Larissa Manoela Elias Frambach (Portuguese: [laˈɾisɐ mɐnuˈɛlɐ]; born 28 December 2000) is a Brazilian actress, singer, writer, model, voice actress and businesswoman, one of the most famous children's and teen audiovisual celebrities, having built a successful career in television, film and streaming since childhood, and one of Brazil's most famous actresses with more than 50 million followers online.

She is best known for playing Maria Joaquina in Carrossel, the twins Isabela and Manuela in Cúmplices de um Resgate and Mirela in As Aventuras de Poliana, SBT. In 2022, she made her debut on TV Globo in the soap opera Além da Ilusão, where she played Elisa and Isadora, two sisters at different stages.

Larissa Manoela was born in Guarapuava, in the state of Paraná. She is the only daughter of Silvana Taques, an educator, and Gilberto Elias Santos, a real estate consultant. Her mother has Italian ancestry, from Veneto, and her father Portuguese ancestry, from Porto.^[1]

Larissa Manoela started her career at four, when a talent scout found her in a supermarket in the city of Guarapuava, Paraná. She started shooting as a model after she was scouted by Projeto Passarela.^[2]

At six years of age, after acting in some commercials, her first television work as an actress was on the GNT channel, on the series "Mother".^[3]

In 2010, Manoela starred as the protagonist of the series Songs of Betrayal,^[4] however, she came to recognition as an actress in 2012 when she played Viviane in the telenovela Corações Feridos and Maria Joaquina in the children's telenovela Carrossel.^[5]

In 2013, she starred in the series Patrulha Salvadora, and the following year, she appeared in the soap opera Cúmplices de um Resgate, starring as the twin sisters Isabela and Manuela.^[6]

In 2016, she released her first book, "The Diary of Larissa Manoela". The book was released on 6 June at a Saraiva bookstore in a shopping mall in São Paulo. In 2017 she renewed her contract with the TV station SBT to be the character Mirela in the telenovela As Aventuras de Poliana, where she stars alongside João Guilherme Ávila.^[7] In 2017, Larissa released her second book, called "The World of Larissa Manoela". In the same year, she released her first film as a main character and bought a mansion in Orlando, Florida.^[8]

As a singer, Manoela has already done a show in the US and has done many in Brazil.^{[citation needed]} On 1 December 2017, Manoela released her first live studio album called Up! Tour.^[9]

In 2020, she debuted in her first film on Netflix, called Airplane Mode, where she is a social media influencer.

• Com Você^[18] (2014)
• Além do Tempo (2019)
• Larissa Manoela A Milhão (2022)