A Brazilian actress, born on August 29, 1970, in São Paulo, Brazil. Alessandra is the daughter of an engineer and a teacher. She is of Portuguese and Italian descent and has a brother, who spent his childhood and teenage years in Santos. At the age of 18, she joined a theater course, and during that period, she was called to audition for Rede Globo. She made her television debut in Olho no Olho (1993) and is known for Desejos de Mulher (2002), Cleópatra (2007), and Tropical Paradise (2007).