The actress Deborah Secco, 43 years old, has established herself in recent decades as one of the most renowned Brazilian actresses. Striking roles on television and cinema established this Italian-Brazilian with a typical Veneto surname.
Deborah Fialho Secco was born into a lower middle class family in Rio de Janeiro on November 26, 1979. Math teacher's daughter Ricardo Tindó Ribeiro Secco and the housewife Sílvia Regina Fialho, she has two brothers, Ricardo and Bárbara.
With talent for performing arts Since she was a child, she started doing advertising work at the age of 8 and staged her first play, Playing Once Upon a Time, at 10 years old.
Deborah Secco debuts on television
Deborah Secco's debut on television was at the age of 11, when she acted in the soap opera Black Mico, from TV Globo. Meanwhile, she continued acting in plays such as Little Red Shoes, for which she was nominated to the Coca-Cola Theater Award, in the Best New Actress category.
Still on Rede Globo, he participated in the 1992 episodes “Tabu” and “Mamãe Coragem” of the program You Decide, in addition to the children's special from Professor Raimundo's School, in celebration of Children's Day.
He then made a special appearance in the miniseries Summer Tales, was in the assembly of the piece The Tin Soldier and in the show The Emperor's New Clothes.
Teenager's Confessions
In 1994, Deborah Secco went to TV Cultura, where she won the role of one of the protagonists of the series Teenager's Confessions. As the smart Carol, she gained public, fame and critical recognition, winning the APCA Award in the New Actress category. All this at just 14 years old.
The following year, the young actress returned to TV Globo and acted in her first prime time soap opera, The next victim. In 1996 she played the character Bárbara, in the soap opera Vira Can, who during much of the plot passed as a boy, going by the name Tatu.
Afterwards, she acted in the soap opera Zazá as Dora, granddaughter of the protagonist played by Fernanda Montenegro, and, in 1998, she was cast in her first soap opera of six, Once upon a time…, like Emília, a mischievous girl who lives in the countryside.
Deborah Secco in Playboy magazine
In 1999, she participated in the soap opera Suave Veneno, as the “Maria-Chuteira” Marina. In August of that year, posed for the first time for Playboy magazine, in the publication's 24th anniversary edition, in an essay captured by the photographer JR Duran.
In 2000, he played his first villain, Íris de Family relationships and, the following year, she gained her first protagonist in soap operas, Cecília de Sá, a character in the soap opera The Patroness, by Walcyr Carrasco.
That same year, at the height of the fame and sensuality, Deborah posed for the second time for Playboy magazine, in the magazine's 27th anniversary edition.
In the following years, Deborah Secco gained more and more featured in Globo soap operas, with striking characters such as the clumsy vampire Lara, from Kiss of the Vampire, the girl obsessed with fame Darlene, in Celebrity, and Sol, an illegal immigrant in the United States, in the soap opera America.
Off-screen success
In 2005, she participated in the Ice Dance, in the program domingão Faustão, and ended up fracturing two ribs. That didn't stop her from playing the villain Elizabeth, foot in jackfruit.
In 2007 he made a special appearance in the soap opera Tropical paradise, as the prostitute Betina, and in 2008 played the retreatant Maria do Céu, in the soap opera The favorite.
At this time, Deborah Secco was hired as poster girl for the Scala brand, which manufactures women's underwear. With the help of the actress, sales of the Flip bra went from 10 to 40 in less than a month.
Still in 2008, she did a nude shoot for RG Vogue magazine, which chose the actress as the “complete favorite” and the “Sexiest woman on Brazilian TV”.
Deborah Secco plays Bruna Surfistinha
In 2011, Deborah starred in the film Bruna Surfistinha: The Sweet Poison of the Scorpion, about the real history of former prostitute Raquel Pacheco, who released a book revealing the secrets of the trade.
In the same year, he played the comic character Natalie Lamour, in the soap opera Foolish Heart. For this work, she won the Extra TV Award, in the Supporting Actress category, and the Veja Rio award actress of the year.
According to a note published at the time by Veja magazine, Deborah Secco was the most mentioned Brazilian celebrity in 2011 by the press.
Influential personality
In 2012 Deborah was elected as one of the 100 most influential personalities of the year by IstoÉ magazine. In the same year, she was encouraged by Steven Spielberg working in Hollywood, where he represented Brazil in 40th AFI Life Achievement Awards, an award that honored the actress Shirley McLaine. At the event, he also met the actress Meryl Streep.
In 2013, Deborah Secco recorded the feature film Good luck, playing the HIV-positive character Judite. For filming, she lost 12 kilos.
Mom Deborah Secco
The actress participated in the soap opera Boogie Oogie in 2014 and would be in the soap opera Secret Truths, in 2015, but left the cast after discovering the your daughter's pregnancy, Mary flower, with her current husband, Hugo moura.
In the following years, he returned strongly to television, where he joined the cast of Workout in 2016, playing the character Tânia, and participated in the soap operas Second sun, in 2017, and Rensga Hits!In 2022.
Before her relationship with Hugo Moura, the actress was involved with celebrities such as actors Maurício Mattar e Dolabella Data, the lead singer of the group O Rappa, Marcelo Falcao, and the former football player and current commentator Roger Flores.
Last Name
O surname Secco originates in Italy and the Iberian Peninsula. Among the Iberians, it is derived from the Latin siccus, that refers to a thin individual or “who does not drink wine”, “sober”.
Among Italians, in addition to the physical characteristics of the ancestor, it can also derive from the given name Sychard ( Siccardo, in Italian), which means “strong in victory”, which gave rise to the surnames Seco and Secco and also Sica, Siccardi and Sicco.
Its origin is Venetian, with many occurrences in areas such as Vicenza and Treviso and lineages also in Verona, Belluno, Padua and Rovigo.
There are approximately 1402 Secco families in Italy, with the regions with the most families being the following: Veneto (556), Piedmont (275) and Lombardy (145).
The surname Secco is 486th in popularity in the Veneto region, 414th in the province of Belluno and the most popular in the city of Mombello Monferrato, located in the province of Alexandria, region of Piedmont.
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