Gabriel Santana

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Gabriel Santana
Santana on the program A Eliminação, in 2023
Born
Gabriel Cordeiro Santana

(1999-09-27) September 27, 1999
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
OccupationActor
Years active2013–present
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)

Gabriel Cordeiro Santana (born September 27, 1999) is a Brazilian actor. He became known for playing Mosca, one of the protagonists of the remake of Chiquititas in 2013, Cléber in Malhação: Toda Forma de Amar in 2019, and Renato in the remake of Pantanal in 2022, being one of the highlights of the plot. In 2023, he participated in the twenty-third edition of Big Brother Brasil.

Career

He became known for being one of the protagonists in the remake of the children's soap opera Chiquititas, playing the orphan Mosca.[1][2][3] In 2018, he starred in the series Z4, a partnership between SBT and Disney Channel, playing the dancer Paulo.[4] In 2019, he signed with TV Globo and joined the cast of Malhação: Toda Forma de Amar, playing Cléber, one of the central characters and romantic partner of Anjinha (Caroline Dallarosa).[5][6][7] After participating in the culinary talent show Bake Off Celebridades on SBT, he returns to Globo as part of the cast of the second version of Pantanal, as the controversial Renato, one of the children of Zuleika (Aline Borges) and Tenório (Murilo Benício).[8]

In 2023, he is announced as one of the participants in the reality show Big Brother Brasil in its twenty-third season, joining the group "Camarote". In the same year, he came out as bisexual,[9][10][11] biromantic[12] and demisexual.[13] He was the 11th eliminated from BBB 23, with 56.45% of the votes to eliminate him from the competition, in a dispute with singer Aline Wirley and actress Bruna Griphao.[14]

He assumed on June 12, 2024, Valentine's Day (in Brazil), that he was in a relationship with the writer Erick Mafra.[15]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2013–15 Chiquititas Felipe Tavares (Mosca) [16]
2016 Dance se Puder Participant (4th place) Season 1 [17]
2017 Carcereiros Leonardo Viera (Léo) [18]
2018 Z4 Paulo Almeida dos Santos [19]
2019–20 Malhação: Toda Forma de Amar Cléber Braga [20]
2021 Bake Off Celebridades Participant (8th place) Season 1 [21]
2022 Pantanal Renato Gonçalves dos Santos [22]
2023 Big Brother Brasil Participant (11th place) Season 23 [23]

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2017 Eu Fico Loko  Luka [24]
2019 Ana João Paulo
2023 Made In Favela Hungria [25]

Dubbing

Year Title Role
2023 Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken Connor (Brazilian voice)

Theater

Year Title Role
2019 Querubim Luis

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Appointment Results
2014 Troféu Internet Best Actor Chiquititas Nominated
Prêmio Contigo! de TV[26] Best Child Actor Nominated
2015 Troféu Internet Best Actor Nominated
2016 Prêmio Contigo! de TV[27] Best Child Actor Nominated
Prêmio Jovens em Destaque de São Paulo[28] Featured Young People Himself Won
2018 Prêmio Jovem Brasileiro Best Actor Z4 Nominated
2019 Meus Prêmios Nick[29] Revelation of the Year Malhação: Toda Forma de Amar Nominated
2023 Prêmio Jovem Brasileiro[30] Best Reality Participant Big Brother Brasil 23 Nominated
My Crush Gabriel Santana Nominated
Most Stylish Young Man Nominated
I Shipp Gabriel and Bruna Griphao Nominated

