Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee Fernanda Torres apologized Sunday after facing backlash for resurfaced footage of her wearing blackface. Torres addressed a video clip from a comedy sketch filmed approximately 17 years ago in which she played multiple characters,

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A nearly-two decades old clip of Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres in blackface has resurfaced days after she was nominated for her first Academy Award. The “I’m Still Here” star issued an apology acknowledging the poor judgment used when she appeared as a housekeeper in a sketch comedy series for the Brazilian series “Fantastico” in the late aughts.

"It’s very clear now in our country and everywhere that blackface is never acceptable," she said in a statement.