BORN INTO A HOUSEHOLD RICH IN CULTURAL REFERENCES, CLEO WAS IMMERSED IN ART FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. NOW 43, THE RIO-BORN ARTIST HAS BUILT AN IMPRESSIVE AND MULTIFACETED CAREER AS AN ACTRESS, SINGER, PRODUCER, AND ENTREPRENEUR. SHE MADE HER TELEVISION DEBUT AT JUST 11 YEARS OLD IN THE MINISERIES MEMORIAL DE MARIA MOURA, STARRING AS THE PROTAGONIST MARIA MOURA. FROM THERE ON, CLEO WENT ON TO APPEAR IN 17 TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS, PORTRAYING ICONIC CHARACTERS SUCH AS LURDINHA IN AMÉRICA, LETÍCIA IN COBRAS & LAGARTOS, THE VILLAIN SURYA IN CAMINHO DAS ÍNDIAS, AND THE LEAD ROLE ESTELA IN ARAGUAIA, AMONG MANY OTHERS.

IN CINEMA, CLEO HAS ACTED IN 16 FEATURE FILMS, INCLUDING MEU NOME NÃO É JOHNNY, LULA, O FILHO DO BRASIL, AND OPERAÇÕES ESPECIAIS. IN 2024, SHE STARRED IN VOVÓ NINJA, DIRECTED BY BRUNO BARRETO, A PARTICULARLY SPECIAL PROJECT THAT ALSO FEATURED HER MOTHER, GLÓRIA PIRES, IN THE CAST.

FURTHER SOLIDIFYING HER PRESENCE IN BRAZILIAN CINEMA, CLEO DEBUTED IN 2022 AS A PRODUCER WITH HER FIRST FEATURE FILM, ME TIRA DA MIRA. LOOKING AHEAD, SHE IS PREPARING TO RELEASE TWO NEW PROJECTS AS A CO-PRODUCER: O VELHO FUSCA AND UMA BABÁ GLORIOSA.

CLEO’S MUSIC CAREER BEGAN IN 2017 WITH THE RELEASE OF “TAKE ME,” CREATED ESPECIALLY FOR HER OFFICIAL WEBSITE. THAT SAME YEAR, SHE LAUNCHED HER DEBUT EP, JUNGLE KID, FEATURING FIVE TRACKS — THREE IN ENGLISH AND TWO IN PORTUGUESE. OVER THE YEARS, THE MULTI-ARTIST HAS RELEASED SEVERAL SINGLES AND COLLABORATED WITH MAJOR NAMES IN BRAZILIAN MUSIC, INCLUDING ALICE CAYMMI, POCAH, KAROL CONKÁ, AZZY, AND SINGER NUMBER TEDDIE. IN 2023, SHE RELEASED HER FIRST FULL-LENGTH ALBUM, DARK POP, ADDRESSING THEMES SUCH AS ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND SELF-LOVE, AND FEATURING JOHNNY HOOKER ON THE STANDOUT TRACK “SEU FIM.”

IN 2024, CLEO DELIVERED ONE OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL RELEASES OF HER CAREER: ALONGSIDE HER FATHER, FÁBIO JR., SHE RECORDED A NEW VERSION OF THE TIMELESS CLASSIC “PAI.” LOOKING FORWARD TO 2025, THE ARTIST IS PREPARING TO RELEASE ECLEÓTICA, AN ALBUM THAT TAKES LISTENERS ON AN INTIMATE AND EMOTIONAL JOURNEY THROUGH THE SONGS THAT SHAPED HER LIFE. DEEPLY PERSONAL IN TONE, THE PROJECT WEAVES TOGETHER CLEO’S MEMORIES, FEARS, DESIRES, AND PERSONAL HISTORY, MOVING SEAMLESSLY ACROSS GENRES — FROM ROCK TO SERTANEJO, PASSING THROUGH PAGODE, MPB, AND BREGA.

What happens when an artist who grows up surrounded by influences and spends a lifetime drawing from an endless source of references chooses to stay true to what she carries in her heart? How far can art, free from borders, take her?

As we grow, the spaces that once felt sufficient and comfortable begin to feel smaller. Expansion leads us to discover new horizons—often filled with endless possibilities. If this is true in life, it is true in art as well.

A multi-artist soul, driven by a constant need to explore different tools of expression, is at the core of who Cleo is.