Monique Alves Frankenhuis (August 7, 1962 – August 29, 1994 in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...

), best known as Monique Alves, was a Brazilian

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

, daughter of Jean Pierre Frankenhuis and Alcina Maria Fernandes Alves. She died in 1994 due to complications from

leukemia Leukemia ( also spelled leukaemia and pronounced ) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called ''blasts'' or ...

. She was married to director Dennis Carvalho (Rede Globo), with whom she had a daughter, Tainah, now mother of Nina and Lara.

Filmography

Film

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alves Frankenhuis, Monique 1962 births 1994 deaths Brazilian film actresses Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city)