Helena Ignez
Age: N/A | From: Salvador - Bahia - Brazil
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Helena Ignês , Helena Inês , Helena Inez
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Salvador - Bahia - Brazil
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 93
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
Helena Ignez (born May 23, 1942) 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).
Most Famous Work
Estátua!
(2014) Mãe (voz)
The Mother
(2022) Dulce
Mulher Oceano
(2020) Mulher Caminhando de Costas (uncredited)
Terno
(2013) Mãe
Flesh
(2019) (voice)
Ralé: The Lower Depths
(2016) Sonia Silk
Inaudito
(2017) Voice
São Jerônimo
(1999) MarcelaActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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| 2024 | Self | |
| Arlete | ||
| Helena | ||
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| Jarda Ícone | ||
| 2022 | Dulce | |
| Herself | ||
| 2021 | Voiceover | |
| Self | ||
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| Senhora Ônibus | ||
| 2020 | Mother | |
| Self | ||
| Mulher Caminhando de Costas (uncredited) | ||
| Self | ||
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| Self | ||
| 2019 | N/A | |
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| Herself | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Diretora | ||
| 2018 | Palestrante (voz) | |
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| 2017 | Voice | |
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| Self | ||
| Narração | ||
| 2016 | Ela mesma | |
| Sonia Silk | ||
| 2014 | Herself | |
| (voz) | ||
| Mãe (voz) | ||
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| Helena Ignez | ||
| Voz Off | ||
| 2013 | Patroa | |
| Jarda | ||
| Ritual Xamânico | ||
| Mãe | ||
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| 2012 | Provisório's Mother | |
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| 2010 | N/A | |
| 2009 | N/A | |
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| 2008 | Cabíria | |
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| 2007 | Mãe de Isis | |
| 2006 | N/A | |
| 2005 | N/A | |
| Herself (archive footage) / (Voz em Off) | ||
| 2004 | Ela mesma | |
| 2003 | Guida | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Herself | ||
| 2001 | N/A | |
| 1999 | Marcela | |
| 1997 | Self | |
| 1994 | N/A | |
| 1992 | Bandida | |
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| 1990 | N/A | |
| 1986 | N/A | |
| Bossy Lady | ||
| 1978 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1974 | Aeromoça | |
| 1973 | N/A | |
| 1971 | Archive Footage | |
| 1970 | N/A | |
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| Sônia Silk | ||
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| 1969 | Ângela Carne e Osso | |
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| 1968 | Janete Jane | |
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| 1967 | Luciana | |
| Mulher do médico | ||
| 1966 | Mariana | |
| 1964 | Mariá | |
| 1962 | Marta | |
| 1961 | Ely | |
| 1959 | N/A | |
| Marina Consiglio | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Director | |
| 2020 | Director | |
| 2019 | Director | |
| 2018 | Director | |
| 2016 | Director | |
| 2014 | Director | |
| 2013 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 2012 | Director | |
| 2007 | Director | |
| 2005 | Director | |
| 2003 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Screenplay | |
| 2019 | Screenplay | |
| 2018 | Screenplay | |
| 2016 | Writer | |
| 2014 | Screenstory | |
| Screenplay | ||
| 2013 | Writer | |
| Screenplay | ||
| Screenstory | ||
| 2012 | Writer | |
| Adaptation | ||
| 2007 | Screenplay | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Executive Producer | |
| 2019 | Musical Casting | |
| 2016 | Producer | |
| 2014 | Producer | |
| 2013 | Associate Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| Executive Producer | ||
| 2005 | Researcher | |
| 1959 | Co-Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Art
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Art Direction | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Music | |
| 2005 | Music Supervisor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Camera
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Camera Operator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Editor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
