Zezé Motta

Known for: Acting

Born: 1944-06-27 (age 82)

From: Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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.

Filmography (154)

MOVIE
Por um Fio
2026
as Tereza
MOVIE
Ecos do Teatro Experimental do Negro
2026
MOVIE
Dolores
2026
MOVIE★ 10.0
Alma Negra, do Quilombo ao Baile
2026
MOVIE
Mãe Bonifácia
2026
as Mãe Bonifácia
TV★ 9.5
A Nobreza do Amor
2026
as Maria Amélia (Dona Menina)
TV
(In)Vulneráveis
2026
MOVIE
The Taste of the Blackberry
2026
MOVIE
My Time Is Now
2025
as Self
MOVIE
Milton Gonçalves, Além do Espetáculo
2025
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Son of a Thousand Men
2025
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.0
Eunice Gutman Has Stories
2025
MOVIE
Tributo: Neusa Borges
2025
as Self
MOVIE
Abah and His Band
2025
as Titikaba
MOVIE
A Escrita Delas
2025
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 8.5
Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Hoje é Dia das Crianças
2024
as Vó Dina
MOVIE
Othelo The Great
2024
as Self (voice)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Tributo: Zezé Motta
2024
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.7
Príncipe Lu e a Lenda do Dragão
2024
as Feiticeira Real
MOVIE
If I'm Here It Is by Mystery
2024
as Suprema
MOVIE★ 4.9
Wedding Games
2023
as Valéria
TV★ 6.1
The End
2023
as Dona Neusa
MOVIE★ 8.5
Falas da Vida: Histórias (Im)possíveis
2023
as Bex
MOVIE
Gerson King Combo – O filme
2023
TV★ 8.0
Dois em Cena: Encontro de Gerações
2023
MOVIE
Deixa
2023
as Carmen
MOVIE★ 5.0
Eulália
2023
as Jacira
MOVIE★ 6.1
Gota D'Água
2023
as Guiomar
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Last Party
2023
as Nathan's Mom
MOVIE★ 6.9
Na Rédea Curta
2022
as Voinha
MOVIE
Fim de Semana no Paraíso Selvagem
2022
as Naná
MOVIE
Fio do Afeto
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.9
Alemão 2
2022
as Dona Ivone
MOVIE★ 6.6
Intervenção
2021
as Socorro
MOVIE★ 6.7
Galeria Futuro
2021
as Sula
MOVIE
Falas da Vida
2021
MOVIE
Prateados: A Vida em Tempos de Madureza
2021
MOVIE★ 8.0
Dr. Gama
2021
as Francisca
MOVIE★ 7.8
4x100: Running for a Dream
2021
as Dra. Bruna
MOVIE
Novo Mundo
2020
MOVIE
Todas as Melodias
2020
as Self
MOVIE
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
2020
as Self
MOVIE
Women's Cinema
2020
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.4
Juntos a Magia Acontece
2019
as Neuza
MOVIE★ 7.2
M8 - When Death Rescues Life
2019
as Ilza
MOVIE★ 1.0
Eu Sou Brasileiro
2019
as Diretora Sônia
MOVIE
Pressed, Ripped Apart
2019
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Devil's Knot
2018
as Afi
MOVIE★ 6.1
A Comédia Divina
2017
as Deus
MOVIE★ 8.3
Cora Coralina: Todas as Vidas
2017
as Leitura Dramática
TV★ 5.5
Ouro Verde
2017
as D. Nénem
TV★ 7.1
3%
2016
as Nair
MOVIE★ 5.6
Pitanga
2016
as Self
TV★ 7.3
Above Justice
2016
as Regina
TV★ 8.4
The Slave Mother
2016
as Tia Joaquina
MOVIE
Haroldo Costa - O Nosso Orfeu
2015
as Narrator
MOVIE
Dois de Julho — Guerra da Independência na Bahia
2015
MOVIE★ 7.7
Irmã Dulce
2014
as Mãe Menininha
TV★ 7.8
Boogie Oogie
2014
as Sebastiana Marques
MOVIE
O Lucro Acima da Vida
2014
as Célia
MOVIE
Sujeito Oculto - Na Rota do Grande Sertão
2013
as Locução
TV★ 8.5
Gonzaga: De Pai pra Filho
2013
as Priscila
TV★ 7.6
O Canto da Sereia
2013
as Tia Celeste
MOVIE★ 7.2
Gonzaga: From Father to Son
2012
as Priscila (70 anos)
TV★ 6.9
Rebel Rio
2011
as Dalva Alves (Dadá)
MOVIE★ 5.9
Bróder
2010
as Dona Meire
MOVIE★ 5.0
Xuxa and the Mystery of the Little Ugly Princess
2009
as Jerusa
TV★ 3.8
Cinquentinha
2009
as Janaína
MOVIE
Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
A Ilha dos Escravos
2008
as Old Júlia
MOVIE★ 4.1
Cobrador: In God We Trust
2007
as Secretaría
MOVIE★ 5.2
Happy Desert
