Mel Lisboa Alves is a Brazilian actress and presenter She became known for the character Anita of Anitas Presence became known for playing the title character in the miniseries Presença de Anita 2001 Biography She is the daughter of astrologer Cláudia Lisboa Alves and musician Bebeto Alves She is the cousin of comedian Rafinha Bastos She studied cinema at the Universidade Federal Fluminense UFF in Niterói but dropped out of the course to pursue a career as an actress She is not directly related to the Gaucho musician Nei Lisboa 2 In 2009 the actress declared that she was an atheist in an interview with Tpm magazine Career She debuted as an actress in 2001 starring in the Rede Globo miniseries Presença de Anita playing Anita a mysterious and seductive young woman 4 Due to her characters great sexual appeal she participated in a sensual shoot for the website Paparazzo The miniseries earned an average of 30 ratings and was rebroadcast in full in 2002 on TV Globo In 2002 in the soap opera Escolhas de Mulher she played Gabriela a young woman from the countryside and aspiring model This time her character was not as successful due to the fixed image of the previous character and the plots low ratings The actress at the time even realized that she had been dazzled after playing a prominent role but after playing another with little acceptance she matured In 2003 he did his second sensual shoot This time for Trip magazine The following year she posed nude for the Brazilian edition of Playboy magazine in its 29th anniversary edition In the same year after having signed a contract with SBT the contract did not go through she returned to Rede Globo and acted in the soap opera Como uma Onda playing Lenita Paiva a rich and spoiled girl In 2006 she became a television presenter on the GNT Rede Globo Sat channel and released the book Mundo Afora Diário de Bordo de Mel Lisboa 6 with the plot and photographs of her program In 2007 she participated in the cast of the soap opera Sete Pecados in which she played the character Carla a young woman of humble origins and extremely ambitious with her dubious personality On April 1 2010 she signed a contract with Rede Record 7 and the following year she starred in the miniseries Sansão e Dalila playing Dalila a seductive woman with a dubious character Still in 2011 she participated in two more sensual shoots In Inked magazine she shows her tattoos and talks about her passion for them In Maxim magazine she shows that the lolita phase is literally behind her She won some awards in her career including the most important national cinema award the Kikito at the Gramado Festival as best actress for her performance in Sonhos e Deseios in 2006 In cinema she participated in films such as A Fortune Teller The Fortune Teller 2003 The Wedding of Romeo and Juliet 2005 Dreams and Desires 2006 and Live 2008 In theater he participated in plays such as Há Vaga Para Moças de Fino Trato 2002 Confessões de Adolescente 2003 Brutal 2003 Luluzinhas 2003 Biting the Lips 2006 A Mulher do Candidato 2008 Cyrano 2009 After the Rain 2010 and Altered Women 20102011 In October 2012 she was hospitalized with an intestinal virus and had to cancel the show