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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 16, 1929
Place of Birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Also Known As
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Fernanda Montenegro
0.7 Popularity
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
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Marta
Velhos Bandidos
2026
0.0
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Films to Die For
2025
8.0
Self
Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um Personagem
2025
9.0
Self
1961
2025
7.9
Narrator (voice)
Milton Bituca Nascimento
2025
8.1
Nina
Vitória
2025
6.7
Compadecida (uncredited)
The Rogue's Trial
2024
9.7
Self
Tributo: Fernanda Montenegro
2024
7.9
Older Eunice Paiva
I'm Still Here
2024
4.0
Self
Helô
2023
Credits
Velhos Bandidos
as Marta
2026
0.0
Films to Die For
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
0.0
Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um Personagem
as Self
2025
8.0
1961
as Self
2025
9.0
Milton Bituca Nascimento
as Narrator (voice)
2025
7.9
Vitória
as Nina
2025
8.1
The Rogue's Trial
as Compadecida (uncredited)
2024
6.7
Tributo: Fernanda Montenegro
as Self
2024
9.7
I'm Still Here
as Older Eunice Paiva
2024
7.9
Helô
as Self
2023
4.0
Fernanda e Nathalia - Amigas de uma Vida
2023
7.0
Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu
as Narrator
2022
7.0
70 Anos Esta Noite
2021
8.0
Orgulho Além da Tela
as Self
2021
4.5
Emicida: AmarElo – Ao Vivo
as Self
2021
7.9
Zimba
as Self (archive footage)
2021
5.0
Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina
as Self
2021
5.0
Gilda, Lúcia and The Goat
as Gilda
2020
6.6
Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
as Self
2020
8.6
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Banquet Attendee
2020
7.0
Amor e Sorte
as Gilda
2020
7.4
O Juízo
as Marta Amarantes
2019
7.1
Mercy
as Carminha
2019
6.0
José Aparecido de Oliveira – O Maior Mineiro do Mundo
as Self
2019
0.0
Invisible Life
as Older Eurídice Gusmão
2019
7.8
Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta
as Self
2019
0.0
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement
as Lina Bo Bardi
2019
8.5
Sweet Diva
as Dulce Ramirez
2019
7.3
As Vilãs Que Amamos
2019
9.0
The Asphalt Kiss
as Dona Matilde
2018
7.4
Incidente em Antares - O Filme
as Quitéria Campolargo
2018
5.8
Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone
2017
6.0
The Other Side of Paradise
as Mercedes Álcantara Tavares
2017
5.8
Silêncio no Estúdio
as Self
2017
6.0
All Paulos in the World - Paulo José
2017
7.4
Paulo Autran – O Senhor dos Palcos
as Self
2017
0.0
Nelson: Por Ele Mesmo
2017
0.0
The Clove and The Rose
as Self
2017
0.0
Saideira
2017
0.0
Guarnieri
as Self (archive footage)
2017
7.2
Cícero Dias, o Compadre de Picasso
as "Voz" de Raymonde
2016
4.5
Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World
as Self (Only Voice)
2016
6.8
Sergio Britto – O Mestre dos Palcos
as Self
2016
7.0
Chico Eterno
as Herself
2015
0.0
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Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
as Self
2015
0.0
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Hoje é Dia de Maria - O Filme
as Madastra
2015
8.8
Ambitious Women
as Teresa Petruccelli
2015
5.1
Natal Mágico da Xuxa
as Narradora
2014
0.0
A Primeira Missa ou Tristes Tropeços, Enganos e Urucum
as Nossa Senhora
2014
2.0
Rio, I Love You
as Dona Fulana (segment "Dona Fulana")
2014
4.8
Childhood
as Dona Mocinha
2014
7.7
Good Luck
as Célia
2014
7.3
Sweet Mother
as Dona Picucha (Maria Izabel de Souza)
2014
5.6
O Tempo e o Vento
as Bibiana Terra Cambará
2014
9.1
Time and the Wind
as Bibiana Terra Cambará (idosa)
2013
7.1
Saramandaia
as Candinha Rosado
2013
7.3
Sweet Mother
