Helena Ignez

Known for ActingBorn 1939-05-23 (age 87)Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Febre

Abry

Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans

Mulheres de Cinema

The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

Oswaldianas

Spray Jet

The Outsiders

O Engano

Grito da Terra

The Mother

Tereza Batista

Race Antenna

Ensaio Sobre o Fracasso

A Mulher da Luz Própria

Bring me the Head of Carmen M.

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

A Grande Feira

Carnaval na Lama

The End of an Age

Love Film Festival

Assault on the Pay Train

All Paulos in the World - Paulo José

The Woman of Everyone

The Red Light Bandit

Flesh

Hotel Atlântico

The Sign of Chaos

Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes

Copacabana Mon Amour

São Jerônimo

Perigo Negro

Um Intruso no Paraíso

It's Not All True

Era Preciso Voltar

The Priest and the Girl

The Monsters of Babaloo

Scent of Gardenias

O Pátio

Inaudito

Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth

O Mel é Mais Doce Que o Sangue

The Lady Who Died in the Trailer

Estátua!

B2

Watch Out, Madame

Anônimo e incomum

Meu Mundo em Perigo