Kéfera Buchmann

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Buchmann de Mattos and the second or paternal family name is Johnson Pereira.

Kéfera Buchmann de Mattos Johnson Pereira (Brazilian Portuguese: /ˈkɛferɐ ˈbuk(i)mɐ̃/; born 25 January 1993) is a Brazilian actress, singer, TV hostess, influencer, writer and YouTuber. She has been named by Forbes as one of the most promising young women in Brazil.^[2]

Kéfera Buchmann
Buchmann in 2015
Personal information
Born	Kéfera Buchmann de Mattos Johnson Pereira (1993-01-25) 25 January 1993 (age 31) Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Occupations	Actress writer
YouTube information
Channel	5incominutos
Years active	2010–present
Subscribers	10.5 million[1]
Total views	847.4 million[1]
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 1,000,000 subscribers 2013 10,000,000 subscribers 2016
Last updated: May 1, 2023

She became known for her YouTube channel 5inco Minutos, which was the first female lead channel of Brazil to reach one million subscribers.^[3]

Biography

Buchmann was born and raised in Curitiba, where she completed her primary and secondary education in Catholic schools.^[4] She was raised in a Catholic family,^[4] and is the daughter of Zeiva (Zeivanez) Buchmann.^[5]

Buchmann studied theater for five years.^[6] She obtained her actress registration in 2013, earning the highest possible score.^[7] Her first name, Kéfera, is of Egyptian origin and means "first morning sunshine".^[7] During her high school years, Buchmann was very devoted to St. Anthony (a Catholic Saint).^[8] She is bilingual, being fluent in English and her native language, Portuguese, and has also worked as an English teacher.^[9]

Personal life

In 2021, Kéfera came out as bisexual.^[10][11]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	Big Hero 6	GoGo Tomago (voice)	Brazilian Dubbing	[12]
	A Noite da Virada	Party guest	Guest	[13]
2016	É Fada!	Geraldine (Fairy)	Main role	[14]
2016	O Amor de Catarina	Catarina	Main role	[15]
2017	Gosto se Discute	Cristina	Main role	[16]
2019	Eu Sou Mais Eu!	Camilla Mendes	Main role	[17]
TBA	Querido Dane-se	Sara	Main role

Web/Internet

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010–20	5inco Minutos	Herself	First notable work
2011–17	Kéfera Vlog (Kéfera Daily)		Random Videos from day to day
2014	Parafernalha	Guest	Sketch: "Tipos de Amigos Que Você Encontra Numa Festa"
2015	Minha Vida de Atriz	Herself	Backstage of her theater tour: "Deixa Eu Te Contar"
	#YOLOVEGAS		Webseries recorded in Rock in Rio Las Vegas
	YouTube FanFest Brasil		Exclusive event for YouTube
2015–present	Kéfera Viaja		A series in which she travels around the world
2016	Tô Voando		Trilogy sports videos for ɑdidɑs
2017	When Someone Disrespects Your Best Friend		Lele Pons exclusive videos
	When Your Friends Are Better Than You
2022	5inco Minutos		A special video

Television

Year	Title	Role
2013	Zica	Host[18]
2014	Coletivation[19]
2018	Pega Pega	1 episode[20]
2018	Espelho da Vida	Mariane Cardoso[21]
2019	Ninguém Tá Olhando[22][23]	Mirian
2023	Drag Race Brasil	Guest judge

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2010	Calígula	Cesonia	—
2010	Quem Tem Medo da Família Addams?	Mortícia Addams	—
2011	O Amor é Uma Flor Roxa	—
2012	Eu Quero Sexo	Bianca/Lady Diaba	[24]
2012	A Casa do Terror	—	[25]
2014	Deu Branco	Herself	[26]
2015	Deixa Eu Te Contar	Herself (with Bruna Louise)	[27]
2022	É Foda	Herself

Radio

Year	Program	Station
2012	Boa na Pan	Jovem Pan FM Curitiba

Books

Year	Title	Publishing company	Ref.
2015	Muito Mais Que 5inco Minutos	Paralela	[28]
2016	Tá Gravando. E Agora?		[29]
2017	Querido Dane-se		[30]
2023	TBA

Music

Year	Title	Music label	Notes
2012	Eu Sou Mesmo Piriguete	Independent	Parody for her YouTube channel "5inco Minutos"
	I Hate Christmas	Head Media BR
2013	TPM é Foda	Independent
2015	”Bang” (Anitta)	Movid Films
	Canção de Natal	Independent
2016	“Work” (Rihanna)	Movid Films	Parody for her YouTube channel "5inco Minutos"
2016	Sou Fadona	Warner Music Brasil	Soundtrack for movie É Fada![31]
	“É Fada!”
	Dia, Lugar e Hora	Independent	Parody for her YouTube channel "5inco Minutos"
	Odiei Crescer (Felipe Castanhari feat. Kéfera and Christian Figueiredo)		Parody for "The Ovomaltine e Os Extraordinários"
2017	Cansei de Estudar (Christian Figueiredo feat. Kéfera and Felipe Castanhari)
2017	"Despacito" (Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee)	Movid Films	Parody for her YouTube channel "5inco Minutos"
2017	Stalkiei Sem Intenção (Kéfera feat. Christian Figueiredo and Felipe Castanhari)	Movid Films	Parody for "The Ovomaltine e Os Extraordinários"

