Fernanda Torres

Also known as Fernanda Pinheiro Monteiro Torres

Brazilian actress and writer

Person · Open Library

Works: 6

Top works

Einde
Shakespeare à Rio
O João Valentão e outras histórias para teatro de fantoches
Fin
Glory and its Litany of Horrors

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Film & TV

Acting · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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…

Known for

Films to Die For — (archive footage) (uncredited)2025
I'm Still Here — Eunice Paiva2024
Tributo: Fernanda Montenegro — Self2024
The End — Celeste2023
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die — Banquet Attendee2020
Gilda, Lúcia and The Goat — Lúcia2020
All the Women in the World — Estela2020
Amor e Sorte — Lúcia2020
Diário de um Confinado — Leonor2020
Endless June - Brazil’s New Political Culture — Narrator2019

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 123
Total plays: 713

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,039x
Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,439x
GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
· 2017 · cited 8,081x
Inferring tumour purity and stromal and immune cell admixture from expression data
· 2013 · cited 7,767x
<i>Gaia</i> Data Release 2
· 2018 · cited 7,372x

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Key facts

Born: Fernanda Pinheiro Monteiro Torres , ( 1965-09-15 ) 15 September 1965 (age 60) , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
Occupations: Actress writer
Years active: 1979–present
Spouse: Andrucha Waddington ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1997 )
Parents: Fernando Torres (father) Fernanda Montenegro (mother)
Relatives: Cláudio Torres [ pt ] (brother)

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Wikidata facts

Image: Fernanda Torres, September 2024.jpg
Number of children: 2

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date of birth: 1965-09-14
Commons category: Fernanda Torres
start of work period: 1979-00-00
nickname: Nanda
birth name: Fernanda Pinheiro Monteiro Torres

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Article

Fernanda Pinheiro Monteiro Torres ( Brazilian Portuguese: [feʁˈnɐ̃dɐ ˈtoʁis]; born 15 September 1965) is a Brazilian stage and screen actress and writer renowned for her versatility across both comedic and dramatic roles. She has earned numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe, the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, a Brazilian Academy Film Award, as well as a nomination for an Academy Award.

Torres received international acclaim for her performance as Eunice Paiva in the drama I'm Still Here (2024). She became the first Brazilian, first South American and first Portuguese-speaking actor to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming only the second Brazilian actress to be nominated in that category, the first being her mother, Fernanda Montenegro.