Fernanda Torres
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 14, 1965
- Birthplace
- Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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)".
Filmography
Cuddle TBA
as Ava
- The Brokers
The Brokers TBA
as Vânia, Writer
Fernanda 2026
as Self
Times of Innocence 2026
as Self
Films to Die For 2025
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tributo: Fernanda Montenegro 2024
as Self
I'm Still Here 2024
as Eunice Paiva
Gilda, Lúcia and The Goat 2020
as Lúcia, Writer
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die 2020
as Banquet Attendee
Blitz, O Filme 2019
as Self
O Juízo 2019
Writer
Endless June - Brazil’s New Political Culture 2019
as Narrator
Fire in the Forest 2019
as Narradora
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement 2019
as Lina Bo Bardi
Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone 2017
Actor
The Magnificent 8 2017
as Self
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century 2017
as Self
Party Crashers 2012
Other
Consideração do Poema 2011
Actor
So Normal 2: The Craziest Night Ever 2009
as Vani
The Invisible Woman 2009
as Lúcia
Domingos 2009
as Self
Critic 2008
as Self
Playing 2007
as Actress
Basic Sanitation, the Movie 2007
as Marina
- O Caso Morel
O Caso Morel 2006
as Isménia
The House of Sand 2005
as Áurea (1910-1919) / Maria (1942)
Redeemer 2004
as Isaura (jovem), Story, Screenplay
Os Normais: O Filme 2003
as Vani
Twins 1999
as Iara / Marilena, Associate Producer
Treason 1999
as Irene / Dagmar, Writer
Midnight 1998
as Maria
Miramar 1997
as Produtora
Four Days in September 1997
as Andréia / Maria
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional 1997
as Self
Foreign Land 1996
as Alex
The Jew 1996
as Brites
Savage Capitalism 1994
as Elisa Medeiros, Screenplay, Associate Producer
The Flash and Crash Days 1991
Actor
One Man’s War 1991
as Dolly
Kiss 2348/72 1990
as Claudete
Kuarup 1989
as Francisca
Fire and Passion 1989
as Mulher Comendo uma Maçã
Your Neighbour's Wife 1988
as Isabel
Hide and Seek 1988
as Magda
Sonho Sem Fim 1986
Actor
Love Me Forever or Never 1986
as Her
Com Licença, Eu Vou à Luta 1985
as Eliane, Writer
That Damned Meat 1985
as Carula
- Madame Cartô
Madame Cartô 1985
as Voz
- Amenic - Entre o Discurso e a Prática
Amenic - Entre o Discurso e a Prática 1984
Actor
Innocence 1983
as Inocência
Credits from TMDB.