- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 23, 1939
- Place of Birth
- Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Helena Ignez
Helena Ignez (Salvador, May 23, 1939) is a Brazilian actress and filmmaker. Helena was born in Salvador, Bahia and was attending her second year of law school when she fell in love with theater and decided to study the Dramatic Arts at the Federal University of Bahia. At the time, the Bahian theater scene was breaking with traditional Brazilian theater and experiencing strong influence from the young vanguard. She first appeared on the screen in Glauber Rocha's short film "Pátio". Helena acted in a few films associated with the Cinema Novo movement, such as "A Grande Feira" (1961), "Assalto ao Trem Pagador" (1962), and "O Padre e a Moça" (1966) before playing Janete Jane in O Bandido da Luz Vermelha by Rogério Sganzerla. After this film, she would perform in some most significant films in the Cinema Marginal movement, which directly opposed the critically acclaimed Cinema Novo -- the m…
Filmography
movieA Film to Remind Us of Utopia
2026 · Self (archive footage)
movieEclipse
2026 · Dona da Kitnet
movieCartas Para Rian
2026 · Nair de Tefé
movieHelena! Cinema!
2026
tvPrimavera nos Dentes – A História do Secos & Molhados
2025 · Self
movieNosferatu
2025
movieGravidade
2025
movieMessage from Sergipe
2025
movieTrópico de Leão
2025 · Medéia
movieNot Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans
2025 · Dra. Marina Consiglio
movieDeuses da Peste
2025
movieA Última Vanguarda
2024 · Self
movieIf I'm Here It Is by Mystery
2024 · Arlete
movieNelson Carneiro: Knight of Democracy
2023 · Self
movieHelena de Guaratiba
2023 · Helena
movieO Mel é Mais Doce Que o Sangue
2023
movieThe Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023
movieJoy Is the Acid Test
2023 · Jarda Ícone, Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay
movieThe Mother
2022 · Dulce
movieThe Welles Raft
2022 · Herself
movieNova Pasta, Antigo Baú
2021 · Voiceover
movieUm Documentário Brasileiro
2021 · Self
movieThe Good Cinema
2021
movieSubterrânea
2021 · Senhora Ônibus
movieBenjamim Zambraia e o Autopanóptico
2020 · Mother
movieCandango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020 · Self
movieMulher Oceano
2020 · Mulher Caminhando de Costas (uncredited)
movieRace Antenna
2020 · Self
movieThe Lady Who Died in the Trailer
2020
movieEsse fim de semana vou me dedicar as paredes
2020
movieFogo Baixo, Alto Astral
2020 · , Director
movieEnsaio Sobre o Fracasso
2020
movieNatureza Morta
2020 · Narradora 3
movieRio de Topless
2020 · Self
movieExtracts
2019
movieFlesh
2019 · (voice)
movieFakir
2019 · Narrator, Director, Screenplay, Art Direction, Musical Casting
movieIn Memoriam: O Roteiro do Gravador
2019
movieA Mulher da Luz Própria
2019 · Self
movieMemórias do Grupo Opinião
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieBring me the Head of Carmen M.
2019 · Diretora
movieMy Calendar Girl
2018 · Helena / Palestrante (voz), Director, Screenplay
movieO Desmonte do Monte
2018
movieAntes do Fim
2018
movieInaudito
2017 · Voice
movieAll Paulos in the World - Paulo José
2017
movieFebre
2017
movieBrazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
2017 · Self
movieVenus – Filly the Lesbian Little Fairy
2017 · Narração
O Cinema Foi à Feira
movieO Cinema Foi à Feira
2016 · Ela mesma
movieRalé: The Lower Depths
2016 · Sonia Silk, Director, Producer, Writer
movieLove Film Festival
2014 · Herself
movieThe End of an Age
2014 · (voz)
movieEstátua!
2014 · Mãe (voz)
moviePaixão e Virtude
2014
movieCopacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração
2014 · Self
movieOssos
2014 · Voz Off, Screenplay, Screenstory, Director, Music, Producer
movieDesculpa, Dona Madama
2013 · Patroa
movieUgly, Me?
2013 · Jarda, Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Associate Producer
moviePoder dos Afetos
2013 · Ritual Xamânico, Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Screenstory
movieTerno
2013 · Mãe
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
movieSinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
2013
A Balada do Provisório
movieA Balada do Provisório
2012 · Provisório's Mother
movieMr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz
2012
movieLight in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit
2012 · , Director, Adaptation, Writer
movieAvacalha e se Esculhamba
2010
movieHotel Atlântico
2009 · Dona da Pousada
movieBelair
2009
movieA Vermelha Luz do Bandido
2009
movieEmbodiment of Evil
2008 · Cabíria
movieA Bela P...
2008
movieCanção de Baal
2007 · Director, Screenplay
movieMeu Mundo em Perigo
2007 · Mãe de Ísis
Helena Zero
movieHelena Zero
2006
movieLuz-Lux-Lúcia
2005
movieA Miss e o Dinossauro
2005 · Herself (archive footage) / (Voz em Off), Director, Music Supervisor, Camera Operator, Researcher
movieRetrato da Terra
2004 · Ela mesma
movieThe Sign of Chaos
2003 · Guida
movieGlauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003 · Self
movieAbry
2003 · Self
movieReinvenção da Rua
2003 · Herself, Director
movieB2
2001
movieSão Jerônimo
1999 · Marcela
movieCelebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997 · Self
movieFlying Geraldo
1994
movieScent of Gardenias
1992 · Bandida
tvTereza Batista
1992 · Maricota
movieOswaldianas
1992
moviePerigo Negro
1992 · Tiafa
movieAmérica: O Grande Acerto de Vespúcio
1992 · Editor
movieAnônimo e incomum
1990
movieIt's Not All True
1986
movieSpray Jet
1986 · Bossy Lady
movieMulheres de Cinema
1978 · Self (archive footage)
movieA Man and His Cage
1974 · Aeromoça
movieUm Intruso no Paraíso
1973
movieMemoirs of a Strangler of Blondes
1971 · Multiple Characters (Archive Footage)
movieBaron Olavo, The Horrible
1970 · Isabel
movieThe Hullabaloo Family
1970 · Prostituta
movieNo Way, Spider
1970
Carnaval na Lama
movieCarnaval na Lama
1970
movieCopacabana Mon Amour
1970 · Sônia Silk
movieWatch Out, Madame
1970
movieThe Monsters of Babaloo
1970
movieThe Woman of Everyone
1969 · Ângela Carne e Osso
Era Preciso Voltar
tvEra Preciso Voltar
1969 · Regina
movieThe Red Light Bandit
1968 · Janete Jane
movieThe Outsiders
1968
movieFace to Face
1967 · Luciana
movieO Engano
1967 · Mulher do médico
movieThe Priest and the Girl
1966 · Mariana
movieGrito da Terra
1964 · Mariá
movieAssault on the Pay Train
1962 · Marta
movieA Grande Feira
1961 · Ely
movieO Pátio
1959 · The woman, Co-Producer
Flesh
movieFlesh
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movieLost Media
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