Grace Mendes (born 15 August 1974) is a Portuguese actress of Angolan background, famous for her performance as Sandra on the telenovela ''Ninguém como Tu''. She is also well known for playing Marlene on ''Makemba Hotel'', Rosa Bittencourt on ''

Windeck Windeck is a municipality in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg (river), Sieg, approx. 35km east of Bonn and 35km west of Siegen. The name Windeck comes from the Windeck castle ruins and ...

'', Nayr on ''Jikulumessu'', and Yolanda on ''Maison Afrochic''. Mendes began acting at age 19, with her being part of the cast in theatre and TV productions. Her first role was in the telenovela ''Ganância'', where she played the wife of the character Cardeal, played by

Francisco Nicholson Francisco Nicholson (19382016) was a Portuguese actor, director, playwright, songwriter and screenwriter. He was a co-founder of the ''Teatro Ádóque'' theatre cooperative. He wrote, directed, and acted in revues and was a writer of television so ...

. She went on to play in various telenovelas afterwards in

Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...

and

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. In addition to acting, she has also done humanitarian work in Angola, such as with opening free health clinics in

Luanda Luanda ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Angola, largest city of Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Ang ...

. Mendes dated Angolan actor

Fredy Costa Fredy Costa (born 9 September 1980) is an Angolan-French actor, known for his roles in telenovelas such as ''Windeck'' and ''A Única Mulher''. He was born in Luanda and raised in Paris, France. He began his career as a model in 1999, having mod ...

from 2013 to 2020.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mendes, Grace 1974 births Living people Actresses from Lisbon Portuguese people of Angolan descent Portuguese television actresses