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is a Brazilian presenter and actress . In 1998, she debuted on the TV Globo series Sandy & Júnior , playing the spoiled and extravagant Patty, the comic antagonist of the story, who always failed her in funny ways. [ 1 ] During this time she received proposals from Manoel Carlos to play the character Íris in Laços de Família and the protagonist of the miniseries Presença de Anita , but she was prevented by the series' management from leaving him and accepting the invitations. [ 2 ] In 2003 she debuted her first soap opera, Agora É que São Elas as Karina, joining the third season of the children's series Sítio do Picapau Amarelo in the same year as the journalist Clarice. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In 2004 she entered the second phase of the soap opera Da Cor do Pecado playing Nieta Bazarov, one of the three rival mat fighting sisters of the Sardinha family. [ 5 ] But it was in 2005 that she gained prominence when she faced her first dramatic character, the illegal immigrant Rosário em América , who crossed the Texas desert in search of the American dream, taking her younger sister with her. [ 6 ] In 2007 she played the flirtatious Teresinha in Desire Proibido , in addition to making her film debut in the films O Homem que Desafio o Diabo and Podecrer! . [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In 2009 she had the opportunity to mature on stage in the role of Maria Rosa in Paraíso , a girl who graduated from the big city and returned to Pantanal to help her family manage their farms and political life. [ 9 ] In 2011 she returned to the nine o'clock soap operas as the provocative Irene Brandão, in Insensato Coração , who seduced the protagonist of the plot with her sensuality. [ 10 ] In 2012 she played Márcia, a lieutenant in the Brazilian Army in Salve Jorge , which formed the plot's love triangle. [ 11 ] In 2013 he also made his technical debut behind the camera, directing the music videos "Como É Grande o Meu Amor por Você", by Lulu Santos , and " Tempo em Movimento ", by Luiza Possi and Lulu Santos – this according to the who was also a screenwriter. [ 12 ] She debuted as a presenter in 2014, in the first season of the talent show Superstar . [ 13 ] Soon after, she signed with GNT and starred in the series Amor Veríssimo and Odeio Segundas in the following years. [ 14 ] She announced her departure from Rede Globo on May 17, 2016, after 18 years at the broadcaster. She then signed a contract with Band to focus on her career as a presenter and present the Brazilian version of The X Factor . [ 15 ] With the announcement that the second season of X Factor Brasil would not take place, Fernanda left the network on July 8, 2017.