Agatha Cerqueira Pereira Moreira (born January 19, 1992) is a Brazilian actress and former model.[3] She became known after her participation in the twentieth season of the teen telenovela Malhação in 2012; before this, she worked as model in several countries where she did numerous advertising campaigns, appeared in magazine articles and was the face for various known brands. She starred in Em Família in 2014 and was recognized for her performance in Verdades Secretas in 2015. More recently she has starred in several other novelas, including her breakout role in A Dona do Pedaço, in 2019.
Biography
Born in Rio de Janeiro, she was raised in the neighborhood of Olaria.[4] 9She is the daughter of driver Enilda Cerqueira and retired businessman Antônio Moreira and her siblings are Cristiane Moreira and Augusto Cerqueira.[3] Her parents separated when Agatha was 3 years old and she lived with her father, a family agreement, since he had better living conditions to raise the children at that time.[3] She is the cousin of actress Samara Felippo, to whom she attributed the inspiration to also enter the world of acting.[5]
Career
In 2006, at the age of 14, she auditioned for models at the Brazilian headquarters of the international agency Elite Model Management, recommended by her aunt, Lea Felippo, mother of actress Samara Felippo.[6] At the time, Agatha did not have a professional book, so she took improvised photos with her own camera to the auditions, which did not interfere with her being approved among the 20 models hired.[6] In 2009, at the age of 17, she became an agent of 40º Graus Models and was sent to Chile, where she lived and modeled for designers from all over Latin America.[7] During this time, she traveled to Japan, the Dominican Republic and Peru to do temporary work.[8] In 2010, she lived for six months in South Korea, where, in addition to her conventional work as a model, she also participated in the music video "Shut Up! (시끄러)" by the South Korean boy bandU-KISS.[9] In the same year, she spent another six months in Miami, United States.[8] In 2011, she lived in New York, where she photographed for magazines such as Vogue and Stylist.[8] At this time, Agatha planned to leave her modeling career to return to Brazil and study theater, embarking on a career in acting, but she needed to save up enough money to pay for her studies, working at the same time as a model and event promoter in her free time, earning the necessary amount to pay for her studies.[8]
In 2012, back in Brazil, Agatha managed to take a theater course.[10] At this time, she received an email recruiting her for a test at Rede Globo. However, without the money to go to Projac because she had given up her modeling career and was experiencing some financial difficulties, Agatha had to call to explain the situation and sent a homemade video containing the interpretive text they requested.[10] Even without having attended in person, the young woman was approved as the protagonist of the twentieth season of Malhação, alongside Alice Wegmann, a soap opera in which her cousin had also gained notoriety thirteen years earlier – playing the dreamer Ju.[11][12][13] In 2014, she played the spoiled brat Giselle in Em Família.[14][15] In 2015, she played her most well-known role to date, the spoiled villain Giovanna, in Verdades Secretas.[16][17][18] She also participated in the twelfth season of the talent show Dança dos Famosos.[19][20] In 2016, she played the spoiled rebel Camila in Haja Coração, a character who began with traits of antagonism, forming one of the main couples along with Jayme Matarazzo.[21][22][23] In 2017, she played Domitila de Castro, Marchioness of Santos in Novo Mundo, a suffering young woman who becomes a seductive villain and lover of Dom Pedro I.[24][25][26] In 2018, she played the sweet and romantic Ema Cavalcante in the six-night soap opera Orgulho e Paixão.[27][28][29][30] In 2019, she played the great psychopathic villain Josiane in A Dona do Pedaço, an unscrupulous young social climber, rival of her own mother, the protagonist Maria da Paz (Juliana Paes). The biggest character of her career.[31][32][33][34]
In 2021, she confirmed her participation in the continuation of the soap opera Verdades Secretas, with short blonde hair, returning to play Giovanna, who is determined to prove that Angel (Camila Queiroz) killed her father, businessman Alex (Rodrigo Lombardi), and hires a mysterious investigator involved in the fashion world, Cristiano (Rômulo Estrela), and ends up falling in love with the model.[35][36] In 2022, she made a guest appearance in the premiere of the soap opera Cara e Coragem on TV Globo.
In 2023, she joined the cast of Terra e Paixão, playing Graça, an arrogant, snobbish and prejudiced model who will not accept losing her fiancé Daniel (Johnny Massaro) to a black, lower-class woman. With the help of her mother-in-law, she plans to stage a pregnancy scam in hopes of keeping her fiancé. This marks her fourth partnership with author Walcyr Carrasco, all as villains.
Personal life
Between 2010 and 2012, she dated actor Pablo Morais for two years. At the time, the two worked together as models, eventually living together in New York.[37][38] In 2013, she began dating filmmaker Pedro Nicoll, ending the relationship in April 2016.[39][40] In October 2016, she began dating actor Pedro Lamin, with the relationship coming to an end in May 2018.[41][42] During the recording of the soap opera Orgulho e Paixão, she began dating actor Rodrigo Simas, her romantic partner in the plot, which only became official in January 2019.[43][44]
