Fernanda Montenegro
Fernanda Montenegro ONM | |
|---|---|
Montenegro in 2019 | |
| Born | Arlette Pinheiro Esteves da Silva 16 October 1929 |
| Education | Pedro II School |
| Alma mater | Berlitz Corporation |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1950–present |
| Spouse |
Fernando Torres
(m. 1953; died 2008) |
| Children | Cláudio Torres Fernanda Torres |
| Website | Official website |
Arlette Pinheiro Esteves Torres (born October 16, 1929) is a Brazilian actress. She is best known for her leading role in Central Station, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.[2] She is the first Brazilian to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, as well as the first actress nominated for an Academy Award for a performance in a Portuguese language movie. Her daughter, Fernanda Torres was also nominated in 2025.[3][4]
Fernanda Montenegro was born as Arlette Pinheiro Esteves da Silva in Rio de Janeiro. She was the daughter of Vitório Esteves da Silva, a mechanic of Portuguese origin, and Carmen Nieddu Pinheiro Esteves da Silva, a housewife. Her family is from the Italian island of Sardinia.[5][6]
In 2013, she was voted the 15th most influential celebrity in Brazil by Forbes magazine.[7] During the Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics, Fernanda read the poem "A Flor e a Náusea" by Carlos Drummond de Andrade, dubbed in English by Judi Dench.
On 4 November 2021, she was elected to occupy the Chair number 17 at the Brazilian Academy of Letters.[8]
In November 2024, she was recognized by Guinness World Records for achieving the biggest audience in a Philosophy lecture, with over 15,000 people attending an event on 18 August 2024 at the Ibirapuera Park, where Montenegro read La Cérémonie des Adieux by Simone de Beauvoir.[9]
References
- ↑ "10 Curiosidades que talvez você não saiba sobre Fernanda Montenegro". Portal Uai (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-10-16. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
- ↑ Fernanda Montenegro (Brazilian actress), Encylcopaedia Britannica Online. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ↑ "Latinos In The Oscars: Almost 60 Winners And Nominees Along The History Of The Academy Awards! [PHOTOS]". Archived from the original on February 24, 2015. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- ↑ "History of Latino Academy Award Nominees & Winners". Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- ↑ "IstoÉ Gente: Fernanda Montenegro". Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
- ↑ Fernanda Montenegro – Site Oficial – Universo Online
- ↑ Forbes. "Forbes apresenta as celebridades mais influentes do Brasil". Exame. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- ↑ Salles, Stéfano (4 November 2021). "Fernanda Montenegro é eleita para a Academia Brasileira de Letras". CNN Brazil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-11-04.
- ↑ Pinotti, Fernanda (14 November 2024). "Fernanda Montenegro entra para o Guinness Book após bater recorde; veja qual". CNN Brazil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-11-14.
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