Background
Daughter of Regina Esteves Agostinho and Paulo Felipe Agostinho, Adriana began her career as a model and got her first job on television as part of the series, "Star for a Day", on the show Domingão do Faustão.
Daughter of Regina Esteves Agostinho and Paulo Felipe Agostinho, Adriana began her career as a model and got her first job on television as part of the series, "Star for a Day", on the show Domingão do Faustão.
Her first television appearance was as an extra on the soap opera Vale Tudo. She was also a successful model. Herdebut novel was released in 1989 with Top Model (1989).
In 2005, she took on the part of Celinha on the series, Toma Lá, Dá Cá.
While still recording Toma Lá, Dá Cá, Adriana recorded the miniseries, Dalva e Herivelto – Uma Canção de Amor, playing singer Dalva de Oliveira. The miniseries aired in January 2010.
In the same year, she starred an the episode of the "A Vingativa do Méier" series As Cariocas. In 2011, she was cast as Julia, the protagonist of Morde & Assopra, who was part of a love triangle with scientist Ícaro (Mateus Solano) and farmer Abner (Marcos Pasquim).
In 2012, she gained notoriety for interpreting the villain Carminha on the soap opera, Avenida Brasil, written by João Emanuel Carneiro.
She received praise from critics and audiences alike for her performance and was enshrined as one of the greatest villains of Brazilian television—only surpassed by Odete Roitman of Vale Tudo, Nazaré Tedesco of Senhora do Destino and Flora of A Favorita.