Solange Couto, a contestant on BBB 26, began her career in 1981 with a pornochanchada film titled A Noite dos Bacanais, featuring nudity and explicit sex scenes. That same year, she debuted on television in the soap opera Os Imigrantes on Band. The actress, famous for Dona Jura in O Clone, played Esmeralda in the film directed by Fauzi Mansur.
Solange Couto began her artistic career in the early 1980s, joining the pornochanchada movement, a Brazilian cinema genre that blended eroticism and humor from the 1970s to 1980s. At 25 years old, she starred in A Noite dos Bacanais, released in 1981 and directed by Fauzi Mansur. The film, now a rarity, is not available on streaming platforms but can be found on adult content sites.
In the plot, Solange plays Esmeralda, the wife of a bandit wanted by the police. She moves into the protagonists' mansion, where sexual parties take place, as the couple's relationship grows stale. The husband, portrayed by Ênio Gonçalves, proposes having a child through surrogacy, selecting Solange's character, leading to emotional involvement and explicit sex scenes, including full nudity.
Notably, 1981 also marked Solange's television debut in the soap opera Os Imigrantes, aired on Band. Decades later, she became nationally known for roles like Dona Jura in O Clone from 2001. Now, at 70, Solange is a contestant on Big Brother Brasil 26, where her involvement in erotic films has resurfaced.