Zezé Motta

ActorProducer Jun 27 (age 81) Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1968–2026 (58 year career)

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Biography

Maria José Motta de Oliveira OMC (Campos dos Goytacazes, June 27, 1944), better known as Zezé Motta, is a Brazilian actress and singer, considered one of the greatest artists in the country, an exponent of Afro-Brazilian culture. Zezé has already won numerous awards, including a Candango Trophy at the Brasília Festival, and an Air France Award, in addition to receiving nominations for three Grande Otelo awards and a Guarani Award. In 2019, she received an Honorary Grand Othello.

Known For

Film

Xica da Silva

Maria da Silva

Film

Gonzaga: From Father to Son

Priscila (70 anos)

Film

The Son of a Thousand Men

Narrator

Film

M8 - When Death Rescues Life

Ilza

Film

Irmã Dulce

Mãe Menininha

Film

Above Justice

Regina

Film

A Próxima Vítima

Maria de Fátima Noronha (Fátima)

Film

Intervenção

Socorro

Filmography

Acting (150)

Movies (113)

Mãe Bonifácia

2026 Upcoming

as Mãe Bonifácia

Mar 31

The Taste of the Blackberry

2026

Abah and His Band

2025

as Titikaba

The Son of a Thousand Men

as Narrator

Dolores

My Time Is Now

as Self

Milton Gonçalves, Além do Espetáculo

2025

as Self

A Escrita Delas

2025

as Narrator

Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil

2025

as Self (archive footage)

8.5

If I'm Here It Is by Mystery

2024

as Suprema

Hoje é Dia das Crianças

2024

as Vó Dina

Alma Negra, do Quilombo ao Baile

2024

Othelo The Great

2024

as Self (voice)

Príncipe Lu e a Lenda do Dragão

as Feiticeira Real

Tributo: Zezé Motta

as Self

Falas da Vida: Histórias (Im)possíveis

2023

as Bex

8.5

Gerson King Combo – O filme

The Last Party

as Nathan's Mom

Deixa

as Carmen

Eulália

as Jacira

Wedding Games

as Valéria

Gota D'Água

as Guiomar

Fio do Afeto

as Self

Fim de Semana no Paraíso Selvagem

2022

as Naná

Alemão 2

as Dona Ivone

Na Rédea Curta

as Voinha

Dr. Gama

as Francisca

Prateados: A Vida em Tempos de Madureza

Galeria Futuro

as Sula

Falas da Vida

Intervenção

as Socorro

4x100: Running for a Dream

as Dra. Bruna

Novo Mundo

Women's Cinema

as Narrator

Todas as Melodias

2020

as Self

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

2020

as Self

Pressed, Ripped Apart

2019

as (archive footage)

Juntos a Magia Acontece

2019

as Neuza

6.4

M8 - When Death Rescues Life

as Ilza

Eu Sou Brasileiro

as Diretora Sônia

The Devil's Knot

as Afi

Cora Coralina: Todas as Vidas

as Leitura Dramática

A Comédia Divina

as Deus

Pitanga

as Self

Haroldo Costa - O Nosso Orfeu

2015

as Narrator

Dois de Julho — Guerra da Independência na Bahia

2015

O Lucro Acima da Vida

2014

as Célia

Irmã Dulce

2014

as Mãe Menininha

7.7

Gonzaga: From Father to Son

2012

as Priscila (70 anos)

7.2

Bróder

2010

as Dona Meire

5.9

Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas

2009

as Self

Xuxa and the Mystery of the Little Ugly Princess

2009

as Jerusa

5.0

A Ilha dos Escravos

2008

as Old Júlia

Cobrador: In God We Trust

as Secretaría

Happy Desert

The Invisible Friend

as Tia Elisinha

Kinshasa Palace

2006

Bom Dia, Eternidade

2006

as Odete

What Is It Worth?

