As a singer-songwriter, Nunes released three studio albums between 1964 and 1968, one of them alongside Carlos Lyra.
[1][2][3] She also collaborated as special guest in several albums by her then husband Egberto Gismonti.
[4] Outside her musical career, Nunes also ventured into cinema, acting in four Feature films between 1949 and 1967.
[5][6] Nunes was also an architect and owned Bressane Arquitetura & Interiores, an architecture firm in Rio de Janeiro.
[8] On 4 June 2020, Nunes died from complications of COVID-19 in Rio de Janeiro, at age 90, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.