Trilingual, Julia Konrad stars in series in three different languages ​​on streaming: ‘Prepared’

This year, Julia Konrad, 32, can be seen speaking three different languages ​​in three different series for three competing streaming platforms. In the second season of “Cidade Invisível” (Netflix), she plays Brazilian activist Gabriela, speaking native Portuguese. Meanwhile, in “Dom” (Prime Video), she plays a Spanish-speaking Interpol agent. In “Rio Connection”, which will arrive at Globoplay in the first half, she will give life to a character whose native language will be English.

“Sometimes I get all mixed up”, jokes the actress, who was born in Recife (PE). Having grown up in Buenos Aires, she says that sometimes she feels “more Argentine than Brazilian”. Literate in three languages, Julia still graduated in performing arts in New York. All of these paths made versatility a high point.

“This change of key from one project to another, from one language to another, adds more layers to these constructions and makes the characters more rounded. I’ve always wanted an international career, between Brazil, Argentina and Spain. I feel more prepared to do any role,” he says.

Konrad will soon celebrate 10 years of career (her first credits in films and soap operas date from 2014), but she considers the film “Paraíso Perdido” (2018) the great chance she had to be better known. “They believed in my potential and I sang with Erasmo Carlos”, he recalls, praising the singer, who died last year.

However, the one that led her to stardom was “1 Contra Todos” (2018-2020), a Fox series in which she played the role of a Bolivian woman, the romantic partner of actor Júlio Andrade. The plot received some International Emmy nominations. “To this day, this is the role for which I am most recognized on the street. It changed the course of my career and I was able to enter the world of series for good”, she comments.

If her acting career is going very well, thank you, her personal life is no different. Since 2020, she has felt lighter after understanding that a love relationship she was part of was toxic and abusive. After plucking up the courage to speak openly about the psychological, verbal and sexual violence she suffered at home, she was not only welcomed but began to comfort other women who felt free to share their stories with her.

“It was the confirmation that we needed and we still need to talk about what happens”, says the actress, who still prefers not to define herself as an expert on the subject. “Nowadays I participate in other social projects, among them one with women from Paraisópolis (south zone of SP) to train them, so that they can be independent and leave this universe of harassment. But, even so, I don’t see myself as a reference in the theme.”

The actress considers that there is still a lot to be improved in Brazil, but that now, with so much information, there is a path of change and deconstruction, although nothing changes overnight. “Any woman exposed to any situation of violence should feel safe denouncing and talking about the subject”, she defends.

Fortunately, she says, the trauma she went through didn’t make her fear getting into new relationships. Julia claims that she has already been involved in a new healthy romance and that she has not been shy about dating. “Obviously, these are issues that I’m working on over time, but it’s something that was part of my trajectory and doesn’t stop me. In fact, it brought me more strength.”