Brazilian actress and presenter Biography The desire to become an actress began with childrens theater and advertising campaigns She started on television as a paquita on Programa da Xuxa shown on Rede Globo where she worked from 1999 to 2002 2 After making some appearances in Malhação and Agora É que São Elas 2 she got her first starring role in the soap opera The Moon Told Me 3 In 2006 after going through a test Monique was cast to play one of the protagonists of Malhação the villain Priscila 4 while doing the play A Mentira by Nelson Rodrigues She stayed on the program for a year and a half but left to play Fernanda de Beleza Pura Then she went to live in SP for a season of Shakespeare s Comedy of Errors 5 In 2004 Monique participated in the film Loucuras a Dois by André Prado The cast also featured Giselle Policarpo Furthermore in 2008 Monique participated in the music video for the song Someone Que Te Faz Sorrir by the band Fresno 6 In 2009 she participated in the miniseries Cinquentinha 7 where Bárbara Romero granddaughter of Susana Vieiras character lived Still in 2009 she participated in Cama de Gato where the young doctor Érica Castiglione granddaughter of Berta Loran s character played 8 9 In 2011 she played Bárbara Romero again in the series Lara com Z 10 11 a second season of Cinquentinha 12 and was in theaters in the play Escola de Mulheres de Molière 13 In the same year she acted in the soap opera Fina Estampa 14 15 In 2014 she plays Luiza a young psychology student who becomes a call girl in the Multishow series A Segunda Vez 16 Monique participated in the shows Dança no Gelo 17 and Desafio do Faustão on Domingão do Faustão on Rede Globo and she won the challenge of parading through all 14 samba schools in São Paulo