References

  1. "SBT divulga nomes do elenco de 'Chiquititas'". CARAS Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  2. "Remake de 'Chiquititas' já tem elenco definido". Extra Online (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2013-02-07. Archived from the original on 2024-12-02. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  3. "Veja quem são os atores do remake de". F5 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  4. "SBT faz parceria com a Disney em série adolescente sobre boy band". F5 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-07-21. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  5. "Ex-chiquitito Gabriel Santana muda visual para atuar em nova 'Malhação'". Quem (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-08-27. Archived from the original on 2024-12-02. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  6. Brandão, Felipe (12 March 2019). "Saiba detalhes sobre o personagem de Gabriel Santana na nova Malhação". observatoriodatv.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  7. "Ex-'Chiquititas' e 'Z4' precisou morar sozinho para entrar em 'Malhação'". NaTelinha (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2025-05-12. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  8. "Destaque em 'Chiquititas', Gabriel Santana ganha papel de destaque em remake de 'Pantanal'". Contigo! (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-09-29. Archived from the original on 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  9. Garcia, Marcos (2023-01-13). "BBB23: Gabriel Santana é bissexual e está solteiro". OFuxico (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2023-01-28. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  10. Oliveira, Muka (2023-01-13). "Bissexual assumido, Gabriel Santana do BBB 23 fala de sua sexualidade e surpreende a web". Observatório G (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2026-06-18. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  11. "Gay, bi, hétero e sapio: Conheça a orientação sexual do elenco do BBB 23". Notícias da TV (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-01-15. Archived from the original on 2025-10-09. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  12. "Birromântico: entenda o que é o termo usado por Gabriel Santana, do BBB 23". minhavida.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 19 January 2023. Archived from the original on 2024-10-04. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  13. "BBB 23: Gabriel Santana declara que é demissexual; entenda". gshow (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-02-15. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  14. "BBB 23: Gabriel Santana é o 11° eliminado com 56,45% dos votos". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  15. "Gabriel Santana, o Mosca de Chiquititas, revela namoro com escritor". Metrópoles (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-06-13. Archived from the original on 2024-06-23. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  16. "Veja como estão os atores de Chiquititas nos dias de hoje" (in Brazilian Portuguese). DCI. 2021-06-15. Archived from the original on 2025-07-09. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  17. "Eliana estreia o novo quadro 'Dance Se Puder' neste domingo". sbt.com.br. 2016-05-08. Archived from the original on 2016-05-08. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  18. "Gabriel Santana comenta sua estreia em 'Carcereiros': "Tem muita coisa boa para acontecer"". CARAS Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2017-03-20. Archived from the original on 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  19. Vaquer, Gabriel (26 July 2018). "Z4 tem estreia chata no SBT e evidencia problemas das atuais séries da Disney". observatoriodatv.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2023-01-13. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  20. "Conheça o elenco e a trama de Malhação: Toda Forma de Amar". Capricho (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2023-01-21. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  21. "Com Maisa e Dony De Nuccio, SBT anuncia estreia de Bake Off Brasil - Celebridades". F5 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-02-09. Archived from the original on 2024-04-18. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  22. Augusto, Fabio (28 September 2021). "Mosca de Chiquititas segue o caminho de Larissa Manoela e ganha papel importante em novela da Globo". observatoriodatv.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  23. "Conheça Gabriel Santana do BBB 23". gshow (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-01-13. Archived from the original on 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  24. "Gabriel Santana: ator é destaque no BBB 23 após personagens marcantes". Portal ABC do ABC (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-01-17.
  25. "Da infância pobre a sucesso nacional: Hungria ganhará cinebiografia". Metrópoles (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2025-10-10.
  26. "16º Prêmio Contigo! de TV: vote em quem você gostaria que ganhasse". UOL TV e Famosos (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2014-07-14. Archived from the original on 2024-11-18. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  27. "Gabriel Santana, o Mosca de Chiquititas: 'Mateus Solano é o top dos tops'". CLAUDIA (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2025-08-05. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  28. "Gabriel Santana, o Mosca de 'Chiquititas', ganha prêmio das mãos de Netinho de Paula". CARAS Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  29. "Nickelodeon anuncia finalistas da 20ª edição do 'Meus Prêmios Nick'". Archived from the original on 2026-06-18. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
  30. "Prêmio Jovem Brasileiro anuncia edição 2023 com exibição na Times Square e inicia votações". ISTOÉ Independente (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-08-25. Archived from the original on 2026-05-15. Retrieved 2024-07-03.