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Alba Rohrwacher was born on 27 February 1979 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. She is an actress, known for Hungry Hearts (2014), The Wonders (2014) and I Am Love (2009).- Actress
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Benedetta's mother works as a secretary at the Quirinal Palace and her father was a lawyer and now works as an archaeologist, they separated when she was nine years old. She also has a younger brother, Guglielmo.
She has taken modeling classes since she was a child and began modeling at age 14 for the Subdued brand, then posed for Timberland, Fendi and Gucci. She never acted in plays in high school because she liked singing, however, she got into acting when her agent, Fiamma Consorti, a friend of her mother's, wanted to open a young talent agency, so she asked her if she felt like doing some auditions. She was initially reluctant but said she might give it a try. She then auditioned for the Rai 1 series Tutto può succedere (2015) and, a month later, when she had completely forgotten she had done it, she got the call that she got a role and was given a four-year contract. After she got the role, she said that, "school was the first problem," because she attended Terenzio Mamiani, a public school, she immediately had to switch and go to a private school to coordinate her shooting hours. She earned her diploma at the Visconti Institute in 2018. She then enrolled in college.
Porcaroli is also an avid singer, and has been singing since she was a child. She sang for eight years, entered a conservatory for four years, two years as a soloist and two years is a group, but dropped out, and has stated that she regrets it. She played sports such as volleyball, swimming, tennis, skiing and artistic gymnastics.
In 2016, she acted in the comedy drama film of Paolo Genovese Perfect Strangers (2016), in 2020 she participated in the film 18 Presents (2020), this film is based on the true story.
In November 2018, she starred in the Netflix series Baby (2018) as Chiara Altieri, which is loosely based on a scandal that caused a stir in Italy in 2014 when it came to light that two Italian high school students from a high school in the residential district of Parioli were engaged in part-time prostitution.
In 2018 Benedetta starred in the thriller Tutte le mie notti (2018). In 2021 she was part of a top female cast in the crime comedy 7 Women and a Murder (2021) based in the 1930s.
In 2022 came the turn of the romantic drama The Shadow of the Day (2022), followed by the dramas Amanda (2022) directed and written by Carolina Cavalli, and The Hummingbird (2022).
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Alice Pagani was born on 19 February 1998 in Ascoli Piceno, Marche, Italy. She is an actress, known for The Story of Your Life (2008), The Croods: A New Age (2020) and Don't Kill Me (2021).- Actress
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Matilda De Angelis is an Italian actress and singer. Her credits include the films Italian Race and Rose Island, and the television miniseries "The Undoing" and "The Law According to Lidia Poet." She started playing guitar and violin at the age of thirteen. She attended the Liceo Scientifico (science high school) "Enrico Fermi" in Bologna. In 2011, De Angelis began singing in the band Rumba De Bodas. The band also recorded an album, Karnaval Fou, which was released in 2014.- Actress
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Valentina Carnelutti began her acting career on stage as a young girl in Italy and has worked both in theatre and on film with directors such as Marco Tullio, Giordana (The Best of Youth), Theo Angelopoulos (The Dust of Time), Paolo Virzì (A Whole Life Ahead and La Pazza Gioia), Citto Maselli (Le Ombre Rosse), Angelo Orlando (Sfiorarsi) etc. She is the author of the screenplay for Sfiorarsi (Italy, 2006), she has directed the documentary Melkam Zena - Good News (Ethiopia, 2012 - produced by ActionAid), and the video clip for Italian musician Francesco Tricarico's Le conseguenze dell'Ingenuità (Italy, 2013). In 2014 she made her first film, reCuiem (awarded Best Short Film in major Italian and foreign festivals), which she produced with her own company FioreLeone. She acts, writes and works fluently in five languages (Italian, English, French, Spanish and Portuguese) having traveled and lived in different countries all her life.- Greta Scacchi was born in Milan, Italy, to Pamela Carsaniga, an English dancer and Luca Scacchi, an Italian art dealer and painter. She grew up in Milan and Sussex, England. In 1975, her mother and second husband moved to Australia, where, after she left school, Greta worked as an Italian interpreter on a ranch. At age 18, she returned to England and trained at the Bristol Old Vic, paying her way through college by working as a model for catalogues. Played small parts as a stage actress before she made her first appearance on British television, then the young film maker Dominik Graf directed her in Das zweite Gesicht (1982). She learned German for this movie. (She also speaks fluent Italian and French.) After Heat and Dust (1983), she played parts in French, Italian and English movies and Australian television, working with the Taviani Brothers, Margareta von Trotta and Diana Kurys. She turned down Hollywood for many years but after appearing in White Mischief (1987) agreed to co-star in Presumed Innocent (1990), Shattered (1991) and The Player (1992).
