Brazil’s Carnival muse this year isn’t one of the divas or drum queens parading with the Rio de Janeiro samba schools.

Fernanda Torres has the chance to make history at the Oscars. The "I'm Still Here" star would become the first Brazil ian actress to win the best actress award should her name be called on March 2.

The film is based on a true story set in 1970s Rio de Janeiro, when Brazil was living under a military dictatorship.

I’m Still Here,” a film about a family torn apart by the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil for more than two decades, gave Brazil's first Oscars win on Sunday in the best international film category.

I'm Still Here' has won 'Best International Feature' at the 97th Academy Awards, becoming the first Brazilian film in history to win an Oscar.

When Spanish actress Penélope Cruz announced that “I’m Still Here” was the winner of best international film at the Academy Awards, Brazilians roared at home and on the streets, where Carnival festivities have been ongoing since Saturday.

Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here scooped the Best International Feature Film Oscar, marking the first time that an entry from Brazil has won the category

Fernanda Montenegro, left, and her daughter Fernanda ... Gil's swearing-in ceremony as a new "immortal," April 8, 2022, in Rio de Janeiro. Mauro PIimentel/AFP via Getty Images "She was here ...

"Fernanda Torres' Impersonators", during a pre-Carnival street party where some dressed as Torres' beloved TV characters, in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)