Mel Lisboa Alves is a Brazilian actress born in Porto Alegre. A precocious child, she began dating at 11, got her first tattoo at 13 years and various small piercings. She started seeing a psychotherapist at 15 and debuted on television as the protagonist in the series "Presença de Anita" on Brazil's TV Globo, at the age of 19. She acted in telenovelas ("Desejos de Mulher" - "Woman's Desires" and "Como uma Onda" - "Like a Wave"), … Wikipedia
Parents: Cláudia Lisboa Alves and Bebeto Alves, musician. Her name means: "Honey Lisbon". Her biggest success, Anita from "Presença de Anita" (2001), which plot is very similar to Nobokov's Lolita, happened just at age of 19. The writer, Manoel Carlos, wo www.imdb.com/name/nm1036670/
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