
Acting
Born September 14, 1965 · 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)".

Films to Die For
2025

Tributo: Fernanda Montenegro
2024

I'm Still Here
2024

Gilda, Lúcia and The Goat
2020

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020

Blitz, O Filme
2019

Endless June - Brazil’s New Political Culture
2019

Fire in the Forest
2019

Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement
2019

Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone
2017

The Magnificent 8
2017

Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
2017

Consideração do Poema
2011

Os Normais 2 - A Noite Mais Maluca de Todas
2009

The Invisible Woman
2009

Domingos
2009

Critic
2008

Playing
2007

Basic Sanitation, the Movie
2007
O Caso Morel
2006

The House of Sand
2005

Redeemer
2004

Os Normais: O Filme
2003

Twins
1999

Treason
1999

Midnight
1998

Miramar
1997

Four Days in September
1997

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997

Foreign Land
1996

The Jew
1996

Savage Capitalism
1994

The Flash and Crash Days
1991

One Man’s War
1991

Kiss 2348/72
1990

Kuarup
1989

Fire and Passion
1989

Your Neighbour's Wife
1988

Hide and Seek
1988

Sonho Sem Fim
1986

Love Me Forever or Never
1986

Com Licença, Eu Vou à Luta
1985

That Damned Meat
1985
Madame Cartô
1985
Amenic - Entre o Discurso e a Prática
1984

Innocence
1983