Helena Ignez
Birthday
1942/05/23 (82 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Also know as
Helena Ignês, Helena Inês, Helena Inez
Biography
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...Read more
Acting
(2005) Luz-Lux-Lúcia
as ---
(2023) Joy Is the Acid Test
as Jarda Ícone
(2021) The Good Cinema
as ---
(2008) Embodiment of Evil
as Cabíria
(1997) Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
(2022) The Mother
as Dulce
(1959) O Pátio
as The woman
(2023) O Mel é Mais Doce Que o Sangue
as ---
(1966) The Priest and the Girl
as Mariana
(1970) A Familia do Barulho
as Prostituta
(1969) The Woman of Everyone
as Ângela Carne e Osso
(1970) Copacabana Mon Amour
as Sônia Silk
(2003) The Sign of Chaos
as Guida
(1971) Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes
as Archive Footage
(1961) A Grande Feira
as Ely
(1986) It's Not All True
as ---
(2012) A Balada do Provisório
as Provisório's Mother
(1970) No Way, Spider
as ---
(2009) Hotel Atlântico
as Dona da Pousada
(2023) Helena de Guaratiba
as Helena
(1969) Baron Olavo, The Horrible
as Isabel
(1967) Face To Face
as Luciana
(2007) Meu Mundo em Perigo
as Mãe de Isis
(1970) Watch Out, Madame
as ---
(1962) Assault on the Pay Train
as Marta
(2025) Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans
as Dra. Marina Consiglio
(2014) The End of an Age
as (voz)
(2014) Paixão e Virtude
as ---
(2003) Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
as Self
(2014) Love Film Festival
as Herself
(2001) B2
as ---
(1967) O Engano
as Mulher do médico
(1968) The Red Light Bandit
as Janete Jane
(1992) Oswaldianas
as ---
(1986) Spray Jet
as Bossy Lady
(1964) Grito da Terra
as Mariá
(2020) Rio de Topless
as Self
(2024) A Última Vanguarda
as Self
(1992) Scent of Gardenias
as Bandida
(2019) Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as Self (archive footage)
(2023) Nelson Carneiro: Knight of Democracy
as Self
(1999) São Jerônimo
as Marcela
(2004) Retrato da Terra
as Ela mesma
(1970) Carnaval na Lama
as ---
(1968) The Outsiders
as ---
(2024) If I'm Here It Is by Mystery
as Arlete
(2003) Abry
as Self
(2023) The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
as ---
(2016) Ralé: The Lower Depths
as Sonia Silk
(2013) Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
as ---
(2006) Helena Zero
as ---
(2012) Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz
as ---
(2005) A Miss e o Dinossauro
as Herself (archive footage) / (Voz em Off)
(1974) A Man and His Cage
as Aeromoça
(2016) O Cinema Foi à Feira
as Ela mesma
(1990) Anônimo e incomum
as ---
(2010) Avacalha e se Esculhamba
as ---
(2017) Febre
as ---
(2018) Antes do Fim
as ---
(2018) My Calendar Girl
as Palestrante (voz)
(2017) All Paulos in the World - Paulo José
as Self
(1970) The Monsters of Babaloo
as ---
(1978) Mulheres de Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
(1994) Flying Geraldo
as ---
(2017) Venus – Filly the Lesbian Little Fairy
as Narração
(2013) Terno
as Mãe
(2014) Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração
as Self
(2019) A Mulher da Luz Própria
as Self
(2019) Flesh
as (voice)
(2009) A Vermelha Luz do Bandido
as ---
(2022) The Welles Raft
as Herself
(2019) Extracts
as ---
(2014) Estátua!
as Mãe (voz)
(2018) O Desmonte do Monte
as ---
(2020) Ensaio Sobre o Fracasso
as ---
(2020) Natureza Morta
as ---
(2014) Ossos
as Voz Off
(2013) Poder dos Afetos
as Ritual Xamânico
(2003) Reinvenção da Rua
as Herself
(2019) Bring me the Head of Carmen M.
as Diretora
(2008) A Bela P...
as ---
(2020) Esse fim de semana vou me dedicar as paredes
as ---
(2020) Fogo Baixo, Alto Astral
as ---
(1992) Perigo Negro
as Tiafa
(2017) Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
as Self
(2019) In Memoriam: O Roteiro do Gravador
as ---
(2020) Race Antenna
as Self
(2013) Desculpa, Dona Madama
as Patroa
(2020) Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self
(2020) Mulher Oceano
as Mulher Caminhando de Costas (uncredited)
(2013) Ugly, Me?
as Jarda
(2021) Subterrânea
as Senhora Ônibus
(2020) The Lady Who Died in the Trailer
as ---
(2017) Inaudito
as Voice
(2021) Um Documentário Brasileiro
as Self
(2021) Nova Pasta, Antigo Baú
as Voiceover
(2020) Benjamim Zambraia e o Autopanóptico
as Mother
(2012) Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit
as ---
(1973) Um Intruso no Paraíso
as ---
(2009) Belair
as ---
Flesh
as ---
(2025) Trópico de Leão
as Medéia
(2025) Deuses da Peste
as ---
(1992) Tereza Batista
as Maricota