2007
TV★ 7.0
Sunshine
2007
as Odete
MOVIE
Kinshasa Palace
2006
TV★ 6.7
Little Missy
2006
as Virgínia, a Bá
MOVIE
Bom Dia, Eternidade
2006
as Odete
MOVIE
The Invisible Friend
2006
as Tia Elisinha
MOVIE★ 6.6
What Is It Worth?
2005
as Joana Maria da Conceição
TV★ 8.7
Floribella
2005
as Cristina Ramos Garcia / Titina
MOVIE★ 5.1
Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City
2004
as Aurora Hipólito
MOVIE
A Idade do Homem
2004
TV★ 7.0
Metamorphoses
2004
as Prazeres
MOVIE★ 5.1
Viva Sapato!
2003
as Mulher do avião
MOVIE★ 4.4
The Longing
2003
MOVIE★ 7.0
Carolina
2003
as Carolina Maria de Jesus
MOVIE★ 4.4
Xuxa and the Elves 2: The Road of The Fairies
2002
as Profetiza Kálix
MOVIE★ 10.0
Poeta de Sete Faces
2002
TV★ 6.4
Love Bites
2002
as Nadir
MOVIE
Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
2002
as Self
TV★ 6.4
Port of Miracles
2001
as Mãe Ricardina
MOVIE★ 8.4
Denying Brazil
2000
as Herself
MOVIE★ 5.6
Chronically Unfeasible
2000
TV★ 8.0
Esplendor
2000
as Irene da Silva
MOVIE★ 5.4
Orfeu
1999
as Conceição
TV★ 7.8
Chiquinha Gonzaga
1999
as Conceição
MOVIE★ 6.8
Polêmica
1999
TV★ 7.0
Summer Affair
1998
as Liana Ribeiro
MOVIE
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 3.7
Napomuceno's Will
1997
as Eduarda
TV★ 7.8
Xica da Silva
1996
as Maria da Silva
MOVIE★ 6.7
Tieta of Agreste
1996
as Carmosina
TV★ 7.5
The Next Victim
1995
as Maria de Fátima Noronha (Fátima)
TV★ 7.8
Memorial de Maria Moura
1994
as Rubina
MOVIE★ 5.5
Era Uma Vez...
1994
MOVIE
Sant'Anna dos Pescadores
1993
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
Vênus de Fogo
1993
MOVIE★ 2.0
A Serpente
1992
as Crioula das Ventas Triunfais
TV★ 8.0
Mãe de Santo
1990
as Ialorixá, a Mãe de santo
MOVIE
Acorda, Raimundo... Acorda!
1990
as Luiza
MOVIE★ 7.0
Extraterrestrial Cat in Boots
1990
TV★ 8.3
Kananga do Japão
1989
as Lulu Kelly
TV★ 10.0
Pacto de Sangue
1989
as Maria
MOVIE★ 6.8
Better Days Ahead
1989
as Dalila
MOVIE
As Divas Negras do Cinema Brasileiro
1989
MOVIE★ 7.0
Mestizo
1988
as Cruz Careagua
MOVIE★ 9.0
Sonhos de Menina Moça
1988
as Vicky
MOVIE★ 7.1
Natal da Portela
1988
as Maria Elisa
MOVIE★ 8.0
Prisoner of Rio
1988
as Rita
MOVIE★ 5.6
Jubiabá
1987
as Rosenda
TV★ 8.0
Helena
1987
as Malvina
MOVIE★ 5.6
Angels of the Night
1987
as Malu
MOVIE
Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman
1987
as Self
TV★ 9.3
Power Play
1984
as Sônia Rangel Fraga Dantas
MOVIE★ 6.9
Quilombo
1984
as Dandara
MOVIE★ 6.2
Para Viver Um Grande Amor
1984
as Maria Moita
MOVIE★ 5.3
Águia na Cabeça
1984
as Gracinha
TV★ 9.0
Transas e Caretas
1984
as Dorinha / Dorothy Dandara (Doralice Lafaiette da Silva)
TV
Grandes Nomes
1980
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Mulher 80
1979
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.4
Everything's Alright
1978
as Zezé
MOVIE★ 4.1
O Bom Marido
1978
MOVIE★ 10.0
Os melhores Momentos da Pornochanchada
1978
MOVIE★ 10.0
Bloody Gold
1978
MOVIE★ 7.0
Cordão de Ouro
1977
as Dandara
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Force of Xango
1977
as Estrela
TV★ 8.0
The Trapalhões
1977
TV★ 7.7
Duas Vidas
1976
as Jandira
MOVIE★ 7.0
Xica
1976
as Xica da Silva
MOVIE★ 7.0
Um Varão Entre as Mulheres
1975
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Devil Queen
1974
as Bigode's girlfriend
MOVIE★ 8.0
A Banana Mecânica
1974
as Marilda
TV★ 7.0
Supermanoela
1974
as Doralice
MOVIE★ 4.6
Go To Work You Bum!
1973
as Shirley
TV
A Patota
1972
as Zezinha
MOVIE★ 4.2
Cleo e Daniel
1970
MOVIE★ 9.0
Em Cada Coração um Punhal
1970
MOVIE
Transplante de Mãe
1970
TV★ 9.5
Albert, the Rockefeller
1968
as Zezé
MOVIE
La Bréa
—
as Herself - Interviewee
MOVIE
Liberdade
—
MOVIE
Rumored Upcoming Zezé Motta Biopic
—
MOVIE
Café com Leite (Água e Azeite?)
—
as Self
MOVIE
Xica da Silva
—
as Xica