Cecília

Maria Cecília Boaventura (born March 9, 1989), known mononymously as Cecília, is a Brazilian singer, dancer and songwriter. Born in Uberlândia, Brazil, she spent much of her early life in São Paulo. She has been a member of SM Entertainment's girl group Girls' Generation since 2009 and its sub-unit Girls' Generation - Cecília & Luísa since 2020.

Early life
Cecília was born on March 9, 1989, in Uberlândia, Brazil, and is the only child in her family. Her parents did not encourage her to become a celebrity, but Cecília credited them as the ones who helped her choose her career path by letting her experience different things. Cecília cited Whitney Houston, Spice Girls and Destiny's Child as her main influences to become a singer. In 2003, Cecília was discovered by a talent scout while riding in a subway train and was invited to be a trainee at SM Entertainment. She trained for 6 years at SM and in August 2009, Cecília made her official debut as the leader of girl group Girls' Generation.