In her speech, she dedicated the honor to her actress mom Fernanda Montenegro, 95, who was nominated in the same category 26 years earlier. “This is proof that art can endure through life ...

Her predecessor is her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, for 1998’s “Central Station.” Both films were directed by Walter Salles.

In 1999, her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, was nominated in the same category for "Central Station." Torres also became the first Brazilian nominated for the best actress Oscar since her mother was ...

The actor’s mother, Fernanda Montenegro, who also stars in “I’m Still Here,” received an Oscar nomination for best actress in the 1999 film “Central Station.” This makes Torres and ...

The first was her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, for the 1988 film Central Station. Torres is nominated for Best Actress against Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón, Wicked star Cynthia Erivo ...

She's also in rare company after earning her Oscar nomination, as only one other Brazilian actress has been previously nominated — her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, 95, for the 1998 film Central ...

The film was nominated for Best International Feature, while Fernanda Montenegro, who played its protagonist, was in the running for Best Actress. Neither won the Academy Award. Montenegro is ...

The first-time Oscar nominee Fernanda Torres is offering up an apology after a sketch in which she was done up in blackface nearly two decades ago recently resurfaced. The 59-year-old Brazilian ...

Brazilian actor and Oscar nominee Fernanda Torres, who won her first Golden Globe for her role in the drama film I’m Still Here, has apologized for wearing blackface in a comedy skit from the ...

Dave Benett/Getty Fernanda Torres has apologized after a 2008 clip of her in blackface resurfaced ahead of the 97th Academy Awards. The I’m Still Here star, 59, who received an Academy Award ...

She followed in the footsteps of her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, who was nominated in 1999 for Central Station. It was also directed by Salles. At W’s Best Performances Party 2025, Fernanda Torres’s ...