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Fernanda Montenegro

1929 - Today

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Arlette Pinheiro Esteves Torres ONM (née da Silva; born 16 October 1929), known by her stage name Fernanda Montenegro ([feɦˈnɐ̃dɐ mõtʃiˈnegɾu]), is a Brazilian actress. Considered by many as the greatest Brazilian actress of all time, she is often referred to as the grande dame of Brazilian theater, cinema, and performing arts. For her work in Central Station (1998), she has become the first Brazilian and first Latin American to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, as well as the first actress nominated for an Academy Award for a performance in a Portuguese language film. Her daughter was also nominated in 2025. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fernanda Montenegro is the 354th most popular actor (up from 772nd in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 79th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Actor.

Fernanda Montenegro is most famous for her role as Dona Sebastiana in the telenovela "A Grande Família".

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Fernanda Montenegro ranks 354 out of 13,578. Before her are John Cazale, Priyanka Chopra, Oona O'Neill, Pola Negri, Jeff Goldblum, and Helmut Berger. After her are Cate Blanchett, Natalie Wood, Sam Neill, Christopher Lambert, Joanne Woodward, and Mila Kunis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Fernanda Montenegro ranks 38. Before her are Djalma Santos, Richard E. Taylor, Isamu Akasaki, Hafizullah Amin, Oriana Fallaci, and Werner Arber. After her are Murray Gell-Mann, John Turner, Zdzisław Beksiński, Hebe Camargo, Lennart Meri, and Richard F. Gordon Jr..

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Fernanda Montenegro ranks 38 out of 2,236. Before her are Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887), Vavá (1934), Djalma Santos (1929), Carlos Alberto Parreira (1943), Nílton Santos (1925), and Arthur Friedenreich (1892). After her are Rivaldo (1972), João Gilberto (1931), Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (1846), Hebe Camargo (1929), Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873), and Gylmar dos Santos Neves (1930).

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Among ACTORS In Brazil

Among actors born in Brazil, Fernanda Montenegro ranks 1. After her are Sônia Braga (1950), Xuxa (1963), Florinda Bolkan (1941), Fernanda Torres (1965), Rubens de Falco (1931), Lucélia Santos (1957), Jennifer O'Neill (1948), Vera Fischer (1951), Véra Clouzot (1913), Rodrigo Santoro (1975), and Tony Ramos (1948).

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