Brazilian actress and presenter .

Biography

The desire to become an actress began with children's theater and advertising campaigns . She started on television as a paquita on Programa da Xuxa , shown on Rede Globo , where she worked from 1999 to 2002. [ 2 ] After making some appearances in Malhação and Agora É que São Elas , [ 2 ] she got her first starring role in the soap opera The Moon Told Me . [ 3 ] In 2006, after going through a test, Monique was cast to play one of the protagonists of Malhação , the villain Priscila, [ 4 ] while doing the play A Mentira by Nelson Rodrigues . She stayed on the program for a year and a half, but left to play Fernanda de Beleza Pura . Then she went to live in SP for a season of Shakespeare 's Comedy of Errors . [ 5 ] In 2004, Monique participated in the film Loucuras a Dois by André Prado. The cast also featured Giselle Policarpo . Furthermore, in 2008, Monique participated in the music video for the song " Someone Que Te Faz Sorrir ", by the band Fresno . [ 6 ]

In 2009, she participated in the miniseries Cinquentinha , [ 7 ] where Bárbara Romero, granddaughter of Susana Vieira's character, lived . Still in 2009, she participated in Cama de Gato where the young doctor Érica Castiglione, granddaughter of Berta Loran 's character, played . [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In 2011, she played Bárbara Romero again in the series Lara com Z , [ 10 ] [ 11 ] a second season of Cinquentinha , [ 12 ] and was in theaters in the play Escola de Mulheres de Molière . [ 13 ] In the same year, she acted in the soap opera Fina Estampa . [ 14 ] [ 15 ] In 2014, she plays Luiza, a young psychology student who becomes a call girl, in the Multishow series , A Segunda Vez . [ 16 ] Monique participated in the shows Dança no Gelo [ 17 ] and Desafio do Faustão , on Domingão do Faustão , on Rede Globo , and she won the challenge of parading through all 14 samba schools in São Paulo .