In 1990, Lucélia starred in SBT's "Brasileiros e Brasileiras". She also took the lead in the network's "Sangue do Meu Sangue" in 1995. In 1996 she decided to take the lead role in SBT's controversial telenovela "Dona Anja", about a brothel owner in a small Rio Grande do Sul town during the military dictatorship. In 1997 she directed the television documentary "O ponto de Mutaçâo da China Hoje" about life in current China, which was aired in Manchete. In 2001, she returned to Globo for the 2001 season of teen series "Malhação".