Gracyanne Barbosa

Gracyanne Jacobina Barbosa Vieira[1] (Campo Grande, September 20, 1982) is a bodybuilding model, actress, businesswoman, drum queen and former Brazilian dancer.[2][4] She became known as a dancer for the group Tchakabum, in which she performed between 1999 and 2008. Afterwards, she began to dedicate herself mainly to social media, where she has 20 million followers (more than 11 million are on Instagram) thanks to the public's interest in her healthy lifestyle, which has been rigorously dedicated to bodybuilding and controlled eating for more than two decades[5].

Full name

Gracyanne Jacobina Barbosa Vieira[1]

Birth

September 20, 1982 (age 42)[2]

Campo Grande, MS

Residence

Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Nationality

Brazilian

Height

1.74m[3]

Alma mater

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Occupation

bodybuilding model

Active period

1999–present

parade in the 2024 Carnival due to an injury[32][33].

Acting

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In addition to her experience in dance (and Carnival), Gracyanne has had professional experience in drama. Her debut in soap operas took place in 2010, with a role in Bela, A Feia, on RecordTV[34]. Between 2018 and 2022, she was part of the cast of Tô de Graça, a comedy series on Multishow, with union authorization to act as an actress in the production[35]. She played the character Sonaira. In 2019, she participated in an episode of the series Os Suburbanos, on Globoplay[36], and in an episode of Vai Que Cola, on Multishow. In 2024, Gracyanne made her theatrical debut reprising the same role, in the film adaptation Tô de Graça — O Filme[37]. In the same year, she joined the cast of the fourth season of Arcanjo Renegado, on Globoplay, playing the best friend of the wife of a Rio drug lord[38]. She also acted in "Na Linha de Fogo", a film by AfroReggae Audiovisual and Globoplay, scheduled to premiere in 2026[39]

Social media

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Gracyanne is a phenomenon on social media, always focusing on the fitness universe. On Instagram, her largest base, there were more than 11.8 million followers by January 2025. On Facebook, 6 million. On TikTok, 2.3 million. And, on X (formerly Twitter), 320 thousand.

Big Brother Brasil 25

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On January 9, 2025, Gracyanne Barbosa was announced as one of the participants of the reality show Big Brother Brasil in its twenty-fifth edition, but twice, along with her younger sister, Giovanna Jacobina, who forms her duo.

Other works

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Gracyanne has done several sensual photo shoots for men's magazines. In January 2007, she was on the cover of Playboy Magazine and, in December 2011, she was on the cover of Sexy Magazine.

Raised by her mother, Ledir, Gracyanne has two sisters: Giovanna and Bárbara, also from Campo Grande (MS). The family moved to Rio de Janeiro after she married Belo in June 2011 (the end of the relationship was announced in April 2024, 16 years later)[40]. When the separation came to light, Gracyanne confirmed to journalist Leo Dias that the marriage had already ended eight months ago and that, during that time, she had been involved with a personal trainer[41]. Following this statement, Belo appeared crying at a reunion show of the band Soweto, of which he is the lead singer (after the performance, he said in an interview with Multishow that he was going through a "very difficult time")[42]. In November 2024, seven months later, Gracyanne stated in the documentary "Belo: Perto Demais da Luz", from Globoplay, that the marriage was already over when Belo cried on stage[43]. The two remain in touch to this day and, at the end of that same year, they spent Christmas together as a family[44].