Luiza dos Santos Valdetaro (born September 7, 1985) is a Brazilian actress and businesswoman. She has lived in

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since 2015, where she became a partner of the multinational producer BlueMoon and began to dedicate her career to

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Career

In 2002 she appeared in the first chapters of the 2002 season of ''

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'' as a student attending the club, until making debut in a fixed novel, with the personage Gabi, in ''

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''. After this, she participated in the novel '' América'', interpreting Manu. In 2006, she lived her first protagonist of the teen soap opera ''

''. Also interpreted Gloria, in ''

Viver a Vida ''Viver a Vida'' (literally: Living Life, English title: ''Seize the Day'') is a Brazilian telenovela broadcast by TV Globo from September 14, 2009 to May 14, 2010. It is written by Manoel Carlos in collaboration with Ângela Chaves, Cláudia La ...

'' of Manoel Carlos. In 2011 she was in the telenovela ''

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'' as Antônia, one of the protagonists of the plot. In 2012 she played Gerusa Bastos, one of the protagonists of the remake of ''

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'', work of Jorge Amado adapted by Walcyr Carrasco and direction of Mauro Mendonça Filho. Between 2013 and 2014 she joined the cast of the novel ''

Joia Rara ''Joia Rara'' (, English: officially ''Precious Pearl''; literally Rare Jewel, figuratively Unique Grace) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo from 16 September, 2013 to 4 April, 2014. Written by Duca Rachid and Thelma Gu ...

'', as Hilda, an aspiring singer. In 2014, she began dating oil businessman Mariano Ferraz, whom she married on October 3, 2015 at the Copacabana Palace hotel. Soon after, she announced that she was pregnant with her second child, Sophia Valdetaro Ferraz, who was born on July 2, 2016. On October 26, 2016, her husband was arrested by Operation Car Wash, accused of corruption and money laundering. After the businessman was officially sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2018, the couple decided to separate so as not to interfere in Luiza's life.

Filmography

Television

Film

References

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* 1985 births Living people Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian film actresses Brazilian television actresses 21st-century Brazilian businesswomen 21st-century Brazilian businesspeople Brazilian emigrants to England {{Brazil-bio-stub