Monique Alves Frankenhuis (August 7, 1962 – August 29, 1994 in

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), best known as Monique Alves, was a Brazilian

actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

, daughter of Jean Pierre Frankenhuis and Alcina Maria Fernandes Alves. She died in 1994 due to complications from

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. She was married to director

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(

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), with whom she had a daughter, Tainah, now mother of Nina and Lara.

Filmography

Film

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alves Frankenhuis, Monique 1962 births 1994 deaths Brazilian film actresses Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city)