Helena Ignez
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1939-05-23 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Also known As
Helena Ignês
Helena Inês
Helena Inez
Helena Ignez
Biography
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" (1...
Acting
2005
2023
as Jarda Ícone
2021
2008
as Cabíria
1997
2022
as Dulce
1959
as The woman
1966
as Mariana
1970
as Prostituta
1969
as Ângela Carne e Osso
1970
as Sônia Silk
2003
as Guida
1971
as Archive Footage
1961
as Ely
2012
as Provisório's Mother
1970
2009
as Dona da Pousada
2023
as Helena
1969
as Isabel
1967
as Luciana
2007
as Mãe de Ísis
1962
as Marta
2025
as Dra. Marina Consiglio
2014
as (voz)
2014
2014
as Herself
2001
1967
as Mulher do médico
1968
as Janete Jane
1992
1986
as Bossy Lady
1964
as Mariá
2020
as Self
2024
as Self
1992
as Bandida
2019
as Self (archive footage)
2023
1999
as Marcela
2004
as Ela mesma
1970
1968
2024
as Arlete
2003
as Self
2016
as Sonia Silk
2006
2005
as Herself (archive footage) / (Voz em Off)
1974
as Aeromoça
2016
as Ela mesma
2017
2018
2018
as Helena / Palestrante (voz)
2017
1978
as Self (archive footage)
1994
2017
as Narração
2013
as Mãe
2014
2019
as Self
2019
as (voice)
2022
as Herself
2019
2014
as Mãe (voz)
2020
2014
as Voz Off
2013
as Ritual Xamânico
2003
as Herself
2019
as Diretora
2008
1992
as Tiafa
2017
2020
as Self
2013
as Patroa
2020
2020
as Mulher Caminhando de Costas (uncredited)
2013
as Jarda
2021
as Senhora Ônibus
2021
as Self
2017
as Voice
2021
as Voiceover
2020
as Mother
2009
2025
as Medéia
2025
2019
as Narrator
Production
2012
2007
as Director
2013
as Director
1959
as Co-Producer
2013
as Director
1992
as Editor
2016
as Director
2005
as Director
2023
as Director
2023
as Executive Producer
2023
as Screenplay
2018
as Director
2012
as Adaptation
2018
as Screenplay
2012
2019
as Director
2019
as Screenplay
2019
as Art Direction
2019
as Musical Casting
2003
as Director
2014
as Screenplay
2014
as Screenstory
2014
as Director
2014
as Music
2014
as Producer
2013
as Screenplay
2013
as Executive Producer
2013
as Screenstory
2005
as Music Supervisor
2005
as Camera Operator
2005
as Researcher
2007
as Screenplay
2020
as Director
2016
as Producer
2016
as Writer
2013
as Writer
2013
as Executive Producer
2013
as Associate Producer
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