Yanna Lavigne

Yanna Lavigne
Born Yanna Lavigne Inagaki
November 26, 1989
Osasco, Brazil
Occupation Actress and model
Years active 2010–present
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]

Yanna Lavigne Inagaki (born November 26, 1989)[2] is a Brazilian actress and model who played the lead role in two telenovelas.

Biography

Born in Osasco,[3] she is the daughter of a Japanese man and a woman from Bahia state, due to her exotic looks, her school colleagues in Nagoya suggested her to compete in the Aichi province's local beauty contest in 2006.[4] After she was discovered by a Brazilian scout, she worked as a model in Tokyo. She returned to Brazil when she was 19 years old and studied at Rede Globo's actors school.

Career

Her television debut was in the Fantástico's sketch named “O Cupido”, in 2010, and in 2011 she guest starred in several episodes of the telenovela Malhação.[5] The actress played a promiscuous girl in the 2012 telenovela Avenida Brasil.[6] Yanna Lavigne was part of the main cast of the 2013 telenovela Salve Jorge as a Turkish woman named Tamar.[7][8] She played Ana Fátima, who is one of the protagonists, in the 2013 telenovela Além do Horizonte.[9] Yanna Lavigne played a victim of a homicide in the 2014 police TV series Dupla Identidade, by Glória Perez.[10]

Television

Telenovelas
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2010 Fantástico Mariana Matos Sketch: O Cupido
2011 Malhação Laís Recurring role [5]
2012 Avenida Brasil Promiscuous girl Special guest star [6]
2013 Salve Jorge Tamar Co-protagonist [8]
2013 Além do Horizonte Ana Fátima Co-protagonist [9]
2014 Dupla Identidade Mariana Special guest star [11][12]

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result
2013 Prêmio Contigo! Best TV Newcomer Tamar in Salve Jorge Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "Yanna Lavigne conta como deixou a carreira de miss no Japão para se tornar atriz" (in Portuguese). MSN. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Yanna Lavigne" (in Portuguese). Caras. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  3. ↑ Luciana Tecidio (February 28, 2013). "Yanna Lavigne fala sobre namoro com Bruno Gissoni: ‘É muito forte’" (in Portuguese). EGO. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Salve Jorge: Yanna Lavigne, a Tamar, já foi miss no Japão antes de ser atriz". Extra Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Malhação Maicon e Babi finalmente se acertam" (in Portuguese). M de Mulher. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Sou namoradeira revela Yanna Lavigne, a Tamar de Salve Jorge" (in Portuguese). Contigo!. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Yanna Lavigne já foi miss no Japão antes de ser atriz" (in Portuguese). Extra Globo. October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Tamar" (in Portuguese). Globo. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Yanna Lavigne se diz menos ousada que personagem não sei lidar com cantadas". TV Globo (in Portuguese). October 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  10. ↑ Patrícia Kogut (June 9, 2014). "Yanna Lavigne fará série policial de Gloria Perez" (in Portuguese). O Globo. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  11. ↑ Anna Luiza Santiago (September 13, 2014). "Yanna Lavigne fala de cenas de nudez em série e de namoro com Gissoni: 'Quase moramos juntos'". O Globo (in Portuguese). Patrícia Kogut. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  12. ↑ Louise Soares (September 14, 2014). "Atriz de 'Dupla Identidade' diz que sentiu angústia ao gravar, nua, cena de autópsia" (in Portuguese). F5 - televisão. Retrieved September 22, 2014.

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