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Fernanda Torres

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Fernanda Torres

Born September 14, 1965 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil34 films

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.

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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)".

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I'm Still Here posterFirst watchI'm Still Here20247.9as Eunice PaivaA woman married to a former politician during the 1971 military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.View film

Essential films

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Four Days in September poster7.5Four Days in September1997Basic Sanitation, the Movie poster7.2Basic Sanitation, the Movie2007Os Normais: O Filme poster6.9Os Normais: O Filme2003The Invisible Woman poster6.1The Invisible Woman2009Foreign Land poster7.3Foreign Land1996So Normal 2: The Craziest Night Ever poster6.6So Normal 2: The Craziest Night Ever2009The House of Sand poster6.7The House of Sand2005

Filmography

34 films as actor
  1. TBAThe BrokersVânia
  2. TBACuddleAva
  3. 2024I'm Still HereEunice Paiva
  4. 2020Gilda, Lúcia and The GoatLúcia
  5. 2019Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous EntanglementLina Bo Bardi
  6. 2009So Normal 2: The Craziest Night EverVani
  7. 2009The Invisible WomanLúcia
  8. 2007Basic Sanitation, the MovieMarina
  9. 2006O Caso MorelIsménia
  10. 2005The House of SandÁurea (1910-1919) / Maria (1942)
  11. 2004RedeemerIsaura (jovem)
  12. 2003Os Normais: O FilmeVani
  13. 1999TwinsIara / Marilena
  14. 1999TreasonIrene / Dagmar
  15. 1998MidnightMaria
  16. 1997MiramarProdutora
  17. 1997Four Days in SeptemberAndréia / Maria
  18. 1996Foreign LandAlex
  19. 1996The JewBrites
  20. 1994Savage CapitalismElisa Medeiros
  21. 1991The Flash and Crash Days
  22. 1991One Man’s WarDolly
  23. 1990Kiss 2348/72Claudete
  24. 1989KuarupFrancisca
  25. 1989Fire and PassionMulher Comendo uma Maçã
  26. 1988Your Neighbour's WifeIsabel
  27. 1988Hide and SeekMagda
  28. 1986Sonho Sem Fim
  29. 1986Love Me Forever or NeverHer
  30. 1985Com Licença, Eu Vou à LutaEliane
  31. 1985That Damned MeatCarula
  32. 1985Madame CartôVoz
  33. 1984Amenic - Entre o Discurso e a Prática
  34. 1983InnocenceInocência