Rosanne Mulholland

Rosanne Santos Mulholland (born 31 December 1980) is a Brazilian actress and writer. She played the lead role, teacher Helena, in the Brazilian version of the telenovela Carrusel. Biography Rosanne Mulholland was born in Brasilia, capital of Brazil, the eldest daughter of the American psychologist Timothy Mulholland, former dean of the University of Brasilia and Lurdisceia Santos. She lived with her Baptist Church missionary grandparents until she was 13 years old. Career She started her career as a theater actress when she was 12 years old and later she starred several college and shopping mall television advertisements, because of that Brasília locals gave her the nickname ad girl. At the same time period she met fellow Brasília José Eduardo Belmonte, who later hired her when she moved to Rio de Janeiro. Her cinema debut was the 2002 short film Dez Dias Felizes, written by Belmonte, followed by Araguaya - Conspiração do Silêncio, a film recorded while she was studying Psychology at the Centro Universitário de Brasília (UniCEUB). She participated in the A Concepção film, by Belmonte, Rio de Janeiro, then returned to Brasília, living two months in her home city. In 2004, she moved to Leblon neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro, to earn a Psychology major at Gestalt and to work as an actress. She failed to receive a Psychology degree, starred a few television advertisements and participated in two plays, Amor com Amor se Paga and A Glória de Nelson. She graduated at Rede Globo's Actor's Workshop, and took theater classes with Daniel Herz at Casa de Cultura Laura Alvin until she was chosen to star in the A Concepção film. The film poster was on the cover of the May 2006 edition of the Revista de Cinema magazine.