Melissa "Mel" Maia de Sousa, (; born May 3, 2004), is 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 ...

. She was born 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 ...

. She rose to fame in 2012 when she played young Rita in the

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'' Avenida Brasil''. She received multiple awards for the said role.

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