Debuting as an actress at thirteen, Torres established a career that spans more than four decades in theater, television, literature and cinema.
Cinema Her film debut was at the age of 17, in 1983, with the film
Innocência, based on the work of
Viscount of Taunay and directed by Walter Lima Jr. Her next movie
A Marvada Carne (1985), by
André Klotzel, won her the award for Best Actress at the
Gramado Festival. For
Love Me Forever or Never (1986) by
Arnaldo Jabor, Torres won the Best Actress at the
Cannes Film Festival and at the Cuba Film Festival. Among her 24 film credits, the most notable are: ''Excuse Me, I'm Going to Fight
(1986), Best Actress at the Nantes Film Festival and a special nomination at the Locarno Festival; One Man's War (1991) by Sergio Toledo, alongside Anthony Hopkins and Norma Aleandro; Foreign Land (1996) by Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas; Four Days in September'' (1997) by
Bruno Barreto, nominated as
Best Foreign Language Film at the
70th Academy Awards; In June 2025, Torres was invited to join the
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Theater At thirteen, Torres attended
Teatro O Tablado. Torres acted in more than a dozen plays, having received praise for works such as
Orlando (1989), by
Bia Lessa;
Da Gaivota (1998), by
Daniela Thomas;
Two Women and a Corpse (2000), by
Aderbal Freire Filho. She was the first actress of the
Companhia de Ópera Seca, founded by
Gerald Thomas, having starred in three plays, including
The Flash and Crash Days (1991)—sharing the stage with her mother—which was presented on tour in the
United States and
European. The monologue
A Casa dos Budas Ditosos, based on the novel of the same name by
João Ubaldo Ribeiro, debuted in 2003 reaching more than one million spectators.
Television On television, she acted in numerous popular comedy series and soap operas in Brazil. From 2001 to 2003, Torres starred with
Luiz Fernando Guimarães in the series
Os Normais, which showed with humor and innovative language the everyday situations experienced by the couple Rui and Vani.
Os Normais became a
cult favorite and led many fans to not leave the house on Friday nights before the program ended. Not only the characters' scenes and dialogues, but also the
panties and
bras worn by Torres won over the public. The success of the series also led to two feature films,
Os Normais – O Filme (2003), a prequel telling how Rui and Vani met, and
Os Normais 2: A Noite Mais Maluca de Todas (2009), a sequel to the show where Rui and Vani try to reignite their relationship. From 2011 to 2015, Torres starred, alongside
Andréa Beltrão, in the comedy series
Tapas & Beijos, for which she received several awards nominations and wins, such as the
Best of the Year Award for Best Actress. In 2016, she wrote the script for the feature film
O Juízo, with her mother in the cast. In 2018, Torres was confirmed in the second season of the series
Sob Pressão, as Renata, the new hospital administrator. As a presenter, she developed the project
Minha Estupidez and
Bicho Homem for television, and the podcast
The Playlist of My Life, as an interviewer on
Deezer.
Writing In 2007, she began writing for newspapers and magazines as a columnist, publishing a weekly column in the newspaper
Folha de S.Paulo since 2010. In 2014, Torres released her first novel,
The End (Fim), which sold more than 200,000 copies in Brazil and was translated into seven languages. In 2023, Torres created, wrote and adapted the novel
into a 10-episode miniseries for the Brazilian streaming service
Globoplay. In 2017, Torres published her second novel,
Glory and Its Litany of Horrors (
A Glória e Seu Cortejo de Horrores). == Personal life ==