Leticia Peres

Leticia Peres was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil where she grew up with her parents and three brothers. At age 16, she left Brazil to model in Japan and many other places in Asia where she also learned English and Japanese. She studied acting in Brazil during breaks from international modeling work and moved to NY to pursue acting in 2008. She now lives in Los Angeles, CA. She was discovered as a model by a scout in a small modeling agency in Brazil at age 14. She has traveled the world and built a career in Tokyo, Japan where she was offered to become a Talent on Japanese TV but decided that she would rather pursue a career in acting. After studying in Brazil for two years, she moved to New York. There she shot the feature film ParAmor (2009) and many student films. In Los Angeles, she shot student films and played Jill in the horror H1N1, a short film to be presented at Sundance Film Festival 2011.