Biography
Arlette Pinheiro Monteiro Torres, known by her stage name Fernanda Montenegro, is a Brazilian actress. Considered by many as the greatest Brazilian actress of all time, she is often referred to as the grande dame of Brazilian theater, cinema, and performing arts. For her work in Central Station (1998), she became the first Brazilian and first Latin American 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 film. Her daughter, actress Fernanda Torres, was also nominated in 2025. Additionally, she became the first Brazilian to win the Emmy Award for Best Actress, for her performance in Sweet Mother (2014).
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Awards & recognition
- International Emmy Award — Best Actress · 2013
- Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro — Best Actress · 2005
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award — Best Actress · 1998
- National Board of Review Award — Best Actress · 1998
- Silver Bear — Best Actress · 1998
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- Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) · 1995
- National Order of Merit
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1999 · nominated
Filmography13 titles
Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
Central Station
I'm Still Here
Emicida: AmarElo – Ao Vivo
Invisible Life
Four Days in September
Sweet Diva
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Love in the Time of Cholera
The House of Sand
A Dog's Will 2
The Other Side of Paradise
Rio, I Love You