Laerte Coutinho
Known for: Acting
Born: June 9, 1951 in São Paulo, Brazil
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.
Known for
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Mapas Afetivos: São Paulo
Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People
Laerte / Madame L (voice)
Legs Out
Herself
Laughter of Others
Herself
Consideração do Poema
Malditos Cartunistas
Tie and Red Nail
Herself
Três Irmãos de Sangue
Self
Cartas da Mãe
Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press
Self
Laerte-se
Herself
Casa da Xiclet
Herself
Dossiê Rê Bordosa
Laerte Coutinho (voice)
A Turma do Pererê.DOC
The City of Pirates
Laerte Coutinho (voice)
Rindo à Toa: Humor Sem Limites
Self
Super Oldboy
Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde
Self
From Nowhere: A Portrait of Valter Hugo Mãe
Self
Reading Again Graúna
Self
Desenheiros do Instagram
Archive footage
Transando com Laerte
Apresentadora
The Night of the Dumb Clowns
Original Story
That Guy
Writer