Daughter of Regina Esteves Agostinho and Paulo Felipe Agostinho, Adriana Esteves began her career as a model and got her first job on television as part of the series, "Star for a Day", on the TV show
Domingão do Faustão. Her first television appearance was as an extra on the soap opera
Vale Tudo. She was also a successful model. Her character debut was in the 1989 telenovela
Top Model. In 2005, she took on the part of Celinha on the series,
Toma Lá, Dá Cá. When the program aired on the
Globo in 2007, Adriana, after maternity leave with her second child, reprised her role as Celinha. While still acting in
Toma Lá, Dá Cá, Adriana recorded the miniseries
Dalva e Herivelto: uma Canção de Amor, playing the singer-songwriter
Dalva de Oliveira. The miniseries aired in January 2010. In the same year, she starred the episode "A Vingativa do Méier" of TV 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 villainess 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 villainesses of Brazilian television — only surpassed by Odete Roitman of
Vale Tudo, Nazaré Tedesco of
Senhora do Destino and Flora of
A Favorita. == Personal life ==