Helena Ignez

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

112

Gender

Female

Birthday

1939-05-23 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Helena Ignez

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 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).

Known For

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

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

  • Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

    Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

  • Joy Is the Acid Test

    Joy Is the Acid Test

  • Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century

    Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century

  • If I'm Here It Is by Mystery

    If I'm Here It Is by Mystery

  • All Paulos in the World - Paulo José

    All Paulos in the World - Paulo José

  • The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

    The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

  • The Hullabaloo Family

    The Hullabaloo Family

  • Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit

    Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit

  • O Mel é Mais Doce Que o Sangue

    O Mel é Mais Doce Que o Sangue

  • Nova Pasta, Antigo Baú

    Nova Pasta, Antigo Baú

  • Desculpa, Dona Madama

    Desculpa, Dona Madama

  • Assault on the Pay Train

    Assault on the Pay Train

  • A Mulher da Luz Própria

    A Mulher da Luz Própria

  • Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz

    Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz

  • A Man and His Cage

    A Man and His Cage

  • Candango: Memoirs from a Festival

    Candango: Memoirs from a Festival

  • Meu Mundo em Perigo

    Meu Mundo em Perigo

  • The Outsiders

    The Outsiders

  • Esse fim de semana vou me dedicar as paredes

    Esse fim de semana vou me dedicar as paredes

  • O Cinema Foi à Feira

    O Cinema Foi à Feira

  • The Priest and the Girl

    The Priest and the Girl

  • Watch Out, Madame

    Watch Out, Madame

  • It's Not All True

    It's Not All True

  • Avacalha e se Esculhamba

    Avacalha e se Esculhamba

  • Estátua!

    Estátua!

  • The Red Light Bandit

    The Red Light Bandit

  • Memórias do Grupo Opinião

    Memórias do Grupo Opinião

  • Ralé: The Lower Depths

    Ralé: The Lower Depths

  • Hotel Atlântico

    Hotel Atlântico

  • Flesh

    Flesh

  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

  • Spray Jet

    Spray Jet

  • O Desmonte do Monte

    O Desmonte do Monte

  • The Mother

    The Mother

  • Belair

    Belair

  • Fakir

    Fakir

  • Ugly, Me?

    Ugly, Me?

  • Tereza Batista

    Tereza Batista

  • A Vermelha Luz do Bandido

    A Vermelha Luz do Bandido

  • Abry

    Abry

  • Flying Geraldo

    Flying Geraldo

  • The Sign of Chaos

    The Sign of Chaos

  • Flesh

    Flesh

  • Embodiment of Evil

    Embodiment of Evil

  • Terno

    Terno

  • Mulher Oceano

    Mulher Oceano

  • Benjamim Zambraia e o Autopanóptico

    Benjamim Zambraia e o Autopanóptico

  • Baron Olavo, The Horrible

    Baron Olavo, The Horrible

  • The Welles Raft

    The Welles Raft

  • Extracts

    Extracts

  • A Grande Feira

    A Grande Feira

  • Ensaio Sobre o Fracasso

    Ensaio Sobre o Fracasso

  • Inaudito

    Inaudito

  • Um Intruso no Paraíso

    Um Intruso no Paraíso

  • Bring me the Head of Carmen M.

    Bring me the Head of Carmen M.

  • O Pátio

    O Pátio

  • The Monsters of Babaloo

    The Monsters of Babaloo

  • Mulheres de Cinema

    Mulheres de Cinema

  • Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes

    Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes

  • Trópico de Leão

    Trópico de Leão

  • A Última Vanguarda

    A Última Vanguarda

  • The Woman of Everyone

    The Woman of Everyone

  • No Way, Spider

    No Way, Spider

  • Anônimo e incomum

    Anônimo e incomum

  • Face To Face

    Face To Face

  • Um Documentário Brasileiro

    Um Documentário Brasileiro

  • Race Antenna

    Race Antenna

  • Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans

    Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans

  • Subterrânea

    Subterrânea

  • Fogo Baixo, Alto Astral

    Fogo Baixo, Alto Astral

  • A Bela P...

    A Bela P...

  • Paixão e Virtude

    Paixão e Virtude

  • Era Preciso Voltar

    Era Preciso Voltar

  • Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração

    Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração

  • Urna de Escaras Velhas

    Urna de Escaras Velhas

  • The Good Cinema

    The Good Cinema

  • Helena de Guaratiba

    Helena de Guaratiba

  • Grito da Terra

    Grito da Terra

  • Deuses da Peste

    Deuses da Peste

  • A Balada do Provisório

    A Balada do Provisório

  • Oswaldianas

    Oswaldianas

  • Reinvenção da Rua

    Reinvenção da Rua

  • The End of an Age

    The End of an Age

  • Rio de Topless

    Rio de Topless

  • Venus – Filly the Lesbian Little Fairy

    Venus – Filly the Lesbian Little Fairy

  • Scent of Gardenias

    Scent of Gardenias

  • Antes do Fim

    Antes do Fim

  • Message from Sergipe

    Message from Sergipe

  • São Jerônimo

    São Jerônimo

  • My Calendar Girl

    My Calendar Girl

  • Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth

    Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth

  • Love Film Festival

    Love Film Festival

  • The Lady Who Died in the Trailer

    The Lady Who Died in the Trailer

  • Copacabana Mon Amour

    Copacabana Mon Amour

  • Primavera nos Dentes – A História do Secos & Molhados

    Primavera nos Dentes – A História do Secos & Molhados

  • Eclipse

    Eclipse

  • Poder dos Afetos

    Poder dos Afetos

  • In Memoriam: O Roteiro do Gravador

    In Memoriam: O Roteiro do Gravador

  • Gravidade

    Gravidade

  • Perigo Negro

    Perigo Negro

  • A Miss e o Dinossauro

    A Miss e o Dinossauro

  • Natureza Morta

    Natureza Morta

  • Helena Zero

    Helena Zero

  • Febre

    Febre

  • B2

    B2

  • O Engano

    O Engano

  • Retrato da Terra

    Retrato da Terra

  • Ossos

    Ossos

  • Nelson Carneiro: Knight of Democracy

    Nelson Carneiro: Knight of Democracy

  • Carnaval na Lama

    Carnaval na Lama

  • Luz-Lux-Lúcia

    Luz-Lux-Lúcia