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