- Valentina Bellè was born on 16 April 1992 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress, known for Ferrari (2023), Love Gets a Room (2021) and The Good Mothers (2023).
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Throughout her career, Anna Foglietta has worked successfully in various fields, including film, theatre, television and advertising. One of her most significant achievements was in 2015 when she starred in the multi-award-winning film "Perfect Strangers" by Paolo Genovese. For her role, Anna received the Special Silver Ribbon Award and a nomination at the David di Donatello Awards. In 2020, she also served as the godmother of the 77th Venice International Film Festival. Anna Foglietta is actively involved in social work through the non-profit organization "Every Child Is My Child", of which she is the President.- Barbara Ronchi was born on 22 June 1982 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Sweet Dreams (2016), Settembre (2022) and Still Time (2022).
- Livia Rossi is known for Intrepido: A Lonely Hero (2013), L'uomo senza colpa (2022) and The Girl Flew (2021).
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Chiara Mastroianni was born on 28 May 1972 in Paris, France. She is an actress, known for Persepolis (2007), Ready to Wear (1994) and Beloved (2011). She was previously married to Benjamin Biolay.- Vanessa Scalera was born on 5 April 1977 in Mesagne, Apulia, Italy. She is an actress, known for L'Arminuta (2021), Diabolik (2021) and Vincere (2009).
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Francesca Neri was born on 10 February 1964 in Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. She is an actress and producer, known for Hannibal (2001), Collateral Damage (2002) and Live Flesh (1997). She was previously married to Claudio Amendola.- Actress
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Giovanna Mezzogiorno was born on 9 November 1974 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for Vincere (2009), Love in the Time of Cholera (2007) and Facing Windows (2003). She has been married to Alessio Federico Fugolo since 24 October 2009. They have two children.- Actress
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Claudia Gerini was born in Rome, where she did classical studies and dance training. Her acting career began when an advertising agency cast her in several commercials.
Claudia Gerini has had a long movie career in Italy and abroad, working with actors and directors like Sergio Castellito, Giuseppe Tornatore, Mel Gibson, acting both in comedic and dramatic roles. Her first star-making role was in "Viaggi di nozze" with comedian Carlo Verdone, with whom she will still works from time to time.
In theater, Claudia Gerini appeared in the show "Angelo e Beatrice" by Francesco Apolloni. She recently returned to the stage with the one-woman show "Storie di Claudia," written and directed by Giampiero Solari, a musical which highlights all her skills: dance, singing and acting.
She has acted in some of the most interesting projects of contemporary Italian cinema, such as "La Sconosciuta" by Giuseppe Tornatore, "Non ti muovere" by Sergio Castellitto, "Una famiglia perfetta" by Paolo Genovese, "Diverso da chi" by Umberto Carteni and many others.
Claudia Gerini has two daughters (Rosa and Linda ) and never stops studying and training. In addition to Italian, she fluently speaks English, French and Spanish.- Linda Caridi was born on 11 April 1988 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. She is an actress, known for Last Night of Amore (2023), Ricordi? (2018) and The Ties (2020).
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- Blonde beauty Carolina Crescentini was born in Rome on April 18, 1980; daughter of two commerce graduates, she grew up in the Roman quarter of Monteverde. She originally wanted to be a film critic but at 19 her interest in acting increased and she decided to attend several acting schools, including the "Teatro Azione" and the prestigious "Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia". She appeared in a TV commercial (directed by Gabriele Muccino), several music videos and short films, but her breakthrough came in 2007, when she was chosen by director Fausto Brizzi for the teen comedy and box office hit Notte prima degli esami - Oggi (2007), opposite Nicolas Vaporidis. The film was so successful that Vaporidis and Crescentini teamed up again six months later to shoot the thriller Concrete Romance (2007), in which for the first time, starring as a rape victim, she showed her dramatic talent; she received a Best Actress nomination at the Silver Ribbon Awards for this film. The following year she starred as Benedetta in Tell Me About Love (2008), in which she was directed by Gabriele Muccino's brother Silvio. Her excellent performance as a fragile and self destructive girl in the film brought her her first nomination at the David di Donatello Awards (the Italian Oscars). Always giving interesting performances (even in small roles, such as Anna in The Demons of St. Petersburg (2008)), Carolina Crescentini is undoubtedly one of the most talented young actresses that Italy has to offer at the moment.
- Valeria Solarino was born on 4 November 1979 in El Morro, Barcelona, Anzoategui, Venezuela. She is an actress, known for Purple Sea (2009), Valzer (2007) and Signorina Effe (2007).
