# Monica Iozzi

Monica Iozzi de Castro (Ribeirão Preto, November 2, 1981) is a Brazilian actress and reporter.
She gained prominence as a reporter for the Band program CQC.

## Career

She graduated in Performing Arts from Unicamp in 2005 and joined the SESI Experimental Center. She began her career as an actress in the theater company Os Satyros.
In 2009, she won the competition to become a reporter for CQC, on Rede Bandeirantes, competing against 5 thousand other participants. In January 2014, announcing her desire to return to her acting career, she chose to leave CQC, after a period of more than four years on the attraction's team.
The actress signed a contract with Rede Globo in 2014. Monica debuted as a commentator on Big Brother Brasil 14, presenting a panel that was shown on Tuesdays on the program. Her first appearance on BBB was on January 21, 2014.
At the beginning of February, Monica was confirmed by Globo as a commentator for the 2014 Oscar ceremony, along with actress and presenter Fernanda Lima. In the same year, she joined the cast of the soap opera Alto Astral, playing Scarlett/Ritinha. The character made her first appearance in January 2015.
On April 6, 2015, she debuted as presenter of the Vídeo Show program, forming a duo with Otaviano Costa. The last program with Iozzi on the bench was on February 12, 2016. The presenter left the program so she could dedicate herself to her profession as an actress.
In April 2017, the actress starred in the series Vade Retro, on Rede Globo, alongside Tony Ramos.
In 2019, the actress played the eccentric Kim Ventura, a businesswoman of digital influencers in A Dona do Pedaço.

## Personal Life

In 2019, she started dating administrator Gabriel Moura. In March 2021, the couple broke off the relationship, but got back together soon afterwards.
She was ordered to pay R$30,000 to Federal Supreme Court (FSC) minister Gilmar Mendes for criticizing him on Twitter after he granted habeas corpus to doctor Roger Abdelmassih, sentenced to 278 years in prison for the rape of 37 patients.

## Filmography

Television
| Year | Title | Role / Job | Notes |
| 2009–2013 | CQC: Custe o Que Custar | Reporter | |
| 2014 | Big Brother Brasil | Reporter | Season 14 |
| 2014 | Oscar 2014 | Comentarist | |
| 2014 | Alto Astral | Scarlett Máximo / Aparecida dos Santos (Cidinha) | |
| 2015–2016 | Vídeo Show | Presenter | |
| 2015 | Babilônia | Susana's friend | Episode: "june 2" |
| 2015 | Tomara que Caia | Natasha | Episode: "A Mala que vem Para o Bem" Episode: "Um Sogro do Outro Mundo" |
| 2015 | Caldeirão de Ouro | Presenter | End of year special |
| 2016–2018 | Tá no Ar: a TV na TV | Herself | Episode: "february 23" Episode: "april 17" |
| 2017 | Vade Retro | Celeste Vasconcelos | |
| 2017 | Palavras em Série | Tati Bernardi | Episode: "december 9" |
| 2018 | Papo de Segunda: Verão | Presenter | |
| 2018 | Assédio | Carmen | Episode: "O Julgamento" |
| 2019 | Carcereiros | Daniela | Episode: "Cartas Não Mentem" |
| 2019 | A Dona do Pedaço | Kim Ventura / Cleonice da Silva | |
| 2021 | Crónica dos Bons Malandros | Japonesa | |
| 2022 | Fale Mais Sobre Isso, Iozzi | Presenter | |
| 2023 | Novela | Isabel | |
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2008 | Dente de Leão | Girlfriend | Short-film |
| 2013 | Real Utopia | Bruna | Short-film |
| 2015 | Superpai | Mariana | |
| 2016 | Zootopia | Judy Hopps | Brazilian dubbing |
| 2017 | A Comédia Divina | Raquel | |
| 2018 | Mulheres Alteradas | Sônia | |
| 2019 | Turma da Mônica: Laços | Luisa Moreira de Sousa | |
| 2021 | Turma da Mônica: Lições | Luisa Moreira de Sousa | |
| 2022 | Mar de Dentro | Manuela "Manu" | |
Internet
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2020 | Sofia | Helena Pereira | Original Spotify audio series |

## Theater

| Year | Title |
| 2006 | Please Send Junk Food |
| 2006 | Intersecções |