Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1929-10-16
Place of Birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Fernanda Montenegro
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.
Known For
as Beatriz Falcão (Bia)
as Lisa
as Silvia Toledo
as Elizabete Monteiro Gouveia (Bete)
as Jacutinga
as Teresa Petruccelli
as Olga Portela
as Leonarda Furtado (Naná)
as Charlotte de Alcântara Pereira Barreto
as Madame Ingrid Von Herbert
as Eunice Paiva (Older)
as amiga de Bárbara Heliodora
as Lulu de Luxemburgo
as Marisa Dumont (Zazá)
as Candinha Rosado
as Francisca Newman (Chica)
as Mãe Cândida Olinto
as Madalena Moraes
as Compadecida
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