Cléo Pires Ayrosa Galvão, known simply as Cléo Pires (born October 2, 1982), is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian actress. Daughter of actress Glória Pires

Glória Pires

Glória Maria Cláudia Pires de Moraes, known simply as Glória Pires , is a Brazilian actress. She is best known for her roles in Rede Globo telenovelas such as Dancin' Days, Cabocla, Vale Tudo, Mulheres de Areia and O Rei do Gado...

 and singer-songwriter Fábio Júnior

Fábio Junior

Fábio Junior, full name Fábio Junior dos Santos is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Egyptian side Al-Ahly.-Honours:* Campeonato Amazonense in 2000 with Nacional Futebol Clube...

, Cléo Pires is also half-sister of the actor and singer-songwriter Filipe Galvão

Filipe Galvão

Fiuk is the stage name of Filipe Kartalian Ayrosa Galvão . He is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor known for playing "Bernardo Oliveira" in the seventeenth season of the telenovela Malhação...

. She first gained notoriety for her roles in the 2003 film Benjamim and in the 2005 telenovela

Telenovela

A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...

 América

América (TV series)

América is a Brazilian telenovela that was originally broadcast in 2005 by Rede Globo. The telenovela focused on the life of an illegal immigrant to the United States and the lives of those she left behind in Brazil. It stars Deborah Secco and Murilo Benício...

. Cléo Pires was awarded Best Actress in the 2003 International Rio Film Festival for her role in Benjamim.

Cléo Pires was also cover of the Brazilian edition of Playboy

Playboy magazine (Brazilian issue)

The Brazilian issue of Playboy is a local franchise of Playboy magazine published in Brazil. The original edition of the magazine was created by Hugh Hefner in the 1950s in the United States.-History:...

 magazine in August 2010. It was a special edition that celebrates the 35th anniversary of the magazine in Brazil.

Soap operas

• 2010: Araguaia as Estela Rangel (Estrela Karuê)
• 2009: Caminho das Índias
  Caminho das Índias
  Caminho das Índias is a Brazilian Emmy-winning television telenovela produced by Rede Globo and first broadcast from January 19 to September 11, 2009. It ranked within the top of the most watched shows on Brazilian television...
  
  as Surya Ananda
• 2008: Ciranda de Pedra as Margarida
• 2006: Cobras e Lagartos as Letícia Pacheco
• 2005: América
  América (TV series)
  América is a Brazilian telenovela that was originally broadcast in 2005 by Rede Globo. The telenovela focused on the life of an illegal immigrant to the United States and the lives of those she left behind in Brazil. It stars Deborah Secco and Murilo Benício...
  
  as Lourdinha (Maria de Lourdes)
• 1994: Memorial de Maria Moura as Maria Moura (young Helena)

Filmography

• 2011: Qualquer Gato Vira-Lata as Tatiana / Linda
• 2009: Lula, o filho do Brasil
  Lula, o filho do Brasil
  Lula, The Son of Brazil is a 2009 biographical Brazilian drama film based on the early life of former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Directed by Academy Award-nominated director Fábio Barreto, the film was released on January 1, 2010...
  
  as Lourdes
• 2008: Meu Nome Não É Johnny
  Meu Nome Não É Johnny
  Meu Nome Não É Johnny is a 2008 Brazilian film directed by Mauro Lima. A box office hit, it was one of the 14 films considered by the Ministry of Culture to represent Brazil in the competition for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2008 ceremony...
  
  as Sofia
• 2003: Benjamim as Ariela Masé/Castana Beatriz

Awards

• Best Actress at 2003 Rio Festival for Benjamim
• Most promising actress at 2005 Prêmio Adoro Cinema Brasileiro

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