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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 23, 1939
Place of Birth
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Also Known As
- Helena Ignês
- Helena Inês
- Helena Inez
Helena Ignez
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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" (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
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Primavera nos Dentes – A História do Secos & Molhados
2025
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Eclipse
2025
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Nosferatu
2025
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Gravidade
2025
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Message from Sergipe
2025
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Medéia
Trópico de Leão
2025
9.5
Dra. Marina Consiglio
Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans
2025
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Deuses da Peste
2025
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Self
A Última Vanguarda
2024
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Arlete
If I'm Here It Is by Mystery
2024
Credits
Primavera nos Dentes – A História do Secos & Molhados
as Self
2025
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Eclipse
2025
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Nosferatu
2025
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Gravidade
2025
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Message from Sergipe
2025
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Trópico de Leão
as Medéia
2025
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Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans
as Dra. Marina Consiglio
2025
9.5
Deuses da Peste
2025
0.0
A Última Vanguarda
as Self
2024
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If I'm Here It Is by Mystery
as Arlete
2024
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Nelson Carneiro: Knight of Democracy
as Self
2023
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Helena de Guaratiba
as Helena
2023
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O Mel é Mais Doce Que o Sangue
2023
6.0
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023
9.0
Joy Is the Acid Test
as Jarda Ícone
2023
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The Mother
as Dulce
2022
7.0
The Welles Raft
as Herself
2022
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Nova Pasta, Antigo Baú
as Voiceover
2021
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Um Documentário Brasileiro
as Self
2021
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The Good Cinema
2021
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Subterrânea
as Senhora Ônibus
2021
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Benjamim Zambraia e o Autopanóptico
as Mother
2020
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Mulher Oceano
as Mulher Caminhando de Costas (uncredited)
2020
4.0
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self
2020
5.0
Race Antenna
as Self
2020
8.2
The Lady Who Died in the Trailer
2020
6.0
Esse fim de semana vou me dedicar as paredes
2020
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Fogo Baixo, Alto Astral
2020
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Ensaio Sobre o Fracasso
2020
8.0
Natureza Morta
as Narradora 3
2020
2.0
Rio de Topless
as Self
2020
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Extracts
2019
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Flesh
as (voice)
2019
7.2
Fakir
as Narrator
2019
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In Memoriam: O Roteiro do Gravador
2019
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A Mulher da Luz Própria
as Self
2019
8.0
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as Self (archive footage)
2019
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Bring me the Head of Carmen M.
as Diretora
2019
8.0
My Calendar Girl
as Helena / Palestrante (voz)
2018
2.0
O Desmonte do Monte
2018
5.0
Antes do Fim
2018
5.5
Inaudito
as Voice
2017
6.2
All Paulos in the World - Paulo José
2017
7.4
Febre
2017
10.0
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
as Self
2017
0.0
Venus – Filly the Lesbian Little Fairy
as Narração
2017
3.0
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O Cinema Foi à Feira
as Ela mesma
2016
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Ralé: The Lower Depths
as Sonia Silk
2016
5.4
Love Film Festival
as Herself
2014
7.5
The End of an Age
as (voz)
2014
7.5
Estátua!
as Mãe (voz)
2014
6.0
Paixão e Virtude
2014
4.2
Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração
as Self
2014
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Ossos
as Voz Off
2014
2.3
Desculpa, Dona Madama
as Patroa
2013
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Ugly, Me?
as Jarda
2013
5.0
Poder dos Afetos
as Ritual Xamânico
2013
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Terno
as Mãe
2013
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Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
2013
8.0
🎬
A Balada do Provisório
as Provisório's Mother
2012
2.3
Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz
2012
3.5
Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit
2012
5.2
Avacalha e se Esculhamba
2010
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Hotel Atlântico
as Dona da Pousada
2009
7.1
Belair
2009
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A Vermelha Luz do Bandido
2009
0.0
Embodiment of Evil
as Cabíria
2008
5.2
A Bela P...
2008
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Meu Mundo em Perigo
as Mãe de Ísis
2007
5.7
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Helena Zero
2006
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Luz-Lux-Lúcia
2005
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A Miss e o Dinossauro
as Herself (archive footage) / (Voz em Off)
2005
5.0
Retrato da Terra
as Ela mesma
2004
0.0
The Sign of Chaos
as Guida
2003
6.9
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
as Self
2003
5.8
Abry
as Self
2003
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Reinvenção da Rua
as Herself
2003
0.0
B2
2001
6.0
São Jerônimo
as Marcela
1999
6.2
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
1997
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Flying Geraldo
1994
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Scent of Gardenias
as Bandida
1992
5.8
Tereza Batista
as Maricota
1992
8.0
Oswaldianas
1992
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Perigo Negro
as Tiafa
1992
5.0
Anônimo e incomum
1990
6.0
It's Not All True
1986
6.5
Spray Jet
as Bossy Lady
1986
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Mulheres de Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
1978
10.0
A Man and His Cage
as Aeromoça
1974
5.5
Um Intruso no Paraíso
1973
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Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes
as Multiple Characters (Archive Footage)
1971
7.6
The Hullabaloo Family
as Prostituta
1970
6.0
No Way, Spider
1970
5.9
🎬
Carnaval na Lama
1970
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Copacabana Mon Amour
as Sônia Silk
1970
7.0
The Monsters of Babaloo
1970
6.6
Watch Out, Madame
1970
6.0
The Woman of Everyone
as Ângela Carne e Osso
1969
7.7
Baron Olavo, The Horrible
as Isabel
1969
5.5
🎬
Era Preciso Voltar
as Regina
1969
0.0
The Red Light Bandit
as Janete Jane
1968
7.7
The Outsiders
1968
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Face to Face
as Luciana
1967
5.2
O Engano
as Mulher do médico
1967
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The Priest and the Girl
as Mariana
1966
7.1
Grito da Terra
as Mariá
1964
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Assault on the Pay Train
as Marta
1962
8.0
A Grande Feira
as Ely
1961
8.2
O Pátio
as The woman
1959
6.6
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Flesh
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Urna de Escaras Velhas
N/A
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Lost Media
as A Colecionadora
N/A
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