Career
While studying, she made some TV commercials and played minor plays in theater. After this, she was approved in the TV Globo Actor's Workshop and moved to Rio de Janeiro. Then she signed to join the cast of Malhação and began acting in minor roles. She won the role of "Natasha" in 2004.
She began sharing the vocals of the band with singer, Gustavo (Guilherme Berenguer). Victor Pozas and Alexandre Castilho started recording demo tapes with Estiano and sending them to record labels. Universal Music was interested, and hired Estiano. After several months in studio, her self-titled debut album was released. The first single, "Você Sempre Será" (English: You Will Always Be), which was previously performed in Malhação, hit the top of Brazilian charts, and won the Faustão's The Best Of The Year award for Song Of The Year.
The second single, "Por Mais Que Eu Tente" (English: The More I Try), was her second top ten hit, and the third single "O Jogo" (English: The Game) peaked just outside the top ten, but still enjoyed success. Thanks to the enormous airplay of the song "Você Sempre Será", her album went platinum.
She stood out in novels and Pages of Life (Páginas da Vida) (2006) e India: A Love Story (Caminho das Índias) (2009). In 2007, she was the protagonist of the novel Two Faces (Duas Caras) in stellar time of Rede Globo. She played Manuela Fonseca, which is one of the main characters, in the 2011 Rede Globo telenovela A Vida da Gente. and Laura Assunção, the protagonist of the novel Lado a Lado, in 2012.
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