- Born
- Birth nameSônia Maria Vieira Gonçalves
- Nickname
- Soninha
- Height5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
- Daughter of Maria da Conceição Vieira and army officer, Marius Gonçalves. Her stepmother is Elizette. She has two younger sisters: Suzana Goncalves and Sandra Vieira and two brothers named Sérgio Ricardo Gonçalves and Sérvulo Augusto Gonçalves. She has an only son named Rodrigo with Regis Cardoso. He was onde married to Luciana and they had two sons: Bruno (b. 1996) and Rafael (b. 1998). Since 2014, Rodrigo is married to Ketryn Goetten. Susana is considered one of the best TV actress of her generation.
- IMDb mini biography by: Mariana
- SpousesMarcelo Silva(September 30, 2006 - December 11, 2008) (his death)Carson Gardeazabal(1986 - 2003) (divorced)Régis Cardoso(1961 - 1972) (divorced, 1 child)
- Often portrays strong, independent women.
- Sister of Suzana Gonçalves, Sandra and Sérvulo Augusto.
- Well-know for being full of energy and being always in a good shape.
- At the age of 62, she became the oldest "Madrinha da Bateria" ("Godmother of Drums") of school of samba Grande Rio, one of the biggest of Brazilian Carnival. This place is usually occupied by very young models.
- Won a Gold Supercap Award in 1994.
- Among the guests to her wedding to Marcelo Silva were Miguel Falabella, Bárbara Borges, Bruno Gagliasso, Camila Rodrigues, Letícia Spiller, Lúcia Veríssimo and Arlete Salles.
- [on her title of Queen of Grande Rio samba school drums] Honey, I'm not here because of my butt, but for the actress that I am.
- On politicians: "They bite themselves in envy of us. They die to be on the screen, while we're there every day.
- [on her fans] I'm not of the kind that abhors fans. Instead, they deserve all of my gratitude.
- To be on my side, a man needs a mind 20 younger than myself.
- I have pity of dying, I think I'm still fine, I need to do a lot of things, I have so much to do, I didn't want to go out, I wanted to travel with my grandchildren, I think life has been wonderful with me, I'm still standing, to this day and with all the vigor and traveling and the public really likes me a lot and I'm very happy to pass on this strength and life vibration, I think that's the most important thing.
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