Helena Ranaldi Nogueira is a Brazilian actress. After doing some modeling jobs and television commercials, she was ranked among the five finalists of Supermodel of the World - Step Brazil, 1989, sponsored by Class Modelos and Ford Models the U.S. (the first of that year was with model Adriana de Oliveira). With the money she earned she took a course in theater acting. At age 23 she moved from São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro.