# Vanessa Giácomo

Vanessa Mendes da Silva Lima (born 29 March 1983), best known as Vanessa Giácomo, is a Brazilian actress and screenwriter.

## Career

Giácomo made her television debut in Cabocla in 2004 at the age of 20, where she met and fell in love with actor Daniel de Oliveira. She appeared with Eriberto Leão in Sinhá Moça in 2006. She and Oliveira married and she gave birth to their first son in January 2008. She resumed work after the birth, filming O Menino da Porteira with singer Daniel, and received an offer to take part in a film on Jean Charles de Menezes, a Brazilian national who was mistaken for a terrorist and shot dead by police in London in 2005. Filming took place in London during 2008.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2002 | Malhação | Nanda's Friend |
| 2003 | Linha Direta | |
| 2004 | Cabocla | Zulmira de Oliveira Vieira Pires "Zuca" |
| 2005 | Clara e o Chuveiro do Tempo | Lia |
| 2006 | Sinhá Moça | Juliana Castroneves |
| 2007 | Amazônia, de Galvez a Chico Mendes | Ilzamar "Ilza" Mendes |
| 2007–2008 | Duas Caras | Luciana Alves Negroponte |
| 2009 | Paraíso | Rosa "Rosinha" |
| 2009–2010 | Caras & Bocas | Miriam Barros |
| 2011 | Autor por Autor | Moça Caetana |
| 2011 | Morde & Assopra | Celeste de Sousa Sampaio |
| 2012 | Gabriela | Malvina Tavares |
| 2013–2014 | Amor à Vida | Aline Noronha Khoury |
| 2014 | A Mulher da Sua Vida | Fernanda |
| 2014 | Império | Eliane Medeiros |
| 2015–2016 | A Regra do Jogo | Maria Vitória "Tóia" Noronha/Sofia Mendes de Albuquerque |
| 2017–2018 | Pega Pega | Antônia Almeida |
| 2018 | O Outro Lado do Paraíso | Taís Ribeiro |
| 2018–2019 | O Sétimo Guardião | Stella Aranha |
| 2021 | Filhas de Eva | Cleópatra "Cléo" Ramos de Souza |
| 2022 | Cara e Coragem | Herself |
| 2022–2023 | Travessia | Leonor "Leo" Sampaio |
| 2023 | Chuva Negra | Julie |
| 2024 | O Jogo que Mudou a História | Marta |
| 2025 | Beleza Fatal | Cléonice "Cléo" Fernandes |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Canta Maria | Maria | |
| 2007 | Os 12 Trabalhos | Simone | |
| 2008 | A Ilha dos Escravos | Maria | |
| 2009 | Jean Charles | Vivian | |
| 2009 | O Menino da Porteira | Juliana | |
| 2011 | Prime Time Soap | Amanda Lima | |
| 2011 | Gnomeo & Juliet | Juliet | Voice role; brazilian dubbing |
| 2013 | Solidões | Mulher | |
| 2015 | Divã a 2 | Eduarda | |
| 2016 | Rodízio - O Filme | — | Short-film; also screenwriter |
| 2025 | MMA - Meu Melhor Amigo | Mother | |
| 2025 | Fé Para o Impossível | Renee Murdoch | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Awards | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2004 | Prêmio Qualidade Brasil | Best Revelation | Cabocla | Won |
| 2004 | Melhores do Ano | Melhor Atriz Revelação | Cabocla | Won |
| 2004 | Prêmio Extra de Televisão | Melhor Revelação | Cabocla | Won |
| 2004 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Revelation | Cabocla | Won |
| 2004 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Romantic Couple (with Daniel de Oliveira) | Cabocla | Nominated |
| 2006 | Prêmio Contigo! de Cinema | Best Actress | Canta Maria | Won |
| 2009 | Prêmio Contigo! de Cinema | Best Actress | Jean Charles | Won |
| 2011 | Prêmio Extra de Televisão | Best Supporting Actress | Morde & Assopra | Nominated |
| 2011 | Queer Lisboa | Best Actress | A Novela das 8 | Won |
| 2013 | Melhores do Ano | Best Actress | Amor à Vida | Nominated |
| 2013 | Prêmio Extra de Televisão | Best Supporting Actress | Amor à Vida | Nominated |
| 2014 | Melhores do Ano Minha Novela | Best Actress | Amor à Vida | Won |
| 2014 | Troféu Imprensa | Melhor Atriz | Amor à Vida | Won |
| 2014 | Troféu Internet | Best Actress | Amor à Vida | Nominated |
| 2014 | Prêmio Contigo! de TV | Best Actress | Amor à Vida | Won |
| 2015 | Prêmio Extra de Televisão | Best Actress | A Regra do Jogo | Nominated |