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