Dira Paes

Q: Has Dira Paes won any awards?

Yes, Dira Paes has received several awards throughout her career, including the Best Actress award at the Brasília Film Festival and recognition from the Brazilian Academy of Cinema.

Q: When did Dira Paes start her acting career?

Dira Paes began her acting career in the early 1990s, initially performing in theatre before transitioning to film and television, gaining prominence with her compelling performances.

Q: What is Dira Paes' estimated net worth?

Dira Paes' estimated net worth is around $5 million, reflecting her successful career in acting and production within the Brazilian entertainment industry.

Q: What is Dira Paes' most recognized role?

Dira Paes is most recognized for her role in 'Central do Brasil,' where she portrayed a mother on a journey to reconnect with her son, earning her critical acclaim and a wider audience.

Q: Is Dira Paes involved in any social causes?

Yes, Dira Paes is known for her involvement in various social causes, particularly those focused on children's rights and education in Brazil, using her platform to advocate for change.

Q: Who are Dira Paes' parents?

Dira Paes' parents are Zélia Paes and João Paes. They have supported her throughout her career in the arts, contributing to her passion for acting.

Q: What recent projects has Dira Paes worked on?

Dira Paes recently starred in 'Maria e o Cangaço' (2025), showcasing her continued relevance in the film industry and her ability to take on diverse roles.

Known for

Maria e o Cangaço (2025)

2025 / Drama, Western

Maria de Déa, Lampião's companion and first woman in the Cangaço, is a fearless young woman who dares to have a voice in a...

An Invisible Victim: The Eliza Samudio Case poster

An Invisible Victim: The Eliza Samudio Case (2024)

2024 / Crime, Documentary / 101mins

A star goalkeeper threatens a woman who is pregnant with his child. Her pleas for help go unanswered in the shadow of his fame...

Deserto Particular (2021)

2021 / Drama / 121mins

40-year-old Daniel has been suspended from active police work and is under internal investigation for violence. When Sara, his internet love affair, stops answering...

Name

Dira Paes

Height

5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Born

30 November 1974, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

Spouses

Luan Diniz (2018–present)