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Valeria Golino is an Italian actress and film director. She is known to English-language audiences for her role in Rain Man, Big Top Pee-wee and the two Hot Shots! films, especially the olive-in-the-belly-button scene. The second child of an Italian germanist and a Greek painter, Valeria Golino grew up in Naples until her parents parted. After three years in Athens with her mother and another three in Naples with her father, she began to work as a model. She left high school after her first movie and didn't study performing arts at all. In 1985 she got the leading role in Little Flames (1985) by Peter Del Monte and the next year won the Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival for Storia d'amore (1986). After some European co-productions (Dernier été à Tanger (1987), The Gold Rimmed Glasses (1987), Three Sisters (1988)) she began to work in Hollywood (Big Top Pee-wee (1988)). She soon gained prominent roles in Rain Man (1988), Hot Shots! (1991) and Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993). Now she works in the US (Clean Slate (1994), An Occasional Hell (1996)), Europe (The King's Whore (1990), Immortal Beloved (1994)) and in Italy. too, especially with young directors (Come due coccodrilli (1994), Le acrobate (1997), L'albero delle pere (1998)). In 1994 she produced and acted in Slaughter of the Cock (1996) by Greek director Andreas Pantzis. Her voice is more appreciated in Hollywood (where she took speech therapy) than in Italy (where she is sometimes dubbed); in "The Slaughter of the Cock" she acts as a deaf and dumb woman. She speaks four languages: Italian, Greek, French and English. Her brother is a musician and their uncle Enzo Golino is a famous journalist.- Actress
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Valentina Lodovini was born on 14 May 1978 in Umbertide, Umbria, Italy. She is an actress and producer, known for Welcome to the South (2010), The Right Distance (2007) and When Mom Is Away... With the Family (2020).- Actress
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Donatella Finocchiaro was born on 16 November 1970 in Catania, Sicily, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for Angela (2002), The Wedding Director (2006) and Galantuomini (2008).- Actress
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Tea Falco was born on 11 August 1986 in Catania, Sicily, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for Me and You (2012), Ceci n'est pas un cannolo (2018) and La solita commedia: Inferno (2015).- Lucia Lavia was born on 18 February 1992 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Le Baccanti (2021), Rossella (2011) and La scuola d'estate (2014).
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Jasmine Trinca was born on 24 April 1981 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for The Gunman (2015), The Son's Room (2001) and Fortunata (2017).- Monica Guerritore was born on 5 January 1958 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for La lupa (1996), Love Under the Elms (1975) and On the Edge (2009). She has been married to Roberto Zaccaria since 17 August 2010. She was previously married to Gabriele Lavia.
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Isabella Ragonese was born on 19 May 1981 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for Tutta la vita davanti (2008), The First Assignment (2010) and La nostra vita (2010).- Actress
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Valeria Bruni Tedeschi was born on 16 November 1964 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. She is an actress and writer, known for Like Crazy (2016), Il est plus facile pour un chameau... (2003) and Human Capital (2013).- Actress
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Camilla Filippi was born on 13 October 1979 in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for The Trial (2019), The Big Step (2019) and Tutto può succedere (2015).- Actress
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Sonia Bergamasco was born on 16 January 1966 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. She is an actress, known for The Best of Youth (2003), Quo vado? (2016) and Amorfù (2003). She has been married to Fabrizio Gifuni since 2000. They have two children.- Actress
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Born in Rome in 1975, Maya Sansa is of Italian and Iranian descent. According to her interview (Io Donna magazine), Maya met her father for the first time when she was 15; until then, she had been living in Rome with her mother. As a teenager she moved to London, where she lived for many years until graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London in 1999. She made her film debut that same year in The Nanny (1999), a role that won her an Italian Golden Globe award (Globo d'oro) for Best Breakthrough Actress and a Golden Ciak award (Ciak d'oro) for Best Supporting Actress.- Actress
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Greta Scarano was born on 27 August 1986 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress and writer, known for Circeo (2022), La cena perfetta (2022) and Chiamami ancora amore (2021).- Actress
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Lidia Vitale was born on 12 October 1972 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for The Grand Bolero (2021), The Best of Youth (2003) and Suburra (2015).- Anna Manuelli is a stage and film actress. She was born in Florence, Tuscany. She started acting in theaters at the age of 14. She graduated in 2018 from the Italian National School of Cinema, "Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia" in Rome. Since then she has been working in both cinema and television.
