Fernanda Torres triumphs at the 2025 Golden Globes, 25 years after her mother

His surprise was not feigned, Sunday evening at the 2025 Golden Globes, when Viola Davis called his name. In a very tight race for the trophy for best actress in a drama film, facing big names like Nicole Kidman (Babygirl), Angelina Jolie (Maria), Tilda Swinton (The Room Next Door), Kate Winslet (Lee) et Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl), she is the Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres who triumphed. She was crowned for her role in I’m Still Here (I’m still herein VF), a drama directed by Walter Salles and whose screenwriters Murilo Hauser et Heitor Lorega were rewarded at the Venice Film Festival last September.

This is an adaptation of the novel by Marcelo Rubens Paivain which the author recounts the disappearance of his father Rubens Paivadeputy of the Brazilian Labor Party, during the military dictatorship. Fernanda Torres plays Eunice, the deputy’s wife, at the time of his disappearance in 1971. To play the role in 2014, Walter Salles called on Fernanda Montenegrowho is none other than the mother of Fernanda Torres. She followed in her footsteps again this Sunday evening, since she was the second Brazilian nominated in the Best Actress category, after a certain Fernanda Montenegro.

Although she had not won the Golden Globe in 1999, Fernanda Montenegro had accepted the award on behalf of the director, Central Brazil having been crowned Best Non-English Language Film. Walter Salles, already at the helm, thus became the first Brazilian crowned and this role took Fernanda Montenegro to the Oscars, nominated in the Best Actress category, after receiving the Best Actress prize at the Berlinale.

Fernanda Torres obviously had a thought for her mother, 95, when accepting the trophy: “It’s such a year for acting performances. There are so many actresses tonight that I admire so much. I of course want to thank Walter Salles, for the story, Walter! And of course I want to dedicate it to my mother. You have no idea, she was there 25 years ago, it’s proof that art can endure through all moments of life, including the most difficult. […] It’s a film that helps us think about how to survive during difficult times like these. »