Helena Ignez

ActorDirectorProducerWriterArt 1959–2025 (66 year career)

5.6 avg rating

Highest Rated

Febre

2017

10.0

Mulheres de Cinema

1978 · as Self (archive footage)

10.0

Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans

2025 · as Dra. Marina Consiglio

9.7

Known For

Film

The Red Light Bandit

Janete Jane

Film

Assault on the Pay Train

Marta

Film

The Priest and the Girl

Mariana

Film

The Woman of Everyone

Ângela Carne e Osso

Film

Copacabana Mon Amour

Sônia Silk

Film

Embodiment of Evil

Cabíria

Film

Hotel Atlântico

Dona da Pousada

Film

A Grande Feira

Ely

Filmography

Acting (113)

Movies (110)

Trópico de Leão

2025

as Medéia

Nosferatu

Deuses da Peste

Eclipse

Gravidade

Message from Sergipe

Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans

2025

as Dra. Marina Consiglio

9.7

If I'm Here It Is by Mystery

2024

as Arlete

A Última Vanguarda

2024

as Self

Helena de Guaratiba

2023

as Helena

Joy Is the Acid Test

2023

as Jarda Ícone

The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

2023

9.0

Nelson Carneiro: Knight of Democracy

2023

as Self

O Mel é Mais Doce Que o Sangue

2023

6.0

The Welles Raft

2022

as Herself

The Mother

2022

as Dulce

7.0

Um Documentário Brasileiro

2021

as Self

Subterrânea

2021

as Senhora Ônibus

The Good Cinema

2021

Nova Pasta, Antigo Baú

2021

as Voiceover

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival

2020

as Self

5.0

Benjamim Zambraia e o Autopanóptico

2020

as Mother

Ensaio Sobre o Fracasso

2020

8.0

Fogo Baixo, Alto Astral

Race Antenna

as Self

Rio de Topless

as Self

Mulher Oceano

2020

as Mulher Caminhando de Costas (uncredited)

4.0

Natureza Morta

2020

as Narradora 3

2.0

The Lady Who Died in the Trailer

2020

6.0

Esse fim de semana vou me dedicar as paredes

2020

Memórias do Grupo Opinião

2019

as Self (archive footage)

Extracts

Flesh

as (voice)

Fakir

as Narrator

A Mulher da Luz Própria

2019

as Self

8.0

In Memoriam: O Roteiro do Gravador

2019

Bring me the Head of Carmen M.

as Diretora

O Desmonte do Monte

Antes do Fim

My Calendar Girl

as Helena / Palestrante (voz)

2.0

Venus – Filly the Lesbian Little Fairy

as Narração

Inaudito

as Voice

Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century

2017

as Self

All Paulos in the World - Paulo José

Febre

O Cinema Foi à Feira

as Ela mesma

Ralé: The Lower Depths

as Sonia Silk

Love Film Festival

as Herself

Estátua!

as Mãe (voz)

Paixão e Virtude

Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração

2014

as Self

The End of an Age

as (voz)

Ossos

as Voz Off

Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade

Ugly, Me?

as Jarda

Terno

as Mãe

Poder dos Afetos

2013

as Ritual Xamânico

Desculpa, Dona Madama

2013

as Patroa

A Balada do Provisório

2012

as Provisório's Mother

2.3

Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit

2012

5.2

Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz

2012

3.5

Avacalha e se Esculhamba

2010

A Vermelha Luz do Bandido

Belair

Hotel Atlântico

as Dona da Pousada

A Bela P...

Embodiment of Evil

as Cabíria

Meu Mundo em Perigo

as Mãe de Ísis

Helena Zero

A Miss e o Dinossauro

2005

as Herself (archive footage) / (Voz em Off)

5.0

Luz-Lux-Lúcia

2005

Retrato da Terra

2004

as Ela mesma

Abry

2003

as Self

Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth

as Self

The Sign of Chaos

as Guida

Reinvenção da Rua

as Herself

São Jerônimo

as Marcela

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

1997

as Self

Flying Geraldo

Oswaldianas

Scent of Gardenias

as Bandida

Perigo Negro

as Tiafa

Anônimo e incomum

Spray Jet

as Bossy Lady

It's Not All True

1986

6.5

Mulheres de Cinema

1978

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

A Man and His Cage

1974

as Aeromoça

5.5

Um Intruso no Paraíso

1973

Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes

1971

as Multiple Characters (Archive Footage)

7.6

The Monsters of Babaloo

Watch Out, Madame

Copacabana Mon Amour

as Sônia Silk

No Way, Spider

The Hullabaloo Family

1970

as Prostituta

6.0

Carnaval na Lama

1970

Baron Olavo, The Horrible

1969

as Isabel

5.5

The Woman of Everyone

1969

as Ângela Carne e Osso

The Red Light Bandit

as Janete Jane

The Outsiders

Face to Face

as Luciana

O Engano

as Mulher do médico

The Priest and the Girl

1966

as Mariana

7.1

Grito da Terra

1964

as Mariá

Assault on the Pay Train

as Marta

A Grande Feira

as Ely

O Pátio

as The woman

Flesh

Lost Media

as A Colecionadora

MATRIZ

Television (3)

Primavera nos Dentes – A História do Secos & Molhados

2025

as Self

Tereza Batista

1992

as Maricota

8.0

Era Preciso Voltar

1969

as Regina

Crew (38)

Movies (38)

Joy Is the Acid Test

2023

Director

Joy Is the Acid Test

2023

Executive Producer

Joy Is the Acid Test

2023

Screenplay

Fogo Baixo, Alto Astral

2020

Director

Fakir

2019

Art Direction

Fakir

2019

Director

Fakir

2019

Musical Casting

Fakir

2019

Screenplay

My Calendar Girl

Director

My Calendar Girl

Screenplay

Ralé: The Lower Depths

2016

Director

5.4

Ralé: The Lower Depths

2016

Producer

5.4

Ralé: The Lower Depths

Writer

Ossos

Director

Ossos

Music

Ossos

Producer

Ossos

Screenplay

Ossos

Screenstory

Ugly, Me?

Associate Producer

Ugly, Me?

Director

Ugly, Me?

Executive Producer

Ugly, Me?

Writer

Poder dos Afetos

Director

Poder dos Afetos

2013

Executive Producer

Poder dos Afetos

2013

Screenplay

Poder dos Afetos

2013

Screenstory

Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit

2012

Adaptation

5.2

Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit

2012

Director

5.2

Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit

Writer

Canção de Baal

Director

Canção de Baal

Screenplay

A Miss e o Dinossauro

2005

Camera Operator

5.0

A Miss e o Dinossauro

2005

Director

5.0

A Miss e o Dinossauro

2005

Music Supervisor

5.0

A Miss e o Dinossauro

2005

Researcher

5.0

Reinvenção da Rua

2003

Director

América: O Grande Acerto de Vespúcio

1992

Editor

O Pátio

1959

Co-Producer

6.6