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Name
Fernanda Montenegro

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1929-10-16 (97 years old)

Place of Birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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

Movies

Tv Shows

1998 Central Station as Isadora 'Dora' Teixeira
1997 Four Days in September as Dona Margarida
2007 Love in the Time of Cholera as Transito Ariza
1997 Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self
2000 A Dog's Will as Compadecida
2005 The House of Sand as Dona Maria / Áurea (1942-1969) / Maria (1969)
2021 70 Anos Esta Noite
2004 Redeemer as D. Isaura
2012 Agamenon: The Film as Self - Narradora (voice)
2004 The Other Side of the Street as Regina
2021 Emicida: AmarElo – Ao Vivo as Self
2023 Fernanda e Nathalia - Amigas de uma Vida
2012 Sweet Mother as Dona Picucha (Maria Izabel de Souza)
1981 They Don't Wear Black Tie as Romana
2013 Time and the Wind as Bibiana Terra Cambará (idosa)
1970 Minha Namorada
2014 Good Luck as Célia
1978 Everything's Alright as Elvira Barata
1965 The Deceased as Zulmira
2010 Caro Francis
2024 I'm Still Here as Eunice Paiva (Older)
1999 Twins as Mãe
2006 Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds as Self
2014 A Primeira Missa ou Tristes Tropeços, Enganos e Urucum as Nossa Senhora
2012 The Lady from Estácio as Zulmira
2014 Childhood as Dona Mocinha
1975 Teatro Brasileiro: Origem e Mudança
2017 Paulo Autran – O Senhor dos Palcos as Self
2022 Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu as Narrator
1991 The Flash and Crash Days
2009 Domingos as Self
2014 Rio, I Love You as Dona Fulana
1971 Em Família as Anita
2025 Vitória as Nina
2015 Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema as Self
1979 Terra dos Índios
2004 Olga as Leocádia Prestes
1994 Rio's Love Song as (segment "Samba do Grande Amor")
1989 Fire and Passion as Rainha no Castelo
1970 Mortal Sin as Fernanda
2017 Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone
1976 Marília e Marina
2016 Cícero Dias, o Compadre de Picasso as "Voz" de Raymonde
2006 A Meeting with Milton Santos as Narradora
1973 Joanna Francesa as Joana (narração)
2016 Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World as Self (Only Voice)
2026 Fernanda as Self
2023 Helô as Self
2019 Mercy as Carminha
1982 O Homem de Areia as Narradora
1999 Treason as Mulher no bar / Mãe de Dagmar
2017 Silêncio no Estúdio as Self
2018 The Asphalt Kiss as Dona Matilde
1971 A Vida de Jesus Cristo as Samaritana
2019 O Juízo as Marta Amarantes
1986 Hour of the Star as Madame Carlota
2019 Invisible Life as Older Eurídice Gusmão
2017 The Clove and The Rose as Self
2019 José Aparecido de Oliveira – O Maior Mineiro do Mundo as Self
2005 City of Festivals
2015 Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Hoje é Dia de Maria - O Filme as Madastra
1954 A Esperança é Eterna as Narração
2019 Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta as Self
2009 Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado as Self
2018 Incidente em Antares - O Filme as Quitéria Campolargo
2020 Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday as Self
2020 Babenco: Tell Me When I Die as Banquet Attendee
2020 Gilda, Lúcia and The Goat as Gilda
1989 Trancado por Dentro as Dona Ivete
2019 Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement as Lina Bo Bardi
2021 Zimba as Self (archive footage)
2021 Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina as Self
2007 Eles Não Usam Black-Tie - Conversando com o Elenco
2026 Old Bandits as Marta
2024 Tributo: Fernanda Montenegro as Self
1966 The Language of Theatre
2025 Milton Bituca Nascimento as Narrator (voice)
2024 The Rogue's Trial as Compadecida (archive footage)
2002 Conquista Central Station - The 7 days of creation as Self
2007 Grupo Corpo: Dance Theatre from Brazil as Self
2015 Chico Eterno as Herself
2014 Xuxa's Magical Christmas - The Show as Narradora
2017 Guarnieri as Self (archive footage)
2008 A Paixão Segundo Callado as Self
2017 All Paulos in the World - Paulo José
2016 Sergio Britto – O Mestre dos Palcos as Self
2025 Films to Die For as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2011 Cena Secreta
2005 The Peddler's Backpack as Self
2008 O Natal do Menino Imperador as Narração
1995 Visão do Paraíso as Narradora
2024 Tributo: Laura Cardoso as Self
2000 As Malibrans as Virtual diva
2026 The Circular Universe – Jocy de Oliveira as Self
1976 O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro as Mary Cavan Tyrone - Longa Viagem do Dia Para Dentro da Noite, de Eugene O'Neill
2001 The Invention of Brasilia as Himself

