Thaila Ayala Sales (born April 14, 1986) is a Brazilian actress and model.
Career
She began her modeling career at the age of sixteen. In 2006, she enrolled in the
Rede Globo
TV Globo (, "Globe TV", or simply Globo), formerly known as Rede Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Grupo Globo. The TV stati ...
Actors Workshop. At the end of the course, she did tests, and got the role of Marcela, the female protagonist of the fourteenth season of the telenovela
Malhação
''Malhação'' (, ''Young Hearts'' in English) is a Brazilian soap-opera that aired on TV Globo from 4 March 1995 to 3 April 2020. The series is targeted at a teenage audience. Each season runs for about a year with cast members changing every ...
.
In 2007, she was photographed by
Terry Richardson
Terrence Richardson (born August 14, 1965) is an American fashion and portrait photographer. He has shot advertising campaigns for Marc Jacobs, Aldo, Supreme, Sisley, Tom Ford, and Yves Saint Laurent among others, and also done work for ma ...
for the book, ''Rio, Wonderful Town'', which was released later that same year. She was featured in a photo with her breast showing and biting her lip. Casting producer Luis Fernando Silva later claimed to have repented for participation in the book.
In January 2016, Thaila worked with Indian-American Director
Aditya J Patwardhan
Aditya J. Patwardhan is an Indian origin film director, producer and scriptwriter from Jaipur, India. He has representation with the Rough Diamond Productions of Julia Verdin. He is best known for his short film Red House by the Crossroads (2015 ...
in the upcoming short film ''When Red is White'', aka ''The Touch of Aurora''.
In 2017, she played Vanessa in the 2017 American film
''Woody Woodpecker'', collaborating with
Eric Bauza
Eric Bauza (born December 7, 1979) is a Canadian-American voice actor and comedian. His most-known roles include Stimpy on '' Ren and Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"'', Foop on '' The Fairly OddParents'' and its reboot '' Fairly Odder'', Thunderbol ...
,
Timothy Omundson
Timothy Michael Omundson (born July 29, 1969) is an American actor. He is notable for his supporting roles as Sean Potter on the CBS television series ''Judging Amy'', Eli on the syndicated series '' Xena: Warrior Princess'', Carlton Lassit ...
,
Graham Verchere
Graham Marc Verchere (born 4 February 2002) is a Canadian actor, known for roles in '' Stargirl,'' '' Fargo'', '' The Good Doctor'', and ''Summer of 84''.
Early life
Verchere was born in Vancouver to Cynthia, a pediatric plastic surgeon at BC C ...
.
Personal life
She married Brazilian actor Paulo Vilhena on November 19, 2011. They split in 2013. In August 2016 Ayala converted to Protestantism and was baptized at the Igreja Pentecostal Anabatista. She is of Italian and Spanish descent.
Filmography
Television
Film
References
External links
Official website*
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1986 births
Living people
Actresses from São Paulo (state)
Brazilian telenovela actresses
Brazilian film actresses
Brazilian stage actresses
Brazilian female models
Brazilian Pentecostals
People from Presidente Prudente, São Paulo
Converts to Protestantism
Brazilian expatriates in the United States
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