Daughter of a civil servant and a housewife, Rhaisa was born in Recife but was raised in Lagoa de Itaenga, in the interior of the state, where her parents live.
Rhaisa started working as a model as a teenager in Recife, and soon moved to work in São Paulo. She did several fashion shows, editorials, and campaigns in Brazil and abroad.
In 2012, she was invited to participate in the series Louco por Elas and later debuted in soap operas at six o'clock in Lado a Lado, playing Esther Vieira.[1]