2019 As Vilãs Que Amamos ( 16 episodes )
1981 Dance with Me ( 165 episodes ) as Silvia Toledo
2003 Celebrity ( 1 episode ) as Self
1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
2001 As Filhas da Mãe ( 125 episodes ) as Lulu de Luxemburgo
1992 Parabéns ( 1 episode ) as Self
2015 Ambitious Women ( 143 episodes ) as Teresa Petruccelli
1981 Brilhante ( 155 episodes ) as Francisca Newman (Chica)
1999 O Belo e as Feras ( 1 episode )
1999 O Auto da Compadecida ( 4 episodes ) as Compadecida
2013 Saramandaia ( 56 episodes ) as Candinha Rosado
2017 The Other Side of Paradise ( 173 episodes ) as Mercedes Álcantara Tavares
1993 Jequitibá ( 216 episodes ) as Jacutinga
2021 Orgulho Além da Tela ( 3 episodes ) as Self
1983 Guerra dos Sexos ( 185 episodes ) as Charlotte de Alcântara Pereira Barreto
2012 The Brazilians ( 22 episodes ) as Mary Torres
2008 Queridos Amigos ( 25 episodes ) as Iraci Guimarães Moutinho
1993 O Mapa da Mina ( 137 episodes ) as Madalena Moraes
2010 Passione ( 209 episodes ) as Elizabete Monteiro Gouveia (Bete)
1997 Zazá ( 215 episodes ) as Marisa Dumont (Zazá)
2005 Belíssima ( 209 episodes ) as Beatriz Falcão (Bia)
2014 Sweet Mother ( 14 episodes ) as Dona Picucha (Maria Izabel de Souza)
1991 O Dono do Mundo ( 197 episodes ) as Olga Portela
1986 Cambalacho ( 179 episodes ) as Leonarda Furtado (Naná)
2002 Pastores da Noite ( 4 episodes ) as Tibéria
1968 A Muralha ( 210 episodes ) as Mãe Cândida Olinto
1994 A Comédia da Vida Privada ( 1 episode )
1990 Riacho Doce ( 40 episodes ) as Vó Manuela Nunes
2014 O Tempo e o Vento ( 3 episodes ) as Bibiana Terra Cambará
1994 Incidente em Antares ( 12 episodes ) as Quitéria Campolargo
2017 Nelson: Por Ele Mesmo ( 6 episodes )
2020 Love and Luck ( 4 episodes ) as Gilda
1990 Rainha da Sucata ( 3 episodes ) as Salomé Szimanski
2005 Hoje é Dia de Maria ( 8 episodes ) as Madrasta
1979 Cara a Cara ( 222 episodes ) as Madame Ingrid Von Herbert
1966 Redenção ( 616 episodes ) as Lisa
2000 Brava Gente ( 1 episode ) as Caixa
2000 Brava Gente ( 1 episode ) as Irene
2000 Brava Gente ( 1 episode ) as Recepcionista
2000 Brava Gente ( 1 episode ) as Tibéria
2019 Sweet Diva ( 1 episode ) as Dulce Ramirez
1969 Sangue do Meu Sangue ( 284 episodes ) as Júlia
1977 The Trapalhões ( 1 episode ) as Ela mesma
1966 Calúnia ( 53 episodes ) as Amália
1954 A Muralha ( 15 episodes ) as Ana
2017 Saideira ( 26 episodes )
2025 1961 ( 3 episodes ) as Self
2009 Sound & Fury ( 1 episode ) as Self
2026 Emergency 53 ( 10 episodes ) as Dona Laura
2025 Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um Personagem ( 5 episodes ) as Self
2005 Hoje é Dia de Maria ( 5 episodes ) as Dona Cabeça
1981 Chico Total ( 1 episode )
2026 The Rogue's Trial (TV Series) ( 1 episode ) as Compadecida (uncredited)
1969 Os Estranhos ( 115 episodes ) as Walkíria (1ª versão)
1969 Dez Vidas ( 209 episodes ) as amiga de Bárbara Heliodora
2018 As Vinganças de Clara ( 10 episodes ) as Mercedes Álcantara Tavares
2013 Damas da TV ( 1 episode )
2016 O País do Cinema ( 1 episode ) as Self
2023 Companhias do Teatro Brasileiro ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)

Name
Fernanda Montenegro

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1929-10-16 (97 years old)

Place of Birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Biography

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Biography

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Name
Fernanda Montenegro

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1929-10-16 (97 years old)

Place of Birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil