Born in 1952 Ângela Vieira is an actress dancer and choreographer In the 1970s she left the Corpo de Baile do Municipal do Rio de Janeiro to pursue an acting career She debuted on Globo with appearances in the humorous Planeta dos Homens 1978 and Chico Anysio Show 1979 She also began to work in cinema and theater with performing arts and dance shows In soap operas there were several prominent characters Among them the ambitious Mara from Corpo Santo 1987 the submissive Irene from A Idade da Loba 1995 the betrayed Virgínia from Por Amor 1997 the bitter Janete from Terra Nostra 1999 the elegant Gisela de Senhora do Destino 2004 among others The most recent works were in Pega Pega 2017 and Bom Sucesso 2019 She has been married to journalist Miguel Paiva since 2004 Before that she lived with actor Roberto Frota from 1983 to 1997 father of her only daughter Nina