SÃÂlvia Escobar Pfeifer (born February 24, 1958) is a Brazilian actress and former model, best known for her roles in the telenovelas O Rei do Gado, Torre de Babel, Brilhante, Meu Bem, Meu Mal, and Top Model.
Pfeifer began her professional career as a fashion model in the 1970s, working in Brazil and abroad. She became one of the notable Brazilian models of her generation before transitioning into acting in the late 1980s.
She later established herself as a prominent television actress, particularly in productions broadcast by TV Globo, and has maintained a career spanning several decades in Brazilian television, as well as appearances in film and theater.
She was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She was raised in southern Brazil, where she spent her childhood and adolescence before beginning her professional career.
She completed her early education in Porto Alegre and remained in the state of Rio Grande do Sul until the start of her work in the fashion industry in the 1970s.
In television she began in 1990, for Rede Globo, acting in the telenovela Meu Bem, Meu Mal. In 1992, she made Perigosas Peruas. In 1994 Tropicaliente. In 1996: O Rei do Gado and Malhação. In 1998: Torre de Babel. In 2000: Uga-Uga. In 2001: O Clone. In 2002: Desejos de Mulher. In 2003: Kubanacan and Celebridade. In 2006, Pé na Jaca.
The actress SÃÂlvia Pfeifer also made several miniseries, specials and series. In 1990, Boca do Lixo. In 1998: Você Decide. In 2002, Os Normais. In 2004: Linha Direta. In 2006: A Diarista. In 2008: Casos e Acasos.
In 2009, she moved to TV Record, where she worked on the telenovela Bela, a Feia.
In film, Pfeifer acted in the 1991 film Não Quero Falar Sobre Isso Agora. In 2000, in Le Voyeur, a short film, and in Xuxa Popstar. In 2004, in A Cartomante.
In 2016, she was hired by TVI.
She was married to businessman Nelson Chamma Filho, with whom she has two children, Emanuela and Nicholas. The couple divorced in 2021.
In 1992, she converted to Tibetan Buddhism and follower of 14th Dalai Lama.
Songwriters Marcelo de Alexandre and Fausto Fawcett wrote the song "Silvia Pfeifer" in honor of Pfeifer. The song is available in the track listing of the 1989 studio album Império dos Sentidos. A close-up of Pfeifer is the cover of this album.