Priscilla Avila

Biography

Priscilla Avila is a Brazilian actress and writer. She has appeared in several Brazilian plays, films, and Tv Shows, most notably as Stefani in 2017’s “171 Negocio de Familia” at Universal Channel Brazil. She can speak Portuguese, French, Spanish and English. She was born in a very small city in Minas Gerais, Brazil, but she moved to several places from Rio Grande do Sul to Bahia in her early years. Priscilla exposure to the world of acting came when she moved to Itabuna, Bahia. She began her career by appearing in several plays and commercials. Her debut in Theatre was when she was a child. In 2001, she also joined the Theatre Group from the University of South of Bahia (UESC). In spite of her theater career and commercials, Avila, pursuit her dream about movies appearing in some short movies in 2009 in Bahia, Brazil. As a young woman, she remained adamant also about her education. Studying Psychology and after changing her field for Foreign Languages, Culture and Creative Economy. She learned several languages in college and began to travel around the world to complement her acting skills. She did some acting training in Argentina, France and later in US. In 2012, she traveled to Paris to find some gigs. She appeared in TV in a famous music video from the movie of Les Kairas, and she was part of a short film with the french actress Esther Garrel. Despite her fast debut in the french industry, her visa status in France made her come back to Brazil in 3 months and moved to Sao Paulo to improve her cinema career. While continuing her career in Brazil, Avila earned a post-degree in Cinema from a Brazilian University in Sao Paulo. She won also a scholarship for the Summer Art Course in Santa Fe University, NM in 2014 and it was her first time in US.