Acting · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · Born September 14, 1965
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)".
MovieFilms to Die For
2025
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieTributo: Fernanda Montenegro
2024
as Self
MovieI'm Still Here
2024
as Eunice Paiva
TVThe End
2023
as Celeste
MovieGilda, Lúcia and The Goat
2020
as Lúcia
MovieBabenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
as Banquet Attendee
TVLove and Luck
2020
as Lúcia
TVDiário de um Confinado
2020
as Leonor
TVAll the Women in the World
2020
as Estela
MovieBlitz, O Filme
2019
as Self
MovieEndless June - Brazil’s New Political Culture
2019
as Narrator
MovieFire in the Forest
2019
as Narradora
TVQue História é Essa, Porchat?
2019
as Self
MovieLina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement
2019
as Lina Bo Bardi
MovieAsdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone
2017
MovieThe Magnificent 8
2017
as Self
TVFilhos da Pátria
2017
as Maria Teresa Bulhosa
TVUnder Pressure
2017
as Dra. Renata
TVConversa com Bial
2017
MovieBrazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
2017
as Self
TVMinha Estupidez
2016
TVTapas & Beijos
2011
as Fátima
MovieConsideração do Poema
2011
TVThe Cariocas
2010
as Cris
MovieSo Normal 2: The Craziest Night Ever
2009
as Vani
MovieThe Invisible Woman
2009
as Lúcia
MovieDomingos
2009
as Self
MovieCritic
2008
as Self
MoviePlaying
2007
as Actress
MovieBasic Sanitation, the Movie
2007
as Marina
O Caso Morel
2006
as Isménia
MovieThe House of Sand
2005
as Áurea (1910-1919) / Maria (1942)
MovieRedeemer
2004
as Isaura (jovem)
MovieOs Normais: O Filme
2003
as Vani
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
TVAs Filhas da Mãe
2001
as Lulu (jovem)
TVOs Normais
2001
as Vanilce Alencar (Vani)
TVBrava Gente
2000
as Jaci
TVLuna Caliente
1999
as Dora
MovieTwins
1999
as Iara / Marilena
MovieTreason
1999
as Irene / Dagmar
MovieMidnight
1998
as Maria
MovieMiramar
1997
as Produtora
MovieFour Days in September
1997
as Andréia / Maria
MovieCelebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
as Self
MovieForeign Land
1996
as Alex
MovieThe Jew
1996
as Brites
TVA Comédia da Vida Privada
1994
MovieSavage Capitalism
1994
as Elisa Medeiros
TVCasseta & Planeta, Urgente!
1992
as Fernanda Montenegro
MovieThe Flash and Crash Days
1991
MovieOne Man’s War
1991
as Dolly
MovieKiss 2348/72
1990
as Claudete
MovieKuarup
1989
as Francisca
MovieFire and Passion
1989
as Mulher Comendo uma Maçã
MovieYour Neighbour's Wife
1988
as Isabel
MovieHide and Seek
1988
as Magda
MovieSonho Sem Fim
1986
MovieLove Me Forever or Never
1986
as Her
TVSelva de Pedra
1986
as Simone Marques / Rosana Reis
MovieCom Licença, Eu Vou à Luta
1985
as Eliane
MovieThat Damned Meat
1985
as Carula
Madame Cartô
1985
as Voz
Amenic - Entre o Discurso e a Prática
1984
TVEu Prometo
1983
as Daisy Cantomaia
MovieInnocence
1983
as Inocência
TVParabéns pra Você
1983
as Irene
TVBrilhante
1981
as Marília Newmann Carvalho
TVDance with Me
1981
as Fauna França
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
The Brokers
as Vânia
MovieCuddle
as Ava