as Dona Picucha (Maria Izabel de Souza)
2012
8.7
The Lady from Estacio
as Zulmira
2012
6.6
As Brasileiras
as Mary Torres
2012
8.3
Agamenon: The Film
as Self - Narradora (voice)
2012
2.0
Cena Secreta
2011
9.0
Passione
as Elizabete Monteiro Gouveia (Bete)
2010
6.6
🎬
Caro Francis
2010
0.0
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
as Self
2009
5.8
Sound & Fury
as Self
2009
7.3
Domingos
as Self
2009
2.0
O Natal do Menino Imperador
as Narração
2008
7.0
A Paixão Segundo Callado
as Self
2008
0.0
Queridos Amigos
as Iraci Guimarães Moutinho
2008
8.0
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Grupo Corpo: Dance Theatre from Brazil
as Self
2007
0.0
Love in the Time of Cholera
as Transito Ariza
2007
6.6
Eles Não Usam Black-Tie - Conversando com o Elenco
2007
0.0
A Meeting with Milton Santos
as Narradora
2006
8.3
Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
as Self
2006
7.0
Belíssima
as Beatriz Falcão (Bia)
2005
4.9
The House of Sand
as Dona Maria / Áurea (1942-1969) / Maria (1969)
2005
6.6
Hoje é Dia de Maria
as Madrasta
2005
7.7
Hoje é Dia de Maria
as Dona Cabeça
2005
7.7
City of Festivals
2005
0.0
The Peddler's Backpack
as Self
2005
6.0
Redeemer
as D. Isaura
2004
7.0
Olga
as Leocádia Prestes
2004
7.1
The Other Side of the Street
as Regina
2004
6.3
Celebridade
as Self
2003
7.9
Pastores da Noite
as Tibéria
2002
0.0
Conquista Central Station - The 7 days of creation
as Self
2002
0.0
As Filhas da Mãe
as Lulu de Luxemburgo
2001
6.0
Brava Gente
as Caixa
2000
7.5
Brava Gente
as Irene
2000
7.5
Brava Gente
as Recepcionista
2000
7.5
Brava Gente
as Tibéria
2000
7.5
A Dog's Will
as Nossa Senhora
2000
8.4
Twins
as The Mother
1999
5.7
Treason
as Mãe do Geraldo / Mulher no bar
1999
6.5
🎬
O Belo e as Feras
1999
8.0
O Auto da Compadecida
as Compadecida
1999
8.9
Central Station
as Isadora "Dora" Teixeira
1998
8.1
Four Days in September
as Dona Margarida
1997
7.5
Zazá
as Marisa Dumont (Zazá)
1997
6.0
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
1997
0.0
🎬
Visão do Paraíso
as Narradora
1995
0.0
Incidente em Antares
as Quitéria Campolargo
1994
6.5
Rio's Love Song
as (segment "Samba do Grande Amor")
1994
5.7
A Comédia da Vida Privada
1994
10.0
O Mapa da Mina
as Madalena Moraes
1993
6.0
Rebirth
as Jacutinga
1993
7.8
Parabéns
as Self
1992
0.0
The Flash and Crash Days
1991
8.0
O Dono do Mundo
as Olga Portela
1991
7.4
Riacho Doce
as Vó Manuela
1990
7.6
Rainha da Sucata
as Salomé Szimanski
1990
7.7
Fire and Passion
as Rainha do castelo
1989
8.0
Trancado por Dentro
as Dona Ivete
1989
5.0
Cambalacho
as Leonarda Furtado (Naná)
1986
8.0
Hour of the Star
as Madame Carlota
1985
7.3
A Mulher do Atirador de Facas
1984
4.2
Guerra dos Sexos
as Charlotte de Alcântara Pereira Barreto
1983
8.8
O Homem de Areia
as Narradora
1982
0.0
Brilhante
as Francisca Newman (Chica)
1981
7.0
They Don't Wear Black Tie
as Romana
1981
8.2
Dance with Me
as Silvia Toledo
1981
6.2
Chico Total
1981
7.0
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Terra dos Índios
1979
0.0
Cara a Cara
as Ingrid Von Herbert
1979
6.0
Everything's Alright
as Elvira Barata
1978
4.7
The Bunglers
as Ela mesma
1977
7.8
🎬
Marília e Marina
1976
0.0
Teatro Brasileiro: Origem e Mudança
1975
0.0
Joanna Francesa
as Joana (narração)
1973
4.3
Em Família
as Anita
1971
5.0
A Vida de Jesus Cristo
as Samaritana
1971
5.0
Mortal Sin
as Fernanda
1970
0.0
Minha Namorada
1970
5.5
Sangue do Meu Sangue
as Júlia
1969
7.0
A Muralha
as Mãe Cândida Olinto
1968
8.0
🎬
Redenção
as Lisa
1966
0.0
Calúnia
as Amália
1966
0.0
The Language of Theatre
1966
0.0
The Deceased
as Zulmira
1965
7.1
🎬
A Muralha
as Ana
1954
0.0
A Esperança é Eterna
as Narração
1954
0.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
🎬
Emergência 53
as Dona Laura
N/A
0.0
🎬
Untitled Fernanda Montenegro Documentary
as Self
N/A
0.0