An innocent person imprisoned for a crime she did not commit
Aos 19 anos, Mah Duarte deixa as produções bíblicas da Record e ingressa no universo das novelas das nove da Globo — o espaço onde o Brasil, em grande medida, ainda se reconhece coletivamente. Sua estreia em 'Quem ama cuida', prevista para maio, não é apenas uma mudança de emissora, mas uma passagem para um palco de outra escala, onde histórias de injustiça, família e redenção ressoam com milhões de espectadores ao mesmo tempo.
- Uma jovem atriz formada em dramas religiosos dá um salto para o horário nobre mais disputado da televisão brasileira, carregando a expectativa de um público muito maior e mais diverso.
- No centro da trama, uma mulher é presa e condenada por um crime que não cometeu — a injustiça como mola propulsora de toda a narrativa.
- A teia familiar ao redor de Ulisses e Arthur revela heranças disputadas, lealdades rompidas e uma conspiração que transforma o luto em perseguição.
- Ao sair da prisão, Adriana não busca apenas liberdade: ela quer nomear os culpados e reconstruir a verdade, com amor e vingança caminhando lado a lado.
- Com elenco extenso, autores consagrados e direção de Amora Mautner, a novela chega em maio para ocupar o slot mais valioso da Globo, substituindo 'Três Graças'.
Mah Duarte tem 19 anos e, até agora, construiu sua trajetória nas produções bíblicas da Record — 'Reis' e 'A Vida de Jó'. Em maio, ela estreia em 'Quem ama cuida', a próxima novela das nove da Globo, vivendo Carolina, filha de Ulisses, personagem de Alexandre Borges. É uma mudança de rota significativa: do nicho religioso para o horário em que o Brasil para para assistir.
A família de Ulisses já carrega rachaduras antes mesmo de a história começar. Casado com Fábia (Flávia Alessandra), ele tem em Carolina a prova de um relacionamento anterior. Mas o verdadeiro motor da trama é outro: Arthur, irmão rico de Ulisses interpretado por Antonio Fagundes, decide deixar sua fortuna não à família, mas à fisioterapeuta Adriana (Leticia Colin), com quem se casa. Quando Arthur morre em circunstâncias suspeitas, Adriana é acusada, julgada e presa por um crime que não cometeu.
Ao ser solta, Adriana emerge com um único propósito: expor quem a armou — especialmente Pilar, a arquiteta da conspiração — e descobrir quem realmente matou Arthur. Nessa jornada, ela encontra em Pedro (Chay Suede) um aliado e um amor, com justiça e sentimento entrelaçados.
Escrita por Walcyr Carrasco e Claudia Souto e dirigida por Amora Mautner, a novela reúne ainda Tony Ramos, Tata Werneck, Renato Góes, Agatha Moreira e José Loreto, entre outros. Para Mah Duarte, é a entrada em um ecossistema onde histórias se desdobram por meses diante de milhões — uma visibilidade de outra ordem.
Mah Duarte is moving to Globo. The 19-year-old actress, who spent her recent years in Record's biblical dramas—"Reis" and "A Vida de Jó"—has landed a role in "Quem ama cuida," the network's next prime-time telenovela, set to premiere in May. She will play Carolina, the daughter of Ulisses, a character portrayed by Alexandre Borges. It's the kind of career step that marks a shift: from niche religious programming to the 9pm slot, where Brazil's most-watched stories unfold.
The plot Duarte is entering is a familiar telenovela architecture, but with the particular weight that comes from injustice. Ulisses is a man caught between two families. He's married to Fábia, played by Flávia Alessandra, but Carolina exists as proof of a previous relationship—a daughter from before. Fábia brings her own child into the marriage. The household is already fractured by the past.
But the real engine of the story belongs to someone else: Adriana, a physiotherapist played by Leticia Colin. Ulisses has a brother named Arthur, a wealthy jeweler portrayed by Antonio Fagundes, who has grown tired of supporting his siblings Pilar and Ulisses. Arthur decides to leave his fortune not to family, but to Adriana. To ensure she inherits it, he marries her. Then, around the 14th episode, Arthur dies under mysterious circumstances. The death looks like murder, and suspicion falls immediately on Adriana. She is arrested. She is convicted. She is imprisoned for a crime she did not commit.
What follows is the machinery of revenge and vindication. When Adriana is released from prison, she emerges determined to expose those who framed her—particularly Pilar, who orchestrated the plot against her. She also pursues the truth about Arthur's actual killer. In this effort, she finds an ally and a romantic partner in Pedro, played by Chay Suede. Their relationship becomes both personal and instrumental: love and the search for justice intertwined.
The cast assembled around this central conflict is substantial. Tony Ramos, Isabela Garcia, Renato Góes, Tata Werneck, Agatha Moreira, Eduardo Sterblitch, Jeniffer Nascimento, Dan Stulbach, José Loreto, Mariana Sena, and Tatiana Tiburcio fill out the world. The telenovela is written by Walcyr Carrasco and Claudia Souto, with direction by Amora Mautner. When it arrives in May, it will replace "Três Graças" in Globo's most valuable time slot—the 9pm hour where the network's largest audiences gather. For Mah Duarte, it's an entrance into that ecosystem, a chance to be seen by millions as part of a story that will unfold over months, the way these narratives do.
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Arthur grows tired of supporting his siblings and decides to leave his fortune to his physiotherapist Adriana instead, marrying her to ensure the inheritance— Plot summary from the telenovela
A Conversa do Hearth Outra perspectiva sobre a história
Why does a character like Carolina matter to this story? She seems almost peripheral.
She's the living reminder that Ulisses has a past outside his current marriage. She's the crack in the facade of the family he's built with Fábia. In telenovelas, those cracks are everything—they're where the real drama lives.
And Adriana—the physiotherapist who gets imprisoned. That's a brutal turn. How does that kind of injustice drive a story forward?
It gives her a reason to act. An innocent person in prison has nothing to lose. When she gets out, she's not bound by the rules that kept her complicit before. She becomes dangerous, but in a way the audience understands and roots for.
Arthur marries her to make sure she inherits, then dies almost immediately. That seems calculated.
It is. Someone wanted her to look guilty. They wanted her to have motive and access. The murder is a setup, and she walks right into it because she trusted him.
So the real villain is Pilar, the sister?
Pilar is the one pulling the strings, yes. But in these stories, there's usually more than one person with a reason to want Arthur dead. The revenge plot will likely uncover layers—people Adriana didn't even know were involved.
What does Mah Duarte's casting signal about where Globo is looking for talent?
It says they're willing to take someone from the margins of Brazilian television—the religious programming circuit—and put her in a central family drama. It's a vote of confidence, but also practical. She's young, she's trained, and she fits the role. Globo builds its bench this way.