Fernanda Pinheiro Monteiro Torres
[ (born 15 September 1965) is a Brazilian film, stage and television actress and writer. She was born in ]Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...
, the daughter of the Oscar-nominated actress Fernanda Montenegro
Arlette Pinheiro Esteves Torres ONM (née da Silva; born 16 October 1929), known by her stage name Fernanda Montenegro ( /feʁˈnɐ̃dɐ mõtʃiˈnegɾu/), is a Brazilian stage, television and film actress. Considered by many the greatest Brazi ...
and the actor Fernando Torres
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.
In May 1986, she received the Best Actress Award at Cannes Festival
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for '' Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar'' at the age of 20.Andrucha Waddington
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Career
His several film credits include “ Me You Them” (2000), Mention spéciale of Un Certain Regard in Cannes, an Official Sele ...
, 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.
Selected filmography
*'' Inocência'' (1983)
*'' A Marvada Carne'' (1985)
*'' Com Licença, Eu Vou à Luta'' (1986)
*'' Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar'' (1986)
*'' A Mulher do Próximo'' (1988)
*'' Kuarup'' (1989)
*'' Beijo 2348/72'' (1990)
*''One Man's War
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'' (1991)
*'' Capitalismo Selvagem'' (1993)
*'' Foreign Land'' (1996)
*'' O Judeu'' (1996)
*''Four Days in September
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'' (1997)
*'' Traição'' (1998)
*'' Gêmeas'' (1999)
*''Os Normais
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'' (2003)
*'' Redentor'' (2004)
*'' The House of Sand'' (2005)
*''Saneamento Básico
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'' (2007)
*''A Mulher Invisível
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'' (2009)
*'' Os Normais 2, A Noite Mais Maluca De Todas'' (2009)
Books
* 2013 – ''Fim'' (''The End)''
* 2017 – ''A Glória e seu Cortejo de Horrores''
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1965 births
Living people
Brazilian actresses
Brazilian people of Portuguese descent
Brazilian people of Italian descent
Brazilian columnists
Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Brazilian women columnists
Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress winners
Fernanda Montenegro
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