Francisca Queiroz

Francisca Vaz Queiroz (born September 4, 1979) is a Brazilian television and film actress. She played the lead role, Catarina, in the television series A Lei e o Crime. Born in Campinas, São Paulo state, her father is an entrepreneur, while her mother is a lawyer. Francisca Queiroz started working as an amateur theater actress, initiating a model career when she was 16 years old. As a model, she traveled to places such as Japan and South Korea, before leaving the career when she was 18 years old. Francisca Queiroz started to study performing arts when she was 14 years old, moving to São Paulo two years later to work in the city's theaters.