Marina Ruy Barbosa

Short Biography

Marina Souza Ruy Barbosa (born June 30, 1995) is a Brazilian actress. Barbosa started off her career as a child actress with her first major role was in the telenovela Começar de Novo. Following the latter, she received an invitation to audition for "Sabina", a prominent character in the telenovela Belíssima, both by Rede Globo. Later, she portrayed the character "Isabel" in Sete Pecados. Portraying the rebellious Vanessa in Escrito nas Estrelas, Marina had the idea to create the zipper earrings used by the character, an accessory that would eventually become a fad among Brazilian teenagers. In 2011, Barbosa played the prejudiced Alice in the telenovela Morde & Assopra, where she met Klebber Toledo, with whom she dated for 3 years. In 2013 she participated in the soap opera Amor à Vida, interpreting Nicole, a young orphan and millionaire who gets cancer, Hodgkin's lymphoma type 4.