Fernanda Torres

Born: 1965-09-14

Fernanda Pinheiro Monteiro Torres (born September 15, 1965) is a Brazilian movie, stage and television actress and writer. She was born in Rio de Janeiro, 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.


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Four Days in September

as Maria
Released: 1997-10-01

Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight...

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Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

as Banquet Attendee
Released: 2020-11-26

Besieged by cancer and nearing the end, the genius Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco...

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Os Normais: O Filme

as Vani
Released: 2003-10-24

The film shows the day when Rui and Vani first met. It was at their wedding (with other...

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Crítico

as Self
Released: 2008-01-22

Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the...

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Basic Sanitation, the Movie

as Marina
Released: 2007-07-20

When they discover their town lacks funding for a sewage system, but does have a federal grant...

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The Invisible Woman

as Lúcia
Released: 2009-06-05

A man is abandoned by his wife and then falls in love with his neighbor, the perfect, ideal...

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Foreign Land

as Alex
Released: 1996-09-04

After the death of his mother, a young Brazilian decides to leave his country and travel to her...

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Redeemer

as Isaura (jovem)
Released: 2004-09-10

Célio Rocha believes he was assigned by God Himself a difficult mission: to persuade his...

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Os Normais 2

as Vani
Released: 2009-08-28

After thirteen years of engagement, the boring sex life of Rui and Vani is limited to one...

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Kuarup

as Francisca
Released: 1989-06-02

This epic Brazilian film was based on the equally epic novel by Antonio Callado. Set between...

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Innocence

as Inocência
Released: 1983-09-16

In the 19th century, a country girl is seduced by a young doctor who's staying at her house for...

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Miramar

as uncredited
Released: 1997-11-19

Story with some autobiographical touches taken from director's life.

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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

as Self
Released: 1997-01-01

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that...

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Betrayal

as Irene
Released: 1999-02-26

This film shows three episodes: "The First Sin" portrays the relationship of a man and married...

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The Jew

as uncredited
Released: 1996-01-16

The story of Brazilian Antônio José da Silva, a jewish poet, playwright and lawyer living in the...

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Playing

as uncredited
Released: 2007-11-09

Following 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)
Released: 2005-05-13

A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after...

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Twins

as Iara / Marilene
Released: 1999-04-30

Identical twins Iara and Marilena like to play games and deceive men by pretending to be each...

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One Man’s War

as Dolly
Released: 1991-04-20

Anthony Hopkins plays an English medical doctor living with his family in Paraguay and treating...

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Savage Capitalism

as Elisa Medeiros
Released: 1994-02-01

Elisa is a journalist who becomes romantically involved with Hugo, a director of the company...

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Consideração do Poema

as uncredited
Released: 2011-03-03

Carlos Drummond de Andrade's poetry is read by exponents of Brazilian culture, such as Chico...

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Kiss 2348/72

as Claudete
Released: 1990-10-01

Worker Norival's life turns upside down when he is caught kissing his co-worker Catarina during...

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Domingos

as Self
Released: 2009-01-01

A look into the life and mind of Brazilian playwright and filmmaker Domingos Oliveira through...

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A Marvada Carne

as Carula
Released: 1987-10-01

Hillbilly has one single dream in life: eat beef. He finds a little maid who's anxious to marry,...

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Endless June - Brazil’s New Political Culture

as Narrator
Released: 2019-10-22

An overview of Brazil's riots of June 2013, which were the beginning of a great political change...

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Midnight

as Maria
Released: 1998-08-12

On December 31st 1999, destiny brings a fugitive prisoner and a depressed middle class teacher...

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Fogo e Paixão

as mulher comendo uma maçã
Released: 1989-04-01

The story of citizens from different parts of the world who come together to participate in a...

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Hide and Seek

as Magda
Released: 1988-01-01

A 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 Lúcia
Released: 2020-12-25

The special brings the continuation of the plot starring Gilda and Lúcia in the series 'Amor e...

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The Magnificent 8

as Self
Released: 2017-10-09

On a Sunday, the actors Maria Ribeiro, Fernanda Torres, Wagner Moura, Carolina Dieckmann, Sophie...

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Sonho Sem Fim

as uncredited
Released: 1986-12-11

The story of one of Brazilian cinema's pioneers, Eduardo Abelim, from the start of his career,...

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Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century

as Self
Released: 2017-03-31

Two years of research and visits to collections, cinematheques and museums; almost seventy...

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Love Me Forever or Never

as uncredited
Released: 1986-04-17

Young and recently separated couple meet in a modern house and start discussing their past...

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Com Licença, Eu Vou à Luta

as uncredited
Released: 1985-11-30

In Nilópolis, Eliane, a 15-year-old girl, who is the daughter of a lower-middle-class couple,...

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Your Neighbour's Wife

as Isabel
Released: 1988-12-01

Two lovers meet again in strange circumstances, when she is a recent widow not particularly...

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The Flash and Crash Days

as uncredited
Released: 1991-11-09

“Flash” is a post-industrial play with a touch of stochastic Freudian genealogy that has been to...

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Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone

as uncredited
Released: 2017-11-18

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Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvelous Entanglement

as uncredited
Released: 2020-09-23

The multiple screen installation and photographic series A Marvellous Entanglement (2019)...

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Que História é Essa, Porchat?

as Self
First aired: 2019-08-06

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Selva de Pedra

as Simone Marques / Rosana Reis
First aired: 1986-02-24

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Baila Comigo

as Fauna França
First aired: 1981-03-16

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Tapas & Beijos

as Fátima
First aired: 2011-04-05

The daily life of two friends, Sueli and Fátima, whom despite being independent and single...

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Under Pressure

as Dra. Renata
First aired: 2017-07-25

Inside a chaotic emergency room in Rio de Janeiro, a team of doctors are torn between their...

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A Comédia da Vida Privada

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-08-03

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Conversa com Bial

as uncredited
First aired: 2017-05-03

With decades of experience of reporting and a curious spirit for the history of the other, Pedro...

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As Cariocas

as Cris
First aired: 2010-10-19

"The Cariocas", a series in ten stand-alone episodes, tells the story of ten modern-day women...

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Fim

as Celeste
First aired: 2023-10-25

A group of friends who don't believe that life is limited to finding love and being happy...

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Amor e Sorte

as Lúcia
First aired: 2020-09-08

‘Amor e Sorte’ is a four-episode independent series that brings together stories about...

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All the Women in the World

as Estela
First aired: 2020-04-25

In this contemporary romantic comedy about love in all its forms, All the Women in the World...

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Diário de um Confinado

as Leonor
First aired: 2020-06-26

Staying 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 Dora
First aired: 1999-12-15

Ramiro is a 40-year-old lawyer and university professor who returns to Brazil after eight years...

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Brilhante

as Marília Newmann Carvalho
First aired: 1981-09-28

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Filhos da Pátria

as Maria Teresa Bulhosa
First aired: 2017-09-19

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Os Normais

as Vanilce Alencar (Vani)
First aired: 2001-06-01

Rui and Vani, are a couple facing normal discussions, problems and situations such as infidelity...

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