Gabriela is a 1975 Brazilian telenovela based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Jorge Amado, starring Sônia Braga in the title role.

[3] Walter George Durst's free adaptation of Jorge Amado's novel Gabriela, Cravo e Canela (1958), takes place in 1925, when a devastating drought forces the hungry populations of the Brazilian Northeast to emigrate in search of survival.

Free and impulsive, she gets a job as a cook at the home of the "Turkish" Nacib (Armando Bógus), with whom she lives a sensual love story.

Afterwards, numerous tests were done, but the director decided that the role would have to go to Sônia Braga after seeing her performance in Caminhos do Coração – Caso Especial, written and directed by Domingos Oliveira in 1971, and insisted with Boni [pt] that she be chosen.

The actress ended up strongly identified with the character, and would reprise the role again in the 1983 film Gabriela, directed by Bruno Barreto, acting alongside the Italian Marcello Mastroianni.