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Mood Indigo.(Alice Braga)(Brief article)

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| June 01, 2008 | Powers, John; Steiker, Valerie | COPYRIGHT 2008 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: JOHN POWERS editor: Valerie Steiker

Brazilian actress Alice Braga bewitches costars and audiences alike in this summer's Crossing Over.

Indiana Jones was my hero," says Brazilian actress Alice Braga, with an amazed laugh, of working with her childhood idol, Harrison Ford, on the film Crossing Over. "I kept telling myself, I'm here on the set with Indiana, I'm here on the set with Indiana."

The Sao Paulo native might have been surprised to find herself in such a position, but the truth is she has stardom in her DNA: She's the niece of Sonia Braga, the eighties bombshell who played the title role in Kiss of the Spider Woman. Like her aunt, Alice commands the screen with an earthy, bighearted sensuality--her passions lie close to the surface. She's currently on-screen in David Mamet's Redbelt, in which she plays the scheming wife of a martial-arts master, a role that tickles her. ("My characters are usually so sweet, but this ...

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