That year, her character was voted the most beloved character in a novela by viewers. Due to the sensual appeal and prominence in the novela and the success of Lara, Secco appeared on the cover of Playboy for the 27th birthday edition of the magazine in August that year. In 2003, she joined the cast of the novela Celebridade and in 2005 she played her first prime-time role in América as Sol, a woman trying to make a living in the United States as an illegal immigrant. In 2010, she starred in the series As Cariocas, as Alice, the penultimate protagonist of the series. In 2011, she was cast as a former prostitute in Bruna Surfistinha and later that year she played one of the protagonists in the novela Insensato Coração. According to an article in the national political magazine, Veja, the actress was convicted of embezzlement of public funds, along with others involved, and ordered to repay a substantial sum of monies to public coffers.