Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows FanStore News Showtimes

Fernanda Montenegro

Highest Rated: 94% Central Station (1998)

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."

Show Less Show More

Highest rated movies

94% 95% Central Station
Watchlist
94% 89% Invisible Life Watchlist 92% I'm Still Here Watchlist
80% 80% The House of Sand
Watchlist
80% 77% The Hour of the Star
Watchlist
74% 50% The Other Side of the Street
Watchlist
26% 45% Love in the Time of Cholera
Watchlist
8% 16% Rio, I Love You Watchlist
Mortal Sin
Watchlist
Redeemer
Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Carnival Is Over Unknown (Character) - 2024
92% No Score Yet I'm Still Here Old Eunice Paiva (Character) - 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gilda, Lúcia e o Bode Gilda (Character) - 2020
94% 89% Invisible Life Eurídice (Character) $141.7K 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet O Beijo no Asfalto Dona Matilde (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hoje É Dia de Maria Unknown (Character) - 2015
8% 16% Rio, I Love You Dona Fulana (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Boa Sorte Célia (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 43% Time and the Wind Bibiana Terra Cambará (idosa) (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Doce de Mãe Dona Picucha (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet As Aventuras de Agamenon, o Repórter Unknown (Character) - 2012
26% 45% Love in the Time of Cholera Tránsito Ariza (Character) $4.6M 2007
80% 80% The House of Sand Dona Maria / Áurea / Maria (Character) $529.3K 2005
74% 50% The Other Side of the Street Regina (Character) $18.6K 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Redeemer Mother (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 72% Olga Leocádia Prestes (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 67% Redentor Unknown (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 95% A Dog's Will Compadecida (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Invention of Brasilia Narrator - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gêmeas Twin's mother (Character) - 1999
94% 95% Central Station Dora (Character) $6.2M 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet See This Song Unknown (Character) - 1994
80% 77% The Hour of the Star Madame Carlota (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 89% They Don't Wear Black Tie Romana (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Everything's Alright Elvira Barata (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mortal Sin Fernanda (Character) - 1970