The Brazilian actress has gotten widespread acclaim for her performance in 'I’m Still Here' — will it result in Oscar gold?

Much like Torres, and Torres' legendary mother Fernanda Montenegro, Waddington is key part of the Brazilian film industry. He got his film career started in 1998 when he directed a documentary about ...

Montenegro is a national acting legend — Brazil's Meryl Streep — who was a best actress Oscar nominee in 1999 for “Central Station.” The award instead went to Gwyneth Paltrow for “Shakespeare In Love” ...

Torres didn’t take home the Oscar for best actress, though I’m Still Here significantly won the best international feature film category. On the carpet before the ceremony, she dazzled in an ...

Fernanda Torres (Best Actress nominee for I’M STILL ... “To stand here today, representing Brazil in a lineage that began with my mother’s trailblazing journey, is both surreal and deeply ...

This sensational true-life tale from director Walter Salles depicts the abduction of a congressman in military-occupied ...

With her best actress nod, Torres became the second Brazilian actress to be nominated for the award -- the first being her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, who was nominated for her role in the 1998 ...

Directed by Arnaldo Jabor and starring Fernanda Torres, this Brazilian drama movie is about a recently separated woman (Torres), who is also a single mother. She meets up with her ex-husband for a ...

Fernanda Torres is following in the footsteps of her beloved mother, Fernanda Montenegro, at the Academy Awards tonight. Nominated for Best Actress, Torres becomes just the second Brazilian ...

Much like Torres, and Torres’ legendary mother Fernanda Montenegro, Waddington is key part of the Brazilian film industry. He got his film career started in 1998 when he directed a documentary ...

It was only the second time in history that a Brazilian actress was ever nominated in the category — the first was, poetically, Torres’ own mother, Fernanda Montenegro. Torres’ performance ...