Dias was born in 1977 in
Salvador, Bahia. She is the daughter of actress
Sônia Dias, who in part inspired her to write
Amor de Mãe. She graduated with a degree in journalism from the
Federal University of Bahia. She later graduated with a degree in film from Escola de Santo Antonio de los Baños in Cuba, where she was a student of
Gabriel García Márquez. She later became a screenwriter in five short-films, among them
Deserto Feliz (2007), directed by ;
Transeunte, directed by
Eryk Rocha; and
O Céu Sobre os Ombros, by Sérgio Borges, where they won five awards at the
Festival de Brasília in 2010. In 2011, the long film
A Hora e a Vez de Augusto Matraga, directed by and screenplayed by Dias, was featured at the
Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival and won five prizes, among them the Best Film award by the jury and by popular vote. She later began to transition to writing for television, writing shows for
TV Globo. She collaborated in series such as
Aline,
A Grande Família,
Fama, and
Sandy & Junior, and in telenovelas such as
Cordel Encantado and
Joia Rara. In 2014, she produced her first long film,
Love Film Festival, with
Leandra Leal and
Manolo Cardona. While at Rede Globo, she wrote the screenplay for
Ligações Perigosas at the beginning of 2016. Dias wrote her first story while at Rede Globo directing the mini-series
Justiça. In 2017, her draft for a novel was approved, with a provisional release for 2019 as her first novel. Her original series
Amor de Mãe debuted in November 2019, with the series directed by . ==Personal life==