Best Actress Oscar-nominee Fernanda Torres apologises for wearing Blackface in resurfaced sketch
The IndependentSign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Fernanda Torres has apologised for wearing Blackface in a decades-old comedy sketch that resurfaced following her first-time Oscar nomination for her performance in Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here. open image in gallery Fernanda Torres as Eunice Paiva in ‘I’m Still Here’ “As an artist and global citizen, and from my open heart, I remain attentive and committed to the pursuit of vital changes needed to live in a world free from inequality and racism.” The sketch titled “The Opposite Sex: The Family ” starred Torres and a male actor as multiple characters who questioned whether mothers or fathers are most important to families, per Deadline. In Salles political drama, Torres plays Eunice Paiva, the wife of a former Brazilian congressman who is “disappeared” during the country’s military dictatorship, which ran from 1964 to 1985. A Best Actress Oscar nomination followed last week, with Torres recognised alongside Cynthia Erivo for Wicked, Karla Sofía Gascón for Emilia Pérez, Mikey Madison for Anora, and Demi Moore for The Substance.
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