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Fernanda Torres
Fernanda Pinheiro Monteiro Torres (Brazilian Portuguese: [feʁˈnɐ̃dɐ ˈtoʁis]; born 15 September 1965) is a Brazilian stage and screen actress and writer renowned for her versatility across both comedic and dramatic roles. She has earned numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe, the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, a Brazilian Academy Film Award, as well as a nomination for an Academy Award.
Torres received international acclaim for her performance as Eunice Paiva in the drama I'm Still Here (2024). She became the first Brazilian, first South American and first Portuguese-speaking actor to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming only the second Brazilian actress to be nominated in that category, the first being her mother, Fernanda Montenegro.
Her debut novel, The End, sold over 200,000 copies in Brazil. It was translated into seven other languages and adapted into a miniseries.
Debuting as an actress at thirteen, Torres established a career that spans more than four decades in theater, television, literature and cinema.
Her film debut was at the age of 17, in 1983, with the film Innocência, based on the work of Viscount of Taunay and directed by Walter Lima Jr. Her next movie A Marvada Carne (1985), by André Klotzel, won her the award for Best Actress at the Gramado Festival. For Love Me Forever or Never (1986) by Arnaldo Jabor, Torres won the Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival and at the Cuba Film Festival.
Among her 24 film credits, the most notable are: Excuse Me, I'm Going to Fight (1986), Best Actress at the Nantes Film Festival and a special nomination at the Locarno Festival; One Man's War (1991) by Sergio Toledo, alongside Anthony Hopkins and Norma Aleandro; Foreign Land (1996) by Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas; Four Days in September (1997) by Bruno Barreto, nominated as Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards; Gêmeas (1999); Redentor (2004), a film directed by her brother, Cláudio Torres; and The House of Sand (2005), directed by her husband Andrucha Waddington.
In 2024, she played Eunice Paiva in the biographical film I'm Still Here, based on the book of the same name by Marcelo Rubens Paiva and working again with director Walter Salles. For her performance, Torres became the second Brazilian to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, the first one being her mother Fernanda Montenegro 26 years before her, and also the first Brazilian to win the award. They also became the first mother-daughter duo to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress category since Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli.
In June 2025, Torres was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Fernanda Torres
Fernanda Pinheiro Monteiro Torres (Brazilian Portuguese: [feʁˈnɐ̃dɐ ˈtoʁis]; born 15 September 1965) is a Brazilian stage and screen actress and writer renowned for her versatility across both comedic and dramatic roles. She has earned numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe, the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, a Brazilian Academy Film Award, as well as a nomination for an Academy Award.
Torres received international acclaim for her performance as Eunice Paiva in the drama I'm Still Here (2024). She became the first Brazilian, first South American and first Portuguese-speaking actor to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming only the second Brazilian actress to be nominated in that category, the first being her mother, Fernanda Montenegro.
Her debut novel, The End, sold over 200,000 copies in Brazil. It was translated into seven other languages and adapted into a miniseries.
Debuting as an actress at thirteen, Torres established a career that spans more than four decades in theater, television, literature and cinema.
Her film debut was at the age of 17, in 1983, with the film Innocência, based on the work of Viscount of Taunay and directed by Walter Lima Jr. Her next movie A Marvada Carne (1985), by André Klotzel, won her the award for Best Actress at the Gramado Festival. For Love Me Forever or Never (1986) by Arnaldo Jabor, Torres won the Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival and at the Cuba Film Festival.
Among her 24 film credits, the most notable are: Excuse Me, I'm Going to Fight (1986), Best Actress at the Nantes Film Festival and a special nomination at the Locarno Festival; One Man's War (1991) by Sergio Toledo, alongside Anthony Hopkins and Norma Aleandro; Foreign Land (1996) by Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas; Four Days in September (1997) by Bruno Barreto, nominated as Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards; Gêmeas (1999); Redentor (2004), a film directed by her brother, Cláudio Torres; and The House of Sand (2005), directed by her husband Andrucha Waddington.
In 2024, she played Eunice Paiva in the biographical film I'm Still Here, based on the book of the same name by Marcelo Rubens Paiva and working again with director Walter Salles. For her performance, Torres became the second Brazilian to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, the first one being her mother Fernanda Montenegro 26 years before her, and also the first Brazilian to win the award. They also became the first mother-daughter duo to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress category since Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli.
In June 2025, Torres was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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