She got her start in the music industry singing in the clubs of São Paulo, Brazil.

Among her greatest successes are A Majestade O Sabiá (The Majesty the Sabiá Bird), Vá Com Deus (Go with God), and Sol da Minha Vida (Sun of My Life) the disc that sold 750,000 copies in the early 1990s.

She has successfully collaborated with other MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) acts, such as Roberto Carlos, Chitãozinho e Xororó, Fagner, and others.

In 2015, she won the 26th Brazilian Music Award in the Best Popular Song Singer category.

[2] In an interview with Tatá Werneck in the late-night talk show Lady Night, from 2018, Roberta declared herself as trisexual.