Selma Egrei

Acting

Selma Egrei

Born

1949-03-16 (77)

Place of birth

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Known for

Acting

Credits

82 titles

Selma Egrei Moretti Faro Silva (São Paulo, March 16, 1949) is a Brazilian actress. Throughout her career, she has received several awards, including two APCA Awards, an Extra Award, and a Mambembe Award, in addition to receiving nominations for two Shell Awards. Due to her beauty, she was one of the favorite actresses of Fauzi Mansur, Cláudio Cunha, J. Marreco, John Doo and Jean Garret, a time when Brazilian cinema, to escape political censorship, opted for pornochanchada. However, in the hands of Walter Hugo Khouri, with whom she made four films, her talent would reveal itself.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

2010s · 13 titles

The Way He Looks poster
7.9

Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. To the disappointment of his best friend, Giovana, he plans to go on an exchange program abroad. When Gabriel, a new student in town, arrives at their classroom, new feelings blossom in Leonardo making him question his plans.

The Way He Looks

2014

Astral City: A Spiritual Journey poster
7.2

The selfish Dr. André Luiz dies and awakes in the limbo called "Umbral". After a painful period in the gruesome swamp, he is rescued and brought in a white light to "Nosso Lar" (meaning "Our Home"). He finds a place of harmony, where people live in peace awaiting

Astral City: A Spiritual Journey

2010

Mazzaropi poster
8.5

A documentary on the life and work of Amácio Mazzaropi, a phenomenon of popularity and profitability of Brazilian cinema.

Mazzaropi

2013

Bring It Inside poster
6.2

Telmo is a retired theater director that realizes he doesn't remember the time he spent kept in jail during the military dictatorship in Brazil. He decides to stage a play and, with threads of memory, he improvises the lines with his young cast. Telmo dives into his own history and ends up revealing for himself what, being so painful, he'd rather forget.

Bring It Inside

2016

Punch the Clock poster
4.8

In a forgotten corner of the vast Brazilian bureaucracy, a psychotic boss uses a time machine to enslave his lazy employees and increase productivity.

Punch the Clock

2016

Os Amigos poster
6.0

A lonely architect attends the funeral of his childhood best friend and embarks on a personal journey of reminiscence and self-reflection.

Os Amigos

2013

Augustas poster
4.8

On mythical Augusta Street, in San Paulo (Brazil), a journalist who seeks answers for his angst dives into the world of prostitution and neo-Shamanism rituals.

Augustas

2012

The Devil's Scarab poster
5.0

A series of crimes against redheads scares the people from a little town. After the death of his brother, the 13 year old Alberto decides to investigate what is happening and is helped by the experienced but forgetful Inspector Pimentel.

The Devil's Scarab

2016

Solidão 22B poster
NR

Two lonely sad women, an old one and a young poet, meet as neighbours in the last day of the year.

Solidão 22B

2017

Hebe poster
7.1

Hebe Camargo is one of the most emblematic entertainments in Brazil. At her 60s, she went on to control her own career and, despite the criticism, the dreadful husband and the powerful and sexist bosses, she revealed herself to the public as an extraordinary woman, capable of overcoming any personal or professional crisis.

Hebe

2019

Pitanga poster
5.6

This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues and Walter Lima Jr. He was a prominent figurehead and outspoken activist during the Brazilian dictatorship, a period of unrest in Brazilian cinema. "Pitanga" deep dives into the world of Antônio and the history of Brazil. The documentary was directed by his daughter Camila Pitanga, one of widely recognised faces in Brazilian television and cinema right now. The film is also a poem, and a tender ode to fatherhood.

Pitanga

2016

Querida Mamãe poster
6.8

Dear Mom centers on the conflictive relationship between Heloisa, a recently divorced doctor, and her mother Ruth. Heloisa blames Ruth for her bad relationship with her own daughter, her failed marriage, and even her unsuccessful career. It’s a conflict that worsens when Ruth, after being diagnosed with cancer, finds out that Heloisa has fallen in love with Leda, a painter she met at the hospital where she works. The new relationship is not well accepted by her family, let alone by Ruth, which worsens the friction between them.

Querida Mamãe

2017

Vitrola poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Vitrola

2013

1980s · 10 titles

Elite Devassa poster
4.4

Theodoro, a country boy goes to São Paulo from Florianópolis to work as a driver. He starts to work for rich and domineering Mariana. When her husband, Renato travels in Europe on business, he takes her for a trip to Campos do Jordão, where she has a vacation manor. It will not be long until the two begin a torrid love affair. However, he also enchants with her daughter, Ana Paula and sister, Luisa. Involved with all three, he discovers that his life may be in danger, because he finds out that two previous family drivers, Alfredo and Renato were killed in the house.

