Fernanda Torres

Fernanda Torres
Torres in 2024
Born
Fernanda Pinheiro Monteiro Torres

(1965-09-15) 15 September 1965[1]
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Years active1981—present
Spouse
Andrucha Waddington
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(m. 2007)​
Children2
Parents

Fernanda Pinheiro Monteiro Torres (born 15 September 1965) is a Brazilian actress and writer. She was born in Rio de Janeiro to actors Fernando Torres and Fernanda Montenegro.[2] She became an actress at age thirteen.[3] She won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for Love Me Forever or Never (1986).[2]

She is known for her role in the 2004 movie I'm Still Here. For this role, Torres became the first Brazilian, Latin American, and Portuguese-speaking actor to win the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.[4][5] She also received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the second Brazilian actress, after her mother, to be nominated in this category.[6][4]

Her first novel, The End, sold over 200,000 copies in Brazil, was translated into 7 other languages and was made into a miniseries.[7][8]

Torres is of Portuguese and Italian descent.[9][10] She is married to movie producer and director Andrucha Waddington. The couple has two sons. She is also stepmother of two sons, from Andrucha's first marriage.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ Fernanda Torres, Memória Globo - Rede Globo Archived 6 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Fernanda TORRES". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  3. ↑ "Fernanda Torres celebra estreia da série Fim, 10 anos após o lançamento do livro: 'Já tinha um DNA de folhetim'". gshow (in Brazilian Portuguese). 25 October 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Rubin, Rebecca (6 January 2025). "'I'm Still Here' Star Fernanda Torres Wins Golden Globe 26 Years After Her Mom Was Nominated in Same Category". Variety. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  5. ↑ Rubin, Rebecca (5 January 2025). "Golden Globe Winners & Nominees". Golden Globes. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  6. ↑ Vilela, Luiza. "Fernanda Torres se torna a 1ª brasileira a conquistar o prêmio de Melhor Atriz no Globo de Ouro | Exame". exame.com (in Brazilian Portuguese).
  7. ↑ "Folha.com - Ilustrada - Fernanda Torres estreia coluna hoje na Ilustrada - 11/12/2010". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  8. ↑ "Fernanda Torres: A liberal e o cortejo de horrores". epoca.globo.com. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  9. ↑ "IstoÉ Gente: Fernanda Montenegro". Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  10. ↑ Fernanda Montenegro – Site Oficial – Universo Online
  11. ↑ "Fernanda Torres se diz 'madrastérrima': 'Eu nunca quis ser uma mãe substituta'". Encontro com Fátima Bernardes (in Brazilian Portuguese).
  12. ↑ "Fernanda Torres faz aparição rara com o marido e o enteado em noite de cinema". Quem (in Brazilian Portuguese). 17 October 2024.

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