Larissa Manoela

Larissa Manoela Taques Elias Santo 2000 known as Larissa Manoela was born on December 28 2000 in Guarapuava Paraná She is the daughter of real estate consultant Gilberto Elias Santos and educator Silvana Taques At the age of 4 while shopping with her mother at a supermarket she was discovered by a talent scout who recommended her to an agency At 5 she participated in the Projeto Passarela contest where she emerged as the first among 300 children Her first TV appearance was in 2006 playing herself in the series Mothern on GNT channel In the same year she acted in the play A Noviça Rebelde as Greti In 2010 she portrayed Dalva de Oliveira as a child in the series Dalva e Hervelto uma Canção de Amor She also appeared as Lequinha in the series Na Fama e na Lama on Multishow Additionally in 2010 she played Baby June in the play Gypsy In 2011 Larissa Manoela made her debut in cinema in Essa Maldita Vontade de Ser Pássaro as Pedrita That same year she starred in the film O Palhaço directed and starring Selton Melo in the role of Guilhermina The movie was Brazils submission for the 2013 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film In theater also in 2011 she performed in As Bruxas de Eastwich as Maria Clara Her success as an actress and a longterm contract with SBT led Larissas parents to move from Paraná to São Paulo to support her career In 2012 SBT aired the soap opera Corações Feridos where she played Viviane That same year SBT created a childrens time slot in prime time with the schoolbased soap opera Carrossel where she portrayed Maria Joaquina a role that became a major hit In 2013 Larissa starred in SBTs series Patrulha Salvadora as Maria Joaquina a character that brought her nationwide recognition In 2014 she released her first album Com Você In 2015 SBT launched the soap opera Cúmplices de um Resgate written by Iris Abravanel wife of Silvio Santos where Larissa played the twins Manoela and Isabela the evil twin In July 2015 Carrossel o Filme a coproduction of SBT directed by Alexandre Boury and Maurício Eça was released in cinemas and achieved box office success In December 2015 SBT renewed Larissa Manoelas contract for another two years On her 15th birthday Larissa celebrated with a fairy talethemed party attended by friends and family in São Paulo She publicly announced her relationship with João Guilherme son of the singer Leonardo who portrayed Joaquim in the soap opera Cúmplices de um Resgate The actress received nominations such as Revelation at the Extra Television Award 2012 and Best Child Actress at the Contigo Award 2013 In 2013 she won the Troféu Imprensa for Revelation Actress In 2014 she received the Troféu Imprensa for Revelation Actress for her role as Maria Joaquina in the soap opera Carrossel