Born in Belo Horizonte,[3] to a father of Spanish, Italian, and Syrian descent.

[4] She appeared in the TV soap opera Sin Capital in 1975[3] and Carla Lambrini in Locomotivas in 1977.

[5] She returned to the genre to appear in Explodes Heart in 1995, For Love in 1998 and Full of Charm in 2012.

[3] Her best remembered role was said to be Bellies for Hire in 1990, where she played a geneticist named Yara.

[3] Francisco died in Rio de Janeiro in 2019, aged 84,[1][2] during hospital treatment for complications after the repair of a broken femur.