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Tosca D'Aquino (born 10 June 1966) is an Italian actress, comedian and television presenter. Born in Naples, Tosca D'Aquino started her career at 15 years old, appearing in several local television shows. At nineteen years old she moved in Rome to pursue an acting career, and there she enrolled at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico. In 1986 she was cast in the popular Saturday night show "Fantastico", then in 1988 she made her film debut in "Rimini Rimini - Un anno dopo". While being quite active in films, usually in comedic roles, her popularity is mainly linked to television, notably to the RAI Saturday night show "Torno Sabato", she co-hosted alongside Giorgio Panariello in the early 2000s.- Valentina, born in Rome on June 16 1996, has always been passionate about acting. Graduated from the Linguistic Lyceum, she studied two years of theater with Saverio Vallone and Beatrice Gregorini, one year at the "Percorsi d'attore" Academy directed by Giulio Scarpati and then two years at the "Scuola Jenny Tamburi". Since 2014 he has acted in several TV dramas aired on Rai 1 and Rai 2. She made her film debut as a lead actor in 2016 with the film Un bacio, directed by Ivan Cotroneo. Since 2017 she has been one of the main actors in the TV series La porta rossa and since 2020 in the TV series Mare fuori. In 2021 she participated like Anita Spelta in the TV biopic Carla (2021), based on the life of Carla Fracci, the greatest Italian dancer of all time.
- Matilde Gioli was born on 2 September 1989 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. She is an actress, known for Human Capital (2013), Golden Men (2019) and Runner (2024).
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Karin Proia was born on 14 March 1974 in Latina, Italy. She is an actress and writer, known for Una gita a Roma (2017), Vendetta (2001) and Midnight (2018). She has been married to Raffaele Buranelli since 18 July 2002.- Actress
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Micaela Ramazzotti was born on 17 January 1979 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for Like Crazy (2016), The First Beautiful Thing (2010) and Felicità (2023). She has been married to Paolo Virzì since 17 January 2009. They have two children.- Actress
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Luisa Ranieri was born on 16 December 1973 in Naples, Campania, Italy. She is an actress and writer, known for Letters to Juliet (2010), The Hand of God (2021) and Gli amici del bar Margherita (2009). She has been married to Luca Zingaretti since 23 May 2012. They have two children.- Actress
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She was born in Viareggio (Tuscany, Italy) on June 5th, 1946. She won a beauty contest when she was just 15 years old, which led to her first role in "Il federale" together with the great Italian actor Ugo Tognazzi. She was then cast by Germi for the Italian comedy "Divorzio all'Italiana", working with Marcello Mastroianni, but she became well known a few years later performing in the movie "Sedotta e abbandonata". At 16 she had a relationship with the Italian musician Gino Paoli and in 1964 she gave birth to her first daughter Amanda. In the 70s she worked with directors Bernardo Bertolucci, Ettore Scola, Comencini and acted with Vittorio Gassman, Dustin Hoffman (Alfredo, Alfredo), Robert De Niro and Gerard Depardieu (Novecento). In the 80s she performed her sexiest role in "La chiave" by Tinto Brass, which made her an erotic icon for a whole generation of men, and participated in important Italian movies (for example Speriamo che sia femmina, with Catherine Deneuve and Liv Ullman). In the 90s she especially worked for tv series and became very popular as Gigi Proietti's fiancée in "Il Maresciallo Rocca". She worked a little less for the cinema industry, nevertheless she participated in Bertolucci's "Io ballo da sola" and in Muccino's "L'ultimo bacio", where she portrayed a woman in the deep of a midlife crises. On September 10th 2005 she received the Golden Lion at the 62th Venice Film Festival for her life achievements.
Stefania Sandrelli represents one of the few actresses who are able to age gracefully and still get interesting roles. She is still regarded as one of the most beautiful women in Italy and she is still able to charm the audience with her sweet smile and sparkling eyes.- Actress
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Isabella Rossellini, the Italian actress and model who has made her home in America since 1979 and holds dual Italian and American citizenship, was born cinema royalty when she made her debut on June 18, 1952 in Rome. She is the daughter of two legends, three-time Oscar-winning Swedish-born actress Ingrid Bergman and neo-realist master Italian director Roberto Rossellini. She was also the third wife of Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese from 1979 to 1982 and the partner of legendary director David Lynch.
