Fernanda Torres
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1965-09-14
- 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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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 19,828x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,371x
- GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
· 2017 · cited 8,035x
- Inferring tumour purity and stromal and immune cell admixture from expression data
· 2013 · cited 7,737x
- <i>Gaia</i> Data Release 2
· 2018 · cited 7,349x
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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)
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 14 September 1965
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Fernanda
- Family name
- Torres
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Rio de Janeiro
- Spouse
- Pedro Bial
- Father
- Fernando Torres
- Mother
- Fernanda Montenegro
- Occupation
- writer
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.
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