Adriana Lima
Born: 1981-06-12 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Known For: Acting
Biography
Adriana Lima (born June 12, 1981, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil) is a Brazilian model. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 1999 to 2018, becoming their longest-running model and named "the most valuable Victoria's Secret Angel" in 2017. She is also known as a spokesmodel for Maybelline cosmetics since 2003, and for her Super Bowl and Kia Motors commercials. At age 15, Lima won Ford's "Supermodel of Brazil" competition, and took second place the following year in the Ford "Supermodel of the World" competition before signing with Elite Model Management in New York City. Since 2005, Lima has ranked in the top five of Forbes' lists of the 20 highest-earning models in the world, and in 2006 ranked No.99 on the Forbes Celebrity 100. Since 2014, Lima has been the world's second highest-paid model. Lima made her acting debut alongside Mickey Rourke and Forest Whitaker in The Follow (2001), a short film in BMW's series The Hire, opposite Clive Owen and directed by Wong Kar-wai. She also appeared with her fellow Angels in a guest spot playing herself in the CBS comedy series How I Met Your Mother in November 2007, in the episode "The Yips". She also played herself, along with fellow Victoria's Secret Angels, in the 2013 series The Crazy Ones alongside Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar. In 2008, Lima appeared on the American television series Ugly Betty, where she played herself and made friends with the series' title character, Betty Suarez. In 2018, Lima made a cameo appearance as herself in the film Ocean's 8. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adriana Lima, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2024
- RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars as Self - Guest Judge
2023
- Victoria's Secret: The Tour '23 as Self
- FIFA: A Love Letter to Rwanda as Self
2021
- Invincible as Self
- Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3 as Self
2020
- Next in Fashion as Herself
2019
- Wonder Boy as Self
2018
- Ocean's Eight as Adriana Lima
2013
- The Crazy Ones as Adriana Lima
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2006
- Ugly Betty as Adriana Lima
2005
- How I Met Your Mother as Adriana Lima
- The Tyra Banks Show as Self
2004
- Rock 'n' Roll Greats: Mark Farner In Concert as Herself
2001
- The Follow as Wife
- The Hire as Wife
1997
- Leute heute as Self
1995
- Victoria's Secret Fashion Show as Self
1984
- MTV Video Music Awards as Self