PatrÃÂcia de Resende Travassos (born 1 May 19, 1955), better known as Patricya Travassos, is a Brazilian actress, presenter, screenwriter, writer, and composer.
Travessos was born on 1 May 1955 in Rio de Janeiro. She began her career in the 1970s as part of the theatre troupe Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone, alongside Regina Casé, LuÃÂs Fernando Guimarães, Perfeito Fortuna, and Evandro Mesquita, creating and acting in works such as Trate-me Leão and Aquela Coisa Toda. In the 1980s, she composed songs and directed specials for Blitz and for other groups and singers, such as the band Sempre Livre. She became part of Rede Globo in 1980 and, over the course of 4 years, created and wrote Armação Ilimitada, along with screenwriting on TV Pirata, Delegacia de Mulheres, Vida ao Vivo Show, the mini-series Sex Appeal and the telenovela Olho no Olho.
As an actress, she acted in various telenovelas by Rede Globo such as Brega & Chique (1987), Bebê a Bordo (1988), Vamp (1991), A Próxima VÃÂtima (1995), and As Filhas da Mãe (2001). With theatre pieces, she has performed in A Partilha, by Miguel Falabella; Capital Estrangeiro, by Silvio de Abreu; No Escurinho do Cinema, by LuÃÂs Carlos Góes; and 5 x Comédia. In film, she participated in screenplays for films such as Lua de Cristal (1990), by Tizuka Yamasaki; O Mentiroso (1988), by Werner Schünemann, and the winner of the Festival de BrasÃÂlia; Lili, a Estrela do Crime (1988), by Lui Farias; A Hora Mágica (1998), by Guilherme de Almeida Prado; and Xuxa Gêmeas (2006), by Jorge Fernando. Her first book was Esse Sexo é Feminino, coedited by publishers SÃÂmbolo and O Nome da Rosa. From 1997 to 2013, she presented the program Alternativa Saúde, on GNT alongside Cynthia Howlett, and was a columnist on the magazine Marie Claire. In April 2007, Travassos accepted the invite by author Tiago Santiago to participate in Caminhos do Coração, a new telenovela on Record, which made its debut on 28 August. Travassos also played Irma Mayer, along with other major characters such as Aristóteles (André D'Biase), Platão (Ricardo Petraglia), and her brother Sócrates (Walmor Chagas). Before Travassos, MarÃÂlia Pêra also was invited to play the role, but decided to renew her contract with Rede Globo. In 2017, she took part in two films, Mulheres Alteradas by Luis Pereira and IncompatÃÂvel by Johnny Araújo. On TV, she participated in the final episode Cidade InvisÃÂvel on TV Brasil, which was an unreleased series on Canal Viva, about the troupe Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone. she also recorded the third season of the series Multishow, Treme Treme as a syndicated series in 2018.
Travassos, early on, changed her first name from PatrÃÂcia to Patricya for its numerology. In 1977, she began dating actor and singer Evandro Mesquita, a friend who she married in 1980. They separated in 1987. Soon after, she dated director Euclydes Marinho for two years, with whom she had a son, Nicolau, in 1989. In 1995, she began a to date Polish producer Diduche Worcman, whom she married in 1997. He died in 2004. In 2005, she began to date and would later marry musical producer Liminha, staying with him until 2009.