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Fernanda Montenegro

Highest Rated: 95% I'm Still Here (2024)

Lowest Rated: 8% Rio, I Love You (2014)

Birthday: Oct 16, 1929

Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Acknowledged as one of Brazil's foremost actresses, Fernanda Montenegro has been an infrequent presence in cinema. Like Britain's Judi Dench, this performer has instead chosen to concentrate on a stage and TV career but when she deigns to act in movies, the results are usually more than worthy. Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Montenegro began her career in 1950 as a radio performer before segueing to the boards, where she enjoyed her first real success in the title role of "Jezebel" by Jean Anouilh. Additional success came with roles in such diverse classics "A Flea in Her Ear," "A View From the Bridge" and "The Imaginary Invalid." Moving to features, she was featured in "A Falecida/The Deceased" (1965), about a woman who is convinced she's dying and plans an elaborate funeral. As the matriarch of a wealthy family coming apart through infidelity, incest, homosexuality and suicide in "Percado Mortal/Mortal Sin" (1970), Montenegro kept her dignity and grounded her character in reality. At the 1970 Moscow Film Festival, she received the Best Actress trophy for her leading role in "Em Familia."

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95% 99% I'm Still Here Watchlist
94% 95% Central Station
Watchlist 94% 89% Invisible Life Watchlist
80% 80% The House of Sand
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80% 77% The Hour of the Star
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74% 50% The Other Side of the Street
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59% 75% Four Days in September
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26% 45% Love in the Time of Cholera
Watchlist 8% 18% Rio, I Love You Watchlist
Redeemer
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Fernanda Montenegro

Fernanda Montenegro THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, (aka O OUTRO LADO DA RUA), Fernanda Montenegro, 2004. ©Strand Releasing OLGA, Fernanda Montenegro, 2004, (c) Lumiere THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, (aka O OUTRO LADO DA RUA), Fernanda Montenegro, 2004. ©Strand Releasing THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, (aka O OUTRO LADO DA RUA), Raul Cortez, Fernanda Montenegro, 2004. ©Strand Releasing THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, (aka O OUTRO LADO DA RUA), Fernanda Montenegro, Raul Cortez, 2004. ©Strand Releasing THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, (aka O OUTRO LADO DA RUA), Fernanda Montenegro, 2004. ©Strand Releasing THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, (aka O OUTRO LADO DA RUA), Fernanda Montenegro, 2004. ©Strand Releasing CENTRAL STATION, Venicius de Oliveria, Fernanda Montenegro, 1999 CENTRAL STATION, (aka CENTRAL DO BRASIL), Fernanda Montenegro, 1998, (c) Sony Pictures Classics View more photos

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I'm Still Here 95% 99% 2024 Old Eunice Paiva Actor Carnival Is Over 2024 Actor Gilda, Lúcia e o Bode 2020 Gilda Actor Invisible Life 94% 89% 2019 Eurídice Actor O Beijo no Asfalto 2018 Dona Matilde Actor Hoje É Dia de Maria 2015 Actor Rio, I Love You 8% 18% 2014 Dona Fulana Actor Boa Sorte 2014 Célia Actor Time and the Wind 43% 2013 Bibiana Terra Cambará (idosa) Actor Doce de Mãe 2012 Dona Picucha Actor As Aventuras de Agamenon, o Repórter 2012 Actor Love in the Time of Cholera 26% 45% 2007 Tránsito Ariza Actor The House of Sand 80% 80% 2005 Dona Maria / Áurea / Maria Actor The Other Side of the Street 74% 50% 2004 Regina Actor Redeemer 2004 Mother Actor Olga 72% 2004 Leocádia Prestes Actor Redentor 67% 2004 Actor A Dog's Will 94% 2001 Compadecida Actor The Invention of Brasilia 2001 Narrator Gêmeas 1999 Twin's mother Actor Central Station 94% 95% 1998 Dora Actor Four Days in September 59% 75% 1997 Dona Margarida Actor See This Song 1994 Actor The Hour of the Star 80% 77% 1985 Madame Carlota Actor They Don't Wear Black Tie 89% 1981 Romana Actor
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