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Fernanda Torres

Born 1965-09-14
📍 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 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)".

Filmography 70

Films to Die For
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
Tributo: Fernanda Montenegro
as Self
2024
I'm Still Here
as Eunice Paiva
2024
The End
as Celeste
2023
Gilda, Lúcia and The Goat
as Lúcia
2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Banquet Attendee
2020
Amor e Sorte
as Lúcia
2020
Diário de um Confinado
as Leonor
2020
All the Women in the World
as Estela
2020
Blitz, O Filme
as Self
2019
Endless June - Brazil’s New Political Culture
as Narrator
2019
Fire in the Forest
as Narradora
2019
Que História é Essa, Porchat?
as Self
2019
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement
as Lina Bo Bardi
2019
Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone
2017
The Magnificent 8
as Self
2017
Filhos da Pátria
as Maria Teresa Bulhosa
2017
Under Pressure
as Dra. Renata
2017
Conversa com Bial
2017
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
as Self
2017
Minha Estupidez
2016
Tapas & Beijos
as Fátima
2011
Consideração do Poema
2011
The Cariocas
as Cris
2010
Os Normais 2 - A Noite Mais Maluca de Todas
as Vani
2009
The Invisible Woman
as Lúcia
2009
Domingos
as Self
2009
Critic
as Self
2008
Jogo de Cena
as Actress
2007
Basic Sanitation, the Movie
as Marina
2007
The House of Sand
as Áurea (1910-1919) / Maria (1942)
2005
Redeemer
as Isaura (jovem)
2004
Os Normais: O Filme
as Vani
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
As Filhas da Mãe
as Lulu (jovem)
2001
Os Normais
as Vanilce Alencar (Vani)
2001
Brava Gente
as Jaci
2000
Brava Gente
as Irene
2000
Brava Gente
as Dagmar
2000
Luna Caliente
as Dora
1999
Twins
as Iara / Marilena
1999
Treason
as Irene / Dagmar
1999
Midnight
as Maria
1998
Miramar
as Produtora
1997
Four Days in September
as Andréia / Maria
1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
1997
Foreign Land
as Alex
1996
The Jew
as Brites
1996
A Comédia da Vida Privada
1994
Savage Capitalism
as Elisa Medeiros
1994
Casseta & Planeta, Urgente!
as Fernanda Montenegro
1992
The Flash and Crash Days
1991
One Man’s War
as Dolly
1991
Kiss 2348/72
as Claudete
1990
Kuarup
as Francisca
1989
Fire and Passion
as Mulher Comendo uma Maçã
1989
Your Neighbour's Wife
as Isabel
1988
Hide and Seek
as Magda
1988
Sonho Sem Fim
1986
Love Me Forever or Never
as Her
1986
Selva de Pedra
as Simone Marques / Rosana Reis
1986
Com Licença, Eu Vou à Luta
as Eliane
1985
That Damned Meat
as Carula
1985
Eu Prometo
as Daisy Cantomaia
1983
Innocence
as Inocência
1983
Parabéns pra Você
as Irene
1983
Brilhante
as Marília Newmann Carvalho
1981
Dance with Me
as Fauna França
1981
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944