Pietra Pan

Acting

Pietra Pan is a Brazilian actress. She began her artistic career in 2001, at just three months old, when she appeared in her first advertising campaign. As a young child, she was also photographed for a children’s fashion brand. In 2005, at the age of four, she was crowned Miss Guarujá. She subsequently resumed her work in the media through print and television advertising campaigns, as well as appearances on television programs. In 2006, she made her television acting debut in Brazilian scripted television with Mothern, a series produced by GNT, playing Laurinha, the daughter of Rafinha Bastos’s character. She remained with the production throughout its three-season run, gaining her first significant experience in television drama. In 2008, she joined the cast of the Rede Globo telenovela Ciranda de Pedra, portraying Ritinha Parreira and sharing the screen with actors including Marcelo Antony and Renata Briani. In 2010, she landed her first recurring role in a free-to-air telenovela with Uma Rosa com Amor, produced by SBT. She played Miriam, a character created by writer Tiago Santiago, alongside Jussara Freire, Etty Fraser, and Betty Faria. She made her stage debut in 2011 as Nina in Menina Nina – Duas Razões para não Chorar, written by Ziraldo and directed by Joaquim Goulart. The production provided her with valuable stage experience, and she later reprised the role in a subsequent run of the play. In 2012, she joined the cast of Rede Globo’s telenovela The Life We Lead, playing Bárbara, the daughter of Marcos (Angelo Antonio) and Vitória (Gisele Fróes) and stepdaughter of Mariano Vilaça (Francisco Cuoco). That same year, she appeared in the Rio de Janeiro production of A Arca dos Bichos and starred alongside actor Rafael Cardoso in the music video for the song “Mente Sã.” In 2013, she played Tatá, the sister of Alice Wegmann’s character, in Rede Globo’s Malhação, sharing scenes with Danielle Winits, Luis Gustavo, and other members of the cast. That same year, she reprised her role as Nina in a new production of Menina Nina – Duas Razões para não Chorar. In 2014, she expanded her artistic training by joining the musical Sonhando Broadway, presented at Teatro Fashion Mall in Rio de Janeiro under the artistic direction of Úrsula Mandina. Beginning in 2015, she also expanded her work into screenwriting and audiovisual creation. Her first screenplay to be produced and filmed was the short film We Are All Different – Somos Todos Diferentes, produced by FilmInBrasil. In 2016, she wrote and starred in her second screenplay, Oath, produced by Projeto Red Carpet. The project also marked an important step in her work in the English language. In 2017, she made her feature-film debut in Deserto, directed by Guilherme Weber. She portrayed Narcisa and shared the screen with actors including Lima Duarte, Magali Biff, and Cida Moreira, further expanding her audiovisual experience and deepening her connection with cinema. In 2023, she appeared in her second feature film, Happy Birthday, Girl!, directed by Luís Carlos Soares, portraying the character Sarah.