Fernanda Montenegro

Fernanda Montenegro

Known for
Acting
Born
October 16, 1929 (age 97)
Birthplace
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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

Photos

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Filmography

2026
Fernanda poster

Fernanda

Movie · as Self

2026
Old Bandits poster

Old Bandits

Movie · as Marta

2026
The Circular Universe – Jocy de Oliveira poster

The Circular Universe – Jocy de Oliveira

Movie · as Self

2026
Emergency 53 poster

Emergency 53

TV · as Dona Laura · 10 eps

2026
The Rogue's Trial (TV Series) poster

The Rogue's Trial (TV Series)

TV · as Compadecida (uncredited) · 1 ep

2025
Vitória poster

Vitória

Movie · as Nina

2025
Milton Bituca Nascimento poster

Milton Bituca Nascimento

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2025
Films to Die For poster

Films to Die For

Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)

2025
1961 poster

1961

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2025
Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um Personagem poster

Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um Personagem

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2024
I'm Still Here poster

I'm Still Here

Movie · as Eunice Paiva (Older)

2024
Tributo: Fernanda Montenegro poster

Tributo: Fernanda Montenegro

Movie · as Self

2024
The Rogue's Trial poster

The Rogue's Trial

Movie · as Compadecida (archive footage)

2024
Tributo: Laura Cardoso poster

Tributo: Laura Cardoso

Movie · as Self

2023
Fernanda e Nathalia - Amigas de uma Vida poster

Fernanda e Nathalia - Amigas de uma Vida

Movie

2023
Helô poster

Helô

Movie · as Self

2023
Companhias do Teatro Brasileiro poster

Companhias do Teatro Brasileiro

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2022
Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu poster

Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu

Movie · as Narrator

2021
70 Anos Esta Noite poster

70 Anos Esta Noite

Movie

2021
Emicida: AmarElo – Ao Vivo poster

Emicida: AmarElo – Ao Vivo

Movie · as Self

2021
Zimba poster

Zimba

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina poster

Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina

Movie · as Self

2021
Orgulho Além da Tela poster

Orgulho Além da Tela

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2020
Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday poster

Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday

Movie · as Self

2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die poster

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

Movie · as Banquet Attendee

2020
Gilda, Lúcia and The Goat poster

Gilda, Lúcia and The Goat

Movie · as Gilda

2020
Love and Luck poster

Love and Luck

TV · as Gilda · 4 eps

2019
Mercy poster

Mercy

Movie · as Carminha

2019
O Juízo poster

O Juízo

Movie · as Marta Amarantes

2019
Invisible Life poster

Invisible Life

Movie · as Older Eurídice Gusmão

2019
José Aparecido de Oliveira – O Maior Mineiro do Mundo poster

José Aparecido de Oliveira – O Maior Mineiro do Mundo

Movie · as Self

2019
Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta poster

Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta

Movie · as Self

2019
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement poster

Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement

Movie · as Lina Bo Bardi

2019
As Vilãs Que Amamos poster

As Vilãs Que Amamos

TV · 16 eps

2019
Sweet Diva poster

Sweet Diva

TV · as Dulce Ramirez · 1 ep

2018
The Asphalt Kiss poster

The Asphalt Kiss

Movie · as Dona Matilde

2018
Incidente em Antares - O Filme poster

Incidente em Antares - O Filme

Movie · as Quitéria Campolargo

2018
As Vinganças de Clara poster

As Vinganças de Clara

TV · as Mercedes Álcantara Tavares · 10 eps

2017
Paulo Autran – O Senhor dos Palcos poster

Paulo Autran – O Senhor dos Palcos

Movie · as Self

2017
Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone poster

Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone

Movie

2017
Silêncio no Estúdio poster

Silêncio no Estúdio

Movie · as Self

2017
The Clove and The Rose poster

The Clove and The Rose

Movie · as Self

2017
Guarnieri poster

Guarnieri

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
All Paulos in the World - Paulo José poster

All Paulos in the World - Paulo José

Movie

2017
The Other Side of Paradise poster

The Other Side of Paradise

TV · as Mercedes Álcantara Tavares · 173 eps

2017
Nelson: Por Ele Mesmo poster

Nelson: Por Ele Mesmo

TV · 6 eps

2017
Saideira poster

Saideira

TV · 26 eps

2016
Cícero Dias, o Compadre de Picasso poster

Cícero Dias, o Compadre de Picasso

Movie · as "Voz" de Raymonde

2016
Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World poster

Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World

Movie · as Self (Only Voice)

2016
Sergio Britto – O Mestre dos Palcos poster

Sergio Britto – O Mestre dos Palcos

Movie · as Self

2016
O País do Cinema poster

O País do Cinema

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema poster

Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema

Movie · as Self

2015
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Hoje é Dia de Maria - O Filme poster

