Ana Lucia was born in Barretos, Brazil on 12th March 1966 and started working in a high fashion boutique at 15 years old while studying. She finished high school with a diploma in Architectural Design, leaving for Sao Paulo to study Computer Engineering.

She became a fashion model upon arrival, signing with a major agent and started working with JR Duran, one of the best photographer at the time. Ana left for Milan six months later and became the first Brazilian model on a cover of an international fashion magazine. As a model, Ana has worked in Milan, Tokyo, Munchen, Hamburg, NYC, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Paris, which was her home for twelve years.

Four years into the fashion industry, Ana started to co-produce documentary films in Paris ('Racing is in my blood', 'A star named Ayrton Senna' and 'O Samba'), while studying Dramatic Arts. She has featured as an actor in a documentaries and short films while working as an actor in a theatre called Athletic de Neuilly in Paris.

Later moving to New York for three years, Ana pursued film production. During that time she featured in two short films, 'Scratched Negative' and 'The Crows'. Ana now works as a model, actor and producer.

Ana is currently fundraising for 'Little Warriors', a charity that assists children who have been the victims of sexual abuse, with a view to providing full educational, medical and other support to individual children through to adulthood.