Acting · São Paulo, Brazil · Born June 10, 1951
Laerte Coutinho, known mainly as simply Laerte, is a Brazilian cartoonist, comic strip artist and screenwriter. Assigned male at birth, she came out in 2009 as a crossdresser and later as a transgender woman. Laerte has collaborated with several publications such as Balão, O Pasquim, and Chiclete com Banana magazines and draws regularly for Folha de S. Paulo newspaper. She has created several comic strip characters, such as Piratas do Tietê (The Pirates of Tietê River). Since the mid 2000s, Laerte's strips became more philosophical and less humour-focused, abandoning fixed characters.
MovieDesenheiros do Instagram
2026
as Archive footage
MovieFrom Nowhere: A Portrait of Valter Hugo Mãe
2025
as Self
MovieThe Known Daughter of Claudia Wonder
2024
MovieReading Again Graúna
2024
as Self
MovieBob Spit: We Do Not Like People
2021
as Laerte / Madame L (voice)
MovieMinha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde
2020
as Self
MovieA Turma do Pererê.DOC
2019
MovieRindo à Toa: Humor Sem Limites
2018
as Self
MovieThe City of Pirates
2018
as Laerte Coutinho (voice)
MovieMapas Afetivos: São Paulo
2018
MovieCasa da Xiclet
2017
as Herself
MovieLaerte-se
2017
as Herself
MovieLampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press
2016
as Self
MovieSuper Oldboy
2016
TVTransando com Laerte
2015
as Apresentadora
MovieTie and Red Nail
2014
as Herself
Legs Out
2012
as Herself
MovieLaughter of Others
2012
as Herself
MovieConsideração do Poema
2011
MovieMalditos Cartunistas
2010
MovieDossiê Rê Bordosa
2008
as Laerte Coutinho (voice)
Três Irmãos de Sangue
2006
as Self
Cartas da Mãe
2003
