Gabriela Medvedovsky Shines on Screen and Stage
Brazilian actress Gabriela Medvedovsky is experiencing one of the most significant moments of her career. As she continues to captivate television audiences with the success of her latest work, she is also preparing for her highly anticipated return to the stage in Pergunte Alguma Coisa (Ask Me Anything), a production that marks her first theatrical collaboration with Daphne Bozaski and reaffirms her versatility as an artist who moves effortlessly across different mediums.
Gabriela first gained national recognition as Keyla, one of the lead characters in Malhação: Viva a Diferença, the International Emmy Kids Award-winning series that later gave rise to the spin-off As Five. Since then, she has built a career defined by characters with a strong dramatic presence, including Pilar in Nos Tempos do Imperador and, most recently, police officer Juquinha in Três Graças. The character’s popularity extended beyond the telenovela itself, with the couple known by fans as “Loquinha” earning their own vertical spin-off for social media, further strengthening Gabriela’s connection with audiences.
Now, the actress returns to the theater at a particularly meaningful moment in her career. Written especially for Gabriela and Daphne Bozaski by playwright Gustavo Pinheiro, Pergunte Alguma Coisa offers a thought-provoking reflection on the boundaries between human relationships and the advancement of technology. After nearly a decade of working alongside one another, the two actresses are sharing the stage for the first time, adding new layers to an artistic bond that audiences have followed since their television days.
Classically trained in ballet and holding a degree in Advertising and Marketing, Gabriela has built a career guided by technical discipline, sensitivity, and a commitment to choosing characters that speak to the times we live in. Across both screen and stage, she reveals herself as an artist who sees acting not simply as a profession, but as a way of expanding our understanding of others. In an era defined by speed and technology, her presence onstage reaffirms what remains irreplaceable: the power of human connection, of truly listening, and of stories that stay with us long after the lights go down.
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FEATURE INTERVIEW:
You began acting at a young age and have grown in front of the public. When you look back at the Gabriela who was just starting her career, what has changed the most in the way you see the profession and yourself as an artist?
This year marks ten years since I began my career. Even though I started at 24, which is young, I feel like it was a good point in my life in terms of maturity, because I had already gone through adolescence and the early years of adulthood. At the same time, I was still young enough to grow and mature within this profession. I find that very special, because being an actress brings a certain poetry into our lives. I don’t perform the role of an actress only when I’m acting; I am an actress every day of my life. It’s part of the way I exist in the world, and growing and maturing with that perspective is something very special.
I think it has given me greater empathy, both for others and for myself. I’ve learned to understand myself better, to dive deeply within myself, because the more I can access myself, the more capable I am of accessing another person. The better I know myself, the more capable I am of understanding and portraying someone else.
You’ve played very different characters throughout your career. Is there something that each character leaves behind in you once their story comes to an end?
I like to think that characters come to us at the moment we need them—either to teach us something, to help us evolve, or at a time when we’re ready to lend something of ourselves to them. I believe every encounter with a character creates an exchange: we lend them a little of ourselves, and we learn a little from them in return. In some way, they become part of our process of personal growth and transformation.
And when that encounter comes to an end, I feel that we continue along our own path of evolution and change. The Gabi I am today is no longer the same Gabi I was a month ago, and I certainly won’t be the same person six months from now. So I deeply believe in these processes. Something always remains with you, even if it’s simply a lesson.
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Pergunte Alguma Coisa begins with a provocative question: How far can technology go in replacing human connection? In your own life, what do you believe could never be replicated by artificial intelligence?
I hope art and human connection. The art of connection. (laughs) Looking someone in the eye, exchanging energy, feeling something on your skin, getting goosebumps—those are sensations that can only come from being physically present with someone. And I want to believe that artificial intelligence won’t be able to take these deeply human experiences away from us. Because the moment that happens, we will have become the machines
You and Daphne have built a partnership that has spanned different stages of your careers. How has that bond shaped the creative process behind this play?
I think this play becomes so much more special because of that connection. The depth we find in the text, our exchanges, and the way we understand one another are amplified and intensified because of the intimacy Daph and I share. The text becomes a celebration of that friendship and that connection, which makes the entire process so much more meaningful and profound. I hope the audience can see that onstage and feel just how special this entire experience has been for us.
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In Três Graças, your character won over audiences and generated a huge response on social media. How do you experience that affection from fans, and what do you bring from that experience with you to the stage?
The affection I receive from fans is the best response I could possibly have to my work. I’m incredibly grateful for everything they give back to me. These are people who take time out of their lives to send me words of love and affection and to share how my work has touched them. I feel incredibly fortunate to have that kind of exchange. I think the stage will be a beautiful opportunity to be even closer to that audience and to experience that connection more directly.
What is the most random subject you can lose yourself researching for hours?
I can spend hours researching crochet—different stitches, yarns, hooks, and techniques. I have folders filled with references for things I want to make. Another thing I really enjoy is a kind of research rooted in the randomness of everyday life. I pay close attention to other people’s conversations when I’m walking down the street or sitting in a restaurant or a park.
I like to stay quiet and simply observe the people passing by, overhear a fragment of a conversation, notice the way someone walks, a reaction, a situation. To me, all of that becomes material for study, work, and research. I could spend the entire day doing that.
If you could take one piece from anyone’s wardrobe in the world, whose would you choose?
I think I’d choose RuPaul’s wardrobe. It would be impossible to pick just one piece.
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