I’m Still Here star Fernanda Torres dedicated her Golden Globes best actress in a drama win to her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, who was nominated in 1999 for Central Station. Montenegro was the first Brazilian actress to be nominated 25 years ago, and now her daughter is the second, Torres told Entertainment Tonight ahead of the show.

In Walter Salles' Oscar-shortlisted film I'm Still Here, set in 1970 at the height of Brazil's military dictatorship, Fernanda Torres plays an extraordinary mother: Eunice Paiva, who was left to raise five children alone after the disappearance of her activist husband Rubens (played by Selton Mello).

Torres earned the prize over fellow nominees Pamela Anderson, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Tilda Swinton and Kate Winslet

Brazilian performer Fernanda Torres won for female lead actor in a motion picture, drama, besting stars such as Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman and Pamela Anderson.

She made her Golden Globes debut in a black gown by Olivier Theyskens, accessorizing with Fernando Jorge jewelry.

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"Of course I want to dedicated this to my mother. You have no idea. She was here 25 year ago and this is like a proof that art can endure through life," said Brazilian's Fernanda Torres, accepting her Golden Globe for Best Female Actor in A Motion Picture Drama for Walter Salles I'm Still Here