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Fernanda Torres
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)".
As actor
Films to Die For
I'm Still Here
Tributo: Fernanda Montenegro
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Gilda, Lúcia and The Goat
Endless June - Brazil’s New Political Culture
Fire in the Forest
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement
Blitz, O Filme
Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone
The Magnificent 8
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Consideração do Poema
The Invisible Woman
So Normal 2: The Craziest Night Ever
Domingos
Critic
Basic Sanitation, the Movie
Playing
O Caso Morel
The House of Sand
Redeemer
Os Normais: O Filme
Twins
Treason
Midnight
Four Days in September
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Miramar
Foreign Land