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Hoje é Dia de Maria - O Filme

Movie · as Madastra

2015
Chico Eterno poster

Chico Eterno

Movie · as Herself

2015
Ambitious Women poster

Ambitious Women

TV · as Teresa Petruccelli · 143 eps

2014
Good Luck poster

Good Luck

Movie · as Célia

2014
A Primeira Missa ou Tristes Tropeços, Enganos e Urucum poster

A Primeira Missa ou Tristes Tropeços, Enganos e Urucum

Movie · as Nossa Senhora

2014
Childhood poster

Childhood

Movie · as Dona Mocinha

2014
Rio, I Love You poster

Rio, I Love You

Movie · as Dona Fulana

2014
Xuxa's Magical Christmas - The Show poster

Xuxa's Magical Christmas - The Show

Movie · as Narradora

2014
Sweet Mother poster

Sweet Mother

TV · as Dona Picucha (Maria Izabel de Souza) · 14 eps

2014
O Tempo e o Vento poster

O Tempo e o Vento

TV · as Bibiana Terra Cambará · 3 eps

2013
Time and the Wind poster

Time and the Wind

Movie · as Bibiana Terra Cambará (idosa)

2013
Saramandaia poster

Saramandaia

TV · as Candinha Rosado · 56 eps

2013
Damas da TV poster

Damas da TV

TV · 1 ep

2012
Agamenon: The Film poster

Agamenon: The Film

Movie · as Self - Narradora (voice)

2012
Sweet Mother poster

Sweet Mother

Movie · as Dona Picucha (Maria Izabel de Souza)

2012
The Lady from Estácio poster

The Lady from Estácio

Movie · as Zulmira

2012
The Brazilians poster

The Brazilians

TV · as Mary Torres · 22 eps

2011
Cena Secreta poster

Cena Secreta

Movie

2010
Caro Francis

Caro Francis

Movie

2010
Passione poster

Passione

TV · as Elizabete Monteiro Gouveia (Bete) · 209 eps

2009
Domingos poster

Domingos

Movie · as Self

2009
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado poster

Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado

Movie · as Self

2009
Sound & Fury poster

Sound & Fury

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
A Paixão Segundo Callado poster

A Paixão Segundo Callado

Movie · as Self

2008
O Natal do Menino Imperador poster

O Natal do Menino Imperador

Movie · as Narração

2008
Queridos Amigos poster

Queridos Amigos

TV · as Iraci Guimarães Moutinho · 25 eps

2007
Love in the Time of Cholera poster

Love in the Time of Cholera

Movie · as Transito Ariza

2007
Eles Não Usam Black-Tie - Conversando com o Elenco poster

Eles Não Usam Black-Tie - Conversando com o Elenco

Movie

2007
Grupo Corpo: Dance Theatre from Brazil

Grupo Corpo: Dance Theatre from Brazil

Movie · as Self

2006
Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds poster

Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds

Movie · as Self

2006
A Meeting with Milton Santos poster

A Meeting with Milton Santos

Movie · as Narradora

2005
The House of Sand poster

The House of Sand

Movie · as Dona Maria / Áurea (1942-1969) / Maria (1969)

2005
City of Festivals poster

City of Festivals

Movie

2005
The Peddler's Backpack poster

The Peddler's Backpack

Movie · as Self

2005
Belíssima poster

Belíssima

TV · as Beatriz Falcão (Bia) · 209 eps

2005
Hoje é Dia de Maria poster

Hoje é Dia de Maria

TV · as Madrasta, Dona Cabeça · 8 eps

2004
Redeemer poster

Redeemer

Movie · as D. Isaura

2004
The Other Side of the Street poster

The Other Side of the Street

Movie · as Regina

2004
Olga poster

Olga

Movie · as Leocádia Prestes

2003
Celebrity poster

Celebrity

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Conquista Central Station - The 7 days of creation poster

