Benedita da Silva

Actor Apr 26 (age 84) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1985–2025 (40 year career)

7.7 avg rating

Biography

Benedita Sousa da Silva Sampaio (Rio de Janeiro, April 26, 1942) is a Brazilian public servant, teacher, nursing assistant, social worker, and politician.

Known For

Film

Pelé

Self

Film

Intermissions

Herself

Film

Babilônia 2000

Self

Film

The Memory Thread

Herself

Film

Abolition

Herself

Film

The Coup d'État Factory

Benedita da Silva

Film

Pitanga

Self

Film

Filhas de Lavadeiras

herself

Filmography

Acting (22)

Movies (21)

Eunice Gutman Has Stories

2025

5.0

Nelson Carneiro: Knight of Democracy

2023

as Self (archive footage)

Lobby do Batom

2022

as Self

Luzes, Mulheres, Ação

2022

The Coup d'État Factory

as Benedita da Silva

Pelé

as Self

Terceiro Lado

as Herself

De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade

2020

as Self

Filhas de Lavadeiras

as herself

Pitanga

as Self

Toda Criança é Criança

2015

as Self

Intermissions

as Herself

Babilônia 2000

as Self

A Dívida da Vida

Benedita da Silva

The Memory Thread

as Herself

Abolition

as Herself

Mulheres: Uma Outra História

1988

as Self

Se O Rei Zulu Já Não Pode Andar Nu

as Self

Our Lives

A Estética da Luta

Television (1)

O Repórter do Poder

2023

as Self

8.5