--- name: "Léa Garcia" canonical: "https://film.one/person/lea-garcia" fi1m_id: "lea-garcia" imdb_id: "nm0305331" tmdb_id: 560262 wikidata_id: "Q529017" roles: ["Actor"] born: "11 March 1933" died: "15 August 2023" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T08:55:55.873291+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Léa Garcia ## Identity Léa Garcia - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lea-garcia - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** lea-garcia - **IMDb ID:** nm0305331 - **TMDB ID:** 560262 - **Wikidata ID:** Q529017 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9a_Garcia, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q529017, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0305331/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/560262 Actor. Born 11 March 1933 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Died 15 August 2023. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 11 March 1933, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - **Died:** 15 August 2023 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9a_Garcia, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q529017, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0305331/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/560262 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Black Orpheus*](https://film.one/film/black-orpheus.md) (78) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Léa Garcia was a Brazilian actress. She was born Léa Lucas Garcia de Aguiar on 11 March 1933 in Rio de Janeiro and died on 15 August 2023 in Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul. Garcia began her career in the early 1950s with the Teatro Experimental do Negro. Her breakout role came as Serafina in the 1959 film *Black Orpheus*, an Oscar-winning adaptation of the Orpheus myth set during Rio’s Carnival. She amassed more than 100 credits in theatre, film and television over seven decades, appearing in telenovelas such as *Escrava Isaura* (1976) and later films including *M8 - When Death Rescues Life* (2019). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Black Orpheus* (1959), Fi1m 78, as Serafina — [page](https://film.one/film/black-orpheus.md) ## Complete filmography (83) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Ecos do Teatro Experimental do Negro* (2026), Actor - *Bela LX-404* (2024), as Bela LX 404 - *IndependênciaS* (2022), series, as Isolina (mãe de Osória) - *Pacified* (2022), as Dona Preta - *A Cut Above* (2022), as Mãe Andinha - *O Pai da Rita* (2022), as Tia Neguita - *Ibeji Ibeji* (2021), as Nanã - *A gente nunca acha que é demais aprender* (2020), as Narradora - *Renegaded Archangel* (2020), series, as Dona Laura - *A Day with Jerusa* (2020), as Jerusa - *Golden Mouth* (2019), as Preta - *M8 - When Death Rescues Life* (2019), as Dona Angela - *Neighbors* (2019), Actor - *Baile de Máscaras* (2019), series, Actor - *Pressed, Ripped Apart* (2019), as (archive footage) - *As Vilãs Que Amamos* (2019), series, Actor - *A família de Olga* (2019), as Olga - *Nada Além da Noite* (2018), Actor - *Harassment* (2018), series, as Conceição - *Acúmulo* (2018), Actor - *Pedacinho do Céu* (2016), as Maria da Graça - *O Dia de Jerusa* (2014), as Jerusa - *Trinta* (2013), as Nha Zita - *Acalanto* (2013), as Dona Luzia - *Billi Pig* (2012), as Tia Ludmila - *Southwest* (2011), as Dona Iraci - *Abdias Nascimento* (2011), Actor - *Bitter Days* (2009), Actor - *Sunshine* (2007), series, as Babá - *Atabaque Nzinga* (2007), Actor - *The Greatest Love of All* (2006), as Zezé - *Memórias da Chibata* (2006), as Avó de Juca - *Cidadão Brasileiro* (2006), series, as Dadá - *Mulheres do Brasil* (2006), as Eunice - *Daughters of the Wind* (2005), as Jú - *Remissão* (2005), Actor - *Viva Sapato!* (2003), as Mãe de santo - *The Clone* (2001), series, as Lola - *Cruz e Sousa - The Banished Poet* (1999), as Mãe de Cruz e Sousa - *Orfeu* (1999), as Mãe de Maicol - *Mild Poison* (1999), series, as Selma Ribeiro - *Evil Angel* (1997), series, as Aparecida Ribeiro (Cida) - *O Campeão* (1996), series, Actor - *Большая засада* (1995), series, as Isabel - *Black August* (1993), series, as Sebastiana - *Troca de Cabeça* (1991), Actor - *Araponga* (1990), series, as Mundica - *Desejo* (1990), series, as Mariana - *Pacto de Sangue* (1989), series, as Rute - *As Divas Negras do Cinema Brasileiro* (1989), Actor - *Abolição* (1988), series, as Aparecida - *Helena* (1987), series, as Chica - *Dona Beija* (1986), series, as Flaviana - *Quilombo* (1984), Actor - *Bandidos da Falange* (1983), series, as Gláucia - *Obrigado, Doutor* (1981), series, as Maria - *Marina* (1980), series, as Leila - *A Noiva da Cidade* (1978), as Manuela - *Maria, Maria* (1978), series, as Rita - *Black Goddess* (1978), Actor - *Sweet Thieves* (1977), as Carlota Escrava - *O Forte* (1977), Actor - *Isaura: Slave Girl* (1976), series, as Rosa - *O Casarão* (1976), series, as vendedora ambulante - *Feminino Plural* (1976), Actor - *A Moreninha* (1975), series, as Duda - *Selva de Pedra* (1975), series, as Elza - *Fogo Sobre Terra* (1974), series, as Tiana - *Jerônimo, o Herói do Sertão* (1972), series, as Rosália - *Selva de Pedra* (1972), series, as Elza - *Meu Primeiro Baile* (1972), Actor - *Caso Especial* (1971), series, as empregada de Gastão - *O Homem Que Deve Morrer* (1971), series, as Luana - *Minha Doce Namorada* (1971), series, as cozinheira da pensão - *Assim na Terra Como no Céu* (1970), series, as Vespertina - *Os Acorrentados* (1969), series, as Irmã Serafina - *Compasso de Espera* (1969), as Zefa - *Colagem* (1967), Actor - *O Santo Módico* (1964), Actor - *Ganga Zumba* (1963), as Cipriana - *The Pioneers* (1960), as Hermínia - *Black Orpheus* (1959), as Serafina — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/black-orpheus.md) - *Em busca de Judith*, as Voz ## Gallery - ![Léa Garcia](https://film.one/media/person/3876826/gallery-69d268a8cc6d.jpg) Léa Garcia — [1], CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/L%C3%A9a_Garcia.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Fotografia do Fundo Correio da Manhã, sob a guarda do Arquivo Nacional.](https://film.one/media/person/3876826/gallery-216465d660f4.jpg) Fotografia do Fundo Correio da Manhã, sob a guarda do Arquivo Nacional. — UnknownUnknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Correio_da_Manh%C3%A3_AN_224.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Léa Garcia](https://film.one/media/person/3876826/gallery-f3e069f8487a.jpg) Léa Garcia — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) 2025: Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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