Fernanda Montenegro

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 105

Gender Female

Birthday October 16, 1929 (94 years old)

Place of Birth Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Fernanda Montenegro

Biography

Fernanda Montenegro (born Arlete Pinheiro Esteves da Silva; October 16, 1929) is a Brazilian stage, television and film actress, mostly recognized for her leading role in Central Station, which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first Brazilian actor to be nominated.

She is commonly revered as one of Brazil's finest actresses and referred to as "The First Lady of Brazilian Theater" and "The First Lady of Brazilian Television".

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Acting

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2024		Vitória as Dona Vitória
2024		Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil

2023

2022

as Narrator

2021		70 Anos Esta Noite
2021		Orgulho Além da Tela (3 episodes) as Self
2021		Orgulho Além da Tela as Self
2021		Emicida: AmarElo – Ao Vivo as Self
2021		Zimba as arquivo
2021		Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina as Self

2020		Gilda, Lúcia and The Goat as Gilda
2020		Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday as Self
2020		Babenco: Tell Me When I Die as Banquet Attendee
2020		Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvelous Entanglement
2020		Amor e Sorte (4 episodes) as Gilda

2019		O Juízo as Marta Amarantes
2019		José Aparecido de Oliveira – O Maior Mineiro do Mundo
2019		Mercy as Carminha
2019		Invisible Life as Older Eurídice Gusmão
2019		Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta as Self
2019		As Vilãs Que Amamos (16 episodes)

2018		The Asphalt Kiss as Dona Matilde
2018		Incidente em Antares - O Filme as Quitéria Campolargo

2017		Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone
2017		The Other Side of Paradise (172 episodes) as Mercedes Alcântara
2017		Silêncio no Estúdio as Herself
2017		All Paulos in the World - Paulo José
2017		Paulo Autran – O Senhor dos Palcos as Self
2017		Nelson: Por Ele Mesmo (6 episodes)
2017		The Clove and The Rose

2016

as "Voz" de Raymonde

2015		Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema as Self
2015		Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Hoje é Dia de Maria - O Filme as Madastra
2015		Ambitious Women (143 episodes) as Teresa Petruccelli

2014		A Primeira Missa ou Tristes Tropeços, Enganos e Urucum as Forest Being
2014		Rio, I Love You as Dona Fulana (segment "Dona Fulana")
2014		Childhood as Dona Mocinha
2014		Good Luck as Célia
2014		Sweet Mother (14 episodes) as Dona Picucha (Maria Izabel de Souza)
2014		O Tempo e o Vento (3 episodes) as Bibiana Terra Cambará

2013		Time and the Wind as Bibiana Terra Cambará (idosa)
2013		Saramandaia (56 episodes) as Candinha Rosado

2012		Sweet Mother as Dona Picucha (Maria Izabel de Souza)
2012		A Dama do Estácio as Zulmira
2012		As Brasileiras (22 episodes) as Mary Torres
2012		Agamenon: The Film as Self - Narradora (voice)

2010		Passione (209 episodes) as Elizabete Monteiro Gouveia (Bete)
2010		Caro Francis

2009		Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado as Self
2009		Domingos as Self

2008

(25 episodes) as Iraci Guimarães Moutinho

2007		Love in the Time of Cholera as Transito Ariza
2007		A Meeting with Milton Santos as Narradora

2006

as Self

2005		Belíssima (209 episodes) as Beatriz Falcão (Bia)
2005		The House of Sand as Dona Maria / Áurea (1942-1969) / Maria (1969)
2005		Cidade dos Festivais

2004		Redeemer as D. Isaura
2004		Olga as Leocádia Prestes
2004		The Other Side of the Street as Regina

2003

(1 episode) as Self

2002

(4 episodes) as Tibéria

2001

(125 episodes) as Lulu de Luxemburgo

2000

as Nossa Senhora

1999		Twins as The Mother
1999		Betrayal as Mãe do Geraldo / Mulher no bar
1999		O Belo e as Feras (1 episode)
1999		O Auto da Compadecida (4 episodes) as Compadecida

1998

as Isadora "Dora" Teixeira

1997		Four Days in September as Dona Margarida
1997		Zazá (215 episodes) as Mariza Dumont (Zazá)
1997		Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self

1994		Incidente em Antares (12 episodes) as Quitéria Campolargo
1994		Rio's Love Song as (segment "Samba do Grande Amor")
1994		A Comédia da Vida Privada (1 episode)

1993		O Mapa da Mina (137 episodes) as Madalena Moraes
1993		Renascer (216 episodes) as Jacutinga

1992

(1 episode) as Self

1991		The Flash and Crash Days
1991		O Dono do Mundo (197 episodes) as Olga Portela

1990		Riacho Doce (40 episodes) as Vó Manuela
1990		Rainha da Sucata (179 episodes) as Salomé Szimanski

1989		Fogo e Paixão as Rainha do castelo
1989		Trancado por Dentro as Dona Ivete

1986

(179 episodes) as Leonarda Furtado (Naná)

1985

as Madame Carlota

1983

(185 episodes) as Charlotte de Alcântara Pereira Barreto

1982

as Narradora

1981		Brilhante (1 episode) as Francisca Newman (Chica)
1981		They Don't Wear Black Tie as Romana
1981		Baila Comigo (165 episodes) as Silvia Toledo

1979

1978

as Elvira Barata

1976

1975

1973

1971		Em Família as Anita
1971		A Vida de Jesus Cristo as Samaritana

1970		Mortal Sin as Fernanda
1970		Minha Namorada

1968

(210 episodes) as Mãe Cândida Olinto

1965

as Zulmira

1954

as Narração

1953

(1 episode) as Self

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