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Brave Woman

Brave Woman

Sold through trafficking, rescued by love.

20127.21 Season179 EpisodesEnded

Overview

A moving tale of courage and resilience in the struggle for freedom – this is the role that life has cast for headstrong Morena in Brave Woman. Raised in a poor neighborhood in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, this tough and humble woman will spare no effort to protect her family and gain her independence.

Created by Glória Perez
Written by Glória Perez
NetworksTV Globo

Top Cast

Nanda Costa

Nanda Costa

Morena Santos Ribeiro

Rodrigo Lombardi

Rodrigo Lombardi

Capitão Théo Garcia

Cláudia Raia

Cláudia Raia

Lívia Marini

Totia Meireles

Totia Meireles

Wanda Rodrigues / Djanira Araújo / Adalgisa Araújo

Giovanna Antonelli

Giovanna Antonelli

Delegada Heloísa Sampaio "Helô"

Alexandre Nero

Alexandre Nero

Detetive Stenio Alencar

Cleo

Cleo

Bianca Faber

Domingos Montagner

Domingos Montagner

Zyah Khalid

Dira Paes

Dira Paes

Lucimar Ribeiro

Paloma Bernardi

Paloma Bernardi

Rosângela

Themes & Keywords

human traffickingtelenovela

About Brave Woman

Brave Woman is a soap, drama, romance series that first aired in 2012 exploring themes of human trafficking, telenovela. Created by Glória Perez, it stars Nanda Costa, Rodrigo Lombardi, Cláudia Raia. A moving tale of courage and resilience in the struggle for freedom – this is the role that life has cast for headstrong Morena in Brave Woman. Raised in a poor neighborhood in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, this tough and humble woman will spare no effort to protect her family and gain her independence.

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