Aracy Balabanian
Soap Opera Actress
Armenian-Brazillian actress known for her work in soap operas. She is best known for her role as Filomena Ferreto in The Next Victim.
She made her soap opera debut in the 1964 show Marcados Pelo Amor.
She won Best Performance by an Actress in Television at the 1995 APCA Awards for her role in The Next Victim. She also won Best Actress in a Telenovela at the 1995 Globe Awards for the same role.
Her parents, Raphael and Esther Balabanyans, immigrated to Brazil from The Ottoman Empire to escape the Armenian Genocide. She has seven younger brothers.
She starred next to actor Tony Ramos in The Next Victim.