Laerte Coutinho

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.

Laerte Coutinho is known for work in acting across film and television. New Release currently presents 23 verified screen credits connected to this profile. Selected work includes From Nowhere: A Portrait of Valter Hugo Mãe (2025), Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People (2021), Laerte-se (2017), Desenheiros do Instagram (2026), Mapas Afetivos: São Paulo (2018), Transando com Laerte (2015), A Turma do Pererê.DOC (2019), The Known Daughter of Claudia Wonder (2024). The recorded credits span 2003 to 2026, including 22 movies and 1 TV show. The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.