She made her movie debut in Vincente Minnelli's A Matter of Time (1976), which starred her mother. She then made a couple of Italian pictures and worked as an American correspondent for Italian television network RAI before appearing in Taylor Hackford's Cold War drama White Nights (1985) in 1985. She followed that up with her most memorable role, as the abused chanteuse in Lynch's masterpiece Blue Velvet (1986), she earned an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. She then went on to win a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her performance as Lisle, the mysterious socialite, forever in her youth in Death Becomes Her (1992). In 1997, she was nominated for an Emmy Award as Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for a guest appearance on Chicago Hope (1994).- Actress
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Laura Morante was born on 21 August 1956 in Santa Fiora, Tuscany, Italy. She is an actress and writer, known for Cherry on the Cake (2012), The Son's Room (2001) and Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981). She has been married to Francesco Giammatteo since 3 October 2004. She was previously married to Georges Claisse and Daniele Costantini.- Writer
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Emma Dante was born on 6 April 1967 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. She is a writer and director, known for A Street in Palermo (2013), The Macaluso Sisters (2020) and Misericordia (2023).- Actress
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Nicole Grimaudo was born on 22 April 1980 in Caltagirone, Sicily, Italy. She is an actress, known for Loose Cannons (2010), Baaria (2009) and Handsome Anthony (2005).- Anna Galiena was born on 22 December 1949 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for The Hairdresser's Husband (1990), Black Angel (2002) and Senza pelle (1994).
- Vittoria Puccini was born on 18 November 1979 in Florence, Italy. After graduating from high school, she first appeared on screen in Sergio Rubini's TV movie Tutto l'amore che c'è (2000) and in other minor titles, and finally became a star on Italian TV, playing the title character in Elisa di Rivombrosa (2003). She also has appeared in several international productions including Kronprinz Rudolf (2006).
- Teresa Saponangelo was born on 22 October 1973 in Taranto, Apulia, Italy. She is an actress, known for The Hand of God (2021), Il buco in testa (2020) and Te lo leggo negli occhi (2004).
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- Cinema, television and theater actress, Claudia Pandolfi has worked with some of the most famous Italian directors such as Mario Monicelli, Paolo Virzì, Cristina Comencini, Enzo Monteleone, Michele Soavi, Luca Lucini, Riccardo Milani, Guido Chiesa, Michele Placido, Leonardo Pieraccioni, Gianluca Maria Tavarelli and many more. During her career she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the David di Donatello for "Cosmonauta" by Susanna Nicchiarelli and at Nastri D'argento for "La prima cosa bella" by Paolo Virzì and "Due partite" by Enzo Monteleone. In the television field, Claudia Pandolfi has got her claim to fame from the series "Un medico in famiglia". She also played among the protagonists in the series: "I Liceali", " QUO VADIS BABY?", "Distretto di polizia", Chiamami ancora amore", "Un Professore" and "Baby".
- Her debut took place in 1997 in the popular satirical program 'Pippo Chennedy Show'. After several successful programs including 'La posta del cuore' (1998), 'L'ottavo nano' (2000), 'Il caso Scafroglia' (2002) and 'Bulldozer' (2003), in 2006 and 2007 Caterina Guzzanti took part in the programs of Gialappa's Band 'Mai dire lunedì', 'Mai dire martedì' and 'Mai dire Grande Fratello' on Italia 1. From 2007 to 2010 she played the role of Arianna in the cult series 'Boris' for three seasons. In 2008 she was part of the cast of 'Parla con me', whilst in 2011 and 2013 she co-hosted six episodes of 'Sostiene Bollani' with the pianist Stefano Bollani on Rai3. In 2012 she presented 'Nanuk-Prove d'avventura'with Davide Demichelis on Rai3, and in 2013 she hosted the satirical program 'La prova dell'otto' on MTV. In 2021 she was part of the cast of the successful game show 'Lol - Chi ride è fuori' on Prime Video, and in 2022 she returned to the role of Arianna in the fourth season of 'Boris'. In theatre, she is the protagonist of 'Due Partite' (2015) written by Cristina Comencini and directed by Paola Rota. In cinema, she has been amongst the protagonists of successful titles such as 'Tutta la vita davanti' by Paolo Virzì (2008), 'Oggi sposi' by Luca Lucini (2009), 'Nessuno mi può giudicare' (2011) and 'Confusi e felici' (2014) both directed by Massimiliano Bruno, 'Ogni maledetto Natale' (2014) by Giacomo Ciarrapico, Mattia Torre and Luca Vendruscolo, 'Mollami' by Matteo Gentiloni and 'Burraco Fatale' (2020) by Giuliana Gamba. She has recently been in 'Noi anni luce' by Tiziano Russo, and in the soon to be released 'Cattiva coscienza' by Davide Minnella, and 'Elf me' by YouNuts!.
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Asia Argento was born in Rome, Italy, into a family of actors and filmmakers, both occupations which she has herself pursued. She made her debut when she was only nine years old in Sergio Citti's Sogni e bisogni (1985). In 1988 she had the leading role in Cristina Comencini's first film, Zoo (1988), and was part of the cast of The Church (1989), directed by Michele Soavi. The following year she played Nanni Moretti's daughter in Red Wood Pigeon (1989) (also directed by Moretti).
