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Fernanda Torres
Known for: ActingFernanda 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)".
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Tapas & Beijos
as Fátima 
Selva de Pedra
as Simone Marques / Rosana Reis 
Eu Prometo
as Daisy Cantomaia 
I'm Still Here
as Eunice Paiva 
The Cariocas
as Cris 
The End
Creator, Screenplay 
All the Women in the World
as Estela 
Os Normais
as Vanilce Alencar (Vani) 
Love and Luck
as Lúcia 
Filhos da Pátria
as Maria Teresa Bulhosa 
Diário de um Confinado
as Leonor 
The House of Sand
as Áurea (1910-1919) / Maria (1942) 
The Invisible Woman
as Lúcia 
Four Days in September
as Andréia / Maria 
Basic Sanitation, the Movie
as Marina 
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Banquet Attendee