Jéssika Alves (born 26 March 1991) is a Brazilian actress who has participated in several

telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar Drama (film and television), drama genres around the w ...

Biography

Jéssika Alves was born in

Curitiba Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Southern Brazil. The city's population was 1,773,718 , making it the List of cities in Brazil by population, eighth most populous city in Brazil and the larg ...

Paraná Paraná, Paranã or Parana may refer to: Geology * Paraná Basin, a sedimentary basin in South America Places In Argentina *Paraná, Entre Ríos, a city * Paraná Department, a part of Entre Ríos Province In Brazil *Paraná (state), a state ...

state. When she was 15 years old, she moved to

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...

to study acting and theater.

Career

She played Norma Jean, a very popular

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 ...

character, in the 2009 season of the telenovela, when she was 17 years old. After she left Malhação, Jéssika Alves worked as one of the hosts of

TV Globinho ''TV Globinho'' (formerly Globinho) was a children's television program produced by Rede Globo. It was dedicated to cartoons and anime and was broadcast from July 3, 2000, until August 1, 2015. The strand was responsible for introducing several ...

. The actress played the prostitute Vânia in the 2011

Rede Globo TV Globo (stylized as tvglobo; , ), formerly known as Rede Globo de Televisão (; shortened to Rede Globo) or simply known as Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965 ...

telenovela

Insensato Coração ''Insensato Coração'' (''Irrational Heart'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo that first premiered 17 January 2011, replacing '' Passione'' and ended on 19 August 2011, followed by ''Fina Estampa''. It is created and ...

. Jéssika Alves plays Laís in the 2012 telenovela

Amor Eterno Amor Amor Eterno Amor (''Love, Eternal Love'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced by TV Globo and exhibited in the schedule of 18 hours. Written by Elizabeth Jhin and directed by Roberta Richards, Fábio Strazzer, Luciana Oliveira Paulo Ghelli, Pedro V ...

Filmography

Television

Theater

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alves, Jessika 1991 births Living people Actresses from Curitiba 21st-century Brazilian actresses Brazilian telenovela actresses