Marcélia Cartaxo
Actor
- Born
- October 27, 1963 (age 62) · Cajazeiras, Paraíba, Brazil
Marcélia de Souza Cartaxo (Cajazeiras, October 27, 1963) is a Brazilian actress and director, who gained notoriety in the film A Hora da Estrela, based on the novel by Clarice Lispector. She has won several awards in her career, including two Grande Otelo awards, three Guarani Awards, a Kikito from the Gramado Festival, four Candango Trophies from the Brasília Festival, as well as the Silver Bear for best actress at the Berlin Film Festival.
Known for
Hour of the Star
April 25, 1986
Madame Satã
October 3, 2002
State of Fear
February 10, 2026
Love for Sale
November 17, 2006
Bog of Beasts
December 12, 2006
Baptism of Blood
April 20, 2007
Pacarrete
June 15, 2019
What Is It Worth?
May 20, 2005
The History of Eternity
July 26, 2014
Delicate Crime
September 30, 2005
Big Jet
September 19, 2015
Cesium-137
October 10, 1990
Acting50
- 2026State of Fear as Dona Ângela
- 2025Gravidade as Joana
- 2025Lispectorante as Glória Hartman
- 2024Umbilina e Sua Grande Rival as Umbilina
- 2024Batalha de Flores
- 2022The Mother as Maria
- 2021A Praia do Fim do Mundo as Helena
- 2020Candango: Memoirs from a Festival as Self (archive footage)
- 2020Helen as Dona Graça
- 2020She Who Lives Upstairs as Luzia