Lígia Maria Camargo Silva Cortez (
São Paulo,
Brazil, August 31, 1960) is a
Brazilian actor,
theatre director, art educator and researcher. Lígia Cortez is the daughter of the actors
Célia Helena and
Raul Cortez
Raul Christiano Machado Cortez (28 August 1932 – 18 July 2006) was a Brazilian stage, television, and film actor, director and producer. Cortez died of pancreatic cancer in 2006, aged 73.
Filmography
*''O Pão Que o Diabo Amassou'' (1957)
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and sister of the theatre and dance director Elisa Ohtake.
As an actress she has worked across theatre, cinema and television with national and internationally directors such as
Robert Wilson (director),
Ron Daniels (theatre),
José Celso Martinez Corrêa
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,
Antunes Filho Antunes is a surname in the Portuguese language, of patronymic origin meaning "son of Anthony (António)". The Spanish variant is Antúnez or Antunez.
Notable people with the surname include:
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* Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha (born 1954), J ...
, David Leddy,
Fauzi Arap, Roberto Lage, Hamilton Vaz Pereira, Flávio Rangel e Sérgio Bianchi. From 1981 to 1984 she was a member of the theatre company Macunaíma, directed by Antunes Filho.
Lígia Cortez has organized educational projects in the arts for marginalized communities in the State of São Paulo. She worked on the implementation of the theatre arm of Associação Arte Desperta
(Art Awakening Association) and other social projects such as: SOS Aldeia, Favela Paraisópolis and IOP; Fundação Gol de Letra; Projeto Virando o Jogo.
She is director o
Célia Helena Centro de Artes e Educação
(Célia Helena Arts and Education Centre) and founder director of Casa do Teatro.
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External links
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Brazilian theatre directors
Brazilian women theatre directors
Brazilian actresses
1960 births
Living people
Actresses from São Paulo
Brazilian people of Spanish descent
Brazilian people of Portuguese descent