Children

1 child, named João

Parents

Zélia Paes, João Paes

Estimated Net Worth

$5 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	TV Lá na Minha Terra	Rosenda	Not rated
2026	Movie Special Agents Two friends determined to become respected police officers face prejudice and ridicule for being openly gay. Given one final chance,...	Onça	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2025	TV Three Graces Gerluce became pregnant as a teenager and, just like her mother, Lígia, she raised her child alone. Now, Gerluce watches...	Lígia Maria das Graças	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2025	Movie Ary	Unknown character	Not rated
2025	Movie Dona Onete – This Tiny Piece of My Heart A teacher, activist, and guardian of Amazonian knowledge, Dona Onete became a music star at 72, but her story began...	Self	Not rated
2025	TV Pablo & Luisão	Conceição	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2025	Movie Show 60 Anos	Solineuza	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2025	Movie Native Speeches 25' A special event to celebrate Brazil's indigenous peoples and debate issues that directly affect the country's indigenous people.	Unknown character	Not rated
2025	Movie Manas Thirteen-year-old Marcielle lives on Marajó Island in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. To break a terrible cycle that imprisons...	Aretha	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2024	Movie A Cabana A woman and a man live their life together in a vague manner, absent and mechanical in the cloud that...	Unknown character	Not rated
2024	Movie Pasárgada Irene is a lonely 50-year-old ornithologist who, during secret research in the rainforest, immerses herself in a sensory journey to...	Irene	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2024	Movie Mada e Bia	Narrator	Not rated
2024	Movie Tributo: Laura Cardoso	Self	TMDB 9.5 / 10
2023	Movie Ó Paí, Ó 2 Experience Roque's routine years after the first movie. Joana's tenement is still full of parties, gossip and confusion. The neighborhood...	Psilene	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2022	TV Encantado's By day, Olímpia runs the supermarket. By night, in the same space, Eraldo runs a samba school. With love and...	Solineuza	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2022	TV Pipoca da Ivete	Unknown character	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2022	TV Especial LED - Luz na Educação	Reporter	Not rated
2022	TV Relatos do Front: A Outra Face do Cartão Postal	Narrator	Not rated
2022	Movie Pureza "Pureza" tells a story of a mother, Pureza, who goes in search of her son, Abel, disappeared after leaving for...	Pureza	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2022	TV Pantanal After the mysterious disappearance of his father, Joventino, the cowboy José Leôncio becomes a wealthy farm owner in Pantanal. Over...	Filó (Filomena Aparecida)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2021	TV The Masked Singer Brasil Singing competition in which celebrities face off against one another while shrouded from head to toe in an elaborate costumes,...	Self - Guest Judge	TMDB 8.6 / 10
2021	Movie Venice Reencountering the only man she ever loved is Gringa’s dream. She is the owner of a brothel in the interior...	Rita	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2020	TV We Are Five In this coming- of-age series, five friends are reunited after six years without seeing each other. They are entering adulthood...	Alice	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2020	Movie Candango: Memoirs from a Festival In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The...	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2020	Movie O Filme da Minha Vida	Alvarina	Not rated
2019	TV Que História é Essa, Porchat?	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2019	Movie Divine Love In 2027 Brazil, civil servant Joana mainly deals with divorce cases. As a member of a branch of evangelical Christians...	Joana	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2019	TV The Incredible '90s A romantic comedy revolving around the life of three former child stars that wish to relive their fame after the...	Janaína Guerreiro	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2018	Movie The Age of Water The film warns us about the world's water crisis and the international greed for the Amazon Forest, the largest fresh...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2017	Movie Encantados The real-life story of Zeneida, a girl who moves to a farm with her mother and finds herself having an...	Cotinha	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2017	Movie Clara Estrela	Narradora	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2017	Movie Lino Lino works as an entertainer at children's parties, but he can't stand the way children treat him, making fun of...	Janine (voice)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2017	Movie Whirlpool Luzimar cycles each day to and from work at the local cotton mill in his hometown of Cataguases, Minas Gerais,...	Toninha	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2016	Movie Mulheres no Poder A corrupt senator, Maria Pilar sees a great opportunity to win in the bidding process for the Brasil Brasileiro project....	María Pilar	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2016	TV Old River A great love story, a family rivalry that spans generations: the telenovela narrates the love for the São Francisco River,...	Beatriz	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2015	Movie Orphans of Eldorado A man returns to his hometown and resumes a dangerous old affair...	Florita	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2015	Movie 26º Prêmio da Música Brasileira - Homenagem a Maria Bethânia	ela mesma	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2015	Movie Dona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos - O Filme The beautiful Flor marries Vadinho -- and soon finds out he's spending all their money on gambles and has mistresses...	Celeste	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2015	TV Ambitious Women In Ambitious Women, all levels of ambition are revealed in a plot full of greed, revenge and struggle for power,...	Self	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2014	Movie O Segredo dos Diamantes Ângelo arrives at his grandmother's house in Minas Gerais. There, a small chest full of coins and an enigma were...	Mãe de Ângelo	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2014	TV The Party A glamorous reception at businesswoman Angela Mahler's mansion attracts high society: businessmen, powerful women, and bons vivants looking for some...	Rosa Nolasco	TMDB 8.8 / 10
