Mel Lisboa Alves is a Brazilian actress and presenter. She became known for the character Anita of Anita's Presence. became known for playing the title character in the miniseries Presença de Anita (2001). Biography She is the daughter of astrologer Cláudia Lisboa Alves and musician Bebeto Alves . She is the cousin of comedian Rafinha Bastos . She studied cinema at the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), in Niterói , but dropped out of the course to pursue a career as an actress. She is not directly related to the Gaucho musician Nei Lisboa . [ 2 ] In 2009, the actress declared that she was an atheist in an interview with Tpm magazine. Career She debuted as an actress in 2001, starring in the Rede Globo miniseries , Presença de Anita , playing Anita, a mysterious and seductive young woman. [ 4 ] Due to her character's great sexual appeal, she participated in a sensual shoot for the website Paparazzo . The miniseries earned an average of 30 ratings and was rebroadcast in full in 2002 on TV Globo. In 2002, in the soap opera Escolhas de Mulher , she played Gabriela, a young woman from the countryside and aspiring model. This time her character was not as successful, due to the fixed image of the previous character and the plot's low ratings. The actress, at the time, even realized that she had been dazzled after playing a prominent role, but after playing another with little acceptance, she matured. In 2003, he did his second sensual shoot. This time for Trip magazine . The following year she posed nude for the Brazilian edition of Playboy magazine , in its 29th anniversary edition. In the same year, after having signed a contract with SBT , the contract did not go through, she returned to Rede Globo and acted in the soap opera Como uma Onda , playing Lenita Paiva, a rich and spoiled girl. In 2006, she became a television presenter on the GNT /Rede Globo Sat channel and released the book Mundo Afora — Diário de Bordo de Mel Lisboa , [ 6 ] with the plot and photographs of her program. In 2007, she participated in the cast of the soap opera Sete Pecados , in which she played the character Carla, a young woman of humble origins and extremely ambitious with her dubious personality. On April 1 , 2010 , she signed a contract with Rede Record [ 7 ] and the following year she starred in the miniseries Sansão e Dalila , playing Dalila , a seductive woman with a dubious character. Still in 2011, she participated in two more sensual shoots: In Inked magazine , she shows her tattoos and talks about her passion for them. In Maxim magazine , she shows that the lolita phase is literally behind her. She won some awards in her career, including the most important national cinema award, the Kikito , at the Gramado Festival , as best actress for her performance in Sonhos e Deseios , in 2006. In cinema, she participated in films such as A Fortune Teller ( The Fortune Teller ). 2003), The Wedding of Romeo and Juliet (2005), Dreams and Desires (2006), and Live (2008). In theater he participated in plays such as Há Vaga Para Moças de Fino Trato (2002), Confessões de Adolescente (2003), Brutal (2003), Luluzinhas (2003), Biting the Lips (2006), A Mulher do Candidato (2008), Cyrano (2009), After the Rain (2010) and Altered Women (2010/2011). In October 2012, she was hospitalized with an intestinal virus and had to cancel the show.