Fernanda Montenegro

Famous movies

Central Station

8/10

2h23min

I'm Still Here

8.2/10

2h16min

The Other Side of the Street

6.7/10

1h37min

Invisible Life

7.7/10

2h19min

Time and the Wind

6.7/10

1h55min

Pitty

6.5/10

1h25min

Betrayal

7.2/10

1h44min

The Deceased

7.6/10

1h30min

Vitória

8.5/10

1h52min

Who is Fernanda Montenegro?

Fernanda Montenegro is a Brazilian actress whose career spans theater, television and cinema. She began in the theater with "Alegres Canções nas Montanhas" in 1950 and later became known as "The First Lady of Brazilian Theater". Her notable film work includes "Central do Brasil", for which she was nominated for Best Actress.

1 win at Berlin International Film Festival

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Connections

Fernanda Torres

Matheus Nachtergaele

Caio Junqueira

Nathália Timberg

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Netflix Strikes Deal With Globo For Brazilian Fare Including ‘I’m Still Here’ & ‘India – A Love Story’

Netflix has bought a raft of films and series from Brazilian powerhouse Globo including Walter Salles’ Oscar-winning movie I’m Still Here. The U.S. streamer’s agreement with Globo fare is the largest ever programming deal between the two. Netflix has acquired a package of fourteen movies, a trio of telenovelas and a TV series. The deal for I’m Still Here is just for Brazil. Elsewhere, Netflix has taken global rights to titles including Vitória, directed by Andrucha Waddington and starring the Academy Award nominee Fernanda Montenegro. Another Brazil-only rights deal is for comedy series Vai Que Cola, created by Leandro Soares and directed by João Fonseca and Regis Faria. Netflix has acquired seven seasons of the show. The telenovela selection includes India – A Love Story. Created by Glória Perez and directed by Marcos Schechtman, it won the 2009 International Emmy for Best Telenovela. Specifically, Netflix has it for the U.

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Rio Film Festival Head on Bookending Fest With ‘La Bola Negra’ and ‘Club Kid,’ Expanding Premiére Brasil: ‘I Don’t Want a Festival By-the-Book’

If you ever attended a major film festival in the last three decades, chances are you came across an auburn-haired woman sporting fashionable big glasses and pristinely curated outfits from some of Brazil’s most exciting up-and-coming fashion designers. This is Ilda Santiago, the artistic director of Brazil’s leading Rio Film Festival. The programming veteran has spent decades working to narrow the bridges between her hometown and international cinephilia, working tirelessly to secure some of the year’s buzziest titles for her festival as competition grows fiercer and fiercer. Santiago has excelled at the task this year. The upcoming edition, running between October 1-11, will open with perhaps the buzziest title at Cannes this year, Los Javis’s “La Bola Negra,” and close with the second buzziest, Jordan Firstman’s “Club Kid.” With over 270 features in the program, the festival will welcome 16 national Oscar submissions, including Brazil’s own “Gugu’s World,

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Fernanda Torres Tears Up as Jennifer Lopez Reveals I’m Still Here Helped Her Through Affleck Divorce

Nearly two years after I’m Still Here premiered at the Venice Film Festival, Brazilian actor Fernanda Torres arrived in Sicily this week to receive the Taormina Film Festival Achievement Award — and found herself moved to tears by an unexpected testimonial from Jennifer Lopez. Torres, whose Italian family roots made the trip to Taormina personally resonant, noted that her mother, iconic Brazilian actor Fernanda Montenegro, had received an award at the same festival in 1978. The two women share more than family ties: both have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in films directed by Walter Salles — Montenegro for Central Station in 1999, and Torres for I’m Still Here in

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Fernanda Torres, Jane Campion & Amazon Studios Marketing Chief Talk Battle For Gender Parity In Film Biz – Taormina

Brazilian star Fernanda Torres has suggested the only way for women to achieve parity in the film industry is to produce. The actress, who enjoyed a buzzy 2024-2025 awards season for her Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning performance in Walter Salles’ film I’m Still Here, was speaking on a high-powered panel devoted to women at the Taormina Film Festival. She was joined on the stage by jury president Jane Campion, jury members Holly Hunter, costume designer Miyako Bellizzi (Marty Supreme), casting director Francine Maisler (Sinners), Amazon MGM Studios Head of Global Marketing, Film, Series Sue Kroll as well as Italian star Anne Valle and director Francesca Archibugi among many others. The discussion proposed by festival director Tiziana Rocca examined the state of play for women in the film business and what needs to be done to achieve parity across the movie-making chain. “The best way to overcome this problem for women

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Fernanda Torres on Jennifer Lopez’s ‘Moving’ Testimony About Watching ‘I’m Still Here’ Amid Ben Affleck Divorce and Returning to Her Italian Roots at Taormina

Sitting at a beautiful rooftop overlooking the sprawling streets of Italy’s Taormina, Oscar-nominated Brazilian actor Fernanda Torres still can’t quite believe she has finally made it to Sicily. Torres, who is in town to receive the Taormina Film Festival Achievement Award, tells Variety that visiting the region has been a “longtime dream” of hers. “I am so moved because my family descends from Italy,” she goes on, recalling how her mother, iconic Brazilian actor Fernanda Montenegro, won an award in the same town in 1978. “Since then, I have always wanted to visit. I have friends who have attended the theater festival, and it always felt like a dream. I had never been to Sicily, so receiving an homage here felt unthinkable.” Almost two years since “I’m Still Here” had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Torres is still reaping the rewards of her leading role in Walter Salles’s Oscar-winning drama,

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Shawn Mendes (27) and Bruna Marquezine (30) Enjoy Intimate Moments by the Ocean

Shawn Mendes and Bruna Marquezine are getting a lot of attention after being seen spending time together at the beach in Rio de Janeiro. On March 26, the singer and the actress were photographed at São Conrado Beach, enjoying a calm day by the ocean. The photos quickly spread online, and people started talking about their relationship again. In the pictures, the two look very close. They were walking along the shore, laughing, and staying close to each other the whole time. At one point, Mendes had his arms around Marquezine, and they were also seen kissing near the water. Their body language made it clear that they are comfortable together,

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