She’s a Greek figure like Hecuba or Penelope—someone who faces something beyond our comprehension,” says Brazilian actor ...

Fernanda Torres landed a Best Actress nomination this morning from the American Academy for her leading turn in Walter Salles's latest I'm Still Here. Torres is only the second Brazilian actress to ...

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The role of a mother who rebuilds her life after her husband goes missing during Brazil's military regime in the 1970s, portrayed in "I'm Still Here," earned actor Fernanda Torres her first Academy ...

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Oscar nominee Fernanda Torres issued an apology after a 2008 clip of her in blackface resurfaced ahead of the 97th Academy ...

Mother),” Torres and a male co-star play multiple characters who address whether mothers or fathers are more important to families. Fernanda Torres at a screening for “I’m Still Here” in ...

which makes her the second Brazilian actress in history (after her mother, Fernanda Montenegro) to be nominated in this category. But even before Torres earned her first Oscar nod, critics raved ...

Torres is only the second Brazilian actress to receive an Oscar nomination. The first was her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, who was nominated in 1999 for Central Station, also directed by Salles.