Helena Ignez

Biography

She was born in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, in 1942, and studied Dramatic Art at the Universidade Federal da Bahia. She started acting in plays such as Sara and Tobias and Salomé. Her film debut was in Glauber Rocha’s first short, O patio (1959). Known as “the muse of cinema novo”, Cançao de Baal is her first feature film.