It was with Close Friends (1992), written and directed by Michele Placido, that Asia's career really took off and she was able to move on from playing very young girls to more mature, complex roles. The movie was well-received at the Cannes International Film Festival. In Trauma (1993), she worked for the first time with her father, famed Italian horror director Dario Argento (her mother is one of Argento's favorite actresses, Daria Nicolodi, playing an anorexic girl in search of her parents' killer. The Phantom of the Opera (1998) is the third film she has made with her father, the others being Trauma (1993) (filmed in the US) and The Stendhal Syndrome (1996).
Asia's absorbed, intense style of acting was well-used in Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato a nozze (1993). In 1993 she co-starred in Carlo Verdone's Perdiamoci di vista (1994) in which she played Arianna, a physically disabled girl--an intricate, difficult role that won her the David di Donatello for best actress (1993-1994). She also had a featured role in the international cast of Queen Margot (1994), directed by Patrice Chéreau. In 1995 she worked with Michel Piccoli in Peter Del Monte's Traveling Companion (1996), which again won her a David di Donatello and a Grolla d'oro.
In 1994 Asia turned her hand to directing and turned out two short films: "Prospettive" (an episode of the film DeGeneration (1994)) and "A ritroso". In 1996 she directed a documentary on her father and, in 1998, one on cult director Abel Ferrara, Abel/Asia (1998), which won an award at the Rome Film Festival. In 1999 Asia made her feature-directing debut with Scarlet Diva (2000), in which she was the leading actress and author of the screenplay. The film was released in May 2000 in Italy and the rest of the world. It won an award at the Williamsburg Film Festival in Brooklyn, New York. In 2001, after directing a number of music videos, she gave birth to her first daughter, Anna Lou. In 2002 she starred in The Red Siren (2002) by Olivier Megaton with Jean-Marc Barr and the action thriller xXx (2002), directed by Rob Cohen, with Vin Diesel.
Asia is also the author of a number of short stories published in many prestigious magazines such as "Dynamo," "L'Espresso," "Sette," and "Village," Her first novel, "I Love You, Kirk," was published in Italy by Frassinelli Editrice in October 1999 and in France by Florent Massot in 2001.- Giulia Gorietti was born on 26 September 1988 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Suburra (2015), Compulsion and Almeno tu nell'universo (2011).
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- Clotilde Esposito is known for Sotto copertura (2015), The Price of Crime (2014) and The Sea Beyond (2020).
- Raffaella Rea was born on 29 May 1982 in Naples, Campania, Italy. She is an actress, known for Detective De Luca (2008), One Thousand and One Nights (2012) and Anti-Drug Squad (2011).
- Begins as a young, in 1988, in the movie of Francesca Archibugi "Mignon è partita". In the same year he participated in "La casa del sorriso" by Marco Ferreri. In the 90's it is among the actors of the television series "I ragazzi del muretto". In 1995 interprets Ambrose in "Wilma Labate" and, along with Nanni Moretti and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, "The second time". Theatrical actress, in 2016, is the co-star of the comedy "Two pair" with Max Tortora for Max Tortora directing and Paola Tiziana Cruciani.
- Martina Stella was born on 28 November 1984 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. She is an actress, known for Nine (2009), Ocean's Twelve (2004) and The Early Bird Catches the Worm (2008). She was previously married to Andrea Manfredonia.
- Born in Rome, daughter of Neapolitan magistrates. As a teenager she was part of a competitive artistic gymnastics team, and it was here, after completing her classical studies at the Liceo Mamiani in Rome, that a film producer noticed her during an audition. Thus, she gradually moved towards acting, until she made her screen debut in the third season of Distretto di polizia (2000) (2002), where she is Sabina, the sister of Giulia Corsi (Claudia Pandolfi), a role she also played in the following two seasons.
The following year, she played the role of Ilaria in Remember Me, My Love (2003), a film by Gabriele Muccino. In 2004, she starred in the miniseries A Judge of Honor (2004), directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli, where she played the role of Lucia Borsellino. From 2005 to 2008 she was Francesca De Biase in R.I.S. - Delitti imperfetti (2005). In 2006 she was also on the set of the TV series Il vizio dell'amore (2006) where she appeared in the episode Il vicino (2006), as well as in the TV drama Vientos de agua (2006) where she played the role of Gemma.
