Ísis Valverde

Valverde was born in Aiuruoca, Minas Gerais. She moved to Belo Horizonte to study when she was 15 years old.[1] She starred in several advertisements when she was 16 years old, and moved to Rio de Janeiro at the age of 18 to study theater.[1] She has Italian grandparents.[2]

She played a mysterious character named Ana do Véu (Ana of the Veil) in the 2006 Rede Globo telenovela Sinhá Moça.[3] Valverde played her first villain in the 2007 telenovela Paraíso Tropical, a prostitute named Telma.[4] The actress played a sexy manicurist named Rakelli in the 2008 telenovela Beleza Pura.[5]

Valverde played Camila in the 2009 telenovela Caminho das Índias, her character falls in love to Ravi, an Indian character played by Caio Blat.[6] She played a lead role for the first time in the 2010 telenovela Ti Ti Ti, as Marcela, a character who gets involved in a romantic triangle with Edgar (played by Caio Castro) and Renato (played by Guilherme Winter).[7] The actress played the lead female role Maria Lúcia in the 2011 film Brazilian Western,[7] released on May 30, 2013.[8] She played an unlucky character named Catarina in the A Culpada de BH episode of the 2012 television series As Brasileiras.[9] She played Suellen in the 2012 Rede Globo telenovela Avenida Brasil.[10] Valverde played the lead character, Sereia, in the 2013 Rede Globo miniseries O Canto da Sereia.[11][12] She plays Antônia in the 2014 miniseries Amores Roubados, a young woman who starts a relationship with a thief.[13]

• Ísis Valverde at IMDb