Cast & creator
Fernanda Torres
Best known for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Golden Globe Awards, Dance with Me
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)".
Also known as: フェルナンダ・トーレス, 费尔南达·托雷斯, Fernanda Pinheiro Monteiro Torres
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1944–2025 · acting roles
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Filmography (95)
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Dance with Me
Fauna França
1981
The Oscars
Self
1953
Que História é Essa, Porchat?
Self
2019
Brava Gente
Jaci
2000Brava Gente
Irene
2000Brava Gente
Dagmar
2000
As Filhas da Mãe
Lulu (jovem)
2001
Selva de Pedra
Simone Marques / Rosana Reis
1986
Casseta & Planeta, Urgente!
Fernanda Montenegro
1992
Tapas & Beijos
Fátima
2011
Conversa com Bial
2017
O País do Cinema
Self
2016
Brilhante
Marília Newmann Carvalho
1981
I'm Still Here
Eunice Paiva
2024
Eu Prometo
Daisy Cantomaia
1983
Under Pressure
Dra. Renata
2017
The Others
Writer
2023
A Comédia da Vida Privada
1994
The Cariocas
Cris
2010
The End
Celeste
2023The End
Screenplay
2023The End
Book
2023The End
Creator
2023
All the Women in the World
Estela
2020
Diário de um Confinado
Leonor
2020
Filhos da Pátria
Maria Teresa Bulhosa
2017
Os Normais
Vanilce Alencar (Vani)
2001
Parabéns pra Você
Irene
1983
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Self
1997
Love and Luck
Lúcia
2020Love and Luck
Writer
2020
Luna Caliente
Dora
1999
Four Days in September
Andréia / Maria
1997
The Invisible Woman
Lúcia
2009
O Juízo
Writer
2019
One Man’s War
Dolly
1991
Basic Sanitation, the Movie
Marina
2007
Films to Die For
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
Innocence
Inocência
1983
Treason
Irene / Dagmar
1999Treason
Writer
1999
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Banquet Attendee
2020
Hide and Seek
Magda
1988
Foreign Land
Alex
1996
Your Neighbour's Wife
Isabel
1988
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Self
2017Madame Cartô
Voz
1985
The House of Sand
Áurea (1910-1919) / Maria (1942)
2005The Brokers
Vânia
The Brokers
Writer
Love Me Forever or Never
Her
1986
Com Licença, Eu Vou à Luta
Eliane
1985Com Licença, Eu Vou à Luta
Writer
1985
Miramar
Produtora
1997
Minha Estupidez
2016Minha Estupidez
Writer
2016Minha Estupidez
Creator
2016
Cuddle
Ava
The Magnificent 8
Self
2017
So Normal 2: The Craziest Night Ever
Vani
2009
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement
Lina Bo Bardi
2019
Fire and Passion
Mulher Comendo uma Maçã
1989
Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone
2017
Kuarup
Francisca
1989
Critic
Self
2008
Gilda, Lúcia and The Goat
Lúcia
2020Gilda, Lúcia and The Goat
Writer
2020
That Damned Meat
Carula
1985
Blitz, O Filme
Self
2019
Os Normais: O Filme
Vani
2003
Midnight
Maria
1998
Twins
Iara / Marilena
1999Twins
Associate Producer
1999Times of Innocence
Self
Playing
Actress
2007Amenic - Entre o Discurso e a Prática
1984
Redeemer
Isaura (jovem)
2004Redeemer
Story
2004Redeemer
Screenplay
2004
Kiss 2348/72
Claudete
1990
Tributo: Fernanda Montenegro
Self
2024O Caso Morel
Isménia
2006
Endless June - Brazil’s New Political Culture
Narrator
2019
Party Crashers
Other
2012
Sonho Sem Fim
1986
The Jew
Brites
1996
The Flash and Crash Days
1991
Domingos
Self
2009
Consideração do Poema
2011
Fire in the Forest
Narradora
2019
Savage Capitalism
Elisa Medeiros
1994Savage Capitalism
Screenplay
1994Savage Capitalism
Associate Producer
1994