A portrait of one of Brazil’s greatest actresses, centered on the one thing inseparable from her identity: her craft. The documentary follows Fernanda Montenegro through her most recent work while looking back at the past to trace the making of a great actress over the course of her career. Directed by Pedro Waddington, son of filmmaker Andrucha Waddington—Fernanda’s son-in-law—the film embraces their family relationship as part of its narrative, capturing intimate moments with the actress backstage and unveiling previously unseen footage of projects made together as a family.

Fernanda (2026)

October 8, 2026 118 min

Documentary

Director: Pedro Waddington  ·  Writers: Pedro Waddington, Carolina Albuquerque, Sérgio Mekler, Renata Catharino

A portrait of one of Brazil’s greatest actresses, centered on the one thing inseparable from her identity: her craft. The documentary follows Fernanda Montenegro through her most recent work while looking back at the past to trace the making of a great actress over the course of her career. Directed by Pedro Waddington, son of filmmaker Andrucha Waddington—Fernanda’s son-in-law—the film embraces their family relationship as part of its narrative, capturing intimate moments with the actress backstage and unveiling previously unseen footage of projects made together as a family.

Director

Pedro Waddington

Cast

Fernanda Montenegro Self Fernanda Torres Self Lázaro Ramos Self Matheus Nachtergaele Self Ary Fontoura Self Bruna Marquezine Self Vladimir Brichta Self Alan Marinho Self