Began career as a radio announcer

Had first stage success in "Jezebel" by Jean Anouilh

Appeared on stage in "A Flea in His Ear"

Enjoyed a stage success in Arthur Miller's "A View From the Bridge"

Film acting debut, "A Falecida/The Deceased"

Won attention at the Moscow Film Festival for her performance in "Em Familia"

Portrayed the mother in the Gothic thriller "Pecado Mortal/Mortal Sin"

Starred in "Everything's Fine/Tudo Bem"

Appeared in "They Don't Wear Black Tie/Eles nao Usam Black-Tie"

Starred in stage adaptation of "The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant"

Had regular role in Brazilian telenovela "Guerra dos Sexes"

Featured in the telenovela "Cambalacho"

Portrayed the Fortune Teller in "A Hora da Estrela/Hour of the Star"

Acted with her husband Fernando Torres in "See This Song/Rio's Love Songs"

Starred in the Brazilian TV series "Zaza"; show also featured Torres

Appeared in Bruno Barreto's "Four Days in September"; film also featured daughter Fernanda Torres

Had international success as the lead in "Central Station/Central do Brasil"

Plays a retired woman who thinks she sees an ex cop (Raul Cortez) commit murder and becomes a police informant in Marcos Bernstein's "The Other Side of the Street"

Starrred opposite real life daughter Fernanda Torres, in Andrucha Waddington's "The House of Sand"

Had a supporting role in Gabriel Garcia Márquez's "Love in the Time of Cholera"