Acting
Helena Ignez
PT, EN cinema · 121 credits
Born
23 May 1939 (age 87)
Birthplace
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Also known as Helena Ignês · Helena Inês · Helena Inez
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
Filmography
Lost Media
as A Colecionadora
Eclipse
as Dona da Kitnet
A Film to Remind Us of Utopia
as Self (archive footage)
Cartas Para Rian
as Nair de Tefé
América do Sol
as Sonia Silk
Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans
as Dra. Marina Consiglio
Trópico de Leão
as Medéia
Joy Is the Acid Test
as Jarda Ícone, Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
The Mother
as Dulce
The Welles Raft
as Herself
Subterrânea
as Senhora Ônibus
Nova Pasta, Antigo Baú
as Voiceover
Natureza Morta
as Narradora 3
Fogo Baixo, Alto Astral
Actor, Director
Race Antenna
as Self
Mulher Oceano
as Mulher Caminhando de Costas (uncredited)
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as Self (archive footage)
Flesh
as (voice)
Bring me the Head of Carmen M.
as Diretora
Fakir
as Narrator, Director, Screenplay, Art Direction, Musical Casting
My Calendar Girl
as Helena / Palestrante (voz), Director, Screenplay
Febre
Actor
Inauditoo
as Voice
Ralé: The Lower Depths
as Sonia Silk, Director, Producer, Writer
The End of an Age
as (voz)
Love Film Festival
as Herself
Estátua!
as Mãe (voz)
Ossos
as Voz Off, Producer, Screenplay, Screenstory, Director, Music
Terno
as Mãe
Poder dos Afetos
as Ritual Xamânico, Director, Executive Producer, Screenstory, Screenplay
Ugly, Me?
as Jarda, Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Associate Producer
A Balada do Provisório
2012
A Balada do Provisório
as Provisório's Mother
Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit
Actor, Director, Adaptation, Writer
Hotel Atlântico
as Dona da Pousada
Embodiment of Evil
as Cabíria
Meu Mundo em Perigo
as Mãe de Ísis
Canção de Baal
Director, Screenplay
A Miss e o Dinossauro
as Herself (archive footage) / (Voz em Off), Director, Camera Operator, Researcher, Music Supervisor
The Sign of Chaos
as Guida
Abry
as Self
Reinvenção da Rua
as Herself, Director
B2
Actor
São Jerônimo
as Marcela
Scent of Gardenias
as Bandida
Perigo Negro
as Tiafa
Spray Jet
as Bossy Lady
Mulheres de Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
A Man and His Cage
as Aeromoça
Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes
as Multiple Characters (Archive Footage)
The Rowdy Family
as Prostituta
Copacabana Mon Amour
as Sônia Silk
Watch Out, Madame
as Empregada
The Woman of Everyone
as Ângela Carne e Osso
The Red Light Bandit
as Janete Jane
Face to Face
as Luciana
O Engano
as Mulher do médico
The Priest and the Girl
as Mariana
Grito da Terra
as Mariá
O Pátio
as The woman, Co-Producer