ACTOR

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 became the first Brazilian 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernanda Montenegro has received more than 649,417 page views. Her biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Fernanda Montenegro is the 772nd most popular actor (up from 773rd in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 76th 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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  • 650k

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  • 66.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Fernanda Montenegro ranks 772 out of 13,578. Before her are Annette Bening, David Duchovny, Charles Chaplin Jr., Dwight Schultz, Ida Rubinstein, and Dirk Benedict. After her are Francisco Rabal, Jeroen Krabbé, Katharina Schratt, Sacha Guitry, Rodolfo Gucci, and Peter Weller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Fernanda Montenegro ranks 94. Before her are Nikolai Ryzhkov, Claes Oldenburg, Alfred Moisiu, Isabel Sarli, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and Nicolai Ghiaurov. After her are Lorenzo Buffon, Stirling Moss, Michael Atiyah, Chespirito, David Kelly, and Paul Lauterbur.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Fernanda Montenegro ranks 79 out of 2,236. Before her are Dani Alves (1983), Hélder Câmara (1909), Vicente Feola (1909), Zumbi (1655), Ernesto Geisel (1907), and Dida (1973). After her are Reinaldo Arenas (1943), Chico Buarque (1944), Leonardo Boff (1938), Tancredo Neves (1910), Marcelo (1988), and Amarildo Tavares da Silveira (1939).

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Among ACTORS In Brazil

Among actors born in Brazil, Fernanda Montenegro ranks 1. After her are Sônia Braga (1950), Florinda Bolkan (1941), Vera Fischer (1951), Xuxa (1963), Lucélia Santos (1957), Véra Clouzot (1913), Rubens de Falco (1931), Jandira Martini (1945), Regina Duarte (1947), Rodrigo Santoro (1975), and Anselmo Duarte (1920).

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