2005

as Joana Maria da Conceição

6.5

A Idade do Homem

2004

Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City

as Aurora Hipólito

Viva Sapato!

as Mulher do avião

The Longing

Carolina

as Carolina Maria de Jesus

Poeta de Sete Faces

2002

Xuxa and the Elves 2: The Road of The Fairies

2002

as Profetiza Kálix

4.4

Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino

2002

as Self

Denying Brazil

2000

as Herself

8.2

Chronically Unfeasible

Orfeu

as Conceição

Polêmica

Napomuceno's Will

as Eduarda

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

1997

as Self

Tieta of Agreste

as Carmosina

Era Uma Vez...

Sant'Anna dos Pescadores

1993

as Narrator (voice)

Vênus de Fogo

1993

A Serpente

1992

as Crioula das Ventas Triunfais

2.0

Extraterrestrial Cat in Boots

1990

5.0

Acorda, Raimundo... Acorda!

1990

as Luiza

As Divas Negras do Cinema Brasileiro

Better Days Ahead

as Dalila

Mestizo

as Cruz Careagua

Sonhos de Menina Moça

1988

as Vicky

Natal da Portela

as Maria Elisa

Prisoner of Rio

as Rita

Jubiabá

as Rosenda

Angels of the Night

as Malu

Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman

1987

as Self

Águia na Cabeça

1984

as Gracinha

4.8

Para Viver Um Grande Amor

as Maria Moita

Quilombo

as Dandara

Mulher 80

as Self

Bloody Gold

Everything's Alright

as Zezé

Os melhores Momentos da Pornochanchada

O Bom Marido

The Force of Xango

as Estrela

Cordão de Ouro

as Dandara

Xica

1976

as Xica da Silva

7.0

Um Varão Entre as Mulheres

1975

The Devil Queen

1974

as Bigode's girlfriend

6.1

A Banana Mecânica

1974

as Marilda

Go To Work You Bum!

as Shirley

Transplante de Mãe

Cleo e Daniel

Em Cada Coração um Punhal

1970

Por um Fio

as Tereza

La Bréa

as Herself - Interviewee

Rumored Upcoming Zezé Motta Biopic

Café com Leite (Água e Azeite?)

as Self

Eunice Gutman Has Stories

Liberdade

Television (37)

A Nobreza do Amor

2026

as Maria Amélia (Dona Menina)

(In)Vulneráveis

2026

Dois em Cena: Encontro de Gerações

The End

as Dona Neusa

Ouro Verde

as D. Nénem

Above Justice

as Regina

as Nair

The Slave Mother

as Tia Joaquina

Boogie Oogie

as Sebastiana Marques

7.8

O Canto da Sereia

2013

as Tia Celeste

7.6

Gonzaga: De Pai pra Filho

2013

as Priscila

8.5

Rebel Rio

2011

as Dalva Alves (Dadá)

Sunshine

as Odete

Sinhá Moça

as Virgínia, a Bá

Floribella

as Cristina Ramos Garcia / Titina

Metamorphoses

as Prazeres

O Beijo do Vampiro

as Nadir

Porto dos Milagres

as Mãe Ricardina

Esplendor

as Irene da Silva

Chiquinha Gonzaga

as Conceição

Corpo Dourado

as Liana Ribeiro

Xica da Silva

as Maria da Silva

A Próxima Vítima

as Maria de Fátima Noronha (Fátima)

7.3

Memorial de Maria Moura

1994

as Rubina

7.9

Mãe de Santo

1990

as Ialorixá, a Mãe de santo

Kananga do Japão

1989

as Lulu Kelly

7.0

Pacto de Sangue

1989

as Maria

Helena

1987

as Malvina

7.0

Corpo a Corpo

1984

as Sônia Rangel Fraga Dantas

9.2

Transas e Caretas

1984

as Dorinha / Dorothy Dandara (Doralice Lafaiette da Silva)

Grandes Nomes

1980

as Self

The Bunglers

Duas Vidas

as Jandira

Supermanoela

as Doralice

A Patota

as Zezinha

Albert, the Rockefeller

1968

as Zezé

9.8

Americana

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Rumored Upcoming Zezé Motta Biopic

Producer