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Vanessa Mendes da Silva Lima (born 29 March 1983), commonly known as Vanessa Giácomo, is a Brazilian film and television actress. She won the Most Promising Actress (Melhor Atriz Revelação) award at the 2005 Prêmio Contigo, Brazil, for Cabocla (2004), and was nominated for the Best Actress (Melhor Atriz de Cinema) award at the 2006 Prêmio Contigo de Cinema for Canta Maria (2006).
Biography and Career
Giácomo made her television debut in Cabocla in 2004 at the age of 20, where she met and fell in love with actor Daniel de Oliveira. She appeared with Eriberto Leão in Sinhá Moça in 2006. She and Oliveira married and she gave birth to their first son in January 2008. She resumed work after the birth, filming O Menino da Porteira with singer Daniel, and received an offer to take part in a film on Jean Charles de Menezes, a Brazilian national who was mistaken for a terrorist and shot dead by police in London in 2005. Filming took place in London during 2008.
She is of Portuguese, Italian and French descent.
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Cabocla | Zulmira de Oliveira Vieira Pires (Zuca) |
| 2005 | Clara e o Chuveiro do Tempo | Lia |
| 2006 | Sinhá Moça | Juliana |
| 2007 | Duas Caras | Luciana Alves Negroponte |
| Amazônia, de Galvez a Chico Mendes | Ilza (Ilzamar Mendes) | |
| 2009 | Paraíso | Rosinha (Rosa) |
| Caras & Bocas | Miriam Barros | |
| 2011 | Morde & Assopra | Celeste de Sousa Sampaio |
| 2012 | Gabriela | Malvina Tavares |
| 2013 | Amor à Vida | Aline Noronha Khoury |
| 2014 | Império | Eliane Medeiros |
| 2015 | A Regra do Jogo | Maria Vitória Noronha (Tóia)/Sofia Mendes de Albuquerque |
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Canta Maria | Maria | |
| 2007 | Os 12 Trabalhos | Simone | |
| 2008 | A Ilha dos Escravos | Maria | |
| 2009 | Jean Charles | Vivian | |
| O Menino da Porteira | Juliana | ||
| 2011 | A Novela das 8 | Amanda Lima | |
| Gnomeu e Julieta | Julieta | Voice role | |
| 2013 | Solidões | Mulher | |
| 2015 | Divã a 2 | Eduarda |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Awards | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Prêmio Qualidade Brasil | Best Revelation | Won | |
| Melhores do Ano | Melhor Atriz Revelação | Won | ||
| Prêmio Extra de Televisão | Melhor Revelação | Won | ||
| Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Revelation | Won | ||
| Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Romantic Couple (with Daniel de Oliveira) | Nominated | ||
| 2006 | Prêmio Contigo! de Cinema | Best Actress | Won | |
| 2009 | Prêmio Contigo! de Cinema | Best Actress | Won | |
| 2011 | Prêmio Extra de Televisão | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| Queer Lisboa | Best Actress | Won | ||
| 2013 | Melhores do Ano | Best Actress | Nominated | |
| Prêmio Extra de Televisão | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | ||
| 2014 | Melhores do Ano Minha Novela | Best Actress | Won | |
| Troféu Imprensa | Melhor Atriz | Won | ||
| Troféu Internet | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
| Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Actress | Won | ||
| 2015 | Prêmio Extra de Televisão | Best Actress | Nominated |