In 2007 she returned to the big screen with the role of Francesca in the thriller The Girl by the Lake (2007), debut film by Andrea Molaioli, together with Toni Servillo and Valeria Golino. In 2008 she participated in the television miniseries Aldo Moro - Il presidente (2008), in the role of Anna Laura Braghetti. From 2009 to 2016, she starred in the TV series Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi (2009), in which she played the mobster Rosy Abate, which brought her to the peak of success and notoriety.
She alternates between detective films and cinema. In 2009, she played Marika, the girlfriend of Checco Zalone in the film Cado dalle nubi (2009). In 2011 she participated in three movies: The Immature (2011), Hayfever (2010) and Horses (2011). In 2012 he was on the set of Outing - Fidanzati per sbaglio (2013), a film directed by Matteo Vicino. Also in 2012 she returned for the fourth time to the set of Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi, again in the role of the mobster Rosy Abate.
In November 2013, the actress declared that she would leave the drama after the sixth season. In 2014 she returned to film with Fasten Your Seatbelts (2014), directed by Ferzan Özpetek. In 2015, she played the lead role of Nina in Il bosco (2015), a horror/police miniseries. From January 22 of the same year, she appeared on the big screen with Ever Been to the Moon? (2015), and from June 18 with Torno indietro e cambio vita (2015). In 2016, he left Squadra Antimafia for good in the eighth season, to return unexpectedly as the absolute protagonist in the spin-off Rosy Abate: La Serie (2017), aired from November 12, 2017 to October 11, 2019, in which he acted alongside his sister Paola Michelini. Interviewed about the reasons for her reconsideration, Michelini stated that Rosy was a character that the public loved too much, and that professionally and humanly she had given her a lot; therefore, it was only fair to give her a continuation.
Also in 2017, she is Bianca, Dr. Mari's Thursday patient, in the third and final season of In Treatment. In autumn 2019, she assumes for the last time the role of the Queen of Palermo in the second season of Rosy Abate: La Serie (2017). The actress, in the microphones of Verissimo, declares that her Rosy has already given everything, and that she feels tired, after 10 years, of playing her; now she wants to take a break or try her luck in new projects in the hope that people on the street will call her Giulia again and not Rosy. - Actress
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Italian actress/singer/songwriter Violante Placido was born in Rome. She made her on-screen debut in Quattro bravi ragazzi (1993) alongside her father Michele Placido. In 1996 she starred in Jack Frusciante Has Left the Band (1996) which became quite successful in Italy. Her first major role was in Sergio Rubini's L'anima gemella (2002) (Soul Mate). In 2006 she released her debut album Don't Be Shy... under the pseudonym Viola. In 2009 she appeared in the Hindi movie Barah Aana (2009). In 2010 she made her Hollywood debut starring alongside George Clooney in Anton Corbijn's thriller The American (2010).- Actress
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Maria Chiara Giannetta was born on 20 May 1992 in Foggia, Apulia, Italy. She is an actress and writer, known for Memory Pain, Don Matteo (2000) and Ricordi? (2018).- Martina Gatti is known for Il migliore dei mondi (2023), Troppo azzurro (2023) and SKAM Italia (2018).
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Iaia Forte was born on 16 March 1962 in Naples, Campania, Italy. She is an actress, known for Black Holes (1995), Luna e l'altra (1996) and Leopardi (2014).- Actress
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Lina Sastri was born on 17 November 1950 in Naples, Campania, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for The Inquiry (1987), Celluloide (1996) and Where's Picone? (1984).- Actress
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Isabella Fogliazza in art Isabella Ferrari, was born in Ponte Dell'Olio. She debut in 1982 with the film "Sapore di Mare" directed by Carlo Vanzina and in 1983 in "Sapore di Mare 2", so her career took off and started participate in many cult comedies of the 80s such as: "Appuntamento a Liverpool" , "Chewingum" , "Il Ragazzo del Poni Express". In 1989 she starred in the film "Willi Signori e Vengo da lontano" directed by Francesco Nuti, in 1995 she worked on "Cronaca di un amore violato" directed by Giacomo Battiato, inspire by the book by Anna Maria Pellegrino "Diario di uno stupratore". The next year she works with Sergio Castellitto in "Hotel di Paura". In 1997 she was engaged by a French production in Alexandre Arcady's film "K" An important time in her artistic career is represented by "Romanzo di un Giovane Povero" with Alberto Sordi and directed by Ettore Scola, she won the Coppa Volpi Award (Venice International Film Festival) for best supporting actress. In 1998 she was in an Italian-French Production "Dolce far Niente", a comedy set in the 1800s followed by "Vajont" and "La lingua del Santo " directed by