Annita to Make Film Acting Debut

Brazilian pop superstar Annita will play the lead role of a still unnamed feature film that will be lensed beginning June 1 at giant media group Globo’s Estúdios Globo in Rio de Janeiro.

Amauri Soares, executive director of Estúdios Globo and TV Globo, will announce the production during the Rio2Cpanel Globo: So Much Brazil to Tell.

Anitta herself conceived the original idea of the romance drama, which will be theatrically released.

In it, Nina (Anitta) is a young woman who, after her grandmother’s death, leaves Rio for a small town in southern Brazil in search of a fresh start.

There, she meets Pedro (Kelner Macedo) and goes through experiences that transform her perspective on love, friendship, and the future.

The film’s cast also includes Valentina Herszage, Regina Casé, Felipe Frazão and Maria Gladys.

Juan Jullian, Renata Corrêa and Michel Carvalho wrote the screenplay. Fellipe Barbosa (“Casa Grande,” “Gabriel and the Mountain”) will direct the film and Juliana Kalil produce.

Betina Paulon serves as executive producer, while José Luiz Villamarim is its artistic supervisor.

“Anitta’s film is a concrete example of our new approach: the original idea for the film came from Anitta herself. It was up to our writers and production teams to develop and bring the project to life,” Soares said.

Prior to the feature, Anitta made her acting debut in 2023, when she joined the cast of the hit Netflix teen drama series "Elite" for its seventh season.

Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1993, Anitta, a singer, songwriter and entrepreneur, grew up taking dance lessons, singing in church, and listening to Mariah Carey, whom she calls her personal voice coach.

She has risen from a local funk sensation in Rio to a global pop star by combining Brazilian rhythms with an aggressive international expansion strategy, including multilingual releases, collaborations with major global artists, and a strong social media presence.

Anitta has also become widely acclaimed for her show-stopping performances, from Coachella to the Latin GRAMMY Awards to the viral "Envolver" dance challenge on TikTok.