Vanessa Giácomo

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Mendes da Silva and the second or paternal family name is Lima.

Vanessa Mendes da Silva Lima (born 29 March 1983), best known as Vanessa Giácomo, is a Brazilian actress and screenwriter.^[1][2][3]

Vanessa Giácomo
Giácomo in 2011
Born	(1983-03-29) 29 March 1983 (age 42) Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation(s)	Actress, screenwriter
Years active	2002–present
Spouses	Daniel de Oliveira ​ ​ (m. 2009; div. 2012)​ Giuseppe Dioguardi ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	3

Career

Giácomo made her television debut in Cabocla in 2004 at the age of 20,^[4] where she met and fell in love with actor Daniel de Oliveira.^[5] She appeared with Eriberto Leão in Sinhá Moça in 2006.^[6] She and Oliveira married and she gave birth to their first son in January 2008.^[7] She resumed work after the birth, filming O Menino da Porteira with singer Daniel,^[8] 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.^[9] Filming took place in London during 2008.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role
2002	Malhação	Nanda's Friend[10]
2003	Linha Direta	[10]
2004	Cabocla	Zulmira de Oliveira Vieira Pires "Zuca"
2005	Clara e o Chuveiro do Tempo	Lia
2006	Sinhá Moça	Juliana Castroneves
2007	Amazônia, de Galvez a Chico Mendes	Ilzamar "Ilza" Mendes[11]
2007–2008	Duas Caras	Luciana Alves Negroponte
2009	Paraíso	Rosa "Rosinha"
2009–2010	Caras & Bocas	Miriam Barros
2011	Autor por Autor	Moça Caetana[12]
	Morde & Assopra	Celeste de Sousa Sampaio
2012	Gabriela	Malvina Tavares
2013–2014	Amor à Vida	Aline Noronha Khoury
2014	A Mulher da Sua Vida	Fernanda[13]
	Império	Eliane Medeiros[14]
2015–2016	A Regra do Jogo	Maria Vitória "Tóia" Noronha/Sofia Mendes de Albuquerque
2017–2018	Pega Pega	Antônia Almeida
2018	O Outro Lado do Paraíso	Taís Ribeiro[15]
2018–2019	O Sétimo Guardião	Stella Aranha[16]
2021	Filhas de Eva	Cleópatra "Cléo" Ramos de Souza[17]
2022	Cara e Coragem	Herself[18]
2022–2023	Travessia	Leonor "Leo" Sampaio[19]
2023	Chuva Negra	Julie[20]
2024	O Jogo que Mudou a História	Marta[21]
2025	Beleza Fatal	Cléonice "Cléo" Fernandes[22]
	Vitória	Isabel Nobre[23]

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	Prime Time Soap	Amanda Lima
	Gnomeo & Juliet	Juliet	Voice role; brazilian dubbing
2013	Solidões	Mulher
2015	Divã a 2	Eduarda
2016	Rodízio - O Filme	—	Short-film; also screenwriter[24]
2025	MMA - Meu Melhor Amigo	Mariana[25]
	Fé Para o Impossível	Renee Murdoch[26]

Awards and nominations

Year	Awards	Category	Nominated work	Result
2004	Prêmio Qualidade Brasil	Best Revelation	Cabocla	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	Canta Maria	Won
2009	Prêmio Contigo! de Cinema	Best Actress	Jean Charles	Won
2011	Prêmio Extra de Televisão[27]	Best Supporting Actress	Morde & Assopra	Nominated
	Queer Lisboa	Best Actress	A Novela das 8	Won
2013	Melhores do Ano	Best Actress	Amor à Vida	Nominated
	Prêmio Extra de Televisão	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated
2014	Melhores do Ano Minha Novela	Best Actress		Won
	Troféu Imprensa[28]	Melhor Atriz		Won
	Troféu Internet	Best Actress		Nominated
	Prêmio Contigo! de TV	Best Actress		Won
2015	Prêmio Extra de Televisão[29]	Best Actress	A Regra do Jogo	Nominated