Helena Ignez

Helena Ignez

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).

Acting

2025

2025

Eclipse

Unknown

2025

Nosferatu

Unknown

2025

Gravidade

Unknown

2025

2025

2025

2023

2022

2021

2020

2020

2020

Natureza Morta

Narradora 3

2019

Flesh

(voice)

2019

2018

2017

2017

2016

2014

2014

2014

Estátua!

Mãe (voz)

2014

2012

2009

Hotel Atlântico

Dona da Pousada

2009

Belair

Unknown

2008

2003

1999

1992

1992

1978

Mulheres de Cinema

Self (archive footage)

1971

Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes

Multiple Characters (Archive Footage)

1970

1970

1970

1970

1969

The Woman of Everyone

Ângela Carne e Osso

1969

1969

1968

1968

1967

1967

O Engano

Mulher do médico

1966

1962

1961

Writing

Directing

Production

Infos

Full Name
Helena Ignez
Gender
Female
Date of Birth
5/23/1939
Also Known As

Helena Ignês

Helena Inês

Helena Inez