Conquista Central Station - The 7 days of creation

Movie · as Self

2002
Pastores da Noite poster

Pastores da Noite

TV · as Tibéria · 4 eps

2001
The Invention of Brasilia poster

The Invention of Brasilia

Movie · as Himself

2001
As Filhas da Mãe poster

As Filhas da Mãe

TV · as Lulu de Luxemburgo · 125 eps

2000
A Dog's Will poster

A Dog's Will

Movie · as Compadecida

2000
As Malibrans poster

As Malibrans

Movie · as Virtual diva

2000
Brava Gente poster

Brava Gente

TV · as Caixa, Irene, Recepcionista, Tibéria · 1 ep

1999
Twins poster

Twins

Movie · as Mãe

1999
Treason poster

Treason

Movie · as Mulher no bar / Mãe de Dagmar

1999
O Belo e as Feras poster

O Belo e as Feras

TV · 1 ep

1999
O Auto da Compadecida poster

O Auto da Compadecida

TV · as Compadecida · 4 eps

1998
Central Station poster

Central Station

Movie · as Isadora 'Dora' Teixeira

1997
Four Days in September poster

Four Days in September

Movie · as Dona Margarida

1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional poster

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

Movie · as Self

1997
Zazá poster

Zazá

TV · as Marisa Dumont (Zazá) · 215 eps

1995
Visão do Paraíso

Visão do Paraíso

Movie · as Narradora

1994
Rio's Love Song poster

Rio's Love Song

Movie · as (segment "Samba do Grande Amor")

1994
A Comédia da Vida Privada poster

A Comédia da Vida Privada

TV · 1 ep

1994
Incidente em Antares poster

Incidente em Antares

TV · as Quitéria Campolargo · 12 eps

1993
Jequitibá poster

Jequitibá

TV · as Jacutinga · 216 eps

1993
O Mapa da Mina poster

O Mapa da Mina

TV · as Madalena Moraes · 137 eps

1992
Parabéns poster

Parabéns

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1991
The Flash and Crash Days poster

The Flash and Crash Days

Movie

1991
O Dono do Mundo poster

O Dono do Mundo

TV · as Olga Portela · 197 eps

1990
Riacho Doce poster

Riacho Doce

TV · as Vó Manuela Nunes · 40 eps

1990
Rainha da Sucata poster

Rainha da Sucata

TV · as Salomé Szimanski · 3 eps

1989
Fire and Passion poster

Fire and Passion

Movie · as Rainha no Castelo

1989
Trancado por Dentro poster

Trancado por Dentro

Movie · as Dona Ivete

1986
Hour of the Star poster

Hour of the Star

Movie · as Madame Carlota

1986
Cambalacho poster

Cambalacho

TV · as Leonarda Furtado (Naná) · 179 eps

1983
Guerra dos Sexos poster

Guerra dos Sexos

TV · as Charlotte de Alcântara Pereira Barreto · 185 eps

1982
O Homem de Areia poster

O Homem de Areia

Movie · as Narradora

1981
They Don't Wear Black Tie poster

They Don't Wear Black Tie

Movie · as Romana

1981
Dance with Me poster

Dance with Me

TV · as Silvia Toledo · 165 eps

1981
Brilhante poster

Brilhante

TV · as Francisca Newman (Chica) · 155 eps

1981
Chico Total poster

Chico Total

TV · 1 ep

1979
Terra dos Índios poster

Terra dos Índios

Movie

1979
Cara a Cara poster

Cara a Cara

TV · as Madame Ingrid Von Herbert · 223 eps

1978
Everything's Alright poster

Everything's Alright

Movie · as Elvira Barata

1977
The Trapalhões poster

The Trapalhões

TV · as Ela mesma · 1 ep

1976
Marília e Marina

Marília e Marina

Movie

1976
O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro

O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro

Movie · as Mary Cavan Tyrone - Longa Viagem do Dia Para Dentro da Noite, de Eugene O'Neill

1975
Teatro Brasileiro: Origem e Mudança poster

Teatro Brasileiro: Origem e Mudança

Movie

1973
Joanna Francesa poster

Joanna Francesa

Movie · as Joana (narração)

1971
Em Família poster

Em Família

Movie · as Anita

1971
A Vida de Jesus Cristo poster

A Vida de Jesus Cristo

Movie · as Samaritana

1970
Minha Namorada poster

Minha Namorada

Movie

1970
Mortal Sin poster

Mortal Sin

Movie · as Fernanda

1969
Sangue do Meu Sangue poster

Sangue do Meu Sangue

TV · as Júlia · 284 eps

1969
Os Estranhos

Os Estranhos

TV · as Walkíria (1ª versão) · 115 eps

1969
Dez Vidas poster

Dez Vidas

TV · as amiga de Bárbara Heliodora · 209 eps

1968
A Muralha poster

A Muralha

TV · as Mãe Cândida Olinto · 210 eps

1966
The Language of Theatre poster

The Language of Theatre

Movie

1966
Redenção

Redenção

TV · as Lisa · 616 eps

1966
Calúnia poster

Calúnia

TV · as Amália · 53 eps

1965
The Deceased poster

The Deceased

Movie · as Zulmira

1954
A Esperança é Eterna poster

A Esperança é Eterna

Movie · as Narração

1954
A Muralha poster

A Muralha

TV · as Ana · 15 eps

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep