For her next film "Traição" where she plays the "Diabólica" character by playwright Nelson Rodrigues, she got the "Candango" for best supporting actress at the Festival de Brasília.
[5] The first part she landed as a teenager was a TV role in the Rede Manchete telenovela, Xica da Silva.
In 2000, she moved to Brazil's biggest network, Rede Globo, to play the lead female in the teen soap Malhação.
Dayer then rose to national fame through her role in the 2004 soap Senhora do Destino, where she portrayed Danielle Meira, nicknamed "baby nymph" by her boyfriend Giovanni Improtta (José Wilker).
[citation needed] That same year, she was the lead in the movie Vida de Menina, based on the diaries of Helena Morley.