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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Acting History
2026
Velhos Bandidos as Marta
2025Films to Die For as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um Personagem as Self
20251961 as Self
2025Milton Bituca Nascimento as Narrator (voice)
2025Vitória as Nina
2024The Rogue's Trial as Compadecida (uncredited)
2024Tributo: Fernanda Montenegro as Self
2024I'm Still Here as Older Eunice Paiva
2023Helô as Self
2023Fernanda e Nathalia - Amigas de uma Vida
2022Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu as Narrator
202170 Anos Esta Noite
2021Orgulho Além da Tela as Self
2021Emicida: AmarElo – Ao Vivo as Self
2021Zimba as Self (archive footage)
2021Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina as Self
2020Gilda, Lúcia and The Goat as Gilda
2020Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday as Self
2020Babenco: Tell Me When I Die as Banquet Attendee
2020Amor e Sorte as Gilda
2019O Juízo as Marta Amarantes
2019Mercy as Carminha
2019José Aparecido de Oliveira – O Maior Mineiro do Mundo as Self
2019Invisible Life as Older Eurídice Gusmão
2019Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta as Self
2019Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement as Lina Bo Bardi
2019Sweet Diva as Dulce Ramirez
2019As Vilãs Que Amamos
2018The Asphalt Kiss as Dona Matilde
2018Incidente em Antares - O Filme as Quitéria Campolargo
2017Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone
2017The Other Side of Paradise as Mercedes Álcantara Tavares
2017Silêncio no Estúdio as Self
2017All Paulos in the World - Paulo José
2017Paulo Autran – O Senhor dos Palcos as Self
2017Nelson: Por Ele Mesmo
2017The Clove and The Rose as Self
2017Saideira
2017Guarnieri as Self (archive footage)
2016Cícero Dias, o Compadre de Picasso as "Voz" de Raymonde
2016Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World as Self (Only Voice)
2016Sergio Britto – O Mestre dos Palcos as Self
2015Chico Eterno as Herself
2015Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema as Self
2015Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Hoje é Dia de Maria - O Filme as Madastra
2015Ambitious Women as Teresa Petruccelli
2014Natal Mágico da Xuxa as Narradora
2014A Primeira Missa ou Tristes Tropeços, Enganos e Urucum as Nossa Senhora
2014Rio, I Love You as Dona Fulana (segment "Dona Fulana")
2014Childhood as Dona Mocinha
2014Good Luck as Célia
2014Sweet Mother as Dona Picucha (Maria Izabel de Souza)
2014O Tempo e o Vento as Bibiana Terra Cambará
2013Time and the Wind as Bibiana Terra Cambará (idosa)
2013Saramandaia as Candinha Rosado
2012Sweet Mother as Dona Picucha (Maria Izabel de Souza)
2012The Lady from Estacio as Zulmira
2012As Brasileiras as Mary Torres
2012Agamenon: The Film as Self - Narradora (voice)
2011Cena Secreta
2010Passione as Elizabete Monteiro Gouveia (Bete)
2010Caro Francis
2009Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado as Self
2009Sound & Fury as Self
2009Domingos as Self
2008O Natal do Menino Imperador as Narração
2008A Paixão Segundo Callado as Self
2008Queridos Amigos as Iraci Guimarães Moutinho
2007Grupo Corpo: Dance Theatre from Brazil as Self
2007Love in the Time of Cholera as Transito Ariza
2007Eles Não Usam Black-Tie - Conversando com o Elenco
2006A Meeting with Milton Santos as Narradora
2006Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds as Self
2005Belíssima as Beatriz Falcão (Bia)
2005The House of Sand as Dona Maria / Áurea (1942-1969) / Maria (1969)
2005Hoje é Dia de Maria as Madrasta
2005Hoje é Dia de Maria as Dona Cabeça
2005The Peddler's Backpack as Self
2005City of Festivals
2004Redeemer as D. Isaura
2004Olga as Leocádia Prestes
2004The Other Side of the Street as Regina
2003Celebridade as Self
2002Pastores da Noite as Tibéria
2002Conquista Central Station - The 7 days of creation as Self
2001As Filhas da Mãe as Lulu de Luxemburgo
2000Brava Gente as Caixa
2000Brava Gente as Irene
2000Brava Gente as Recepcionista
2000Brava Gente as Tibéria
2000A Dog's Will as Nossa Senhora
1999Twins as The Mother
1999Treason as Mãe do Geraldo / Mulher no bar
1999O Belo e as Feras
1999O Auto da Compadecida as Compadecida
1998Central Station as Isadora "Dora" Teixeira
1997Four Days in September as Dona Margarida
1997Zazá as Marisa Dumont (Zazá)
1997Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self
1995Visão do Paraíso as Narradora
1994Incidente em Antares as Quitéria Campolargo
1994Rio's Love Song as (segment "Samba do Grande Amor")
1994A Comédia da Vida Privada
1993O Mapa da Mina as Madalena Moraes
1993Rebirth as Jacutinga
1992Parabéns as Self
1991The Flash and Crash Days
1991O Dono do Mundo as Olga Portela
1990Riacho Doce as Vó Manuela
1990Rainha da Sucata as Salomé Szimanski
1989Fire and Passion as Rainha do castelo
1989Trancado por Dentro as Dona Ivete
1986Cambalacho as Leonarda Furtado (Naná)
1985Hour of the Star as Madame Carlota
1984A Mulher do Atirador de Facas
1983Guerra dos Sexos as Charlotte de Alcântara Pereira Barreto
1982O Homem de Areia as Narradora
1981They Don't Wear Black Tie as Romana
1981Brilhante as Francisca Newman (Chica)
1981Dance with Me as Silvia Toledo
1981Chico Total
1979Terra dos Índios
1979Cara a Cara as Ingrid Von Herbert
1978Everything's Alright as Elvira Barata
1977The Bunglers as Ela mesma
1976Marília e Marina
1975Teatro Brasileiro: Origem e Mudança
1973Joanna Francesa as Joana (narração)
1971Em Família as Anita
1971A Vida de Jesus Cristo as Samaritana
1970Mortal Sin as Fernanda
1970Minha Namorada
1969Sangue do Meu Sangue as Júlia
1968A Muralha as Mãe Cândida Olinto
1966Redenção as Lisa
1966Calúnia as Amália
1966The Language of Theatre
1965The Deceased as Zulmira
1954A Muralha as Ana
1954A Esperança é Eterna as Narração
1953The Oscars as Self
—Untitled Fernanda Montenegro Documentary as Self
—Emergência 53 as Dona Laura