Laerte Coutinho
Acting • Born 1951-06-10
Biography
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.
Filmography
22 credits
Mapas Afetivos: São Paulo
Movie • 2018
Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People
Movie • 2021
Laerte / Madame L (voice)
Legs Out
Movie • 2012
Herself
Laughter of Others
Movie • 2012
Herself
Consideração do Poema
Movie • 2011
Malditos Cartunistas
Movie • 2010
Tie and Red Nail
Movie • 2014
Herself
Três Irmãos de Sangue
Movie • 2006
Self
Cartas da Mãe
Movie • 2003
Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press
Movie • 2016
Self
Laerte-se
Movie • 2017
Herself
Casa da Xiclet
Movie • 2017
Herself
Dossiê Rê Bordosa
Movie • 2008
Laerte Coutinho (voice)
A Turma do Pererê.DOC
Movie • 2019
The City of Pirates
Movie • 2018
Laerte Coutinho (voice)
Rindo à Toa: Humor Sem Limites
Movie • 2018
Self
Super Oldboy
Movie • 2016
Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde
Movie • 2020
Self
From Nowhere: A Portrait of Valter Hugo Mãe
Movie • 2025
Self
Reading Again Graúna
Movie • 2024
Self
Desenheiros do Instagram
Movie • 2026
Archive footage
Transando com Laerte
TV • 2015
Apresentadora