Doroteia Leal

Doroteia Leal is the main antagonist of the 2012 Brazilian soap opera "Gabriela". Being a religious and elderly, she can be above all suspicions, but is often the target of suspicion.

She was portrayed by Laura Cardoso.

Personality
Doroteia It is the main gossip of the city. She puts herself in a high position of morals and morals by pointing her finger at the mistakes of others, but she herself hides a great secret. He is a hypocritical, petty and false moralist who makes everyone's life in the city of Ilhéus, in the state of Bahia (Brazil) a real hell.

Biography
Dona Doroteia is the mother of Colonel Amâncio, a widow. She considers herself the pillar of Ilhéus's morals, always ready to criticize and condemn any attitude she considers immoral.

It is strictly against the participation of the Bataclã girls in the procession in favor of the rain, rejects the bride of Berto that he had deflowered, always behaves with antipathy and radically.

After the revelation that it was “quenga”, regionalism for prostitute, codenamed “Dodô Tanajura” by Colonel Coriolano, is faced with the rejection of the other ladies and surprises everyone by testifying in favor of D. Sinhazinha (Maitê Proença), the adulterous wife of Colonel Jesuino who had been murdered by him.