
Laerte Coutinho
Acting
Born: 1951-06-10 · São Paulo, Brazil
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, Laer
🎬 Movies (20)

Desenheiros do Instagram
2026
Archive footage

From Nowhere: A Portrait of Valter Hugo Mãe
2025
Self

The Known Daughter of Claudia Wonder
2024

Reading Again Graúna
2024
Self

Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People
2021
Laerte / Madame L (voice)

Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde
2020
Self

A Turma do Pererê.DOC
2019

Rindo à Toa: Humor Sem Limites
2018
Self

The City of Pirates
2018
Laerte Coutinho (voice)

Mapas Afetivos: São Paulo
2018

Casa da Xiclet
2017
Herself

Laerte-se
2017
Herself

Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press
2016
Self

Super Oldboy
2016

Tie and Red Nail
2014
Herself
Legs Out
2012
Herself

Laughter of Others
2012
Herself

Consideração do Poema
2011

Malditos Cartunistas
2010

Dossiê Rê Bordosa
2008
Laerte Coutinho (voice)
