Fernanda Torres
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)".
I'm Still Here
as Eunice PaivaIn the early 1970s, the military dictatorship in Brazil reaches its height. The Paiva family -...
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Four Days in September
as MariaFernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight...
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Basic Sanitation, the Movie
as MarinaWhen they discover their town lacks funding for a sewage system, but does have a federal grant...
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The Invisible Woman
as LúciaA man is abandoned by his wife and then falls in love with his neighbor, the perfect, ideal...
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Os Normais: O Filme
as VaniThe film shows the day when Rui and Vani first met. It was at their wedding (with other...
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Os Normais 2
as VaniAfter thirteen years of engagement, the boring sex life of Rui and Vani is limited to one...
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Foreign Land
as AlexDuring a time of political upheaval in Brazil, two strangers meet by coincidence in a foreign...
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Playing
as uncreditedFollowing a newspaper ad, ordinary women tell part of their life stories to director Eduardo...
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The House of Sand
as Áurea (1910-1919) / Maria (1942)A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after...
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Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Banquet AttendeeBesieged by cancer and nearing the end, the genius Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco...
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Slaps & Kisses: The Great Reunion
as FátimaIn the special episode of Tapas & Beijos, titled "The Great Reunion", Sueli and Fátima come...
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Innocence
as InocênciaIn the 19th century, a country girl is seduced by a young doctor who's staying at her house for...
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Love Me Forever or Never
as HerYoung and recently separated couple meet in a modern house and start discussing their past...
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Critic
as SelfSeventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the...
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Redeemer
as Isaura (jovem)Célio Rocha believes he was assigned by God Himself a difficult mission: to persuade his...
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The Magnificent 8
as SelfOn a Sunday, the actors Maria Ribeiro, Fernanda Torres, Wagner Moura, Carolina Dieckmann, Sophie...
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Kuarup
as FranciscaThis epic Brazilian film was based on the equally epic novel by Antonio Callado. Set between...
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Endless June - Brazil’s New Political Culture
as NarratorAn overview of Brazil's riots of June 2013, which were the beginning of a great political change...
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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that...
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Twins
as Iara / MarileneIdentical twins Iara and Marilena like to play games and deceive men by pretending to be each...
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That Damned Meat
as CarulaNhô Quim has only one dream in his life: to eat red meat. He meets Carula, a young woman anxious...
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Kiss 2348/72
as ClaudeteWorker Norival's life turns upside down when he is caught kissing his co-worker Catarina during...
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Consideração do Poema
as uncreditedCarlos Drummond de Andrade's poetry is read by exponents of Brazilian culture, such as Chico...
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Com Licença, Eu Vou à Luta
as uncreditedIn Nilópolis, Eliane, a 15-year-old girl, who is the daughter of a lower-middle-class couple,...
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Midnight
as MariaOn December 31st 1999, destiny brings a fugitive prisoner and a depressed middle class teacher...
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One Man’s War
as DollyAnthony Hopkins plays an English medical doctor living with his family in Paraguay and treating...
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The Jew
as uncreditedThe story of Brazilian Antônio José da Silva, a jewish poet, playwright and lawyer living in the...
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Hide and Seek
as MagdaA couple, locked up in a secluded house on a rainy night, decide to play hide and seek. She...
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Gilda, Lúcia and The Goat
as LúciaThe special brings the continuation of the plot starring Gilda and Lúcia in the series 'Amor e...
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Sonho Sem Fim
as uncreditedThe story of one of Brazilian cinema's pioneers, Eduardo Abelim, from the start of his career,...
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Miramar
as uncreditedStory with some autobiographical touches taken from director's life.
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Your Neighbour's Wife
as IsabelTwo lovers meet again in strange circumstances, when she is a recent widow not particularly...
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Savage Capitalism
as Elisa MedeirosElisa is a journalist who becomes romantically involved with Hugo, a director of the company...
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Betrayal
as IreneThis film shows three episodes: "The First Sin" portrays the relationship of a man and married...
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Tributo: Fernanda Montenegro
as SelfFernanda Montenegro opens the doors of her home and recalls remarkable stories, from more modest...
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Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
as SelfTwo years of research and visits to collections, cinematheques and museums; almost seventy...
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Domingos
as SelfA look into the life and mind of Brazilian playwright and filmmaker Domingos Oliveira through...
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Fogo e Paixão
as mulher comendo uma maçãThe story of citizens from different parts of the world who come together to participate in a...
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The Flash and Crash Days
as uncredited“Flash” is a post-industrial play with a touch of stochastic Freudian genealogy that has been to...
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Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvelous Entanglement
as uncreditedThe multiple screen installation and photographic series A Marvellous Entanglement (2019)...
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Tapas & Beijos
as FátimaThe daily life of two friends, Sueli and Fátima, whom despite being independent and single...
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Brava Gente
as JaciBrava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially...
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Brava Gente
as IreneBrava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially...
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Brava Gente
as DagmarBrava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially...
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Conversa com Bial
as uncreditedJournalist Pedro Bial discusses the most important current news in Brazil and in the rest of the...
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As Cariocas
as Cris"The Cariocas", a series in ten stand-alone episodes, tells the story of ten modern-day women...
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Under Pressure
as Dra. RenataInside a chaotic emergency room in Rio de Janeiro, a team of doctors are torn between their...
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All the Women in the World
as EstelaIn this contemporary romantic comedy about love in all its forms, All the Women in the World...
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The End
as Celeste‘The End’ chronicles the passing of time in friendships and romances. The story is told through...
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Os Normais
as Vanilce Alencar (Vani)Rui and Vani, are a couple facing normal discussions, problems and situations such as infidelity...
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Amor e Sorte
as Lúcia‘Amor e Sorte’ is a four-episode independent series that brings together stories about...
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Diário de um Confinado
as LeonorStaying at home has become a form of survival in times of pandemic and the days seem to repeat...
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Luna Caliente
as DoraRamiro is a 40-year-old lawyer and university professor who returns to Brazil after eight years...
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Minha Estupidez
as uncreditedIn each episode, Fernanda Torres conducts an interview with an intellectual whom she admires and...
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