Fernanda Montenegro
Acting
Biography
Arlette Pinheiro Monteiro Torres CRB • GCONM • COCS • OMC (Rio de Janeiro, October 16, 1929), better known as Fernanda Montenegro, is a Brazilian actress and writer. She is often referred to as "the grand dame of Brazilian dramaturgy" and "the greatest actress in the history of Brazil" for her extensive work in cinema, theater and television. Internationally recognized, Fernanda was the first Brazilian to win the International Emmy in the best actress category for her performance in Doce de Mãe (2013), in addition to winning a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and receiving nominations for Golden Globe and Academy Award for best actress for her work in Central do Brasil (1998), being the first Latin American, Portuguese-speaking and Brazilian woman to be nominated in this category.
Born: October 16, 1929
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Known For
A Comédia da Vida Privada
Tributo: Fernanda Montenegro
Fernanda Montenegro opens the doors of her home and recalls remarkable stories, from more modest productions to the Oscar ceremony, in the company of her daughter, actress Fernanda Torres.
Tributo: Laura Cardoso
O Tempo e o Vento
It tells the story of two families that are mortal enemies in the fictitious city of Santa Fe, at the end of the 20th century. Its characters who reek of soil, blood, and hard liquor get involved in various events in the small town, where their passions, desires, idealism and envy become intertwined and collide in a poetic and unexpected way.
Cena Secreta
As Vilãs Que Amamos
1961
Documentary portrays the crisis following the resignation of Brazilian President Jânio Quadros and the attempted coup to prevent João Goulart from taking office, which was contained with the adoption of parliamentarism.
O Auto da Compadecida 2
After 20 years missing, João Grilo returns to Taperoá to join his old friend Chicó and, after his story of resurrection spreads, he is disputed as an electoral candidate by the two most powerful politicians in the city. The four-chapter miniseries original version of O Auto da Compadecida 2.
O Auto da Compadecida
The (mis)adventures of João Grilo and Chicó in Brazil's Northeastern region. The four-chapter miniseries original version of O Auto da Compadecida.
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Hoje é Dia de Maria - O Filme
Maria is a gifted girl, who faces a hard life in the fields. She is happy when her father decides to remarry, thinking that he will rejoice again. However, to the girl's despair, her stepmother is bad and starts to mistreat her. Maria still has to face the devil's tricks. Adaptation of the miniseries shown in 2004.
Filmography
as Marta
as Compadecida (uncredited)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Nina
as Compadecida (uncredited)
as Self
as Eunice Paiva (Older)
as Self
as Self
as Narrator
as Self
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Gilda
as Banquet Attendee
as Gilda
as Marta Amarantes
as Carminha
as Older Eurídice Gusmão
as Lina Bo Bardi
as Dulce Ramirez
as Dona Matilde
as Quitéria Campolargo
as Mercedes Álcantara Tavares
as Self
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as "Voz" de Raymonde
as Self (Only Voice)
as Herself
as Teresa Petruccelli
as Narradora
as Nossa Senhora
as Dona Fulana (segment "Dona Fulana")
as Dona Mocinha
as Célia
as Dona Picucha (Maria Izabel de Souza)
as Bibiana Terra Cambará
as Bibiana Terra Cambará (idosa)
as Candinha Rosado
as Dona Picucha (Maria Izabel de Souza)
as Zulmira
as Mary Torres
as Self - Narradora (voice)
as Elizabete Monteiro Gouveia (Bete)
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Narração
as Self
as Iraci Guimarães Moutinho
as Transito Ariza
as Narradora
as Beatriz Falcão (Bia)
as Dona Maria / Áurea (1942-1969) / Maria (1969)
as Madrasta
as Dona Cabeça
as Self
as D. Isaura
as Leocádia Prestes
as Regina
as Self
as Tibéria
as Lulu de Luxemburgo
as Caixa
as Irene
as Recepcionista
as Tibéria
as Nossa Senhora
as The Mother
as Mulher no bar / Mãe de Dagmar
as Compadecida
as Isadora "Dora" Teixeira
as Dona Margarida
as Marisa Dumont (Zazá)
as Quitéria Campolargo
as (segment "Samba do Grande Amor")
as Madalena Moraes
as Jacutinga
as Self
as Olga Portela
as Vó Manuela Nunes
as Salomé Szimanski
as Rainha no Castelo
as Dona Ivete
as Leonarda Furtado (Naná)
as Madame Carlota
as Charlotte de Alcântara Pereira Barreto
as Narradora
as Romana
as Francisca Newman (Chica)
as Silvia Toledo
as Ingrid Von Herbert
as Elvira Barata
as Ela mesma
as Joana (narração)
as Anita
as Samaritana
as Fernanda
as Júlia
as Mãe Cândida Olinto
as Amália
as Zulmira
as Narração
as Self