Francisca Vaz Queiroz (born September 4, 1979) is a Brazilian actress. She played the lead role, Catarina, in the television series A Lei e o Crime.

Biography

Born in

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, her father is an entrepreneur, while her mother is a lawyer. Francisca Queiroz started working as an amateur theater actress, initiating a model career when she was 16 years old. As a model, she traveled to places such as Japan and South Korea, before leaving the career when she was 18 years old. Francisca Queiroz started to study

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when she was 14 years old, moving to

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two years later to work in the city's theaters.

Career

After turning 19 years old, Francisca Queiroz graduated at

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's performing arts academy, named Oficina de Atores. She played her first role in 2001, as a character named Ana, in Globo's miniseries

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. She played her first role as a villain in 2003, in Globo's telenovela Agora é Que São Elas. Francisca Queiroz played the role of paraplegic teacher Vitória in

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's 2006 season. Francisca Queiroz played in 2007 another role as a villain, in

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's telenovela Amor e Intrigas. She played her first lead role in 2009, in Rede Record's television series A Lei e o Crime, in which she played Police Chief Catarina.

Filmography

Television

Cinema

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Queiroz, Francisca Living people 1979 births Actresses from Campinas Brazilian film actresses Brazilian telenovela actresses Brazilian female models