Gracinha Leporace

Gracinha Leporace (born Maria da Graça Leporace) is a Brazilian singer who works extensively with her husband Sérgio Mendes and his band.

Gracinha Leporace
Gracinha Leporace with Sérgio Mendes (1971)
Background information
Birth name	Maria da Graça Leporace
Born	(1950-01-20) January 20, 1950 Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Origin	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Genres	Bossa nova Latin Latin jazz jazz disco adult contemporary
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1965–present
Associated acts	Brasil '66

Leporace was born in 1950, in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro. She has a sister, Marianna Leporace, who is a singer and actress in Brazil.

Leporace has featured regularly in much of her husband's group's releases over the last four decades and can be heard as the Portuguese-singing female vocal in the hit "Mas que Nada" (featuring The Black Eyed Peas) from the 2006 album Timeless and in the Baden Powell de Aquino composition "Berimbau/Consolação" from the same album, in which she provides the lead vocal. She has been featured on Sergio Mendes's album Magic, released in 2014. She also appears frequently in concert with Mendes's band as a vocalist.

Along with her work with Sergio Mendes, she was a member of the Bossa Nova group Bossa Rio in the early 1970s.

Leporace has two sons with Mendes, Gustavo and Tiago. They currently reside in Los Angeles, California.