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