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.
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Full filmography
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- The Trapalhões (1977) as Ela mesma
- Celebrity (2003) as Self
- Jequitibá (1993) as Jacutinga
- Belíssima (2005) as Beatriz Falcão (Bia)
- Brava Gente (2000) as Caixa
- Brava Gente (2000) as Irene
- Brava Gente (2000) as Recepcionista
- Brava Gente (2000) as Tibéria
- Passione (2010) as Elizabete Monteiro Gouveia (Bete)
- Rainha da Sucata (1990) as Salomé Szimanski
- Sweet Diva (2019) as Dulce Ramirez
- Redenção (1966) as Lisa
- O Dono do Mundo (1991) as Olga Portela
- Sangue do Meu Sangue (1969) as Júlia
- Ambitious Women (2015) as Teresa Petruccelli
- Guerra dos Sexos (1983) as Charlotte de Alcântara Pereira Barreto
- Cambalacho (1986) as Leonarda Furtado (Naná)
- A Dog's Will (2000) as Compadecida
- Dance with Me (1981) as Silvia Toledo
- Zazá (1997) as Marisa Dumont (Zazá)
- Dez Vidas (1969) as amiga de Bárbara Heliodora
- Cara a Cara (1979) as Madame Ingrid Von Herbert
- As Filhas da Mãe (2001) as Lulu de Luxemburgo