Overview
Fernanda Arrias Machado (born 10 October 1980) is a Brazilian actress. She is best known for her role as Maria in the film Tropa de Elite.
Career
Her first television work was in 2004, when she played Sonya in Rede Globo's telenovela Começar de Novo, by Antônio Calmon and Elizabeth Jhin.
She played Dalila in 2005 Rede Globo's telenovela Alma Gêmea and Joana in 2007's telenovela Paraíso Tropical. where she won the 2007 best supporting actress of TV Globo. Fernanda Machado played the role of Laís in Rede Globo's 2009 telenovela Caras & Bocas, by Walcyr Carrasco.
She had previously worked with him in Alma Gêmea. Fernanda Machado starred in the same year as Maria in Tropa de Elite which won the Berlin Film Festival in 2008.
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