Laerte Coutinho
Birthday: 1951-06-10 | Place of Birth: São Paulo, BrazilLaerte 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.
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Known For
Acting
Year
Title
Role
2025
2024
Reading Again Graúna
as Self
2021
Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People
as Laerte / Madame L (voice)
2018
The City of Pirates
as Laerte Coutinho (voice)
2018
Rindo à Toa: Humor Sem Limites
as Self
2017
Laerte-se
as Herself
2016
2014
Tie and Red Nail
as Herself
2012
Laughter of Others
as Herself
2008
Dossiê Rê Bordosa
as Herself
2006
Três Irmãos de Sangue
as Self
