She is the granddaughter of the cultural producer Américo Leal and daughter of actress Ângela Leal. She started in drama at the age of seven, and eight on television, when she participated in the last chapter of the soap operaPantanal, in which her mother also worked. An only child, one may assume she was influenced by her mother in her career choice, because since she was a little girl she has been living among artists and was fascinated by the art of interpretation.[3]
In 2000 she co-starred in the miniseriesA Muralha and then the soap operaO Cravo e a Rosa, emerging in both rather prominently. In 2002, she participated in thePastores da Noite miniseries, and in 2002, she was present in a season of children's seriesSítio do Picapau Amarelo. She also came to participate in some episodes ofA Grande Família, as Viviane, one of Tuco's girlfriends.[4]
In 2008, she co-starred in the remake ofCiranda de Pedra as Elzinha.[5] At the end of the year, she debuted as a director in theMercadorias e Futuro goods and theatrical spectacle, with José Paes de Lira.[6]
She is the flagship holder of the largest block of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, the Cordão do Bola Preta.[7]
In 2011, she was part of the cast of the filmEstamos Juntos,[8] participated in the last chapter of the soap operaInsensato Coração,[9] and also participated of a framework called theFantástico,A História do Amor, in which she played 64 different characters on the side the actorDaniel de Oliveira.[10][11]
In 2012, she was in the episode "A Sexóloga de Floripa" in seriesAs Brasileiras.[12] And the soap opera isCheias de Charme, playing Maria do Rosário.[13] In 2013 was cast in the remake ofSaramandaia, which give life to veterinary Zélia, one of the central characters of trama.[14]
