Fernanda Torres
Acting
- Born:
- 1965-09-14
- Place of birth:
- Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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)".
Known For
Filmography
Fernanda
Times of Innocence
Films to Die For
Tributo: Fernanda Montenegro
I'm Still Here
The End
The Others
Gilda, Lúcia and The Goat
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Love and Luck
Diário de um Confinado
All the Women in the World
Blitz, O Filme
O Juízo
Endless June - Brazil’s New Political Culture
Fire in the Forest
Que História é Essa, Porchat?
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement
Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone
The Magnificent 8
Filhos da Pátria
Under Pressure
Conversa com Bial
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Minha Estupidez
O País do Cinema
Party Crashers
Slaps & Kisses
Consideração do Poema
The Cariocas
So Normal 2: The Craziest Night Ever
The Invisible Woman
Domingos
Critic
Playing
Basic Sanitation, the Movie
O Caso Morel
The House of Sand
Redeemer
Os Normais: O Filme
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
As Filhas da Mãe
Os Normais
Brava Gente
Luna Caliente
Twins
Treason
Midnight
Miramar
Four Days in September
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Foreign Land
The Jew
A Comédia da Vida Privada
Savage Capitalism
Casseta & Planeta, Urgente!
The Flash and Crash Days
One Man’s War
Kiss 2348/72
Kuarup