Helena Ignez
Skuespiller, Instruktør, Forfatter, Producer
23. maj 1939 (86 år)
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).
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).
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| 2025 | Trópico de Leão · as Medéia |
| 2025 | Not Even God Is as Fair as Your Jeans · as Dra. Marina Consiglio |
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| 2024 | If I'm Here It Is by Mystery · as Arlete |
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| 2023 | Joy Is the Acid Test · as Jarda Ícone |
| 2023 | O Mel É Mais Doce Que o Sangue · as Andarilha |
| 2022 | A Mãe · as Dulce |
| 2021 | Blond Angel With Blood In Her Hair · as Narração |
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| 2020 | Nova Pasta, Antigo Baú · as Voiceover |
| 2020 | Mulher Oceano · as Mulher Caminhando De Costas (uncredited) |
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| 2020 | Natureza Morta · as Narradora 3 |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Notícias do fim do mundo · as Digital Influencer |
| 2019 | Flesh · as (voice) |
| 2019 | Fakir · as Narrator |
| 2018 | My Calendar Girl · as Helena / Palestrante (voz) |
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| 2017 | Unheard-of · as Voice |
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| 2017 | |
| 2015 | Ralé: The Lower Depths · as Sonia Silk |
| 2014 | The End of an Age · as (voz) |
| 2014 | Estátua! · as Mãe (voz) |
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| 2011 | |
| 2010 | |
| 2009 | Hotel Atlântico · as Dona Da Pousada |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | Embodiment of Evil · as Cabíria |
| 2007 | Meu Mundo em Perigo · as Mãe De Ísis |
| 2005 | O Signo do Caos · as Guida |
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| 1999 | São Jerônimo · as Marcela |
| 1992 | Perfume de Gardênia · as Bandida |
| 1992 | Você Decide · as Cast |
| 1992 | Tereza Batista · as Maricota |
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| 1992 | Perigo Negro · as Tiafa |
| 1991 | À Meia Noite com Glauber Rocha · as Cast |
| 1991 | Meu Marido · as Cast |
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| 1986 | Spray Jet · as Bossy Lady |
| 1986 | Ondas · as Mulher 2 |
| 1971 | Memórias de um Estrangulador de Loiras · as Multiple Characters (archive Footage) |
| 1970 | The Hullabaloo Family · as Prostituta |
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| 1970 | Copacabana Mon Amour · as Sônia Silk |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | Barão Olavo, o Horrível · as Isabel |
| 1970 | |
| 1969 | The Woman of Everyone · as Ângela Carne E Osso |
| 1968 | The Red Light Bandit · as Janete JanePå Plex |
| 1967 | Face to Face · as Luciana |
| 1966 | The Priest and the Girl · as Mariana |
| 1962 | Assault on the Pay Train · as Marta |
| 1961 | A Grande Feira · as Ely |
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| 2022 | A Última Vanguarda · as Self |
| 2021 | Um Documentário Brasileiro · as Self |
| 2020 | Candango: Memórias do Festival · as Self |
| 2020 | Antena da Raça · as Self |
| 2020 | Rio de Topless · as Self |
| 2019 | The Welles Raft · as Herself |
| 2019 | A Mulher da Luz Própria · as Self |
| 2018 | Memórias do Grupo Opinião · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2016 | O País do Cinema · as Self |
| 2014 | Love Film Festival · as Herself |
| 2012 | O Papel da Vida · as Self |
| 2003 | Glauber: O Filme, Labirinto do Brasil · as Self |
| 2003 | Abry · as Self |
| 2001 | #Provoca · as Self |
| 2023 | Joy Is the Acid Test · as Screenplay |
| 2019 | Fakir · as Screenplay |
| 2018 | My Calendar Girl · as Screenplay |
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| 2007 | Canção de Baal · as Screenplay |
| 2023 | Joy Is the Acid Test · as Executive Producer |
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| 2019 | Fakir · as Art Direction |
| 2019 | Fakir · as Musical Casting |
| 2010 | Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit · as Adaptation |