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 most remarkable being her role as Ângela Carne e "Osso in A Mulher de Todos" (1969). She also was a financial partner of Rogério Sganzerla and fellow Cinema Marginal filmmaker Júlio Bressane in the short-lived, although prolific, Belair production company. Between 1968 and 1970, Sganzerla and Ignez made almost a dozen films together and were also married and had two children -- one of which would become actress Djin Sganzerla. As a filmmaker, Ignez has directed 7 films, the most notable being "Luz das Trevas" (2010), a sequel to Sganzerla's debut feature "O Bandido da Luz Vermelha" (1968).

Peran Terkenal

Tentang

Stage Name: Helena Ignez

Peran: Acting

Reputasi: 0.2444

Jenis Kelamin: Perempuan

Tanggal Lahir: 1942-05-23

Lokasi Lahir: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Riwayat Perfilman

2025

Trópico de Leão

Medéia

2025

Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans

Dra. Marina Consiglio

2023

Joy Is the Acid Test

Jarda Ícone

2022

The Mother

Dulce

2022

The Welles Raft

Herself

2021

Subterrânea

Senhora Ônibus

2020

Mulher Oceano

Mulher Caminhando de Costas (uncredited)

2020

Race Antenna

Self

2019

Flesh

(voice)

2019

Memórias do Grupo Opinião

Self (archive footage)

2018

My Calendar Girl

Palestrante (voz)

2017

Inaudito

Voice

2017

Febre

2014

Estátua!

Mãe (voz)

2014

Ossos

Voz Off

2013

Ugly, Me?

Jarda

2013

Poder dos Afetos

Ritual Xamânico

2013

Terno

Mãe

2012

A Balada do Provisório

Provisório's Mother

2009

Hotel Atlântico

Dona da Pousada

2008

Embodiment of Evil

Cabíria

2007

Meu Mundo em Perigo

Mãe de Ísis

2005

A Miss e o Dinossauro

Herself (archive footage) / (Voz em Off)

2004

Retrato da Terra

Ela mesma

2003

Abry

Self

2001

B2

1999

São Jerônimo

Marcela

1992

Tereza Batista

Maricota

1992

Perigo Negro

Tiafa

1986

Spray Jet

Bossy Lady

1978

Mulheres de Cinema

Self (archive footage)

1974

A Man and His Cage

Aeromoça

1970

A Familia do Barulho

Prostituta

1970

Copacabana Mon Amour

Sônia Silk

1969

The Woman of Everyone

Ângela Carne e Osso

1968

The Red Light Bandit

Janete Jane

1967

Face To Face

Luciana

1967

O Engano

Mulher do médico

1964

Grito da Terra

Mariá

1959

O Pátio

The woman