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Maisa
Maisa at Lady Night in 2019.
Born	Maisa da Silva Andrade (2002-05-22) 22 May 2002 (age 22) São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil
Nationality	brazilian
Other names	Maisinha +A
Occupation	Actress • Presenter
Years active	2005–present
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)

Maisa da Silva Andrade (born 22 May 2002) is an actress^[1], presenter^[2] and former Brazilian singer. She was discovered at the age of three, when she participated in a group of freshmen on the Programa Raul Gil, on RecordTV and Band. Two years later, she was hired by SBT to present the programs Sábado Animado, Domingo Animado and Bom Dia & Cia, gaining greater prominence when sharing the show Pergunte a Maisa with boss Silvio Santos. As an actress, she gained fame through her role as Valéria Ferreira in Carrossel. Other notable roles in the actress' career include Juju Almeida in Carinha de Anjo, Cíntia Dorella in Cinderela Pop, Gabi in Tudo por um Popstar and playing her first villain in the film Ela Disse, Ele Disse, as Júlia.

Maisa was raised in the city of São José dos Campos by her father Celso de Araújo Andrade, a telephone technician, and by her mother Gislaine de Souza Silva Andrade, a homemaker. When she was three years old, she pleaded with her mother to let her perform on television, and in July 2005 her mother began taking her to television producers.^[3]

At the age of three in 2005, Maisa appeared in the Programa Raul Gil as musical lipsyncer and singer. Raul Gil brought her to record music on Rede Record and then on Rede Bandeirantes.^[3]

In 2007, she signed with SBT to present children's programs Sábado Animado and Domingo Animado.^[3] In 2008, she was invited to star a segment in the Programa Silvio Santos, becoming a success for answering random questions by presenter Silvio Santos, owner of SBT and icon of Brazilian television. Maisa was sometimes called a "prodigy girl" and "the girl's on Silvio Santos's eyes" by the Brazilian media.^[4] Since then, she has been one of the leading artists of the network. In 2017 she presented her own program "Programa da Maisa" at SBT. In 2019, Maisa Silva was hired by Netflix Brazil series, back to 15.^[5] The series was released the following year. In the series, Maisa plays the protagonist Anita in her teenage version, while the adult version is played by Camila Queiroz.^[6] The series premiered in 2022 and due to success was renewed for a second season slated for 2023.

In October 2020, after 13 years at SBT, she decided not to renew with the broadcaster. She intended to work on personal projects.^[7]

Maisa began posting videos to her YouTube channel (named Maisera) in 2014, at age 12, with vlogs, interviews, music videos and more.^[8]

Selected songs

• Silva, Maisa (2016). Sinceramente Maisa: Histórias de Uma Garota Nada Convencional. 24ª Bienal Internacional do Livro de São Paulo: Editora Gutenberg. ISBN 9788582353998.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

• Tudum

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• Official website
• Maisa Silva at IMDb