2014	TV Doomed Leandro is a sommelier with a penchant for women and fine wine. After seducing his boss’s wife, he is taken...	Celeste Cavalcanti	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2013	Movie Os Amigos A lonely architect attends the funeral of his childhood best friend and embarks on a personal journey of reminiscence and...	Maju	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2012	TV Brave Woman A moving tale of courage and resilience in the struggle for freedom – this is the role that life has...	Lucimar Ribeiro	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2012	Movie Along the Way To escape past traumas, a truck driver João decides to leave his hometown behind and travel cross the country. Alone...	Rosa	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2012	Movie Rat Fever Zizo, a radical and anarchist poet living in a marginal quarter of Recife in the north eastern state of Pernambuco,...	Amiga de Zizo	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2012	Movie Hey, Did You Score? Three male friends navigate different stages of romantic relationships: One is starting to date; another fears infidelity; the third is...	Leila	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2012	Movie Até a Vista Young filmmaker is looking for a story for his first feature film. In an attempt to obtain the copyright for...	Aneci	Not rated
2012	TV The Brazilians After the breakthrough success of 'The Cariocas', the spin-off 'The Brazilians - The Women' embraces all the diversity of Brazil...	Cleonice Cunha	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2011	Movie Southwest In a Brazilian coastal village where everything seems motionless, Clarice grasps her life in a single day, unlike those she...	Conceição	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2011	TV Looks & Essence Griselda is a tough, hard-working handywoman who managed to raise her three children on her own. She struggles to make...	Celeste Souza Fonseca	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2011	Movie We're Together A young doctor has a promising career in São Paulo, but the diagnosis of a serious illness profoundly changes her...	Leonora	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2011	Movie Ribeirinhos do Asfalto Young Deisy (Ana Letícia) dreams of moving to bustling Belém, but instead she lives on Combu Island, across the river,...	Rosa	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2010	Movie Matinta A little fisher village in Brazilian Amazon. Without aparent reason, the dweller start falling ill. Would it be a witchcraft?...	Valquíria	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2010	TV The Buzz Enemies since childhood, André Spina and Ariclenes Martins became Jacques Leclair and Victor Valentim and now compete for the spotlight...	Marta Moura	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2009	Movie Chico e Amigos	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2009	Movie The Dead Girl's Feast The story of Santinho, a young man who has been exalted to the position of a saint in a remote...	Diana	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2009	TV India: A Love Story The daughter of a traditional, rich Indian family falls in love for a Dalit, and "untouchable" man.	Norma Almeida "Norminha"	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2008	Movie Esse Homem vai Morrer - Um Faroeste Caboclo	Unknown character	Not rated
2007	Movie O Afeto Que Se Encerra Em Nosso Peito Juvenil Personal records of characters of the student movement, of the youth's cultural activity, song. poetry, and theatrical plays made by...	Unknown character	Not rated
2007	Movie Ó Paí, Ó: Look at This During the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia, we follow the lives of the tenants of...	Psilene	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2007	Movie The Big Family: The Movie Public functionary and family man Lineu and his beloved wife Nenê celebrate the 40th anniversary of their first date. In...	Marina	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2006	Movie Bog of Beasts A man falls in love with a teenage girl, who is exploited by her own grandfather, who sometimes takes her...	Bela	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2006	Movie Mulheres do Brasil	Júlia	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2005	Movie Two Sons of Francisco The story of Francisco, a very simple and poor man whose dream was to see his children become country music...	Helena Siqueira de Camargo	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2005	Movie Incuráveis	Unknown character	Not rated
