Yanna Lavigne Inagaki Gissoni (born 29 November 1989) is a Brazilian television actress and model.
Biography
Born in
Osasco
Osasco () is a municipality in São Paulo State, Brazil, located in the Greater São Paulo and ranking 5th in population among São Paulo municipalities. According to the IBGE 2015, Osasco currently has the 9th highest gross domestic product in B ...
, she is the daughter of a Japanese man and a woman from
Bahia
Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-largest b ...
state, due to her exotic looks, her school colleagues in
Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most po ...
suggested her to compete in the
Aichi
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefecture ...
province's local beauty contest in 2006. After she was discovered by a Brazilian scout, she worked as a model in
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
. She returned to Brazil when she was 19 years old and studied at
Rede Globo
TV Globo (, "Globe TV", or simply Globo), formerly known as Rede Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Grupo Globo. The TV stati ...
's actors school.
She is of
Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
,
French and
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
descent.
Career
Her television debut was in the
Fantástico
''Fantástico'' (originally known as ''Fantástico: O Show da Vida'', Portuguese for ''Fantastic The Show of Life'') is a Brazilian weekly television news program broadcast on Sunday nights on Rede Globo since August 5, 1973, created by José Bo ...
's sketch named “O Cupido”, in 2010, and in 2011 she guest starred in several episodes of the telenovela
Malhação
''Malhação'' (, ''Young Hearts'' in English) is a Brazilian soap-opera that aired on TV Globo from 4 March 1995 to 3 April 2020. The series is targeted at a teenage audience. Each season runs for about a year with cast members changing every ...
.
The actress played a promiscuous girl in the 2012 telenovela
Avenida Brasil.
Yanna Lavigne was part of the main cast of the 2013 telenovela
Salve Jorge
''Salve Jorge'' (Literally: ''Hail George'', International title: en, Brave Woman ) is a Brazilian primetime telenovela created by Glória Perez and directed by Marcos Schechtman.
It premiered on 22 October 2012 replacing '' Avenida Brasil'' ...
as a Turkish woman named Tamar.
She played Ana Fátima, who was one of the protagonists, in the 2013 telenovela
Além do Horizonte
''Além do Horizonte'' (English: ''Beyond the Horizon'') is a Brazilian telenovela created by Carlos Gregório and Marcos Bernstein. It was produced and broadcast by Globo.
The telenovela features an ensemble cast headed by Juliana Paiva, Thia ...
.
Yanna Lavigne played a victim of a homicide in the 2014 police TV series
Dupla Identidade
''Dupla Identidade'' (literally ''Double Identity''; English title: ''Merciless'') is a 2014 Brazilian crime drama television series created by Glória Perez
Glória Maria Rebelo Ferrante (; born 25 September 1948) is a Brazilian Emmy-winning ...
, by
Glória Perez
Glória Maria Rebelo Ferrante (; born 25 September 1948) is a Brazilian Emmy-winning screenwriter.
Biography
Born in Rio Branco, Acre, Gloria is the daughter of lawyer Miguel Jeronimo Ferrante, Italian descendent, and teacher Maria Augusta ...
. She guest starred in the 2015 telenovela
Babilônia as Susana, who is the mistress of the dishonest mayor Aderbal, played by
Marcos Palmeira
Marcos Palmeira de Paula (born 19 August 1963) is a Brazilian actor, TV host and producer. He is nephew of the siblings Chico Anysio and Lupe Gigliotti.
In 2013, he was nominated for an International Emmy Award for best actor for his role in ...
.
Saltibum
Yanna Lavigne competed in the
2015 edition of the Rede Globo's
Saltibum reality show, which is a segment of the Caldeirão do Huck program and it is the Brazilian version of the Dutch reality TV show
Celebrity Splash!
''Celebrity Splash!'' (also known as ''Splash!'') is a reality television franchise created by Dutch company Eyeworks, started from their Dutch reality show ''Sterren Springen Op Zaterdag'' which premièred in 2012. The franchise involves celebr ...
.
Television
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1989 births
Living people
Actresses from Osasco
Brazilian people of Japanese descent
Brazilian people of French descent
Brazilian people of Spanish descent
Brazilian telenovela actresses
Brazilian television actresses
Brazilian female models
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