Jessica Athayde
Jessica Athayde | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Athayde in 2023 | |
| Born | Jéssica Alexis Elizabeth Ross de Athayde December 21, 1985 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Spouses | |
Jéssica Alexis Elizabeth Ross de Athayde (born Lisbon, December 21, 1985), better known as Jessica Athayde, is a British-Portuguese actress.
Biography and career
[edit]Jessica Athayde was born on December 21, 1985, in Lisbon.
She began her career in the highly successful teen soap opera Morangos Com Açúcar and later moved on to non-teen soap operas on TVI, a television station with which she maintained an exclusive contract until 2020 and where she worked for over 10 years.[1]
Her resume includes works such as Ilha dos Amores, Flor do Mar, A Outra, Doce Tentação, Destinos Cruzados, Mulheres, Santa Bárbara and A Herdeira, some of which were audience leaders.
In March 2015, she published a book, Don't Try to Be Perfect - But Do Your Best, about her experience with food and body image[2] and in 2016 the book My Orient, about her travels to the Orient.
On her blog, titled Jessy James, Jessica Athayde shares what makes her happy: her travels, her recipes, and her daily life.
She is one of the Portuguese public figures with the most followers on the social network Instagram, already counting more than one million followers.
In 2021, the actress was hired by SIC to strengthen the channel's fiction programming. Jessica's debut on the channel was in the series Princípio, Meio e Fim.[3] In the same year, for the same channel, she joined the cast of the series O Clube on SIC's streaming platform, OPTO.[4][5] The following year, she starred in the soap opera Lua de Mel.[6]
She made her presenting debut in 2021, when she was invited by Daniel Oliveira to present one of the episodes of the weekly program Estamos em Casa on SIC.[7]
In 2024, she was one of the judges on the program SuperEstrelas on RTP1.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Born from an extramarital affair of her father, she was never accepted by her father's family. Despite maintaining a close relationship, she never went to her father's house because of his father's partner.[9]
She dated the SIC presenter João Manzarra for several years.
In March 2017, Jessica married photographer Gonçalo Claro in Bali, from whom she separated 8 months later.[10]
In 2018, she began a relationship with Diogo Amaral.[11] On June 8, 2019, in Lisbon, Parque das Nações, she gave birth to a boy, whom she named Oliver Ross de Athayde do Amaral.[12] Jessica documented the entire pregnancy and birth of Oliver in a documentary produced by Vogue Portugal magazine, divided into 8 parts, and titled "Waiting for Oliver".[13] The couple announced their separation in September 2019, but reconciled in 2021.
Filmography
[edit]Television
[edit]| Year | Project | Role | Note(s) | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 - 2006 | Morangos com Açúcar (3.ª série) | Maria Micaela Silva «Mimi» | Co-Antagonista | TVI |
| 2007 | Ilha dos Amores | Carlota Machado da Câmara | Main Cast | |
| 2008 | A Outra | Ana Rocha Carvalho | ||
| 2008 - 2009 | Flor do Mar | Laura Neto | ||
| 2010 - 2011 | Mar de Paixão | Rosa Ribeiro | ||
| 2012 - 2013 | Doce Tentação | Diana Telles de Britto | Supporting role | |
| 2012 | Morangos com Açúcar - O Filme | Maria Micaela Silva «Mimi» | Main Cast | |
| Síndroma de Estocolmo | Bárbara | Telefilm | ||
| 2013 - 2014 | Destinos Cruzados | Sónia Candeias Moreira | Supporting role | |
| 2014 | Giras & Falidas | Diana Telles de Britto | Protagonista | |
| 2014 - 2015 | Mulheres | Bárbara Rodrigues | ||
| 2015 - 2016 | Santa Bárbara | Ana da Luz Vasques | Main Cast | |
| 2017 - 2018 | A Herdeira | Alexa Torres | Co-Protagonist | |
| Maria Luísa Alvarenga | Antagonist | |||
| 2018 - 2019 | Dança com as Estrelas (4th edition) | Himself | Competitor | |
| 2018 | Onde Está Elisa? | Alexandra Correia | Main Cast | |
| 2020 | Dança com as Estrelas (5.ª edição) | Himself | Juror | |
| 2021 | Princípio, Meio e Fim | Francisca «Xica» | Main Cast | SIC |
| O Clube (season 3th) | Teresa Matias | Protagonist | ||
| Estamos em Casa | Ela Própria | Presenter | ||
| Cá Por Casa | Miss Turnip's English Lessons | Guest Actress | RTP1 | |
| 2021 - 2023 | Taskmaster | Himself | Main Cast | |
| 2022 | Lua de Mel | Liliana Maia | Protagonist | SIC |
| Festival da Comida Continente | Himself | Presenter | ||
| 2023 | Vale Tudo (season 4th) | Himself | Permanent Cast / Team Captain | |
| O Clube (season 4th) | Teresa Matias | Main Cast | ||
| 2024 | O Clube (season 5th) | |||
| SuperEstrelas | Ela Própria | Juror | RTP1 | |
| 2025 | Bairro do Humor | Joyce Medeiros | Protagonist |
Streaming
[edit]| Year | Project | Role | Note(s) | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 - 2024 | O Clube | Teresa Matias | Main character (season 3); Recurring cast member (seasons 4–5) | OPTO / SIC |
| 2022 | O Pai Tirano | Tatão | Main Cast |
Cinema
[edit]| Year | Title | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Morangos com Açúcar – O Filme | Maria Micaela Silva (Mimi) |
| 2025 | Hotel Amor | Catarina |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Cópia arquivada". Archived from the original on 2015-04-27. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
- ↑ Fnac (March 2015). "Não Queiras Ser Perfeita". Fnac. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ↑ "Jessica Athayde muda-se para a SIC e vai trabalhar ao lado de Bruno Nogueira" (in European Portuguese). 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ↑ Show, Fama (2022-04-30). "Jessica Athayde vai entrar na nova novela da SIC e revela: "Vou cantar"". Fama Show (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ↑ "Jessica Athayde com desafio ousado na SIC" (in European Portuguese). 2021-09-09. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ↑ Show, Fama (2022-04-30). "Jessica Athayde vai entrar na nova novela da SIC e revela: "Vou cantar"". Fama Show (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- ↑ "Jessica Athayde vai apresentar o próximo 'Estamos em Casa'". Notícias ao Minuto (in Portuguese). 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ↑ "Estreia: Superestrelas | Extra | RTP". Extra (in European Portuguese). 2024-07-05. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
- ↑ ""O Diogo tinha uma doença": Jessica Athayde abre coração sobre relação".
- ↑ "Cópia arquivada". Archived from the original on 2016-10-03. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
- ↑ "Jessica Athayde criticada nas redes sociais após assumir namoro com Diogo Amaral".
- ↑ "Jessica Athayde revela que vai ser mãe de um rapaz ao qual deu o nome de Oliver".
- ↑ s.r.o, RECO. "Waiting for Oliver | Jessica Athayde on the record". Vogue.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-04-07.