Elite Devassa

1984

Eros, the God of Love poster
4.8

A man explores the process of formation of sexuality and is looking for a woman that does not exist.

Eros, the God of Love

1981

Tchau, Amor poster
8.0

An unemployed radio worker obsessed with suicide meets a rich brat.

Tchau, Amor

1983

Strange Force poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Strange Force

1980

Naked Star poster
5.2

An aspiring actress is hired to dub a recently deceased movie star in an upcoming erotic thriller. As the recording sessions go on, the voice actress finds herself slowly being influenced by the dead star’s presence.

Naked Star

1985

Sex, Your Only Weapon poster
4.4

Marta, a young blind woman, visits Humberto and his family at their expansive estate. Her presence begins to fray relations between family members as she prolongs her stay.

Sex, Your Only Weapon

1981

Act of Violence poster
4.0

Antônio Nunes is sentenced to 30 years in jail, after having killed a woman, and becomes known as ripper of women. Infatuated Tânia begins to visit him frequently and hires a lawyer to try to take him out.

Act of Violence

1981

Sonhos de Menina Moça poster
9.0

Iolanda, a widow who is the matriarch of a large and complicated family, is the hostess of a large party in a mansion that brings back many memories. The celebration is marked by a barbecue with lots of gossip and fun among old friends.

Sonhos de Menina Moça

1988

Vox Populi: Walter Hugo Khouri poster
NR

A rare interview with São Paulo filmmaker Walter Hugo Khouri for the TV program Vox Populi in 1982. Throughout the conversation, his perspective on Brazil and cinema stands out, fully consistent with the films he created.

Vox Populi: Walter Hugo Khouri

1983

O Paraíso Proibido poster
8.0

Celso Felix, a successful radio broadcaster in the metropolis, is disillusioned with his everyday life and leaves his wife and children to live in a small beach town on the brazilian coast.

O Paraíso Proibido

1981

1970s · 22 titles

A Carne poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Carne

1975

Obsessão Maldita poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Obsessão Maldita

1974

Emmanuelle Tropical poster
7.0

A sophisticated couple opens their marriage to new erotic adventures.

Emmanuelle Tropical

1977

A Noite do Desejo poster
3.0

Two factory workers decide to spend all of their pay on a Saturday night with two prostitutes, but things don't go as planned.

A Noite do Desejo

1973

Angel of the Night poster
6.3

Ana, a young psychology student, is hired as a nanny for two children in Petrópolis, Brazil. Left alone with the children and the groundskeeper, she begins to receive threatening phone calls during the night, entering a spiral of panic with tragic consequences.

Angel of the Night

1974

Nos Embalos de Ipanema poster
4.8

Toquinho is a young man living in Marechal Hermes, a poor neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, together with his widow mother and a younger sister. Although he is poor, he is also ambitious, and wants to change his life. He spends all his time on the beach, at Arpoador, Ipanema, where he dreams to become a famous surfer. Besides, he usually finds Patricia there, a rich and liberated young woman, whom he likes a lot. To impress Patricia and satisfy some of her wishes, he lets himself be seduced by André, a gay guy who, in return for his sexual favors, promises him a trip to Hawaii for a surf championship.

Nos Embalos de Ipanema

1978

Hallelujah Gretchen poster
5.0

A German family moves to a small town in the interior of the state of Paraná, Brazil, and buys a hotel there, which soon becomes sort of a meeting point for Nazi sympathizers.

Hallelujah Gretchen

1976

A Casa das Tentações poster
9.0

Saul and Mônica return to São Paulo after three years and find his family's colonial mansion abandoned, inhabited only by his old nanny, Bá, and his brother, Domício.

A Casa das Tentações

1977

Vozes do Medo poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Vozes do Medo

1972

A Strange Love Story poster
10.0

A young woman, a teacher in a countryside school, has affairs with boys and girls.

A Strange Love Story

1979

The Delights of Life poster
6.7

Young writer sells a soap-opera script to a TV network and manages to place his girlfriend in an important role.

The Delights of Life

1974

O Poderoso Machão poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Poderoso Machão

1976

Mulheres do Cais poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mulheres do Cais

1979

Daughters of Fire poster
6.2

A young woman living in São Paulo goes to Gramado to visit a friend of hers. Together, they meet an odd woman who engages in strange experiences through parapsychology. From then on, bizarre events are bound to happen.

Daughters of Fire

1978

O Jeca Macumbeiro poster
6.0

Pirola is a poor guy who lives with his son Ze in a hovel on his boss's farm. One day, Pirola is surprised by the visit of an old friend who, feeling that the hour of his death approaches, decides to present him with a bag full of money.

