Zezé Motta

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 134

Gender Female

Birthday June 27, 1944 (80 years old)

Place of Birth Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Also Known As

Zezé Mota
Zeze Motta
Zeze Mota

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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.

Known For

Acting

—		Americana (6 episodes)
—		Café com Leite (Água e Azeite?) as Self
—		Prateados: A Vida em Tempos de Madureza
—		Rumored Upcoming Zezé Motta Biopic
—		Por Um Fio as Tereza
—		La Bréa as Herself - Interviewee

2025

as Narrator

2024		Alma Negra, do Quilombo ao Baile
2024		Othelo The Great as Voz (Participação Especial)
2024		Abah and His Band as Titikaba
2024		Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil
2024		Tributo: Zezé Motta
2024		Príncipe Lu e a Lenda do Dragão as Feiticeira Real
2024		If I'm Here It Is by Mystery as Suprema

2023		Wedding Games as Valéria
2023		The End (5 episodes) as Dona Neusa
2023		Falas da Vida: Histórias (Im)possíveis as Bex
2023		Dois em Cena: Encontro de Gerações (1 episode)
2023		Gerson King Combo – O filme
2023		Deixa as Carmen
2023		Tributo (1 episode) as Self
2023		Eulália as Jacira
2023		Gota D'Água as Guiomar
2023		The Last Party as Nathan's Mom

2022		Na Rédea Curta as Voinha
2022		Fim de Semana no Paraíso Selvagem as Naná
2022		Alemão 2 as Dona Ivone

2021		Intervenção as Socorro
2021		Galeria Futuro as Sula
2021		Falas da Vida
2021		Dr. Gama as Francisca
2021		4x100: Running for a Dream as Dra. Bruna

2020		Novo Mundo
2020		Todas as Melodias as Self
2020		De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade as Self
2020		O Cinema das Mulheres as Narrator

2019		Juntos a Magia Acontece as Neuza
2019		M8 - When Death Rescues Life as Ilza
2019		Eu Sou Brasileiro as Diretora Sônia
2019		Pressed, Ripped Apart as (archive footage)

2018

as Afi

2017		A Comédia Divina as Deus
2017		Cora Coralina: Todas as Vidas as Leitura Dramática
2017		Ouro Verde (221 episodes) as D. Nénem

2016		3% (14 episodes) as Nair
2016		Pitanga as Self
2016		Above Justice (28 episodes) as Regina
2016		The Slave Mother (159 episodes) as Tia Joaquina

2015		Haroldo Costa - O Nosso Orfeu as Narrator
2015		Dois de Julho — Guerra da Independência na Bahia

2014		Irmã Dulce as Mãe Menininha
2014		Boogie Oogie (185 episodes) as Sebastiana Marques
2014		O Lucro Acima da Vida as Célia

2013		Gonzaga: De Pai pra Filho (4 episodes) as Priscila
2013		O Canto da Sereia (4 episodes) as Tia Celeste

2012

as Priscila (70 anos)

2011

(410 episodes) as Dalva Alves (Dadá)

2010

as Dona Meire

2009		Xuxa and the Mystery of the Little Ugly Princess as Jerusa
2009		Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas as Self

2008

as Old Júlia

2007		Cobrador: In God We Trust as Secretaría
2007		Happy Desert
2007		Sunshine (210 episodes) as Odete

2006		Kinshasa Palace
2006		Sinhá Moça (185 episodes) as Virgínia, a Bá
2006		Bom Dia, Eternidade as Odete

2005		What Is It Worth? as Joana Maria da Conceição
2005		Floribella (170 episodes) as Cristina Ramos Garcia / Titina

2004		Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City as Aurora Hipólito
2004		A Idade do Homem
2004		Metamorphoses (122 episodes) as Prazeres

2003		Viva Sapato! as Mulher do avião
2003		The Longing
2003		Carolina as Carolina Maria de Jesus

2002		Xuxa and the Elves 2: The Road of The Fairies as Profetiza Kálix
2002		Poeta de Sete Faces
2002		O Beijo do Vampiro (215 episodes) as Nadir
2002		Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino as Self

2001

(203 episodes) as Mãe Ricardina

2000		Denying Brazil as Herself
2000		Chronically Unfeasible
2000		Esplendor (125 episodes) as Irene da Silva

1999		Orfeu as Conceição
1999		Chiquinha Gonzaga (38 episodes) as Conceição
1999		Polêmica

1998

(191 episodes) as Liana Ribeiro

1997		Napomuceno's Will as Eduarda
1997		Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self

1996		Xica da Silva (231 episodes) as Maria da Silva
1996		Tieta of Agreste as Carmosina

1995

(203 episodes) as Maria de Fátima Noronha (Fátima)

1994		Memorial de Maria Moura (19 episodes) as Rubina
1994		Era Uma Vez...

1993		Sant'Anna dos Pescadores as Narrator (voice)
1993		Vênus de Fogo

1992

as Crioula das Ventas Triunfais

1990		Extraterrestrial Cat in Boots
1990		Acorda, Raimundo... Acorda! as Luiza

1989		Kananga do Japão (214 episodes) as Lulu Kelly
1989		Better Days Ahead as Dalila
1989		As Divas Negras do Cinema Brasileiro

1988		Mestizo as Cruz Careagua
1988		Sonhos de Menina Moça as Vicky
1988		Natal da Portela as Maria Elisa
1988		Prisoner of Rio as Rita

1987		Jubiabá as Rosenda
1987		Helena (162 episodes) as Malvina
1987		Angels of the Night as Malu
1987		Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman as Self

1984		Corpo a Corpo (179 episodes) as Sônia Rangel Fraga Dantas
1984		Quilombo as Dandara
1984		Para Viver Um Grande Amor as Maria Moita
1984		Águia na Cabeça as Gracinha

1980

(1 episode) as Self

1979

as Self

1978		Everything's Alright as Zezé
1978		O Bom Marido
1978		Os melhores Momentos da Pornochanchada
1978		Bloody Gold

1977		Cordão de Ouro as Dandara
1977		The Force of Xango as Estrela

1976		Duas Vidas (157 episodes) as Jandira
1976		Xica as Xica da Silva

1975

1974		The Devil Queen as Bigode's girlfriend
1974		A Banana Mecânica as Marilda
1974		Supermanoela (1 episode) as Doralice

1973

as Shirley

1972

(106 episodes) as Zezinha

1970		Cleo e Daniel
1970		Em Cada Coração um Punhal
1970		Transplante de Mãe

1968

(281 episodes) as Zezé

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