Fernanda Montenegro
Acting
🎂 1929-10-16
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.
Cast credits(132)
Self
1953
Mãe Cândida Olinto
1968
Dulce Ramirez
2019
Marisa Dumont (Zazá)
1997
Older Eunice Paiva
2024
Teresa Petruccelli
2015
Leonarda Furtado (Naná)
1986
Compadecida (uncredited)
2024
Célia
2014
Elizabete Monteiro Gouveia (Bete)
2010
Self
2003
Olga Portela
1991
Beatriz Falcão (Bia)
2005
2023
Caixa
2000
Irene
2000
Recepcionista
2000
Tibéria
2000
Transito Ariza
2007
Self
2017
Jacutinga
1993
Silvia Toledo
1981
Self
1992
Isadora "Dora" Teixeira
1998
Anita
1971
(segment "Samba do Grande Amor")
1994
D. Isaura
2004
Self (archive footage)
2021
Bibiana Terra Cambará (idosa)
2013
Amália
1966
Self
2021
Ela mesma
1977
Salomé Szimanski
1990
Candinha Rosado
2013
Charlotte de Alcântara Pereira Barreto
1983
Mary Torres
2012
Leocádia Prestes
2004
Self
2020
Nossa Senhora
2000
2021
Dona Mocinha
2014
Gilda
2020
Herself
2015
Zulmira
1965
1976
Banquet Attendee
2020
Older Eurídice Gusmão
2019
Narrator (voice)
2025
Self
2009
Dona Picucha (Maria Izabel de Souza)
2012
Self
2021
Dona Matilde
2018
Marta Amarantes
2019
Quitéria Campolargo
2018
Narração
1954
The Mother
1999
Compadecida
1999
Self
2009
Nossa Senhora
2014
Dona Fulana (segment "Dona Fulana")
2014
Self (archive footage)
2017
Marta
2026
Joana (narração)
1973
Dona Picucha (Maria Izabel de Souza)
2014
Dona Margarida
1997
1966
Self (Only Voice)
2016
Narradora
1982
Madame Carlota
1985
Ingrid Von Herbert
1979
Rainha do castelo
1989
Elvira Barata
1978
Lulu de Luxemburgo
2001
Self
1997
Dona Maria / Áurea (1942-1969) / Maria (1969)
2005
2005
1984
Carminha
2019
Júlia
1969
Madalena Moraes
1993
Iraci Guimarães Moutinho
2008
Self
2017
Nina
2025
Madastra
2015
Quitéria Campolargo
1994
Self - Narradora (voice)
2012
1970
Self
2009
Vó Manuela
1990
2017
Herself
2017
1999
Narrator
2022
Fernanda
1970
Tibéria
2002
Mãe do Geraldo / Mulher no bar
1999
Ana
1954
Lisa
1966
Madrasta
2005
2010
Romana
1981
Francisca Newman (Chica)
1981
1994
Gilda
2020
Self
2019
Regina
2004
Self
2007
Self
2006
Self
2021
2019
Narradora
2007
1975
Zulmira
2012
Self
2002
2017
Samaritana
1971
Lina Bo Bardi
2019
Self
2025
Bibiana Terra Cambará
2014
1979
Dona Ivete
1989
2019
Self
2023
2017
Self
2015
Self
Self
2024
"Voz" de Raymonde
2016
1991
Narradora
2014
2007
Mercedes Álcantara Tavares
2017