2005	Movie Celeste e Estrela While waiting for her at the airport, a film critic recounts to a receptionist how he met his great love,...	Celeste Espírito Santo	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2004	Movie My Uncle Killed a Guy Éder is arrested after confessing the murder of a man. Duca, his nephew, is sure that his uncle confessed the...	Cléia	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2004	TV A Diarista It shows the life and problems of Marinete, a cleaning lady with a short temper. She always ends up depending...	Solineuza	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2003	Movie Noite de São João An arrogant young woman, the landowner's daughter, gets involved with the farm straw boss.	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2002	TV Pastores da Noite The Night Shepherds universe is inhabited by prostitutes, priests, rogues, saint's parents and street vendors. For a very Brazilian people...	Raimunda	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2002	Movie Lua Cambará - Nas Escadarias do Palácio In the mid-19th century, Colonel Pedro Cambará rapes his slave, who gives birth to a girl on a full moon...	Lua Cambará	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2002	Movie Mango Yellow The lives of a macho butcher, his wife, a lonely waitress, a sadist and a flophouse manager intersect in Recife,...	Kika	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2001	Movie Louise's Wedding Two women, from opposite worlds, Louise and her maid Luzia, both share a passion for music and finding the perfect...	Luzia	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2000	TV Brava Gente Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special...	Raimunda	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2000	Movie Chronically Unfeasible Filmed over a five-year period, Chronically Unfeasible dissects Brazilian problems, using six people who meet in a restaurant in São...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2000	Movie Vida e Obra de Ramiro Miguez A painter is found dead with a gun in his hand, in his shabby studio in Lapa, a bohemian district...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1999	TV Força de um Desejo Set in the 19th century, the novel tells the story of an impossible romance. Inácio, a young man from a...	Palmira	TMDB 8.2 / 10
1999	TV Chiquinha Gonzaga It tells the story of Chiquinha Gonzaga, a revolutionary musician who marked the history of music in Brazil, and challenged...	Vitalina	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1999	Movie Castro Alves - Retrato Falado do Poeta	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1997	Movie Anahy de las Misiones Told by gauchos from Brazil, Argentina and Uruguai, the legend says that Anahy de las Missiones wandered around the Plata...	Luna	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1996	Movie Corisco & Dadá Cruel and brave Brazilian outlaw called Corisco, living in the backcountry in the Northeast, an arid region, rapes 12-year-old Dadá,...	Dadá	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1995	TV Irmãos Coragem Dias Gomes and Marcílio Moraes' version of the soap opera of the same name by Janete Clair shown in 1970,...	Potira	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1990	TV Araponga	Nininha	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1990	Movie Corpo em Delito During the Brazilian military dictatorship, a doctor forged autopsy reports to hide the victims of the regime.	Unknown character	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1987	Movie Land The Amazonian jungle, Brazil, 1987. Ruthless landowners are evicting peasants from their land. The peasants look to the priest for...	Maria	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1987	Movie The Dolphin According to an amazonian legend, every month, during the full moon, a brazilian fishing village receives a mysterious guest: the...	Corina	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1985	Movie The Emerald Forest For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the...	Kachiri	TMDB 6.6 / 10
TBA	Movie Sedução	Maria Rita Martins	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2024	Movie Pasárgada Irene is a lonely 50-year-old ornithologist who, during secret research in the rainforest, immerses herself in a sensory journey to...	Director Directing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2024	Movie Pasárgada Irene is a lonely 50-year-old ornithologist who, during secret research in the rainforest, immerses herself in a sensory journey to...	Writer Writing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2024	Movie Pasárgada Irene is a lonely 50-year-old ornithologist who, during secret research in the rainforest, immerses herself in a sensory journey to...	Producer Production	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2016	Movie Mulheres no Poder A corrupt senator, Maria Pilar sees a great opportunity to win in the bidding process for the Brasil Brasileiro project....	Associate Producer Production	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2012	Movie Hey, Did You Score? Three male friends navigate different stages of romantic relationships: One is starting to date; another fears infidelity; the third is...	Associate Producer Production	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2005	Movie Celeste e Estrela While waiting for her at the airport, a film critic recounts to a receptionist how he met his great love,...	Associate Producer Production	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2001	Movie Louise's Wedding Two women, from opposite worlds, Louise and her maid Luzia, both share a passion for music and finding the perfect...	Associate Producer Production	TMDB 7.5 / 10

Special Agents

2026 / TMDB 5.1

Ary

2025

Dona Onete – This Tiny Piece of My Heart

2025

Show 60 Anos

2025 / TMDB 7.8

Native Speeches 25'

2025

Manas

2025 / TMDB 8.3

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What are Dira Paes' most successful films?

Dira Paes is best known for her roles in films like 'Central do Brasil,' 'O Auto da Compadecida,' and 'Maria e o Cangaço.' These films have received critical acclaim and are significant in Brazilian cinema.

Has Dira Paes won any awards?

When did Dira Paes start her acting career?

What is Dira Paes' estimated net worth?

What is Dira Paes' most recognized role?

Is Dira Paes involved in any social causes?

Who are Dira Paes' parents?

What recent projects has Dira Paes worked on?

Known for

Maria e o Cangaço (2025)

An Invisible Victim: The Eliza Samudio Case (2024)

Deserto Particular (2021)

Personal details

Credits

Latest Release

Special Agents

Ary

Dona Onete – This Tiny Piece of My Heart

Show 60 Anos

Native Speeches 25'

Manas

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