Ecleidira Maria Fonseca Paes (Abaetetuba, June 30, 1969), better known as Dira Paes, is a Brazilian actress and presenter. Known for her versatility, she has won several awards, including a notable twelve Grande Otelo nominations, winning as best actress in 2013, three Guarani Awards, two APCA Awards, two Brazil Quality Awards, an Extra Award, as well as three Kikitos from the Gramado and five Candangos from the Brasília Festival.

Filmography

• 2026Ary
• 2026Histórias de Terror e Delicadeza
• Lá na Minha Terra — Rosenda
• 2026Special Agents — Onça
• 2025Manas — Aretha
• 2025Native Speeches 25'
• Pablo & Luisão — Conceição
• 2025Show 60 Anos — Solineuza
• Three Graces — Lígia Maria das Graças
• 2024A Cabana
• 2024Mada e Bia — Narrator
• 2024Pasárgada — Irene, Director, Writer, Producer
• 2023Ó Paí, Ó 2 — Psilene
• Encantado's — Solineuza
• Especial LED - Luz na Educação — Reporter
• Pantanal — Filó (Filomena Aparecida)
• Pipoca da Ivete
• 2022Pureza — Pureza
• Relatos do Front: A Outra Face do Cartão Postal — Narrator
• 2021Venice — Rita
• 2020O Filme da Minha Vida — Alvarina
• We Are Five — Alice
• 2019Divine Love — Joana
• The Incredible '90s — Janaína Guerreiro
• 2017Clara Estrela — Narradora
• 2017Encantados — Cotinha
• 2017Lino — Janine (voice)
• 2017Whirlpool — Toninha
• 2016Mulheres no Poder — María Pilar, Associate Producer
• Old River — Beatriz
• 201526º Prêmio da Música Brasileira - Homenagem a Maria Bethânia — ela mesma
• 2015Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Dona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos - O Filme — Celeste
• 2015Orphans of Eldorado — Florita
• Doomed — Celeste Cavalcanti
• 2014O Segredo dos Diamantes — Mãe de Ângelo
• The Party — Rosa Nolasco
• 2013Os Amigos — Maju
• 2012Along the Way — Rosa
• 2012Até a Vista — Aneci
• Brave Woman — Lucimar Ribeiro
• 2012Hey, Did You Score? — Leila, Associate Producer
• 2012Rat Fever — Amiga de Zizo
• The Brazilians — Cleonice Cunha
• Looks & Essence — Celeste Souza Fonseca
• 2011Ribeirinhos do Asfalto — Rosa
• 2011Southwest — Conceição
• 2011We're Together — Leonora
• 2010Matinta — Valquíria
• The Buzz — Marta Moura
• 2009Chico e Amigos
• India: A Love Story — Norma Almeida "Norminha"
• 2009The Dead Girl's Feast — Diana
• 2008Esse Homem vai Morrer - Um Faroeste Caboclo
• 2007O Afeto Que Se Encerra Em Nosso Peito Juvenil
• 2007The Big Family: The Movie — Marina
• 2007Ó Paí, Ó: Look at This — Psilene
• 2006Bog of Beasts — Bela
• 2006Mulheres do Brasil — Júlia
• 2005Celeste e Estrela — Celeste Espírito Santo, Associate Producer
• 2005Incuráveis
• 2005Two Sons of Francisco — Helena Siqueira de Camargo
• A Diarista — Solineuza
• 2004My Uncle Killed a Guy — Cléia
• 2003Noite de São João
• 2002Lua Cambará - Nas Escadarias do Palácio — Lua Cambará
• 2002Mango Yellow — Kika
• Pastores da Noite — Raimunda
• 2001Louise's Wedding — Luzia, Associate Producer
• Brava Gente — Raimunda
• 2000Chronically Unfeasible
• 2000Vida e Obra de Ramiro Miguez
• 1999Castro Alves - Retrato Falado do Poeta
• Chiquinha Gonzaga — Vitalina
• Força de um Desejo — Palmira
• 1997Anahy de las Misiones — Luna
• 1996Corisco & Dadá — Dadá
• Irmãos Coragem — Potira
• Araponga — Nininha
• 1990Corpo em Delito
• 1987Land — Maria
• 1987The Dolphin — Corina
• 1985The Emerald Forest — Kachiri
• Seduction — Maria Rita Martins

Appearances as themselves (8)

• 2026Dona Onete – This Tiny Piece of My Heart — Self
• 2024Tributo: Laura Cardoso — Self
• The Masked Singer Brasil — Self - Guest Judge
• 2020Candango: Memoirs from a Festival — Self
• Que História é Essa, Porchat? — Self
• 2018The Age of Water — Self
• O País do Cinema — Self
• Ambitious Women — Self