Joana Fomm was born on September 14, 1939 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil as Joana Maria Fomm. She is an actress and writer, known for A Vida Provisória (1968), Césio 137 - O Pesadelo de Goi?nia (1990) and Dancin' Days (1978). She has an only child, a boy named Gabriel (musician). His father is the writer Ricardo Gouveia. When she was a child, her mother and sister died in a rushing stream of water. After that her father (Artur Fomm) send her to live with an uncle and an aunt. When she was 13 she found out that she was adopted. Her father, Artur Fomm, was a journalist. Her cinema debut was in 1962 in the movie "O Quinto Poder de Alberto Pieralisi". Her Tv debut was in 1964 in the soap "O Desconhecido". Usually she plays the villain.
