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Leandra Leal and Milhem Cortaz in A Wolf at the Door (2013)

Pedro Cardoso, Leandra Leal, Luana Piovani, and Lázaro Ramos in The Man Who Copied (2003)

Caio Blat, Lília Cabral, Leandra Leal, Andréia Horta, Alexandre Nero, and Daniel Rocha in Empire (2014)

Fernanda Montenegro, Giovanna Antonelli, Alice Braga, Cleo Pires, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Cláudia Jimenez, Leandra Leal, Xuxa, Dira Paes, Juliana Paes, Patricia Pillar, Glória Pires, Letícia Sabatella, Sandy, Mariana Ximenes, Ivete Sangalo, Maria Flor, Juliana Alves, Suyane Moreira, Isis Valverde, Sophie Charlotte, and Bruna Linzmeyer in The Brazilians: The Women (2012)

Bruno Gagliasso and Leandra Leal in The Dognapper (2012)

Leandra Leal's career is what you can consider a mathematic phenomenon by the sheer number of works accomplished in such a short amount of time. At 33 years old and with a career that spans 32 years (she first stepped onto a stage in the arms of her mother, the actress Angela Leal, in the role of a baby), Leandra has collected 29 awards, the majority of them for her work in cinema, placing herself amongst the most disputed actresses in Brazil. Presently, the actress has participated in 24 films. In TV, the total between novelas, series and mini-series comes out to 29 projects. In theater, 7 projects. But Leandra is more than an actress. She has directed plays and music videos and, through her production company, Daza Cultural, holds the annual Festival Adaptação, which explores the relationship between cinema and literature. She is also directing her first documentary, "Divinas Divas," a musical film about the first generation of Brazilian transvestites.

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