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