Born in the Mooca neighborhood of São Paulo, Denise comes from a lower middle-class family of Italian, Portuguese, and Syrian descent.

She studied Bertolt Brecht at the Auguste School, and soon afterwards decided to stage dialogues of the philosopher Plato with her philosophy class.

She studied with Emilio Fontana, in TBC, and after six months went to Teatro de Arena, where she became professional, interrupting its formation.

[3] She appeared in Memórias da Lua, by Tuna Dwek, of the Aplauso Collection, of the Official Press of the State of São Paulo, which was released in February 2008.

[4] Denise married actor Celso Frateschi with whom she performed in the theater and in the miniseries José do Egito.