Rebecca Da Costa

About Rebecca Da Costa

Who is it?: Actress
Birth Year: 1984
Occupation: Actress, model
Years active: 2009-present
Height: 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Brown
Website: www.rebeccadacosta.com

Rebecca Da Costa

Rebecca Da Costa was born on 1984, is Actress. Rebecca Da Costa is a Brazilian actress who most recently starred as the female lead opposite Sean Faris in Freerunner, an all action Parkour film. Later this year, she'll be seen in Seven Below co-starring Val Kilmer and Ving Rhames and Mine Games opposite Briana Evigan and Twilight's Alex Meraz. Rebecca recently wrapped filming When The Bough Breaks with Milo Ventimiglia, Gabriel Macht and Andie MacDowell.Da Costa was born in Recife, Brazil and attended the Rui Barbosa School which gave her the opportunity to follow her love of writing, directing and acting in the theater.At the age of 15, Rebecca successfully entered the national modeling contest, Elite 'Look of the Year,' and was selected to be represented by the agency. At seventeen, she moved to Milan to begin her modeling career, debuting at Milan Fashion Week. She has walked the runways for designers such as Giorgio Armani, Yves Saint Laurent, Escada and Hugo Boss and has been the face of campaigns for Chopard, Swarovski, Nokia and L'Oreal.Throughout her modeling career Rebecca continued to diligently work on honing her acting craft as well as passionately writing various scripts. In 2009, Da Costa made her debut on an episode of HBO's "Entourage," which led to her roles in the supernatural thriller Trick of the Witch, directed by Chris Morrissey, and most notably as Natasha in L.A., I Hate You, directed by Yvan Gauthier.
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Biography/Timeline

2008

In 2008 Da Costa gave up modelling and moved to the United States to pursue an acting career. She enrolled at the HB Studio in New York City and made her theater debut alongside Brad Garrett, in stand-up comedy.

2009

In 2009, she made her television debut in an episode of the American HBO series Entourage. In 2010 she gained a role in the film Trick of the Witch, directed by Chris Morrissey. Her first lead film role was in 2011 in the independent L.A. I Hate You, starring Malcolm McDowell and william Forsythe, and later that year she starred in Freerunner alongside Sean Faris. In 2012, she played in the film Seven Below, co-starring with Val Kilmer and Ving Rhames, and in 2013 appeared in Mine Games.

2013

Da Costa has two brothers. Her father died in 2013. She is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and English. She enjoys dancing, reading, cooking Brazilian dishes and writing. She was in a relationship for many years but broke up in 2013. Da Costa regularly practices Transcendental Meditation and says, "It has been a gift to me."

2014

In late 2014 Da Costa was the lead role in Breaking at the Edge as a manic–depressive pregnant woman who fears for her unborn child’s life. The film also features Milo Ventimiglia and Andie MacDowell. “When I was shooting it, it was very intense,” Da Costa said in February 2014. “I was literally getting crazy.” She said that preparing for the role she "talked to many Psychiatrists. I didn’t want to look like I was trying to play crazy."

2019

Rebecca Da Costa was born in Recife, capital of Pernambuco. She was educated at the Colégio Rui Barbosa, where she directed, wrote and starred in amateur theatrical productions. Of her physique she said, "Until I was 17 I thought I was ugly. I was very tall. At 13, I was 5’11″. I come from a part in Brazil where the average height for women is 5’3″. It wasn’t fun at all to be the tallest one in school." Aged 14 she won a modeling contest in Recife and says, "It was amazing to see other girls like me—skinny, tall, different. That’s when I started to get comfortable in my own skin, and by 17 I started to find my identity." At 14 she left home for São Paulo when she was taken on by Elite Model Management and began a ten-year modelling career. She is 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) tall. At age 16 she was invited to work at the Milan Fashion Week and moved to Italy, working for Yves Saint Laurent, Moschino, Armani, Diesel, DKNY, Missoni, Hugo Boss and Escada, and was the face of campaigns for Swarovski, Nokia, L'Oreal, Chopard and Kellogg's.

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