Torres’ performance as real-life activist Eunice Paiva — a woman grappling with the forced disappearance of her husband, the dissident politician Rubens Paiva (Selton Mello), in the midst of the military dictatorship in Brazil — earned near-universal acclaim from critics, with many considering it one of the best performances of the year. It’s no surprise, then, that Torres joins fellow nominees Moore and Madison as well as Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo and Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón in this year’s illustrious Best Actress category at the 97th Academy Awards.
But before we see if the Rio de Janeiro-born actress will ultimately take home the coveted Best Actress statuette at the Oscar ceremony this Sunday — and if I’m Still Here itself will be victorious in the Best Picture and Best International Feature fields — let’s get to know Fernanda Torres, her filmography, her famous family and more.
What movies has Fernanda Torres been in?
Along with I’m Still Here, Fernanda Torres is known for films like the 1985 André Klotzel romantic comedy A Marvada Carne, Arnaldo Jabor’s 1986 drama Love Me Forever or Never, for which Torres' received the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival, the 1991 TV movie One Man’s War opposite Anthony Hopkins and Norma Aleandro, the Oscar-nominated thriller Four Days in September by Bruno Barreto, and 2005’s The House of Sand, where Torres acted opposite her mother Fernanda Montenegro and was also directed by her husband Andrucha Waddington.
Fernanda Torres is the daughter of Brazilian actors Fernanda Montenegro and Fernando Torres (Kiss of the Spider Woman); her brother, Cláudio Torres, is a film director. Torres’ mother stars alongside her daughter in I’m Still Here, as the older version of her character Eunice Paiva.
Along with those acting honors, Montenegro was awarded her country's highest civilian honor, the National Order of Merit, in 1999 — it was delivered by then-president Fernando Henrique Cardoso in recognition of Fernanda’s “outstanding work in the Brazilian performing arts.”
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Who is Fernanda Torres’ husband?
Prior to her relationship with Waddington, Torres was previously married to Brazilian producer, director and journalist Pedro Bial from 1982 to 1985. She was also married to director-playwright Gerald Thomas from 1991 to 1996.
Does Fernanda Torres have children?
Yes, the actress shares two sons, Joaquim (born in 2000) and Antonio (born in 2008), with her husband Andrucha Waddington. Fernanda is also the stepmother to Andrucha’s two children, João and Pedro, from his first marriage. Like his mother, grandmother and grandfather, Joaquim is an actor.
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