At the age of 8, got her start in acting with a yogurt commercial
In 2002 she received a Best Supporting Actress nomination from Cinema Brazil Grand Prize (Brazil's Academy Awards) for her role as Angelica in City of God
Made her English-language debut in 2006 in the film Journey to the End of the Night
Starred in two films about the end of the world: 2007's I Am Legend and 2008's Blindness