From 1945 to 1950
The first participation in a theatre play took place when she was eight years old; she acted as Arlette in the play Two Sargents. As a teenager she acted as coadjuvant in Nuestra Natacha, Alejandro Casona's play, taken place at the Rio de Janeiro University - Law Department Theatre.
In 1950 she worked as a radio speaker, actress and editress adopting the pseudonym of Fernanda Montenegro in Radio MEC participating of the following programs: Passeio literário, França eterna, Douce France, Franceses - nós cremos em vós, Falando de teatro, Brasiliana, No reino da alegria and Falando de cinema.

As a professional actress she participated of the following plays:

 1950 Alegres Canções nas Montanhas, by Julian Luchaíre, director: Ester Leão.

1952 Loucuras do Imperador, by Paulo Magalhães, director: Paulo Magalhães.

1952 An Inspector Calls, by J.B.Priestley, translated by Odilon and directed by João Villaret.

1953 Jezebel, by Jean Anouith, director: Henriette Morineau.

1953 The Little Hut, by André Roussin, director: Henriette Morineau.

1953 Mulheres Feias, by Achille Saitta, director: Henriette Morineau.

1953 Daqui não Saio, by Raymond Vincy and Jean Calmy, director: Henriette Morineau.

1943 The Lark, by Jean Anouilh, setting and direction: Gianni Ratto.

1955 Une Puce à L'oreille (A flea in her ear), by Georges Feydeau, setting and direction: Gianni Ratto.

1955 The Moratorium (A Moratória), by Jorge de Andrade, setting and direction: Gianni Ratto.

1955 Mirandolina, by Carlo Goldoni, director: Ruggero Jacobbi.

1955 A Ilha dos Papagaios, by Sérgio Tófano, setting and direction: Gianni Ratto.

1956 Manequim, by Henrique Pongetti, director: Eugênio Kusnet.

1956 Divorçons, by Victorien Sardou, director: Ziembinski.

1956 Eurydice, by Jean Anouilh, setting and direction: Gianni Ratto.

1956 Life with Father, by H. Cindsay and Roussel Crouse. Setting and direction: Gianni Rato.

1957 Los Intereses Creados (The bonds of Interest), by Jacinto Benavente, director: Alberto d'Aversa.

1957 Rua São Luis 27/8, by Abilio Pereira de Almeida, director: Alberto d'Aversa.

1958 A Muito Curiosa História da Virtuosa Matrona de Éfeso, by Guilherme Figueiredo, director: Alberto d'Aversa.



1958 Maschere Nude (To Dress the Naked), by Luigi Pirandello, director: Alberto d'Aversa.

1958 A View from the Bridge, by Arthur Miller, director: Alberto d'Aversa.

1958 Stone Quarry of Stones, by Jorge de Andrade, director: Alberto d'Aversa.

1959 O Mambembe, by Arthur Azevedo and Jose Piza, setting and direction: Gianni Ratto.



1960 Mrs Warren's Profession, by Bernard Shaw, director: Gianni Ratto.

1960 Cristo Proclamado, by Francisco Pereira da Silva, setting and direction: Gianni Ratto.

1960 Une Puce à L'oreille (A Flea in her ear), by Georges Feydeau, setting and direction: Gianni Ratto.

1961 Apague Meu Spotlight, by Jocy de Oliveira, setting and direction: Gianni Ratto.

1961 Comedy Festival:
  • Pedro the Artful Dodger, by Cervantes.
  • Le Médicin Malgré Lui, by Molière.
  • O Terrível Capitão do Mato, by Martins Pena, setting and direction: Gianni Ratto.

1961 Beijo no Asfalto (Kiss on the Pavement), by Nelson Rodrigues, director: Fernando Torres.

1962 L'Uomo, la Bestia e la Virtù (O homem, a besta e a virtude), by Luigi Pirandello, setting and direction: Gianni Ratto.

1963 Mary, Mary, by Jean Kerr, director: Adolfo Celi.

1964 Mirandolina, by Carlo Goldoni, setting and direction: Gianni Ratto.

1966 La Parisienne, by Henri Becque, director by Fernando Torres.

1966 O Homem do Princípio ao Fim, by Millôr Fernandes, director: Fernando Torres.



1967 The Homecoming, by Harold Pinter, director: Fernando Torres.

1968 Marta Saré, by Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, director: Fernando Torres.

1970 Plaza Suite, by Neil Simon, director: João Bittencourt.

1970 Oh! Les Beaux Jours (Happy days), by Samuel Beckett, director: Ivan de Albuquerque.

1971 Monsieur Chasse (The birdwatcher), by Georges Feydeay, director: Amir Haddad.

1971 Computa, Computador, Computa, by Millôr Fernandes, director: Carlos Kroeber.

1972 Die Ermittlung (The Investigation), by Peter Weiss, director: Celso Nunes.

1972 Seria cômico...Se não Fosse Sério, by Friedrich Durrenmat, diretor: Celso Nunes.

1973 Affairs of State (O Amante de Mme. Vidal), by Louis Verneuil, director: Fernando Torres.

1975 La Parisienne, by Henri Becque, director: Fernando Torres.

1976 More Stately Mansions, by Eugene O'Neil, director: Fernando Torres.

1977 É..., by Millôr Fernandes, director: Paulo José.

1980 Assunto de Família, by Domingos de Oliveira, director: Paulo José.

1982 As Lágrimas Amargas de Petra von Kant, by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, setting and direction: Celso Nunes.

1986 Fedra, by Racine, director: Augusto Boal.

1987 Dona Doida, um Interlúdio, by Adélia Prado, setting, costumes and direction: of Naum Alves de Souza.

1989 Suburbano Coração, by Naum Alves de Souza, director: Naum Alves de Souza.

1993 Design for Living, by Noel Coward, director: J. Possi.

1995/96 Happy Days, by Samuel Beckett. Director: Jacqueline Laurence.

1998 - Da Gaivota , based on the novel "The Seagull", de Anton Tchekhov. Direção: Daniela Thomas.

- Meetings with Fernanda Montenegro