Adriana Alves

Adriana Alves (born 12 December 1976) is a Brazilian actress and former model. She has mainly played roles in Brazilian telenovelas. She is most well known for her role as Palmira Pinto Feijó in Celebridade, for which she won several awards, including the Trófeu Raça Negra and the Top of Business trophy. Alves has had various roles in Brazilian film and television, starting her career with the Rede Record novela Turma do Gueto. She later transferred to Rede Globo, where she was an actress in novelas such as Celebridade, Como uma Onda, and Duas Caras. She later acted in films such as The Assailant and O Último Voo do Flamingo. In 2012, she performed as Paula Rivera on the SBT novela Carrossel. She substituted for Thammy Miranda for a brief period on the "Elas Querem Saber" block on Programa Raul Gil.In 2006, she was the rainha da bateria (queen of the drums) for the São Paulo-based samba school Unidos de Vila Maria. In 2007 and 2008, she was the madrinha da bateria (godmother of drums) for the Pérola Negra samba school.In 2010, Alves married French-Brazilian chef Olivier Anquier, with whom she had already had a relationship since November 2007. They had a daughter together, Olívia Anquier, on 3 January 2017 in São Paulo.