Brazil's Carnival muse this year isn't one of the divas or drum queens parading with the Rio de Janeiro samba schools but rather Fernanda Torres, who is competing for the Best Actress Oscar on Sunday.

HOLD FOR 10 AM EST, SUNDAY MARCH 2 Brazil's Carnival muse this year isn't one of the divas or drum queens parading with the Rio de Janeiro samba schools. It's Fernanda Torres, who's competing for the best actress Oscar on Sunday.

Revelers hold a banner that reads in Portuguese; "Life is worth it," in tribute to Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres, who's competing for the best actress Oscar for her role in "I'm Still Here", at the "Cordao do Boitata" street pre-carnival party in Rio de Janeiro,

I’m Still Here,” a Brazilian film about a family torn apart by the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil for more than two decades, won the Oscar on Sunday for best international film. The Walter Salles film stars Fernanda Torres as Eunice Paiva,

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,” 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.

Fernanda Torres delivers 'phenomenal' performance as mother whose life is shattered by violence in the Oscar-nominated drama

Brazil has won its first Oscar for international feature for I'm Still Here, the story of a family broken apart amid a dictatorship. Notably, the feature edged out France's Emilia Pérez, which took home multiple Oscars earlier in the evening.

Her film ‘I'm Still Here' has fueled a legal reckoning that experts say will get taken to the next level if she brings home an Academy Award.

Walter Salles, center, accepts the award for "I'm Still Here" from Brazil, for best international feature film during the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Joe Alwyn,

A reveler wearing a Brazil's flag with the photo of Oscar-nominated actress Fernanda Torres kisses a World Cup trophy during a Torres lookalike pre-Carnival street party in Rio de Janeiro,

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