Netflix child actress na si Millena Brandão, pumanaw na sa edad na 11

- Child star Millena Brandão has passed away on May 2 at age 11

- The young Brazilian actress died after suffering cardiac arrest 13 times

- Her parents announced her passing in an emotional Instagram post, sharing an edited photo of their daughter with angel wings and a halo

- The child actress and model was known for her work on the Netflix series "Sintonia"

Brazilian child star Millena Brandão has passed away on May 2, 2025. She was 11 years old. The young Netflix star died after suffering cardiac arrest 13 times.

Her parents, Thays and Luiz Brandão, announced her demise over the weekend on social media and spoke with a local news outlet, G1.

Thays told the news outlet that since April 24, her daughter started experiencing severe headaches, leg pain, drowsiness and a loss of appetite.

“She had a headache, but she could walk and talk. The doctor said it was dengue fever, but he didn't do any tests. He told us to take her back home and give her dipyrone,” Thays explained.

They returned to the hospital on April 26, but she was ultimately sent home again to rest. Two days later, the child actress fainted in her bathroom at home. When she regained consciousness, she “put her hand on her head and screamed in pain,” Thays said.

The following morning, Millena suffered cardiac arrest. Her mother told the news outlet that her daughter’s “lip turned purple. Then they resuscitated her and intubated her. From that day on, she never woke up again.” 

“She got worse, with two to three cardiac arrests per day. She had 13 arrests in total. She had never had that before. There was one day when she had seven respiratory arrests. Sometimes they gave her massages and other times they gave her shocks [with a defibrillator],” Thays recalled.

Millena's doctors ultimately declared the child actress brain dead.

“I said that if we were to let her little heart stop beating on its own, we would suffer more, and so would she. And we asked for the machines to be turned off,” the girl’s mom said.

On Instagram, Millena's parents shared an emotional Instagram post revealing the unfortunate news.

“An open letter to my little girl,” they wrote in Portuguese along with an edited photo of Millena with angel wings and a halo.

“My girl, I'm already missing you more and more not having you here and I know I'll miss you even more in the days to come! You were the light in our lives and I know that from up there you'll continue to watch over us and light up our lives. And I'll love you forever, and you'll always be in my heart. I love you, my girl.”

Millena was known for her role in the series "Sintonia," a Brazilian crime teen drama premiered on Netflix in August 2019.

In a previous report by KAMI, influencer Lizzie Kieffer's 12-month-old daughter, Lilian Louise, passed away on April 23. The content creator and physical therapist announced her baby’s passing in a heartbreaking post on social media. In her statement, Lizzie revealed the cause of death of Lilian, affectionately known as Lily. Lily’s demise came just weeks after Lizzie announced that she is pregnant with her third child.

Sophie Nyweide, an actress and former child star, recently passed away at 24 years old. The "Mammoth" and "An Invisible Sign" star died on April 14, according to an online obituary shared by her family.

Source: KAMI.com.gh