Juraciara Diacovo
Description
Juraciara Diácovo is a Brazilian voice actress born on June 11, 1943, in Rio de Janeiro, recognized for her extensive work dubbing anime, films, and television series into Portuguese. Her career spans several decades and includes iconic roles in some of the most influential anime series introduced to Brazilian audiences.
Diácovo is prominently known for her work in the science fiction genre. She provided the Portuguese voice for the character La Mime in the 1982 anime film Arcadia of My Youth. Her most notable and recurring roles come from The Super Dimension Fortress Macross franchise. She voiced both Misa Hayase and her counterpart Lisa Hayes from the Robotech adaptation, appearing in the original Super Dimension Fortress Macross television series as well as the Robotech version. Another significant anime role was as Domine in the 1980 horror special Dracula: Sovereign Of The Damned. Her work in the genre also includes narrating the 2007 film Appleseed: Ex Machina.
Beyond these anime roles, Diácovo's voice is familiar to Brazilian audiences from a wide array of other works. She was the first voice of Mrs. Brisby in the Brazilian dub of the 1982 animated film The Secret of NIMH. In live-action dubbing, she voiced characters such as Jennifer Hart in the television series Hart to Hart (known as Casal 20 in Brazil), Dana Scully in The X-Files (Arquivo X), and Mediadora in the 2005 film Dark Water. She also contributed to animated series, voicing Daphne Blake in the Brazilian version of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and later in direct-to-video films like Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost. Her range extended to live-action comedy films as well, where she dubbed the character Sarah Sanderson in the 1993 film Hocus Pocus (titled Abracadabra in Brazil) and also performed a song for its Portuguese dub. Early in her career, she also contributed to dubbing for films such as The Conversation.
Her dubbing work has often placed her within a community of prominent Brazilian voice actors. For instance, in The Secret of NIMH, she worked alongside Orlando Drummond, Júlio Chaves, and Telmo de Avelar, who directed the dub. She was frequently part of casts that included other established voices like Peterson Adriano, Nair Amorim, and Mário Monjardim, particularly in various Scooby-Doo productions.
Through these performances, Juraciara Diácovo has established a long-standing career as a versatile voice actress, contributing significantly to the Brazilian dubbing industry and bringing a range of characters, from anime heroines to live-action leads, to Portuguese-speaking audiences.
Diácovo is prominently known for her work in the science fiction genre. She provided the Portuguese voice for the character La Mime in the 1982 anime film Arcadia of My Youth. Her most notable and recurring roles come from The Super Dimension Fortress Macross franchise. She voiced both Misa Hayase and her counterpart Lisa Hayes from the Robotech adaptation, appearing in the original Super Dimension Fortress Macross television series as well as the Robotech version. Another significant anime role was as Domine in the 1980 horror special Dracula: Sovereign Of The Damned. Her work in the genre also includes narrating the 2007 film Appleseed: Ex Machina.
Beyond these anime roles, Diácovo's voice is familiar to Brazilian audiences from a wide array of other works. She was the first voice of Mrs. Brisby in the Brazilian dub of the 1982 animated film The Secret of NIMH. In live-action dubbing, she voiced characters such as Jennifer Hart in the television series Hart to Hart (known as Casal 20 in Brazil), Dana Scully in The X-Files (Arquivo X), and Mediadora in the 2005 film Dark Water. She also contributed to animated series, voicing Daphne Blake in the Brazilian version of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and later in direct-to-video films like Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost. Her range extended to live-action comedy films as well, where she dubbed the character Sarah Sanderson in the 1993 film Hocus Pocus (titled Abracadabra in Brazil) and also performed a song for its Portuguese dub. Early in her career, she also contributed to dubbing for films such as The Conversation.
Her dubbing work has often placed her within a community of prominent Brazilian voice actors. For instance, in The Secret of NIMH, she worked alongside Orlando Drummond, Júlio Chaves, and Telmo de Avelar, who directed the dub. She was frequently part of casts that included other established voices like Peterson Adriano, Nair Amorim, and Mário Monjardim, particularly in various Scooby-Doo productions.
Through these performances, Juraciara Diácovo has established a long-standing career as a versatile voice actress, contributing significantly to the Brazilian dubbing industry and bringing a range of characters, from anime heroines to live-action leads, to Portuguese-speaking audiences.
All Characters
- PortugueseAnime overview: Arcadia of My Youth
- PortugueseAnime overview: The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
- PortugueseAnime overview: The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
- PortugueseAnime overview: Dracula: Sovereign Of The Damned
- PortugueseAnime overview: Dark Water