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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 27, 1944
Place of Birth
Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Also Known As
- Zezé Mota
- Zeze Motta
- Zeze Mota
- Maria José Motta de Oliveira
- ゼゼ・モッタ
- 泽泽·莫塔
- 제제 모타
- ज़ेज़े मोट्टा
Zezé Motta
0.3 Popularity
Biography
Maria José Motta de Oliveira OMC (Campos dos Goytacazes, June 27, 1944), better known as Zezé Motta, is a Brazilian actress and singer, considered one of the greatest artists in the country, an exponent of Afro-Brazilian culture. Zezé has already won numerous awards, including a Candango Trophy at the Brasília Festival, and an Air France Award, in addition to receiving nominations for three Grande Otelo awards and a Guarani Award. In 2019, she received an Honorary Grand Othello.
Known For
🎬
0.0
Dona Menina
A Nobreza do Amor
2026
0.0
Self
My Time Is Now
2025
0.0
Self
Milton Gonçalves, Além do Espetáculo
2025
7.1
Narrator
The Son of a Thousand Men
2025
7.0
Dolores
2025
0.0
Titikaba
Abah and His Band
2025
0.0
Narrator
A Escrita Delas
2025
8.5
Self (archive footage)
Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil
2025
0.0
Vó Dina
Hoje é Dia das Crianças
2024
0.0
Alma Negra, do Quilombo ao Baile
2024
Credits
🎬
A Nobreza do Amor
as Dona Menina
2026
0.0
My Time Is Now
as Self
2025
0.0
Milton Gonçalves, Além do Espetáculo
as Self
2025
0.0
The Son of a Thousand Men
as Narrator
2025
7.1
Dolores
2025
7.0
Abah and His Band
as Titikaba
2025
0.0
A Escrita Delas
as Narrator
2025
0.0
Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil
as Self (archive footage)
2025
8.5
Hoje é Dia das Crianças
as Vó Dina
2024
0.0
Alma Negra, do Quilombo ao Baile
2024
0.0
Othelo The Great
as Self (voice)
2024
0.0
Tributo: Zezé Motta
as Self
2024
9.0
Príncipe Lu e a Lenda do Dragão
as Feiticeira Real
2024
8.7
If I'm Here It Is by Mystery
as Suprema
2024
0.0
Wedding Games
as Valéria
2023
4.9
The End
as Dona Neusa
2023
6.1
Falas da Vida: Histórias (Im)possíveis
as Bex
2023
8.5
Dois em Cena: Encontro de Gerações
2023
8.0
Gerson King Combo – O filme
2023
0.0
Deixa
as Carmen
2023
0.0
Eulália
as Jacira
2023
5.0
Gota D'Água
as Guiomar
2023
6.1
The Last Party
as Nathan's Mom
2023
6.5
Na Rédea Curta
as Voinha
2022
6.9
Fim de Semana no Paraíso Selvagem
as Naná
2022
0.0
Fio do Afeto
as Self
2022
0.0
Alemão 2
as Dona Ivone
2022
5.9
Intervenção
as Socorro
2021
6.6
Galeria Futuro
as Sula
2021
6.7
Falas da Vida
2021
0.0
Prateados: A Vida em Tempos de Madureza
2021
0.0
Dr. Gama
as Francisca
2021
8.0
4x100: Running for a Dream
as Dra. Bruna
2021
7.2
Novo Mundo
2020
0.0
Todas as Melodias
as Self
2020
0.0
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
as Self
2020
0.0
O Cinema das Mulheres
as Narrator
2020
0.0
Juntos a Magia Acontece
as Neuza
2019
6.4
M8 - When Death Rescues Life
as Ilza
2019
7.2
Eu Sou Brasileiro
as Diretora Sônia
2019
1.0
Pressed, Ripped Apart
as (archive footage)
2019
0.0
The Devil's Knot
as Afi
2018
6.3
A Comédia Divina
as Deus
2017
6.1
Cora Coralina: Todas as Vidas
as Leitura Dramática
2017
8.3
Ouro Verde
as D. Nénem
2017
5.5
3%
as Nair
2016
7.1
Pitanga
as Self
2016
5.6
Above Justice
as Regina
2016
7.3
The Slave Mother
as Tia Joaquina
2016
8.1
Haroldo Costa - O Nosso Orfeu
as Narrator
2015
0.0
🎬
Dois de Julho — Guerra da Independência na Bahia
2015
0.0
Irmã Dulce
as Mãe Menininha
2014
7.7
Boogie Oogie
as Sebastiana Marques
2014
7.8
O Lucro Acima da Vida
as Célia
2014
0.0
Gonzaga: De Pai pra Filho
as Priscila
2013
8.5
O Canto da Sereia
as Tia Celeste
2013
7.7
Gonzaga: From Father to Son
as Priscila (70 anos)
2012
7.2
Rebel Rio
as Dalva Alves (Dadá)
2011
7.0
Bróder
as Dona Meire
2010
5.9
Xuxa and the Mystery of the Little Ugly Princess
as Jerusa
2009
5.0
Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas
as Self
2009
0.0
A Ilha dos Escravos
as Old Júlia
2008
0.0
Cobrador: In God We Trust
as Secretaría
2007
3.8
Happy Desert
2007
5.2
Sunshine
as Odete
2007
7.0
Kinshasa Palace
2006
0.0
Sinhá Moça
as Virgínia, a Bá
2006
6.7
🎬
The Invisible Friend
as Tia Elisinha
2006
0.0
Bom Dia, Eternidade
as Odete
2006
0.0
What Is It Worth?
