Isadora Cruz

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Cruz and the second or paternal family name is Rocha.

Isadora Cruz Rocha (Brazilian Portuguese: [izaˈdɔɾɐ ˈkɾuʃ]; born 4 February 1998) is a Brazilian actress. She gained national notoriety for her portrayal of the character Candoca, the protagonist of the soap opera Mar do Sertão.

Isadora Cruz
Born	Isadora Cruz Rocha (1998-02-04) 4 February 1998 (age 27) João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2016–present

Early life

Isadora Cruz Rocha was born on February 4, 1998, in João Pessoa, Paraíba. She is the daughter of Victor Hugo Rocha and Rachel Cruz, and sister of Tercilio Cruz Neto and Sophia Cruz.^[1] As a child, Cruz lived in Miami, USA. Cruz first encountered the arts through ballet classes, and upon returning to her hometown of João Pessoa in 2002, she studied contemporary dance and jazz. At the age of 15, he passed the administration course at the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), but cancelled his degree: "I was getting straight A's, but I felt like I was wasting my time. I wanted to be an actress". At age 16, she moved to Paris, France, where she studied French at the Sorbonne University and theater at the Cours Florent.^[2]

Career

2016–present: National rise

In 2016, she made her debut in the telenovela Haja Coração, playing the sweet and gentle Cris, Felipe's (Marcos Pitombo) half-sister.^[3] In 2022, she was cast as Candoca, the protagonist of the telenovela Mar do Sertão, where she gained national recognition. In 2024, she was cast in the 7pm soap opera Volta por Cima as the slut Roxelle, Chico's (Amaury Lorenzo) lover; initially a mere rival of Madalena (Jéssica Ellen), Roxelle gains prominence in the plot after her breakup with Chico, largely due to her friendship with Gigi (Rodrigo Fagundes) and Neuza (Valdinéia Soriano) and her troubled relationship with the bookmaker Gerson (Enrique Díaz).^[4] Alongside Volta Por Cima, the actress participated in a new opening of Fantástico, as part of the celebrations for Rede Globo's 60th anniversary.^[5]

In May 2025, she accepted director Carlos Araújo's invitation to play Agrado Garcia, an aspiring country singer and one of the protagonists of Coração Acelerado, a plot written by Maria Helena Nascimento and Izabel de Oliveira.^[6]

Personal life

On July 17, 2023, during the filming of Guerreiros do Sol, she was admitted to a hospital in the city of São Paulo with acute pyelonephritis, a kidney infection.^[7] She had to return on July 25 after a relapse of the disease.^[8]

On June 17, 2025, she made her relationship with Norwegian-Brazilian skier Lucas Braathen public.^[9][10]

Filmography

Film

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018	Thanks for Sharing	Raquel	Short film	[11]
	Record	Victoria Ruiz
	Looking for Jude	Margareth
2020	Men at Work: Miami	Vlogster		[3]
2021	The Mad Hatter	Chelsey	Prime Video
2023	Auguri	Maria Vera
TBA	Unto the Son †	Rose

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016	Haja Coração	Cristina Miranda Maggione (Cris)		[12]
2022–23	Mar do Sertão	Maria Cândida Madeira Aguiar (Candoca)
2024–25	Volta por Cima	Roxelle da Cruz Diegues		[13]
2025	Guerreiros do Sol	Rosa Pellegrino		[14]
2026	Coração Acelerado †	Agrado Garcia		[15]

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations received by Isadora Cruz

Award	Year[a]	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Contigo! Online Award	2022	Soap Opera Actress	Mar do Sertão	Nominated	[16][17]
Acervo Awards	2023	Actress of the Year		Nominated	[18]
ArteBlitz Novel Award		Best Leading Actress		Nominated	[19]
iBest Award	2024	Influencer Paraíba	Herself	Nominated	[20]
F5 Award		Best Supporting Performance	Volta por Cima	Nominated	[21]

Notes

1. Indicates the year of ceremony. Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.