Fernanda Torres

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pinheiro and the second or paternal family name is Monteiro Torres.
Fernanda Torres
Torres in a portrait by photographer Bob Wolfenson
Born
Fernanda Pinheiro Monteiro Torres

(1965-09-15) 15 September 1965 (age 59)[1]
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Spouse
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(m. 1997)​
Children2
Parents

Fernanda Pinheiro Monteiro Torres[1] (born 15 September 1965) is a Brazilian film, stage and television actress and writer. She was born in Rio de Janeiro, the daughter of the actress Fernanda Montenegro and the actor Fernando Torres. Actress, writer, presenter, columnist and screenwriter, Fernanda is considered one of the great artists of her generation.[2]

Throughout her career, Fernanda has received numerous awards, including Best Actress[3] at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. She writes for major Brazilian newspapers and magazines, and her debut novel, "The End", sold over 200,000 copies in Brazil alone and was translated into 7 other languages[4][5]. Fernanda herself adapted the work into a 10-episode limited series, released in 2023 to critical acclaim.[6]

With a solid career in theater, cinema and television, Fernanda debuted as an actress at thirteen and, at forty, as a writer. [7]

In his long theatrical career, the monologue A Casa dos Budas Ditosos stands out, among others, based on the novel of the same name by João Ubaldo Ribeiro[8], which debuted in 2003, was seen by more than a million spectators and continues to be shown, due to its immense success.

She made her film debut at the age of 16[9], in Inocência, by Walter Lima Junior, and worked with directors such as Walter Salles, in Foreign Land[10], 1994, and The First Day, 1996; and Andrucha Waddington, to whom she is married, in The House of Sand, 2003[11]. Fernanda has received numerous awards in her career, including the Palme d'Or for Best Actress at the 1986 Cannes festival[12], for the film Love Me Forever Or Never, by Arnaldo Jabor. [13]

On television, he participated in iconic productions, such as the series Os Normais and Tapas e Beijos, produced by TV Globo, which gained her immense popularity.[14]

As a presenter, she developed the project Minha Estupidez and Bicho Homem for television, and the podcast The Playlist Of My Life, as an interviewer and scriptwriter, on the Deezer platform.[15]

In 2007, he began writing for newspapers and magazines as a columnist, publishing a weekly column in the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo since 2010. In 2014, Fernanda released her first novel, The End, which sold more than 200,000 copies in Brazil and was translated into seven languages. In 2017, he published Glory and Its Litany of Horrors, both published by Cia. Das Letras. Fernanda wrote film and television scripts and adapted her work, Fim, into a 10-chapter mini-series for Globoplay.[16]

  1. ^ a b Fernanda Torres, Memória Globo - Rede Globo Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
  2. ^ "Fronteiras do Pensamento". Fronteiras do Pensamento (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  3. ^ "Fernanda TORRES". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  4. ^ "Folha.com - Ilustrada - Fernanda Torres estreia coluna hoje na Ilustrada - 11/12/2010". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  5. ^ "Fernanda Torres: A liberal e o cortejo de horrores". epoca.globo.com. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  6. ^ "Fernanda Torres fala da série 'Fim', de envelhecimento e da mãe, Fernandona: 'Pequei mais que ela, não sei se chego tão longe'". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-10-26. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  7. ^ "Fernanda Torres celebra estreia da série Fim, 10 anos após o lançamento do livro: 'Já tinha um DNA de folhetim'". gshow (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-10-25. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  8. ^ "Fernanda Torres apresenta 'A Casa Dos Budas Ditosos' em São Paulo". Quem (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-05-31. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  9. ^ "Fernanda Torres". www.filmeb.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  10. ^ Foreign Land (1995). Retrieved 2024-09-17 – via letterboxd.com.
  11. ^ Koehler, Robert (2005-09-17). "The House Of Sand". Variety. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  12. ^ "Cannes Festival - List of winners of the 1986 festival - Ina.fr". Cannes Festival. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  13. ^ "Rubem Fonseca, Adélia Prado, Fernanda Torres e Gregorio Duvivier entre os finalistas do Jabuti". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2014-09-23. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  14. ^ ""Os Normais" completa 20 anos: o que fez a série brasileira se tornar um sucesso?". GZH (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-06-01. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  15. ^ Redação (2023-02-08). "A Playlist da minha vida: Deezer lança podcast com Fernanda Torres". CASTNEWS (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  16. ^ "Fernanda Torres: A liberal e o cortejo de horrores". epoca.globo.com. Retrieved 2024-09-17.