Fernanda Torres
Born: 1965-09-14 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Known For: Acting
Biography
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. 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)".
Filmography
2025
- Films to Die For as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
- I'm Still Here as Eunice Paiva
- Tributo: Fernanda Montenegro as Self
2023
- The Others ... (Writer)
- The End as Celeste
2020
- Babenco: Tell Me When I Die as Banquet Attendee
- All the Women in the World as Estela
- Amor e Sorte as Lúcia
- Diário de um Confinado as Leonor
- Gilda, Lúcia and The Goat as Lúcia
- Slaps & Kisses: The Great Reunion as Fátima
2019
- Que História é Essa, Porchat? as Self
- Endless June - Brazil’s New Political Culture as Narrator
- O Juízo ... (Writer)
- Blitz, O Filme as Self
- Fire in the Forest as Narradora
- Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement as Lina Bo Bardi
2017
- The Magnificent 8 as Self
- Under Pressure as Dra. Renata
- Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century as Self
- Conversa com Bial
- Filhos da Pátria as Maria Teresa Bulhosa
- Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone
2016
2012
- Party Crashers ... (Other)
2011
- Tapas & Beijos as Fátima
- Consideração do Poema
2010
- As Cariocas as Cris
2009
- The Invisible Woman as Lúcia
- Os Normais 2 - A Noite Mais Maluca de Todas as Vani
- Domingos as Self
2008
- Critic as Self
2007
- Playing
- Basic Sanitation, the Movie as Marina
2006
- O Caso Morel as Isménia
2005
- The House of Sand as Áurea (1910-1919) / Maria (1942)
2004
- Redeemer as Isaura (jovem)
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- Os Normais: O Filme as Vani
2001
- As Filhas da Mãe as Lulu (jovem)
- Os Normais as Vanilce Alencar (Vani)
2000
- Brava Gente as Jaci
1999
- Twins as Iara / Marilena
- Treason as Irene
- Luna Caliente as Dora
1998
- Midnight as Maria
1997
- Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self
- Four Days in September as Maria
- Miramar as Produtora
1996
- The Jew as Brites
- Foreign Land as Alex
1994
- Savage Capitalism as Elisa Medeiros
- A Comédia da Vida Privada
1992
- Casseta & Planeta, Urgente! as Fernanda Montenegro
1991
- One Man’s War as Dolly
- The Flash and Crash Days
1990
- Kiss 2348/72 as Claudete
1989
- Kuarup as Francisca
- Fire and Passion as mulher comendo uma maçã
1988
- Your Neighbour's Wife as Isabel
- Hide and Seek as Magda
1986
- Selva de Pedra as Simone Marques / Rosana Reis
- Sonho Sem Fim
- Love Me Forever or Never as Her
1985
- Com Licença, Eu Vou à Luta as Eliane
- That Damned Meat as Carula
- Madame Cartô as Voz
1983
- Eu Prometo as Daisy
- Innocence as Inocência
- Parabéns pra Você as Irene
1981
- Dance with Me as Fauna França
- Brilhante as Marília Newmann Carvalho
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee