Gracinha Leporace (born Maria da Graça Leporace; 20 January 1950) is a Brazilian singer who worked extensively with her late husband Sérgio Mendes and his band.

[1] Leporace was born in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro.

She has a sister, Marianna Leporace, who is a singer and actress in Brazil.

Leporace has featured regularly in much of her husband's group's releases since the 1970s[2] and can be heard as the Portuguese-singing female vocal in the hit "Mas que Nada"[3] (featuring The Black Eyed Peas) from the 2006 album Timeless and in the Baden Powell de Aquino composition "Berimbau/Consolação" from the same album, in which she provides the lead vocal.

[citation needed] Leporace has two sons with Mendes: Gustavo and Tiago.