Cast
Fernanda Montenegro
1929
- Active years (films on this site)
- 1998–2024
- Schools and movements
- Brazilian CinemaLatin American Cinema
Directors worked with
Biography
Arlette Pinheiro Monteiro Torres, known by her stage name Fernanda Montenegro, is a Brazilian actress. Considered by many as the greatest Brazilian actress of all time, she is often referred to as the grande dame of Brazilian theater, cinema, and performing arts. For her work in Central Station (1998), she became the first Brazilian and first Latin American to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, as well as the first actress nominated for an Academy Award for a performance in a Portuguese language film. Her daughter, actress Fernanda Torres, was also nominated in 2025. Additionally, she became the first Brazilian to win the Emmy Award for Best Actress, for her performance in Sweet Mother (2014).
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Awards and honours
International
- Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) 1995
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress 1998
- National Board of Review Award for Best Actress 1998
- Silver Bear for Best Actress 1998
- International Emmy Award for Best Actress 2013
- National Order of Merit
National / local
- Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro for Best Actress 2005
2 films on this site
- Central Station 1998 · Walter Salles · IMDb 8.0 · Cast
- I'm Still Here 2024 · Walter Salles · IMDb 8.1 · Cast