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Currently 38, Joana Balaguer became known for her iconic role as Jaqueline in the soap opera Malhação in 2005. TV Globo's 12th Season of Malhação was written by Izabel de Oliveira and Paula Amaral and to this day is a favorite versions of the public .

In the season, there was a love triangle formed by Betina (Fernanda Vasconcellos), Bernardo (Thiago Rodrigues) and Jaqueline Garcia, Jaque. Betina and Bernardo are considered one of the best couples in the history of the novel. However, in the plot, Jaqueline also falls in love with Bernardo and still pregnant with the boy.

Even though it was considered the antagonist of the story, Joana Balaguer's charisma and beauty captivated fans at the time, mainly because the actress was considerably unknown. After Jaque, Joana moved to Lisbon, in Portugal, and participated in the Portuguese soap opera Lua Vermelha. In 2009, she temporarily returned to Brazil and participated in the miniseries Samson and Delilah. In 2012, he joined the Balacobaco cast and, in 2017, of Major Amor.

Before and after

Nowadays, Joana Balaguer is married to businessman Paulo Miguel Palha de Souza, who began dating in 2010 in Portugal, and with whom she married in 2011. The carioca is the mother of two children, Martin and Gaia, and remains drawing sighs of fans on social networks. See the before and the after:

Joana Balaguer continues to live in Portugal with her husband and two children. The actress also has a YouTube channel, where he talks about various topics, such as travel, tourism, work and family.

It is Portuguese naturalized and does not intend to return to Brazil. “Now my life is here, we are already rooted. I miss the family, but they come here. The Portuguese welcomed me well, ”he told an interview with O Globo.

In 2018, the year he won his Portuguese citizenship, Joana Balaguer published on social networks: “Today when my husband asked for this photo I said: but I'm not Portuguese yet… and I received the call that I am now Portuguese YES! My nationality came out and I couldn't be anymore. My heart is big and it fits the whole world! Thank you Portugal already felt part of here now I am also here !!!! ”

Where she met her husband

2022 was World Cup year, and Joana Balaguer told an unusual story related to this sporting event on her social networks. According to the actress, she met her husband in a World Cup game. “Whenever there is a World Cup and Brazil and Portugal playing I make a flashback from this 2010 day that I met my husband. It was a Brazil x Portugal game and it was 0x0, ”she said.

“Today, 12 years later, we have a son who was born in Brazil, another in Portugal and so is our life. BRAZIL AND PORTUGAL BECAUSE LOVE ONLY FROM SOUND !!!! Why choose 1 if I can have the 2. Bora Portugal! Bora Brasil! ”, Completed Joana Balaguer at the time.

Some time later, she shared photos of the family cheering for Brazil during one of the matches. The table was lined with the national flag, the whole family with the national team uniform and even had a themed cake.

It is a digital influencer

In addition to her acting career, Joana Balaguer acts as a digital influencer and has over 180,000 followers on Instagram. Thus, she advertises for some brands with her family, being ambassador of some of them.

For example, it represents the International Institute Without Borders, which sells jewelry and reverses 15% of its revenues as donations to the Frei Remberto Lessing food silo. These features bear the operating expenses of the food silo and assist in their expansion to new cities and countries.