Marcélia Cartaxo

Actor

Born: October 27, 1963 (age 62)
From: 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…

Filmography (51)

State of Fear (2026)
Dona Ângela
Gravidade (2025)
Joana
Lispectorante (2025)
Glória Hartman
Umbilina e Sua Grande Rival (2024)
Umbilina
Batalha de Flores (2024)
The Mother (2022)
Maria
A Praia do Fim do Mundo (2021)
Helena
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival (2020)
Self (archive footage)
Helen (2020)
Dona Graça
She Who Lives Upstairs (2020)
Luzia
Acqua Movie (2019)
Katia
Familiar Environment (2019)
O Seu Amor de Volta (Mesmo que ele não queira) (2019)
A Ética das Hienas (2019)
Pacarrete (2019)
Pacarrete
Faixa de Gaza (2019)
New Amsterdam (2017)
Francisco Coelho's Wife
Nova Iorque (2017)
Madrasta
Redemunho (2016)
Director
Big Jet (2015)
Moído (2015)
The History of Eternity (2014)
Quercia
Trampolim do Forte (2013)
Dona do Céu
Alexandre e Outros Heróis
Alexandre e Outros Heróis (2013)
Coconut Sweet (2010)
Maria
Agreste (2010)
O Sonho de Inacim (2009)
Baptism of Blood (2007)
Nildes
Bog of Beasts (2006)
Love for Sale (2006)
Marcelia