Cláudia Maria Patitucci Jimenez

Cláudia Maria Patitucci Jimenez (18 November 1958 - 20 August 2022), known as Claudia Jimenez, was a Brazilian actress, comedienne and screenwriter. She started her career in 1979 in the TV show Malu Mulher, but it was from the 1980s onwards that she began to stand out, working with humour in shows such as Os Trapalhões, Viva O Gordo and Chico Anysio Show. Born in Rio de Janeiro, she graduated from a normal school with a kindergarten degree and studied amateur theatre at Tijuca Tênis Clube.

In 1978 she made her professional theatre debut, playing the prostitute Mimi Bibelô in the first production of Ópera do Malandro, by Chico Buarque. Producer Maurício Shermann saw her in the play and invited her to TV Globo, where she joined the cast of Viva o Gordo for four years while also participating in Os Trapalhões. Her comic performance caught the attention of Chico Anysio, who invited her to act in several of his programs, such as Chico Anysio Show and Escolinha do Professor Raimundo, where she played characters including the flirtatious student Dona Cacilda.

In the 1990s she stood out in the film O Corpo, playing Bia, a character that won her Best Actress at the Brasilia Film Festival. She later joined the cast of Sai de Baixo to play Edileuza and gave life to the character Glorinha in Zorra Total. In 2004 she was the protagonist of Sitcom.br, and she received two nominations for the Contigo! Award 2008 for the TV show Sete Pecados. Jimenez died on 20 August 2022, at the age of 63.