Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

134

Gender

Female

Birthday

1944-06-27 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Also Known As

Zezé Mota
Zeze Motta
Zeze Mota

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

7.1%

3%

Nov 25, 2016

7.8%

Xica da Silva

Sep 17, 1996

7.2%

Gonzaga: From Father to Son

Oct 26, 2012

4.9%

Xuxa and the Mystery of the Little Ugly Princess

Dec 25, 2009

7.3%

M8 - When Death Rescues Life

Dec 3, 2019

4.4%

Xuxa and the Elves 2: The Road of The Fairies

Dec 15, 2002

5.4%

Orfeu

Apr 21, 1999

7.6%

Irmã Dulce

Nov 13, 2014

6.6%

Intervenção

Dec 26, 2021

7.5%

Above Justice

Aug 22, 2016

5.9%

Alemão 2

Mar 31, 2022

6.1%

A Comédia Divina

Oct 12, 2017

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Acting

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

2025		Abah and His Band as Titikaba
2025		A Escrita Delas as Narrator

2024		Alma Negra, do Quilombo ao Baile
2024		Othelo The Great as Voz (Participação Especial)
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 as Dona Neusa
2023		Falas da Vida: Histórias (Im)possíveis as Bex
2023		Dois em Cena: Encontro de Gerações
2023		Gerson King Combo – O filme
2023		Deixa as Carmen
2023		Tributo 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

The Devil's Knot as Afi

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

2016		3% as Nair
2016		Pitanga as Self
2016		Above Justice as Regina
2016		The Slave Mother 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 as Sebastiana Marques
2014		O Lucro Acima da Vida as Célia

2013		Gonzaga: De Pai pra Filho as Priscila
2013		O Canto da Sereia as Tia Celeste

2012

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

2011

Rebel Rio as Dalva Alves (Dadá)

2010

Bróder 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

A Ilha dos Escravos as Old Júlia

2007		Cobrador: In God We Trust as Secretaría
2007		Happy Desert
2007		Sunshine as Odete

2006		Kinshasa Palace
2006		Sinhá Moça as Virgínia, a Bá
2006		Bom Dia, Eternidade as Odete

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

2004		Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City as Aurora Hipólito
2004		A Idade do Homem
2004		Metamorphoses 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 as Nadir
2002		Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino as Self

2001

Porto dos Milagres as Mãe Ricardina

2000		Denying Brazil as Herself
2000		Chronically Unfeasible
2000		Esplendor as Irene da Silva

1999		Orfeu as Conceição
1999		Chiquinha Gonzaga as Conceição
1999		Polêmica

1998

Corpo Dourado as Liana Ribeiro

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

1996		Xica da Silva as Maria da Silva
1996		Tieta of Agreste as Carmosina

1995

A Próxima Vítima as Maria de Fátima Noronha (Fátima)

1994		Memorial de Maria Moura as Rubina
1994		Era Uma Vez...

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

1992

A Serpente as Crioula das Ventas Triunfais

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

1989		Kananga do Japão 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 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 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

Grandes Nomes as Self

1979

Mulher 80 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 as Jandira
1976		Xica as Xica da Silva

1975

Um Varão Entre as Mulheres

1974		The Devil Queen as Bigode's girlfriend
1974		A Banana Mecânica as Marilda
1974		Supermanoela as Doralice

1973

Go To Work You Bum! as Shirley

1972

A Patota as Zezinha

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

1968

Beto Rockfeller as Zezé

Production

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Rumored Upcoming Zezé Motta Biopic as Producer