Fredy Costa
Born (1980-09-09) 9 September 1980
Luanda, Angola
Occupations
  • actor
  • businessman
  • model
Years active1999–present
SpouseCarmen Mouro (m. 2020)
Children5

Fredy Costa (born 9 September 1980) is an Angolan actor, known for his roles in telenovelas such as Windeck and A Única Mulher. He was born in Luanda and raised in Paris, France.[1]

He began his career as a model in 1999, having modeled for such companies as Unitel and Angola Telecom.[2] He became the face of Martini in Angola in 2016.[3]

He debuted on television with the TPA series Vidas Ocultas.[4] He later had roles in the Angolan telenovelas Reviravolta, Sede de viver, Entre o Crime e a Paixão, Doce Pitanga and Voo Direto. In 2012, he took part in the telenovela Windeck, which was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2014, as Artur Domingos. He made his debut on Brazilian television in O Caçador. He later took part in the Emmy-nominated series Jikulumessu. In 2015, he was cast as Leandro Nascimento in the Portuguese telenovela A Única Mulher, and as Tiago Andrade in Ouro Verde, which won an Emmy in 2018.[5] He also took part in the Brazilian telenovela Apocalipse, as well as the Portuguese-made productions A Teia and Quer o Destino.[6]

Costa has 5 children, including 2 with singer Yola Araújo, Ayani and Jason.[7] Costa dated Angolan-Portuguese actress Grace Mendes from 2013 to 2020.[8] Later in 2020, he married Carmen Mouro.[9] In 2007, he was sentenced to 6 months in prison for physically attacking actress Tânia Burity.[10][11]

Filmography

Year Title Broadcaster Role
2001 Vidas Ocultas TPA
2002 Reviravolta
2004 Sede de Viver João Jorge
2006 Entre o Crime e a Paixão
2008 Doce Pitanga
2010 Voo Direto TPA Lourenço
RTP1
2012 Windeck TPA Artur Domingos
2014 O Caçador Rede Globo Haitian
Jikulumessu TPA Gregório Kiala
RTP1
2015 A Única Mulher TVI Leandro Nascimento
2017 Ouro Verde TVI Tiago Andrade
Apocalipse RecordTV Diogo Ferreira
Maison Afrochic Mundo Fox
2019 A Teia TVI Danilo
2020 Terra Brava SIC Padre Casimiro
Quer o Destino TVI Álvaro Freitas
2022 After Party Mundo Fox

Awards

Year Prize Category Nomination Result
2001 Prémio Melhor Manequim Masculino[12] Won
Revista Tropical
2002 Moda Luanda
2003 EXPO
2004 Moda Luanda
2005 Nagoya - Japão
2010 Moda Luanda
2012
2013 FENAPRO
2015 Moda Luanda
2016
2018 Prémio Melhor Ator Best Drama Actor of 2018[13] Apocalipse

References

  1. ↑ "Fredy Costa: "A mulher portuguesa é bonita"". www.flash.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Adriane Galisteu chega a Portugal para programa da SIC". Lux. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Fredy Costa recebe convidados de Luxo na nova campanha da "Martini"". AngoRussia (in Portuguese). 4 July 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  4. ↑ ""Vidas ocultas" Tchizé revive momentos com Fredy Costa". Bateu Bwe (in European Portuguese). 25 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Fredy Costa confessa: "Já fui discriminado em Portugal"". MoveNotícias (in European Portuguese). 24 October 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Fredy Costa interpreta um mau-carácter em "Quer o destino" da TVI". Portal Tudo A Ver (in Portuguese). 17 May 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Biografia de Yola Araújo". Angola Mais. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "Fim de história! Grace Mendes anuncia término do relacionamento com Fredy Costa". AngoRussia. 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "Fredy Costa e Carmen Mouro casaram-se". Vidas. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Yola e Fredy Costa respondem em tribunal". Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). 7 September 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  11. ↑ "Yola Araújo e Tânia Burity ultrapassam desavenças". Rede Angola (in Portuguese). 5 August 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Fredy Costa e Neurite Mendes rostos do concurso de moda "Be a Model Be Beevok" #Bam". Chocolate. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  13. ↑ Mota, Luzimenia (2019). "ModaLuanda 2019: Fredy Costa reage ao prémio:- "Obrigado a todos que votaram em mim"". AnoRussia. angorussia.com. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
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