Taís Araujo, the first black Brazilian actress to be a protagonist in a Brazilian Telenovela

Taís Bianca Gama de Araújo is a Brazilian actress. She was the first black Brazilian actress to be a protagonist in a Brazilian telenovela.  Taís is of mixed African, Austrian and Portuguese descent.  “When I was little, I did not have anything that looked like me! Now a black girl can have references on TV, including as a standard of beauty.” Taís Bianca