Speaking to The Times in 2019, Brazilian acting legend Fernanda Montenegro described receiving an Academy Award nomination 20 years earlier for her role in Walter Salles’ “Central Station ...

The first was her own mother — 95-year-old Fernanda Montenegro, perhaps the only actor more legendary than her daughter in the South American country. Montenegro was nominated for 1998’s ...

This moment is particularly significant, as Torres follows in the footsteps of her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, who was nominated in the same category in 1999 for her performance in Central do Brasil.