Biography

Monique de Araújo Alfradique (Niterói, April 29, 1986) is a Brazilian actress and television presenter. The desire to become an actress began with children's theater and advertising campaigns. She started on television as a paquita on Programa da Xuxa , shown on Rede Globo, where she worked from 1999 to 2002. After making some appearances in Malhação and Agora É que São Elas, she got her first starring role in the soap opera The Moon Told Me. In 2006, after going through a test, Monique was cast to play one of the protagonists of Malhação, the villain Priscila, while doing the play A Mentira by Nelson Rodrigues. She stayed on the program for a year and a half, but left to play Fernanda de Beleza Pura. Then she went to live in SP for a season of Shakespeare 's Comedy of Errors. In 2004, Monique participated in the film Loucuras a Dois by André Prado. The cast also featured Giselle Policarpo . Furthermore, in 2008, Monique participated in the music video for the song " Someone Que Te Faz Sorrir ", by the band Fresno. In 2009, she participated in the miniseries Cinquentinha, where Bárbara Romero, granddaughter of Susana Vieira's character, lived. Still in 2009, she participated in Cama de Gato where the young doctor Érica Castiglione, granddaughter of Berta Loran 's character, played. In 2011, she played Bárbara Romero again in the series Lara com Z, a second season of Cinquentinha, and was in theaters in the play Escola de Mulheres de Molière. In the same year, she acted in the soap opera Fina Estampa. In 2014, she plays Luiza, a young psychology student who becomes a call girl, in the Multishow series, A Segunda Vez. Monique participated in the shows Dança no Gelo and Desafio do Faustão, on Domingão do Faustão, on Rede Globo , and she won the challenge of parading through all 14 samba schools in São Paulo.