Helena Ignez (Salvador, May 23, 1939) is a Brazilian actress and filmmaker.
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).
External links
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0407235
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q142626
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Filmography (Movies)
Eclipse
Character:
Release Date:16/10/2025
Nosferatu
Character:
Release Date:15/09/2025
Gravidade
Character:
Release Date:01/09/2025
Message from Sergipe
Character:
Release Date:20/08/2025
Trópico de Leão
Character:Medéia
Release Date:29/01/2025
Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans
Character:Dra. Marina Consiglio
Release Date:28/01/2025
Deuses da Peste
Character:
Release Date:25/01/2025
A Última Vanguarda
Character:Self
Release Date:19/03/2024
If I'm Here It Is by Mystery
Character:Arlete
Release Date:24/01/2024
Nelson Carneiro: Knight of Democracy
Character:Self
Release Date:26/11/2023
Helena de Guaratiba
Character:Helena
Release Date:13/10/2023
O Mel é Mais Doce Que o Sangue
Character:
Release Date:14/06/2023
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
Character:
Release Date:30/01/2023
Joy Is the Acid Test
Character:Jarda Ícone
Release Date:23/01/2023
The Mother
Character:Dulce
Release Date:10/11/2022
The Welles Raft
Character:Herself
Release Date:23/06/2022
Nova Pasta, Antigo Baú
Character:Voiceover
Release Date:02/06/2021
Um Documentário Brasileiro
Character:Self
Release Date:22/05/2021
The Good Cinema
Character:
Release Date:18/03/2021
Subterrânea
Character:Senhora Ônibus
Release Date:23/01/2021
Benjamim Zambraia e o Autopanóptico
Character:Mother
Release Date:17/12/2020
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Character:Self
Release Date:22/10/2020
Mulher Oceano
Character:Mulher Caminhando de Costas (uncredited)
Release Date:22/10/2020
Race Antenna
Character:Self
Release Date:15/10/2020
The Lady Who Died in the Trailer
Character:
Release Date:11/05/2020
Esse fim de semana vou me dedicar as paredes
Character:
Release Date:29/04/2020
Fogo Baixo, Alto Astral
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Release Date:27/04/2020
Ensaio Sobre o Fracasso
Character:
Release Date:31/01/2020
Natureza Morta
Character:Narradora 3
Release Date:31/01/2020
Rio de Topless
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2020
Extracts
Character:
Release Date:08/10/2019
Flesh
Character:(voice)
Release Date:07/08/2019
Fakir
Character:Narrator
Release Date:24/07/2019
In Memoriam: O Roteiro do Gravador
Character:
Release Date:12/07/2019
A Mulher da Luz Própria
Character:Self
Release Date:06/06/2019
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/05/2019
Bring me the Head of Carmen M.
Character:Diretora
Release Date:24/01/2019
My Calendar Girl
Character:Helena / Palestrante (voz)
Release Date:27/09/2018
O Desmonte do Monte
Character:
Release Date:30/03/2018
Antes do Fim
Character:
Release Date:15/02/2018
Inaudito
Character:Voice
Release Date:19/10/2017
All Paulos in the World - Paulo José
Character:
Release Date:14/10/2017
Febre
Character:
Release Date:05/08/2017
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Character:Self
Release Date:31/03/2017
Venus – Filly the Lesbian Little Fairy
Character:Narração
Release Date:13/02/2017
O Cinema Foi à Feira
Character:Ela mesma
Release Date:12/11/2016
Ralé: The Lower Depths
Character:Sonia Silk
Release Date:05/05/2016
Love Film Festival
Character:Herself
Release Date:05/10/2014
The End of an Age
Character:(voz)
Release Date:30/09/2014
Estátua!
Character:Mãe (voz)
Release Date:21/08/2014
Paixão e Virtude
Character:
Release Date:26/01/2014
Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2014
Ossos
Character:Voz Off
Release Date:01/01/2014
Desculpa, Dona Madama
Character:Patroa
Release Date:20/12/2013
Ugly, Me?
Character:Jarda
Release Date:27/10/2013
Poder dos Afetos
Character:Ritual Xamânico
Release Date:06/10/2013
Terno
Character:Mãe
Release Date:23/08/2013
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
Character:
Release Date:22/01/2013
A Balada do Provisório
Character:Provisório's Mother
Release Date:28/11/2012
Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz
Character:
Release Date:24/05/2012
Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit
Character:
Release Date:13/05/2012
Avacalha e se Esculhamba
Character:
Release Date:20/04/2010
Hotel Atlântico
Character:Dona da Pousada
Release Date:13/11/2009
Belair
Character:
Release Date:04/10/2009
A Vermelha Luz do Bandido
Character:
Release Date:11/08/2009
Embodiment of Evil
Character:Cabíria
Release Date:08/08/2008
A Bela P...
Character:
Release Date:03/06/2008
Meu Mundo em Perigo
Character:Mãe de Ísis
Release Date:01/01/2007
Helena Zero
Character:
Release Date:02/01/2006
Luz-Lux-Lúcia
Character:
Release Date:01/06/2005
A Miss e o Dinossauro
Character:Herself (archive footage) / (Voz em Off)
Release Date:10/05/2005
Retrato da Terra
Character:Ela mesma
Release Date:14/03/2004
The Sign of Chaos
Character:Guida
Release Date:25/09/2003
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Character:Self
Release Date:17/09/2003
Abry
Character:Self
Release Date:20/03/2003
Reinvenção da Rua
Character:Herself
Release Date:01/01/2003
B2
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2001
São Jerônimo
Character:Marcela
Release Date:10/09/1999
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1997
Flying Geraldo
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1994
Scent of Gardenias
Character:Bandida
Release Date:07/08/1992
Oswaldianas
Character:
Release Date:21/02/1992
Perigo Negro
Character:Tiafa
Release Date:21/02/1992
Anônimo e incomum
Character:
Release Date:16/03/1990
It's Not All True
Character:
Release Date:22/08/1986
Spray Jet
Character:Bossy Lady
Release Date:16/08/1986
Mulheres de Cinema
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/06/1978
A Man and His Cage
Character:Aeromoça
Release Date:23/09/1974
Um Intruso no Paraíso
Character:
Release Date:03/03/1973
Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes
Character:Multiple Characters (Archive Footage)
Release Date:01/01/1971
The Hullabaloo Family
Character:Prostituta
Release Date:05/05/1970
No Way, Spider
Character:
Release Date:09/04/1970
Carnaval na Lama
Character:
Release Date:22/03/1970
Copacabana Mon Amour
Character:Sônia Silk
Release Date:13/02/1970
Watch Out, Madame
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1970
The Monsters of Babaloo
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1970
The Woman of Everyone
Character:Ângela Carne e Osso
Release Date:24/10/1969
Baron Olavo, The Horrible
Character:Isabel
Release Date:08/05/1969
The Red Light Bandit
Character:Janete Jane
Release Date:02/12/1968
The Outsiders
Character:
Release Date:27/01/1968
Face to Face
Character:Luciana
Release Date:01/01/1967
O Engano
Character:Mulher do médico
Release Date:01/01/1967
The Priest and the Girl
Character:Mariana
Release Date:28/03/1966
Grito da Terra
Character:Mariá
Release Date:26/05/1964
Assault on the Pay Train
Character:Marta
Release Date:02/09/1962
A Grande Feira
Character:Ely
Release Date:10/03/1961
O Pátio
Character:The woman
Release Date:01/01/1959
Television Appearances
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