Actress
09/06/2024
Awareness
StoryVillage
Graduated from Uni Rio, actress, teacher and director with over 34 years in the market, she has collected several works in theater, television and cinema. Today starring in the hit series Encantado's on Rede Globo television. With several nominations and awards under her belt, she was the first black actress to win the Shell Theater Award, an event that marked the fight for racial equality within the arts. Throughout her career she has influenced many young actors, so much so that in 2017 the academic directory of the faculty of performing arts in Rio de Janeiro was renamed with a unanimous vote "DA Vilma Melo", symbolizing the maximum point of this representation, especially for black students.