Acting credits
143
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Fernanda Montenegro
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 91Series: 52
TMDB ID: 10055
IMDb ID: nm0005244
Known for: Acting
Born: October 16, 1929
Age: 96
Place of birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2026
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 7.12
Wikidata: Q335455
Also known as
费尔南达-蒙特内格罗 • Arlette Pinheiro Monteiro Torres
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Fernanda Montenegro.
The Circular Universe – Jocy de Oliveira
as Self
2026 Movie
Old Bandits
as Marta
2026 Movie
Films to Die For
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025 Movie
Milton Bituca Nascimento
as Narrator (voice)
2025 Movie
Vitória
as Nina
2025 Movie
The Rogue's Trial
as Compadecida (archive footage)
2024 Movie
Tributo: Fernanda Montenegro
as Self
2024 Movie
I'm Still Here
as Eunice Paiva (Older)
2024 Movie
Tributo: Laura Cardoso
as Self
2024 Movie
Helô
as Self
2023 Movie
Fernanda e Nathalia - Amigas de uma Vida
2023 Movie
Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu
as Narrator
2022 Movie
70 Anos Esta Noite
2021 Movie
Emicida: AmarElo – Ao Vivo
as Self
2021 Movie
Zimba
as Self (archive footage)
2021 Movie
Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina
as Self
2021 Movie
Gilda, Lúcia and The Goat
as Gilda
2020 Movie
Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
as Self
2020 Movie
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Banquet Attendee
2020 Movie
O Juízo
as Marta Amarantes
2019 Movie
Mercy
as Carminha
2019 Movie
José Aparecido de Oliveira – O Maior Mineiro do Mundo
as Self
2019 Movie
Invisible Life
as Older Eurídice Gusmão
2019 Movie
Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta
as Self
2019 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Fernanda Montenegro.
Emergency 53
as Dona Laura • 10 eps
2026 Series
The Rogue's Trial (TV Series)
as Compadecida (uncredited) • 1 eps
2026 Series
Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um Personagem
as Self • 5 eps
2025 Series
1961
as Self • 3 eps
2025 Series
Orgulho Além da Tela
as Self • 3 eps
2021 Series
Love and Luck
as Gilda • 4 eps
2020 Series
Sweet Diva
as Dulce Ramirez • 1 eps
2019 Series
As Vilãs Que Amamos
16 eps
2019 Series
O Outro Lado do Paraíso: As Vinganças de Clara
as Mercedes Álcantara Tavares • 10 eps
2018 Series
The Other Side of Paradise
as Mercedes Álcantara Tavares • 173 eps
2017 Series
Nelson: Por Ele Mesmo
6 eps
2017 Series
Saideira
26 eps
2017 Series
O País do Cinema
as Self • 1 eps
2016 Series
Ambitious Women
as Teresa Petruccelli • 143 eps
2015 Series
Sweet Mother
as Dona Picucha (Maria Izabel de Souza) • 14 eps
2014 Series
O Tempo e o Vento
as Bibiana Terra Cambará • 3 eps
2014 Series
Damas da TV
1 eps
2013 Series
Saramandaia
as Candinha Rosado • 56 eps
2013 Series
The Brazilians
as Mary Torres • 22 eps
2012 Series
Passione
as Elizabete Monteiro Gouveia (Bete) • 209 eps
2010 Series
Sound & Fury
as Self • 1 eps
2009 Series
Queridos Amigos
as Iraci Guimarães Moutinho • 25 eps
2008 Series
Belíssima
as Beatriz Falcão (Bia) • 209 eps
2005 Series
Hoje é Dia de Maria
as Madrasta • 8 eps
2005 Series