2000–2011: Beginning of career and first works She began her television career in 2000 as one of the children interviewers for the children's program
Gente Inocente, at the time, presented by
Márcio Garcia. However, her first work as an actress had been in a commercial for the
Military Police of São Paulo that talked about
suicide and suicide prevention, when Bruna was still only five years old. This material reached
Manoel Carlos and Ricardo Waddington, who later invited her to do a soap opera. Her debut in
telenovelas came in 2003, in
Mulheres Apaixonadas, by Manoel Carlos, where Bruna became nationally known for playing the character Salete. In the same year, she participated in the film
Xuxa Abracadabra as the character Maria. In 2005, the young actress joined the cast of the telenovela
América playing the
visually impaired character Maria Flor. The author of the plot
Glória Perez, the actor Marcos Frota, who played the also disabled Jatobá, and Bruna Marquezine were honored with the Tiradentes Medal, in a session held in the plenary of the
Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro, at
Tiradentes Palace. The highest award of the State was presented to the three for addressing the problems faced by the visually impaired in the telenovela
América. The actress also acted in
Cobras & Lagartos, in 2006, playing the character Lurdinha and
Desejo Proibido, in 2007, playing Maria Augusta. In 2008, she was promoted to the rank of teenage actress and gave life to her first protagonist, the
martial arts fighter Flor de Lys in the soap opera
Negócio da China. In 2010, she participated in the telenovela
Araguaia, as the orphan Terezinha. In 2011, she joined the cast of
Aquele Beijo, playing the co-protagonist Belezinha, a
beauty queen.
2012–2018: Adult and prominent characters In 2012, Bruna Marquezine played the character Lurdinha in the soap opera
Salve Jorge. According to the actress, at the same time she considered giving up her career because of the
objectification of her body. What helped her change her mind was the support network she found in other
TV Globo actresses, such as
Cássia Kiss and
Vanessa Gerbelli. In 2014, she was invited by the author Manoel Carlos to play the traditional character Helena, in the second phase of the soap opera
Em Família. In the third and main phase of the telenovela, she played Luiza, daughter of the protagonist Helena (now played by
Júlia Lemmertz). In the same year, she is announced in the cast of
I Love Paraisópolis, in which initially she was supposed to play an "attuned" resident of Paraisópolis, but later the direction of TV Globo, chose to change the role of Marquezine with that of
Tatá Werneck, making Bruna the protagonist of the plot. In 2016, she played the dancer and aspiring actress Beatriz dos Santos in the series
Nada Será Como Antes, in which she starred in her first nude scenes on television. At the time, Marquezine called the character "the most challenging role of her career". In 2018, she was in the cast of the soap opera
Deus Salve o Rei. A medieval-themed plot where the
villain Catherine de Lurton lived for which the actress needed to lose five kilos for the composition of the character. Bruna's performance in this telenovela was criticized by the public, but despite this, she considered Catarina one of the most rewarding characters of her career. In September of the same year, Bruna was one of the highlights of the
Dolce & Gabbana fashion show at
Milan Fashion Week.
2019–present: departure from Globo, fashion and other projects In 2019, she debuted as a protagonist in the cinema in
Vou Nadar até Você, a film by Klaus Mitteldorf that was screened at the 47th
Gramado Film Festival where she gave life to the character Ophelia. Taking a break from television, she became a regular attendee of fashion shows such as
New York Fashion Week,
Milan Fashion Week and
Paris Fashion Week. Soon after, she became the poster girl for the
Miu Miu,
Puma e
Karl Lagerfeld brands and for the jewelry company
H. Stern. In January 2020, she did not have her contract renewed with TV Globo after 17 years, since the station was adopting a new model of contracting by work, keeping only a few names in the fixed cast, most of them veterans. In addition, she recorded an appearance in the series
Conquest, produced by
Keanu Reeves for
Netflix. In September, she presented
MTV Miaw with her friend
Manu Gavassi, and shortly after, she announced a
YouTube channel to share the backstage of her projects. On November 23, 2020, Bruna Marquezine was announced by Netflix as the streaming service's new hire. The following week, the company announced that the actress would play the character Liz in the series
Maldivas alongside artists such as Manu Gavassi,
Sheron Menezzes,
Klebber Toledo, among others. In November 2021, Bruna Marquezine auditioned to play
Supergirl in the
DC Extended Universe film
The Flash and ended in second place. The
pandemic of COVID-19 was one of the factors for the non-approval, since she couldn't travel to participate in the final stage. On March 8, 2022, she was officially announced as Jenny Kord in the DC movie
Blue Beetle, her first international role as an actress. Bruna Marquezine has said that despite not passing the tests for Supergirl, it put her on
Warner Bros.' radar for new roles. Bruna Marquezine signed with
United Talent Agency for representation in April 2023. ==Personal life==