Larissa Manoela

Larissa Manoela was born in Guarapuava, in the state of Paraná. She is the only daughter of Silvana Taques, an educator, and Gilberto Elias Santos, a real estate consultant. Her mother has Italian ancestry, from Veneto, and her father Portuguese ancestry, from Porto. Larissa Manoela started her career at four, when a talent scout found her in a supermarket in the city of Guarapuava, Paraná. She started shooting as a model after she was scouted by Projeto Passarela. At six years of age, after acting in some commercials, her first television work as an actress was on the GNT channel on the series, Mothern. In 2010, Manoela starred as the protagonist of the series Songs of Betrayal, however, she came to recognition as an actress in 2012 when she played Viviane in the telenovela Corações Feridos and Maria Joaquina in the children's telenovela Carrossel. In 2013, she starred in the series Patrulha Salvadora, and the following year, she appeared in the soap opera Cúmplices de um Resgate, starring as the twin sisters Isabela and Manuela. In 2016, she released her first book, The Diary of Larissa Manoela. The book was released on 6 June at a Saraiva bookstore in a shopping mall in São Paulo. In 2017 she renewed her contract with the TV station SBT to be the character Mirela in the telenovela As Aventuras de Poliana, where she stars alongside João Guilherme Ávila. In 2017, Larissa released her second book, called The World of Larissa Manoela. In the same year, she released her first film as a main character and bought a mansion in Orlando, Florida. As a singer, Manoela has already done a show in the US and has done many in Brazil. On 1 December 2017, Manoela released her first live studio album called Up! Tour. In 2020, she debuted in her first film on Netflix, called Airplane Mode, where she is a social media influencer.