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Fernanda Torres
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Torres in 2024
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Fernanda Pinheiro Monteiro Torres
15 September 1965 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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| Years active | 1979–present |
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Andrucha Waddington
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| Children | 2 |
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| Relatives | Cláudio Torres (brother) |
Fernanda Torres is a famous Brazilian actress and writer. She was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on September 15, 1965. Her parents, Fernando Torres and Fernanda Montenegro, were also actors.
Fernanda is known for playing both funny and serious characters. She has won many awards for her acting. One of her biggest awards was the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1986 for the movie Love Me Forever or Never.
More recently, in 2024, Fernanda played Eunice Paiva in the movie I'm Still Here. For this role, she made history. She became the first Brazilian and first Portuguese-speaking actor to win a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. She was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress, just like her mother was before her.
Besides acting, Fernanda is also a successful writer. Her first book, The End, sold over 200,000 copies in Brazil. It was translated into seven other languages and even made into a TV miniseries.
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Fernanda Torres's Acting Journey
Fernanda Torres started acting when she was just thirteen years old. Her career has now lasted for more than forty years. She has worked in theater, television, and movies.
Her Movie Roles
Fernanda's first movie was Innocência in 1983, when she was 17. She won her first Best Actress award at the Gramado Festival for her role in A Marvada Carne (1985). A year later, she won the Best Actress award at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival for Love Me Forever or Never. This was a huge achievement!
She has been in many other important films. These include Excuse Me, I'm Going to Fight (1986), Foreign Land (1996), and Four Days in September (1997). The movie Four Days in September was even nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. She also starred in The House of Sand (2005), which was directed by her husband, Andrucha Waddington.
In 2024, Fernanda played Eunice Paiva in the movie I'm Still Here. This role brought her a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination. She and her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, are the first mother-daughter duo to be nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. In June 2025, Fernanda was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the group that gives out the Oscars.
Her Theater Work
Fernanda started her stage career at Teatro O Tablado when she was thirteen. Her first play was Um Tango Argentino in 1978. She has acted in more than ten plays. She was praised for her roles in plays like Orlando (1989) and Two Women and a Corpse (2000).
One of her most famous theater roles was in the play A Casa dos Budas Ditosos. This play started in 2003 and was seen by over one million people!
Her Television Appearances
On television, Fernanda has starred in many popular comedy shows and soap operas in Brazil. From 2001 to 2003, she was in the series Os Normais with Luiz Fernando Guimarães. This show was very funny and became a huge hit. Fans loved the characters Rui and Vani so much that they often stayed home on Friday nights to watch. The success of the show led to two movies: Os Normais – O Filme (2003) and Os Normais 2: A Noite Mais Maluca de Todas (2009).
From 2011 to 2015, Fernanda starred in another comedy series called Tapas & Beijos. She won several awards for her role in this show, including the Best of the Year Award for Best Actress.
In 2016, she wrote the script for a movie called O Juízo, which featured her mother. In 2018, she joined the cast of the series Sob Pressão as a hospital administrator. She has also hosted TV projects and a podcast.
Becoming a Writer
Fernanda began writing for newspapers and magazines in 2007. Since 2010, she has written a weekly column for the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo.
In 2014, she published her first novel, The End. It was a big success, selling over 200,000 copies in Brazil and being translated into seven languages. In 2023, Fernanda herself created and wrote a 10-episode miniseries based on her novel for the streaming service Globoplay.
In 2017, she published her second novel, Glory and Its Litany of Horrors.
Personal Life
Fernanda Torres is married to movie producer and director Andrucha Waddington. They have two sons, Joaquim (born in 2000) and Antônio (born in 2008). She is also a stepmother to João and Pedro, who are her husband's sons from a previous marriage.
Awards and Recognitions
Fernanda Torres has received many awards throughout her career. Here are some of her most notable achievements:
- 1985: Won Best Actress at the Festival de Gramado for A Marvada Carne.
- 1986: Won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for Love Me Forever or Never.
- 1986: Won Best Actress at the Three Continents Festival for Com Licença, Eu Vou à Luta.
- 1999: Won Best Actress at the Festival de Brasília for Gêmeas.
- 2000: Won Best Actress from the São Paulo Art Critics Association for O Primeiro Dia.
- 2006: Won Best Actress at the Guadalajara International Film Festival for The House of Sand.
- 2024: Won Best Actress – International Film at the Celebration of Cinema and Television for I'm Still Here.
- 2025: Won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for I'm Still Here.
- 2025: Won Best Actress from the São Paulo Art Critics Association for I'm Still Here.
- 2025: Won the Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for I'm Still Here.
- 2025: Won Best Actress at the Latino Entertainment Journalists’ Film Awards for I'm Still Here.
- 2025: Won Best Actress at the Gold Derby Film Awards for I'm Still Here.
- 2025: Won the Platino Award for Best Actress for I'm Still Here.
- 2025: Received a Virtuoso Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
- 2025: Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for I'm Still Here.
See also
In Spanish: Fernanda Torres para niños