as Joana Maria da Conceição
2005
6.5
Floribella
as Cristina Ramos Garcia / Titina
2005
8.5
Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City
as Aurora Hipólito
2004
4.9
A Idade do Homem
2004
0.0
Metamorphoses
as Prazeres
2004
4.0
Viva Sapato!
as Mulher do avião
2003
4.7
The Longing
2003
3.9
Carolina
as Carolina Maria de Jesus
2003
0.0
Xuxa and the Elves 2: The Road of The Fairies
as Profetiza Kálix
2002
4.4
🎬
Poeta de Sete Faces
2002
0.0
O Beijo do Vampiro
as Nadir
2002
6.3
Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
as Self
2002
0.0
Porto dos Milagres
as Mãe Ricardina
2001
5.6
Denying Brazil
as Herself
2000
8.2
Chronically Unfeasible
2000
5.4
Esplendor
as Irene da Silva
2000
7.8
Orfeu
as Conceição
1999
5.4
Chiquinha Gonzaga
as Conceição
1999
7.5
Polêmica
1999
6.0
Corpo Dourado
as Liana Ribeiro
1998
6.0
Napomuceno's Will
as Eduarda
1997
2.0
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
1997
0.0
Xica da Silva
as Maria da Silva
1996
7.7
Tieta of Agreste
as Carmosina
1996
6.7
A Próxima Vítima
as Maria de Fátima Noronha (Fátima)
1995
7.3
Memorial de Maria Moura
as Rubina
1994
7.8
🎬
Era Uma Vez...
1994
4.0
Sant'Anna dos Pescadores
as Narrator (voice)
1993
0.0
Vênus de Fogo
1993
0.0
A Serpente
as Crioula das Ventas Triunfais
1992
2.0
Extraterrestrial Cat in Boots
1990
5.0
Acorda, Raimundo... Acorda!
as Luiza
1990
0.0
Kananga do Japão
as Lulu Kelly
1989
7.0
Pacto de Sangue
as Maria
1989
0.0
Better Days Ahead
as Dalila
1989
6.5
As Divas Negras do Cinema Brasileiro
1989
0.0
🎬
Mestizo
as Cruz Careagua
1988
0.0
Sonhos de Menina Moça
as Vicky
1988
0.0
Natal da Portela
as Maria Elisa
1988
7.2
Prisoner of Rio
as Rita
1988
6.0
Jubiabá
as Rosenda
1987
5.2
Helena
as Malvina
1987
7.0
Angels of the Night
as Malu
1987
5.5
Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman
as Self
1987
0.0
Corpo a Corpo
as Sônia Rangel Fraga Dantas
1984
9.2
Quilombo
as Dandara
1984
6.9
Para Viver Um Grande Amor
as Maria Moita
1984
5.2
Águia na Cabeça
as Gracinha
1984
4.8
Transas e Caretas
as Dorinha / Dorothy Dandara (Doralice Lafaiette da Silva)
1984
0.0
Grandes Nomes
as Self
1980
0.0
Mulher 80
as Self
1979
8.0
Everything's Alright
as Zezé
1978
4.7
O Bom Marido
1978
3.7
Os melhores Momentos da Pornochanchada
1978
0.0
Bloody Gold
1978
0.0
Cordão de Ouro
as Dandara
1977
0.0
The Force of Xango
as Estrela
1977
4.0
The Bunglers
1977
7.8
Duas Vidas
as Jandira
1976
8.0
Xica
as Xica da Silva
1976
7.0
Um Varão Entre as Mulheres
1975
0.0
The Devil Queen
as Bigode's girlfriend
1974
6.1
A Banana Mecânica
as Marilda
1974
0.0
Supermanoela
as Doralice
1974
7.0
Go To Work You Bum!
as Shirley
1973
4.1
A Patota
as Zezinha
1972
0.0
Cleo e Daniel
1970
3.5
Em Cada Coração um Punhal
1970
0.0
Transplante de Mãe
1970
0.0
Albert, the Rockefeller
as Zezé
1968
9.8
🎬
La Bréa
as Herself - Interviewee
N/A
0.0
🎬
Por um Fio
as Tereza
N/A
0.0
🎬
Americana
N/A
0.0
🎬
Café com Leite (Água e Azeite?)
as Self
N/A
0.0
🎬
Rumored Upcoming Zezé Motta Biopic
N/A
0.0