janeiro (state) Category:Brazilian film actresses Category:Brazilian stage actresses Category:Brazilian telenovela actresses Category:Brazilian people of Lebanese descent Category:Brazilian bisexual actresses Category:People from Paraty