Fredy Costa Explained

Fredy Costa
Birth Date:9 September 1980
Birth Place:Luanda, Angola
Years Active:1999–present
Spouse:Carmen Mouro (m. 2020)
Children:5

Fredy Costa (born 9 September 1980) is an Angolan actor, known for his roles in telenovelas such as Windeck and A Única Mulher. He was born in Luanda and raised in Paris, France.[1]

He began his career as a model in 1999, having modeled for such companies as Unitel and Angola Telecom.[2] He became the face of Martini in Angola in 2016.[3]

He debuted on television with the TPA series Vidas Ocultas.[4] He later had roles in the Angolan telenovelas Reviravolta, Sede de viver, Entre o Crime e a Paixão, Doce Pitanga and Voo Direto. In 2012, he took part in the telenovela Windeck, which was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2014, as Artur Domingos. He made his debut on Brazilian television in O Caçador. He later took part in the Emmy-nominated series Jikulumessu. In 2015, he was cast as Leandro Nascimento in the Portuguese telenovela A Única Mulher, and as Tiago Andrade in Ouro Verde, which won an Emmy in 2018.[5] He also took part in the Brazilian telenovela Apocalipse, as well as the Portuguese-made productions A Teia and Quer o Destino.[6]

Costa has 5 children, including 2 with singer Yola Araújo, Ayani and Jason.[7] Costa dated Angolan-Portuguese actress Grace Mendes from 2013 to 2020.[8] Later in 2020, he married Carmen Mouro.[9] In 2007, he was sentenced to 6 months in prison for physically attacking actress Tânia Burity.[10] [11]

Filmography

!Year!Title!Broadcaster!Role
2001Vidas OcultasTPA
2002Reviravolta
2004Sede de ViverJoão Jorge
2006Entre o Crime e a Paixão
2008Doce Pitanga
2010Voo DiretoTPALourenço
RTP1
2012WindeckTPAArtur Domingos
2014O CaçadorRede GloboHaitian
JikulumessuTPAGregório Kiala
RTP1
2015A Única MulherTVILeandro Nascimento
2017Ouro VerdeTVITiago Andrade
ApocalipseRecordTVDiogo Ferreira
Maison AfrochicMundo Fox
2019A TeiaTVIDanilo
2020Terra BravaSICPadre Casimiro
Quer o DestinoTVIÁlvaro Freitas
2022After PartyMundo Fox

Awards

!Year!Prize!Category!Nomination!Result
2001Prémio Melhor Manequim Masculino[12] rowspan="13"
Revista Tropical
2002Moda Luanda
2003EXPO
2004Moda Luanda
2005Nagoya - Japão
2010Moda Luanda
2012
2013FENAPRO
2015Moda Luanda
2016
2018Prémio Melhor AtorBest Drama Actor of 2018[13] Apocalipse

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fredy Costa: "A mulher portuguesa é bonita" . 8 September 2023. www.flash.pt. pt-pt.
  2. Web site: Adriane Galisteu chega a Portugal para programa da SIC. 8 September 2023. Lux.
  3. News: Fredy Costa recebe convidados de Luxo na nova campanha da "Martini". 8 September 2023. AngoRussia. 4 July 2015. Portuguese.
  4. Web site: "Vidas ocultas" Tchizé revive momentos com Fredy Costa. 25 August 2020. 8 September 2023. Bateu Bwe. pt-PT.
  5. Web site: Fredy Costa confessa: "Já fui discriminado em Portugal". 24 October 2015. 8 September 2023. MoveNotícias. pt-PT.
  6. Web site: Fredy Costa interpreta um mau-carácter em "Quer o destino" da TVI . 17 May 2020. 8 September 2023. Portal Tudo A Ver. pt-AO.
  7. Web site: Biografia de Yola Araújo. Angola Mais. 27 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20141231132736/http://musica.angolamais.com/biografia/yola-araujo/. 31 December 2014. dead.
  8. Web site: Fim de história! Grace Mendes anuncia término do relacionamento com Fredy Costa. AngoRussia. 2020. 4 January 2024.
  9. Web site: Fredy Costa e Carmen Mouro casaram-se. Vidas. 14 December 2020. 4 January 2024.
  10. News: Yola e Fredy Costa respondem em tribunal. 8 September 2023. Jornal de Angola . 7 September 2009. Portuguese.
  11. News: Yola Araújo e Tânia Burity ultrapassam desavenças . 27 July 2023. Rede Angola . 5 August 2014 . Portuguese.
  12. Web site: Fredy Costa e Neurite Mendes rostos do concurso de moda "Be a Model Be Beevok" #Bam . 8 September 2023. Chocolate.
  13. Web site: ModaLuanda 2019: Fredy Costa reage ao prémio:- "Obrigado a todos que votaram em mim" . 8 September 2023. AnoRussia. angorussia.com. Mota, Luzimenia. 2019.