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Fernanda
Montenegro
Occupation: Actress
Birth Name: Arlete Pinheiro Esteves da Silva
Born: October 16, 1929, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Fernanda Montenegro has been a leading actress in
theater and television in her native Brazil since the 1950s, though it wasn't
until 1998 that she would win her greatest acclaim outside her homeland, with an
award-winning performance in
Central do Brasil
(Central Station).
Born Arlette Pinheiro Esteves da Silva, Fernanda Montenegro
began her acting career in radio, appearing on Brazilian soap operas while still
a teenager. She made her stage debut in 1950, when she appeared in a production
of Aiegres Cancoes with actor Fernando Torres. Torres and Montenegro
would later marry and have two children, both of whom would work in film and
television, actress Fernanda Torres and director Claudio Torres. In the early
'60s, Montenegro began working in television and by the end of the 1970s, she
became one of Brazil's best-known actresses, appearing in many popular soap
operas, detective programs, and drama specials. She continued to be active in
the theater as well, winning the Moliere Prize in 1982, for her role in As
Lagrimas Amargas de Petra von Kant, a stage adaptation of the film The
Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant.
Montenegro's feature film work has been sporadic but well-regarded. After making
her film debut in 1964, with A Falecida, she won the Best Actress award
at the 1970 Moscow Film Festival for her performance in Em Familia. Her
work in Tudo Bem earned her the Best Actress honors at 1977's Taormina
Film Festival in Italy and, in 1998, she received the Silver Bear for Best
Actress at the Berlin Film Festival and a U.S. Academy Award nomination for her
role in Central do Brasil. Her latest projects include a
Hitchcock-style thriller,
The Other
Side of the Street. ~ All Movie Guide
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