Zezé Motta

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Known For

Acting

Born

1944-06-27

Place of Birth

Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Zezé Motta

Biography

Maria José Motta de Oliveira OMC (Campos dos Goytacazes, June 27, 1944), better known as Zezé Motta, is a Brazilian actress and singer, considered one of the greatest artists in the country, an exponent of Afro-Brazilian culture. Zezé has already won numerous awards, including a Candango Trophy at the Brasília Festival, and an Air France Award, in addition to receiving nominations for three Grande Otelo awards and a Guarani Award. In 2019, she received an Honorary Grand Othello.

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Known For

The Son of a Thousand Men

The Son of a Thousand Men

Gonzaga: From Father to Son

Gonzaga: From Father to Son

M8 - When Death Rescues Life

M8 - When Death Rescues Life

The Bunglers

The Bunglers

Prisoner of Rio

Prisoner of Rio

Cobrador: In God We Trust

Cobrador: In God We Trust

Helena

Helena

Falas da Vida: Histórias (Im)possíveis

Falas da Vida: Histórias (Im)possíveis

4x100: Running for a Dream

4x100: Running for a Dream

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Acting History

A Nobreza do Amor as Dona Menina

My Time Is Now as Self

Milton Gonçalves, Além do Espetáculo as Self

The Son of a Thousand Men as Narrator

Abah and His Band as Titikaba

A Escrita Delas as Narrator

Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil as Self (archive footage)

Hoje é Dia das Crianças as Vó Dina

Alma Negra, do Quilombo ao Baile

Othelo The Great as Self (voice)

Tributo: Zezé Motta as Self

Príncipe Lu e a Lenda do Dragão as Feiticeira Real

If I'm Here It Is by Mystery as Suprema

Wedding Games as Valéria

The End as Dona Neusa

Falas da Vida: Histórias (Im)possíveis as Bex

Gerson King Combo – O filme

Dois em Cena: Encontro de Gerações

Deixa as Carmen

Eulália as Jacira

Gota D'Água as Guiomar

The Last Party as Nathan's Mom

Na Rédea Curta as Voinha

Fim de Semana no Paraíso Selvagem as Naná

Fio do Afeto as Self

Alemão 2 as Dona Ivone

Intervenção as Socorro

Galeria Futuro as Sula

Prateados: A Vida em Tempos de Madureza

Dr. Gama as Francisca

4x100: Running for a Dream as Dra. Bruna

Todas as Melodias as Self

De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade as Self

O Cinema das Mulheres as Narrator

Juntos a Magia Acontece as Neuza

M8 - When Death Rescues Life as Ilza

Eu Sou Brasileiro as Diretora Sônia

Pressed, Ripped Apart as (archive footage)

The Devil's Knot as Afi

A Comédia Divina as Deus

Cora Coralina: Todas as Vidas as Leitura Dramática

Ouro Verde as D. Nénem

Pitanga as Self

Above Justice as Regina

The Slave Mother as Tia Joaquina

Haroldo Costa - O Nosso Orfeu as Narrator

Dois de Julho — Guerra da Independência na Bahia

Irmã Dulce as Mãe Menininha

Boogie Oogie as Sebastiana Marques

O Lucro Acima da Vida as Célia

Gonzaga: De Pai pra Filho as Priscila

O Canto da Sereia as Tia Celeste

Gonzaga: From Father to Son as Priscila (70 anos)

Rebel Rio as Dalva Alves (Dadá)

Bróder as Dona Meire

Xuxa and the Mystery of the Little Ugly Princess as Jerusa

Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas as Self

A Ilha dos Escravos as Old Júlia

Cobrador: In God We Trust as Secretaría

Sunshine as Odete

Kinshasa Palace

Sinhá Moça as Virgínia, a Bá

The Invisible Friend as Tia Elisinha

Bom Dia, Eternidade as Odete

What Is It Worth? as Joana Maria da Conceição

Floribella as Cristina Ramos Garcia / Titina

Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City as Aurora Hipólito

A Idade do Homem

Metamorphoses as Prazeres

Viva Sapato! as Mulher do avião

Carolina as Carolina Maria de Jesus

Xuxa and the Elves 2: The Road of The Fairies as Profetiza Kálix

Poeta de Sete Faces

O Beijo do Vampiro as Nadir

Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino as Self

Porto dos Milagres as Mãe Ricardina

Denying Brazil as Herself

Chronically Unfeasible

Esplendor as Irene da Silva

Orfeu as Conceição

Chiquinha Gonzaga as Conceição

Corpo Dourado as Liana Ribeiro

Napomuceno's Will as Eduarda

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self

Xica da Silva as Maria da Silva

Tieta of Agreste as Carmosina

A Próxima Vítima as Maria de Fátima Noronha (Fátima)

Memorial de Maria Moura as Rubina

Sant'Anna dos Pescadores as Narrator (voice)

A Serpente as Crioula das Ventas Triunfais

Extraterrestrial Cat in Boots

Acorda, Raimundo... Acorda! as Luiza

Kananga do Japão as Lulu Kelly

Pacto de Sangue as Maria

Better Days Ahead as Dalila

As Divas Negras do Cinema Brasileiro

Mestizo as Cruz Careagua

Sonhos de Menina Moça as Vicky

Natal da Portela as Maria Elisa

Prisoner of Rio as Rita

Jubiabá as Rosenda

Helena as Malvina

Angels of the Night as Malu

Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman as Self

Corpo a Corpo as Sônia Rangel Fraga Dantas

Quilombo as Dandara

Para Viver Um Grande Amor as Maria Moita

Águia na Cabeça as Gracinha

Transas e Caretas as Dorinha / Dorothy Dandara (Doralice Lafaiette da Silva)

Grandes Nomes as Self

Mulher 80 as Self

Everything's Alright as Zezé

Os melhores Momentos da Pornochanchada

Cordão de Ouro as Dandara

The Force of Xango as Estrela

Duas Vidas as Jandira

Xica as Xica da Silva

Um Varão Entre as Mulheres

The Devil Queen as Bigode's girlfriend

A Banana Mecânica as Marilda

Supermanoela as Doralice

Go To Work You Bum! as Shirley

A Patota as Zezinha

Em Cada Coração um Punhal

Transplante de Mãe

Albert, the Rockefeller as Zezé

Por um Fio as Tereza

La Bréa as Herself - Interviewee

Café com Leite (Água e Azeite?) as Self

Rumored Upcoming Zezé Motta Biopic