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Results	References
2016	Geração Glamour Award	YouTuber of the year (2015)	Won	[32]
	Meus Prêmios Nick	Favorite Female YouTuber	Won	[33]
2017	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Brazilian Personality	Nominated	[34]

References

1. "About 5incominutos". YouTube.
2. "De Kéfera a Gabigol, "Forbes" lista os 30 jovens mais promissores do Brasil" (in Portuguese). jovempan.uol.com.br. March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
3. "Conheça os 10 primeiros milionários brasileiros do YouTube" (in Portuguese). youpix.virgula.uol.com.br. February 26, 2013. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
4. Muito Mais Que Cinco Minutos p. 23
5. Kéfera Buchmann (2015). Muito Mais Que Cinco Minutos (in Portuguese). Brasil: Paralela. p. 18. ISBN 9788584390113. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
6. "Fenômeno na web, Kéfera Buchmann substitui Fiuk no 'Coletivation'". O Dia (in Portuguese). January 14, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
7. "23 coisas que você não sabia sobre Kéfera Buchmann". Toda Teen (in Portuguese). February 29, 2016. Archived from the original on April 23, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
8. "Kéfera, do "5inco Minutos", e as 8 curiosidades sobre a youtuber que você não sabia!" (in Portuguese). March 18, 2016. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
9. Natália Eiras. "Curitibana supera bullying no colégio e se torna musa dos videologs no Brasil" (in Portuguese). jovem.ig.com.br. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
10. "Kéfera assume ser bissexual: 'B não é de Beyoncé, entenderam?'". tvefamosos.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved February 19, 2023.
11. "Kéfera busca validação como atriz, prepara livro LGBTQIAP+ e fala de bissexualidade: 'Sou muito mais feliz por ser livre'". Extra Online (in Brazilian Portuguese). June 10, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
12. "Kéfera and cast talk about animation "Big Hero 6"" (in Portuguese). UOL. Archived from the original on December 21, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
13. "New Brazilian comedy, "A Noite da Virada"" (sHTML) (in Portuguese). G1. December 17, 2014.
14. Extra (December 5, 2015). "Kéfera Buchmann and "Klara Castanho" protagonists on film É Fada" (in Portuguese). Extra.
15. Pauta (October 12, 2016). "Exclusive: Trailer of O Amor de Catarina, new film by Kéfera" (in Portuguese). Adoro Cinema.
16. Pauta (October 12, 2016). "Exclusive: Restô, new future film by Kéfera" (in Portuguese). Adoro Cinema. Archived from the original on August 25, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
17. "Kéfera Buchmann convida fãs para gravação de seu novo filme, "De Novo Não"" (in Portuguese). Terra. November 24, 2017. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
18. "A vlogger Kéfera vai para a TV" (in Portuguese). UOL. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
19. "Programa "Coletivation" da nova MTV Brasil é cancelado" (in Portuguese). UOL.
20. "Kéfera Buchmann e Hugo Gloss gravam participação em 'Pega pega'" (in Portuguese). Extra. August 19, 2017.
21. "Youtuber Kéfera será uma atriz famosa e rival de Vitória Strada em 'Espelho da vida'" (in Portuguese). O Globo. June 16, 2018.
22. Amaral, Matheus (April 9, 2019). "Ninguém Tá Olhando | Comédia brasileira da Netflix tem elenco divulgado". Cinestera (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved November 30, 2019.
23. "NETFLIX RELEASES LAUNCH DATE AND IMAGES OF THE BRAZILIAN ORIGINAL SERIES NOBODY'S LOOKING". Netflix Media Center. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
24. "Eu Quero Sexo". Guia Gazeta do Povo. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
25. "A vlogger Kéfera vai para a TV". Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
26. "Peça Deu Branco roda o Brasil" (in Portuguese). G1. May 24, 2014.
27. "Kéfera estrea peça com amiga e atriz Bruna Louise" (in Portuguese).
28. "Livro "Muito Mais Que 5inco Minutos", de Kéfera Buchmann, causa aglomeração na Bienal do Rio de Janeiro" (in Portuguese). O Globo. September 8, 2015.
29. "Livro "Tá Gravando. E Agora?", segundo livro de Kéfera Buchmann, tem lançamento para agosto de 2016" (in Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. August 15, 2015.
30. "Querido Dane-se: Kéfera Buchmann lança novo livro em Brasília" (in Portuguese). curtamais.com.br. September 15, 2017.
31. "Kéfera Buchmann gravou uma música para divulgar o novo longa" (in Portuguese). Hugo Gloss. Archived from the original on September 23, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
32. Redação Glamour (April 1, 2016). "Kéfera é a youtuber do ano do Geração Glamour 2016" (in Portuguese). revistaglamour.globo.com. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
33. Youtubers tomam conta da 17ª edição de Meus Prêmios Nick
34. "Indicados ao Kids' Choice Awards 2017", mundonick, archived from the original on June 26, 2012, retrieved February 2, 2017.

External links

• Kéfera Buchmann at IMDb
• Kéfera Buchmann on Twitter