Mônica Monteiro da Silva known by her stage name Monica Mattos (Ferraz de Vasconcelos 6 November 1983) is a Brazilian former pornographic actress, director, dancer and television presenter who began her film career in 2003 in Brazil and in 2005 in the United States.^[2]

She began her pornographic career under the influence of a friend who introduced her to a producer. She made around 300 films by several national and international producers during the ten years of a career that ended in 2013.^[3]

She was hired by the Brasileirinhas group. In Too Much is Never Enough, she was chosen by director Chris Streams to perform in all nine scenes.^[4]

In 2006, she created a controversy when appearing in a video where she performed oral sex on a horse. She later apologized for her participation.^[5]

In 2008 she became the first Latin American to win the AVN Award in the "Female Foreign Performer of the Year" category for her performance in Devassa. This award brought her visibility. She was interviewed on programs such as Programa do Jô,^[6] Conexão Reporter,^[7] Pânico^[8] and Amor e Sexo.^[3]

She was presenter of the program Uma Noite Para Paraíso on TVA's adult channel.

In 2010 she was chosen by director and independent film producer Newton Uzeda to participate in her first non-adult film, a short horror film.^[9] Monica continued to act^[10][11] and does shows of striptease and pole dance in Brazil.