O Jeca Macumbeiro

1975

The Desire poster
5.0

Widowed one year ago, Eleonora, a 33-year-old woman from Sao Paulo's upper bourgeoisie, lives alone, unsuited to her husband's absence, an intellectual frustrated and torn between the need for transcendence and a strong sexual compulsion. The life of the couple, although not happy, was intense. However, the presence of her a long-time friend Ana Maria, just arrived from Paris, a middle-class university student, is staying at his house. The two go to the site of Eleonora and she remembers her life with Marcelo and his death by drowning.

The Desire

1975

O Coronel e o Lobisomem poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Coronel e o Lobisomem

1979

The Rich Are Something Else poster
4.3

Tadeu, a poor lad from the Northeast of Brazil, comes to Rio de Janeiro to try his luck. His good looks and education win him the favor of rich people. In his spare time, he becomes the favorite among lonely and rich ladies. Soon he gets involved in trouble.

The Rich Are Something Else

1977

O Dia em Que o Santo Pecou poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Dia em Que o Santo Pecou

1975

Devil Nymphs poster
7.7

Two hitchhiking young women involve the men who give them a lift in a game of sex, telepathy and death.

Devil Nymphs

1978

Adultério Por Amor poster
4.1

The middle-class housewife Natália and her husband Guido Rossi have been married for three years unsuccessfully trying to have a baby. Their best friends are Flora and Guido's partner Jorge that have three children. Guido refuses to be submitted to clinical examination while Natália secretly submits and finds that she is healthy. Natália loves Guido but feels that their marriage is near to the end. When Natália travels to Poços de Caldas with Flora to rest for a couple of days, she meets the student Gustavo and decides to have one night stand with him to get pregnant and save her marriage. Seven months later, Gustavo finds Natália and blackmails her, forcing the future mother to take an ultimate decision.

Adultério Por Amor

1979

Sangria poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sangria

1972

Series credits

A Favorita poster
7.8

Donatela and Flora, two friends who became rivals. One of them committed a homicide and pretends to be innocent. There are two versions for the same story. Who, after all, is telling the truth? Donatela or Flora?

A Favorita

2008

Genesis poster
8.0

The story of the first 2,300 years of humanity and recounts events exclusively from that period. The plot begins by giving us a greater understanding of why we exist and how we turned from perfection to imperfection. The origin of all social and racial problems is there at the beginning of everything, when via one decision a human being who only knew good and enjoyed it so much also chose to know evil.

Genesis

2021

Simplesmente Maria poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Simplesmente Maria

1970

Apocalipse poster
7.8

A mysterious and spiritual portrayal of one of the most intense and controversial stories in the Holy Bible: the end of the world.

Apocalipse

2017

Old River poster
7.9

A great love story, a family rivalry that spans generations: the telenovela narrates the love for the São Francisco River, which is revealed in the feelings between Maria Tereza and Santo.

Old River

2016

Pantanal poster
6.5

After the mysterious disappearance of his father, Joventino, the cowboy José Leôncio becomes a wealthy farm owner in Pantanal. Over twenty years have passed and, bitter-hearted because of his father vanishing and the escape of his wife to Rio de Janeiro with his baby, José Leôncio has the chance to make amends with the boy, now a young man raised in the big city with very different values and habits than his own.

Pantanal

2022

O Todo Poderoso poster
9.0

The plot unfolds across two distinct worlds: Dr. Cristiano Navarro’s hospital and an impoverished neighborhood on the outskirts of São Paulo. While doctors at the hospital fight to save lives using state-of-the-art medical technology, young Emanuel—living in the neighborhood—demonstrates the ability to perform miraculous, extraordinary healings with just the touch of his hands. Dr. Cristiano is married to Linda, a wealthy, refined woman twenty years his junior. They long for a child but have been unable to conceive. Linda consults Dr. Paula, a renowned gynecologist, but the doctor cannot resolve their issue. Linda then decides to seek help from Emanuel, sparking a series of conflicts with her husband. However, things are far from ideal in Emanuel’s neighborhood. He possesses paranormal abilities that sometimes manifest in ways beyond his control. An enigmatic and unpredictable man, Emanuel fears his own powers.

O Todo Poderoso

1979

Carmem poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Carmem

1987

Papai Coração poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Papai Coração

1976

Sessão de Terapia poster
8.3

Set in an office of a psychoanalyst, the series follows the professional and personal day-to-day work of therapist Theo. Displayed daily, each episode of the plot is marked by the story of one of his patients, and the last episode of the week will always bring an assessment of Theo's by his supervisor Dora.

Sessão de Terapia

2012

Modern Times poster
5.9

The story revolves around Leal, an executive who built the largest smart building in the city. The soap opera discusses the relationship between man and technology.

Modern Times

2010

Amor sem Igual poster
7.9

No synopsis available yet.

