Nivea Stelmann

Nívea Stelmann Leôncio (born 6 April 1974) is a Brazilian actress and television presenter. She was born and raised in the city of Paraíba do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, in the State of Rio de Janeiro. Born to entrepreneur parents, she decided at 12 years old that she wanted to become famous.From an early age, she tried to convince her parents to allow her to go live on her own in the city of Rio de Janeiro At 16 years old, Nivea got permission to move to Rio, where she attended college, pursuing a major in journalism, which she studied for three semesters but never graduated.

During her college studies, Nivea was also a model for Ford Models and did television commercials.

Later on, Nívea started attending Performing Arts classes at the UNI-Rio.