Fernanda Torres
Actor
- Born
- September 14, 1965 (age 61) · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Fernanda Pinheiro Torres (Rio de Janeiro, September 15, 1965), is a Brazilian actress, writer, columnist and screenwriter. She is the daughter of Oscar-nominated actress Fernanda Montenegro and actor Fernando Torres.
In May 1986, she received the Best Actress Award at Cannes Festival for Arnaldo Jabor's "Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar", at the age of 20.
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She's married to movie producer and director Andrucha Waddington, who directed her and her mother in the 2005 film "The House of Sand". They have two sons together, Joaquim (b. 2000) and Antônio (born on April 10, 2008). She is also the stepmother of João (b. 1993) and Pedro (b. 1995).
In 2003, she wrote her first script ("O Redentor", 2004), with the assistance of her brother, cinematographer Cláudio Torres.
In 2025, she received the Golden Globe award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role, both for her performance in "I'm Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui)".
Known for
I'm Still Here
September 19, 2024
The Invisible Woman
June 5, 2009
Basic Sanitation, the Movie
July 20, 2007
Os Normais: O Filme
October 24, 2003
Four Days in September
October 1, 1997
So Normal 2: The Craziest Night Ever
August 28, 2009
Foreign Land
September 4, 1996
Playing
November 9, 2007
The House of Sand
May 13, 2005
Love Me Forever or Never
April 17, 1986
Redeemer
September 10, 2004
Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone
November 18, 2017
Acting50
- 2026Fernanda as Self
- 2026Times of Innocence as Self
- 2025Films to Die For as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2024Tributo: Fernanda Montenegro as Self
- 2024I'm Still Here as Eunice Paiva
- 2020Gilda, Lúcia and The Goat as Lúcia
- 2020Babenco: Tell Me When I Die as Banquet Attendee
- 2019Blitz, O Filme as Self
- 2019Endless June - Brazil’s New Political Culture as Narrator
- 2019Fire in the Forest