Mônica Carvalho

Biography

is a Brazilian actress who began her career as a model . In 1987, at the age of 16, she decided to sign up for the Musa Verão do Rio beauty contest, in which she was the winner, deciding to pursue a career as a model, photographing for fashion editorials. [ 4 ] In 1990 she signed with one of the largest international modeling agencies, Ford Models , moving to New York , in the United States , where she modeled for several brands. [ 9 ] In 1993 she debuted and became a muse in the opening of the second version of the soap opera Mulheres de Areia , [ 10 ] she acted in an episode of the series Confissões de Adolescente [ 11 ] on TV Cultura . In 1994 she attended the Globo Actors Workshop and had a special appearance in Quatro por Quatro , as the girlfriend of player Renato Gaúcho . Still on Rede Globo, he acted in the soap operas História de Amor , Chocolate com Pimenta , among others, he also played two characters in Malhação , [ 12 ] as well as an episode of the series A Vida Como Ela É... , shown on Fantástico and the program Você Decide , [ 13 ] achieved enormous success in 2001 as Maria do Socorro (Socorrinho) from Porto dos Milagres . She was on the cover of the magazines Playboy (in 3 editions), Plástica & Beleza , Boa Forma and Amiga , she did some plays, [ 14 ] on other television stations she worked in the soap operas Cidadão Brasileiro and Caminhos do Coração on Rede Record , she played the villain Nara Paranhos de Vasconcelos in the soap opera Uma Rosa com Amor on SBT . [ 15 ] [ 16 ] In 2011, she returned to Rede Globo , participating in the soap opera Fina Estampa , playing the secretary Glória Monteiro. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] In 2017, she made a special appearance in the 6pm soap opera Tempo de Amar . In 2019, she signed with RecordTV , and acts in the macro series Jezabel , as the villain Thanit, a seductive, ambitious and unscrupulous pagan priestess, and also Jezebel's best friend.

Known For

Young Hearts

Verônica Paes

Corpo Dourado

Clara Faria

Caminhos do Coração

Amália Fortunato

Cidadão Brasileiro

Maura Flores Castanho

Porto dos Milagres

Maria do Socorro Pereira (Socorrinho)

História de Amor

Neusa

Chocolate com Pimenta

Gigi

Looks & Essence

Glória

Filmography

• Movies
• TV Shows