Amor sem Igual

2019

The Teenagers poster
NR

Four teenagers, each facing a major conflict. Majô, the daughter of separated parents, has fallen in love with her mother Raquel’s husband, the teacher Túlio. Caíto, who is gay, lives in a dysfunctional home where his parents' marriage—Dirceu and Marilu’s—is going from bad to worse. Doca is a drug addict, and his sister Bia has become pregnant by her boyfriend, Michel. Their parents, Odilon and Paula, are deeply unhappy as well. Interwoven with their stories is that of Túlio—a former addict turned upstanding teacher—who encounters a haunting figure from his past: his ex-sister-in-law, Fernanda.

The Teenagers

1981

These Women poster
8.0

The plot takes place in 1880, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, following the lives of three strong and determined women. Aurélia, Maria da Glória and Mila are great friends who attend etiquette classes together, but life doesn't take long to put them in completely different directions.

These Women

2005

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Preço de um Homem

1971

Ninho da Serpente poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Ninho da Serpente

1982

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Gaivotas

1979

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hospital

1971

The Illusionist poster
6.9

The illusionist is mysterious, captivating and mesmerizes all those around him. But is he really a swindler or a man with extraordinary powers? This fascinating telenovela tells the story of seductive Herculano Quintanilha, who exerts significant influence over his great love Amanda, the Hayalla family and his friends. These and other enigmas can be found in The Illusionist, a telenovela where seduction is the great secret.

The Illusionist

2011

Um Só Coração poster
6.3

The story takes place between the 1920s and 1950s in Greater São Paulo. Going through historical moments, such as the Week of Modern Art, the Revolution of 1924, the economic crisis of 1929 and the Vargas Era, there is the story of Yolanda Penteado, a young woman from a traditional family of São Paulo's high society, who arouses admirations to go through. She had never been easily involved with any other admirer until she meets Martim, a young medical student who catches her eye. However, he was an advocate of the anarchist movement, causing disapproval of Yolanda's mother, Guiomar, but the two will fight to get together, even with the disapproval of the family.

Um Só Coração

2004

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Gordinha

1970

Roda da Vida poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Roda da Vida

2001

A, E, I, O... Urca poster
8.3

Determined to secure the release of her father—imprisoned for advocating communism—Sílvia travels to Rio de Janeiro, where she finds work as a chorus girl at the Cassino da Urca. There, she meets and falls in love with a croupier named Tide. Sílvia becomes a celebrated beauty of Rio's nightlife but is blackmailed by a Nazi named Jofre; he promises to help free her father if she marries Michael, an Englishman from whom Jofre intends to steal a map to a uranium mine.

A, E, I, O... Urca

1990

Hebe poster
8.4

Between comings and goings in time, over 8 decades, the story of a poor country girl who fulfills the dream of becoming a great star, always in search of her truth.

Hebe

2019

Sound & Fury poster
7.2

Interwoven with Shakespearean storylines, the miniseries depicts the daily life of a theater troupe from São Paulo, exploring the dilemmas and situations artists face both on and off stage.

Sound & Fury

2009

A Ponte do Amor poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Ponte do Amor

1983

Memórias de um Gigolô poster
8.0

The story takes place in São Paulo, in the late 1920s, and has Mariano's memories as its starting point. Orphaned, he loses the aunt who raised him and ends up in Madame Iara's brothel, where he meets two people who transform his life: Esmeraldo, a gigolo who loves the good life who becomes his master; and the prostitute Guadalupe, known as Lu, a sweet and extremely sensual woman. Esmeraldo is Lu's boyfriend, whom he loves unconditionally. Mariano enters the couple's lives and ends up falling in love with her, thus forming the love triangle that drives the entire narrative.

Memórias de um Gigolô

1986

Tudo em Cima poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Tudo em Cima

1985

Happily Ever After? poster
7.1

When the mysterious call girl Danny Bond comes on the scene, a crime of passion changes forever the lives of all involved. Who will the victim be? And the villain? After all, in a story so full of secrets and infidelity, who can get away with it to live happily ever after?

Happily Ever After?

2015

Cinquentinha poster
3.8

A millionaire's death leaves behind a nearly impossible mission: uniting three ex-wives. Sworn enemies, they must manage the business to secure the inheritance.

Cinquentinha

2009

The Wise Ones poster
3.7

A mini-series of four episodes which has 4 different stories in each episode. Focused on 3rd age, the series shows how it was and how is the life of the elderly. The series teaches that we should not judge anyone by appearances.

The Wise Ones

2015

Colônia Cecília poster
9.0

At the end of the 19th century, Italian immigrants settled in the municipality of Palmeira, Paraná, creating Brazil's first anarchist society, Colônia Cecília. Giovanni Rossi suffers from the failure of the experiment. He is a veterinarian, agronomist, biologist, and journalist. But above all, he is an idealist, with a strong personality and obsessed with the desire to live with free humanity.

Colônia Cecília

1989