Carlo Mazzacurati. Throughout the years she participated as a protagonist in the television series "Distretto di Polizia", where she plays the police commissioner Giovanna Scalise, directed by her husband Renato De Maria and Antonello Grimaldi and then the mini-series "Liberi di Giocare", beside Pierfrancesco Favino. In 2005 she is the protagonist in the movie "Amatemi" by Renato de Maria and "Arrivederci Amore ciao" by Michele Soavi. She starred in the film "Vite Sospese" by Marco Turco, "Il Seme della Discordia" by Pappi Corsicato, "Saturno Contro" and "Un giorno Perfetto" by Ferzan Ozpetek (where she won the Pasinetti Award for the best actress), "Due partite" by Enzo Monteleone and then in the film "Caos Calmo" by Antonello Grimaldi. In 2006 she is in theaters with "Due Partite" by Cristina Comencini and "Il Catalogo" with Ennio Fantastichini, by Jean Claude Carriere and directed by Valerio Binasco. She participated in the show "Anestesia Totale" with Marco Travaglio and always with the latter he goes on stage in Italian theaters with "È Stato la Mafia". She had a cameo in the movie "To Rome with Love" by Woody Allen. In 2010 she returns to television with the Italian-German miniseries "Nel Bianco" based on the novel by Ken Follett and in the tv-film "Storia di Laura" by Andrea Porporati. In 2013 she is directed by Paolo Sorrentino in the Oscar-winning film "The Great Beauty". She also appears in Antonio Morabito's movie "Il Venditore di Medicine" and in the following year is one of the protagonists in Renato de Maria's movie "La Vita Oscena", presented at the International Venice Film Festival in the Horizons category. In 2017 she works again with Ferzan Ozpetek in "Napoli Velata", and then appears in "In Viaggio con Adele" by Alessandro Capitani and "Euphoria" by Valeria Golino. From 2018-2020 she is in the Netflix series "Baby" directed by Andrea De Sica, Anna Negri and Letizia Lamartire. She also appears in "Sotto I l Sole di Riccione" by Antonio Usbergo and Niccolò Celaia. In 2022 she appears in "La Mia Ombra è Tua" by Eugenio Cappuccio, "Sotto I l Sole di Amalfi" by Martina Pastori and Renato de Maria's movie "Rapiniamo I l Duce". In 2023 she worked on the tv series "Alfonso" by Eros Puglielli- Actress
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Margherita Buy was born on 15 January 1962 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress and writer, known for Mia madre (2015), The Ignorant Fairies (2001) and Days and Clouds (2007). She was previously married to Sergio Rubini.- Actress
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Cristiana Capotondi was born on 13 September 1980 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for The Worst Week of My Life (2011), Come tu mi vuoi (2007) and Notte prima degli esami (2006).- Miriam Leone was born in Catania, Sicily, to Gabriella Leone, a municipal employee, and Ignazio Leone, a retired teacher. As a child, she lived in Aci Catena, where her parents were from.
In 2008, she was the winner of the 69th edition of the Miss Italy beauty contest that opened for her the doors of the entertainment world. She presented the TV show Unomattina Estate (1992), was the judge of the Ciak Award and the host of the Nastro d'Argento award ceremony in 2011.
She started her acting career doing small roles on TV and cinema before debut as lead actress in television series Distretto di polizia (2000), La dama velata (2015), Thou Shalt Not Kill (2015) and the trilogy 1992 (2015), 1993 (2017), and 1994 (2019) about the Tangentopoli scandal. In 2021, she played Eva Kant, the main role of the movie adaptation of the comics series Diabolik (2021).
She has been married to Paolo Carullo since September 18, 2021. - Actress
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Born in Martin, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) in 1974, Barbora Bobulova graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts of Bratislava and briefly studied in New York before moving to Italy in the mid-1990s. Her first major role was in Marco Bellocchio's The Prince of Homburg (1997) but her breakthrough role came almost a decade later, when she played the greedy businesswoman who finds her true vocation in Sacred Heart (2005). Her outstanding performance won her every major award of the Italian film industry: David di Donatello, Silver Ribbon, Golden Globe, Golden Ciak and Flaiano Prize.- Actress
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Kasia Smutniak was born on 13 August 1979 in Pila, Wielkopolskie, Poland. She is an actress and director, known for Perfect Strangers (2016), From Paris with Love (2010) and Tutta colpa di Giuda (2009). She has been married to Domenico Procacci since 15 September 2019. They have one child.- Actress
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Monica Anna Maria Bellucci was born on September 30, 1964 in the Italian village of Città di Castello, Umbria, the only child of Brunella Briganti and Pasquale Bellucci. She originally pursued a career in the legal profession. While attending the University of Perugia, she modeled on the side to earn money for school, and this led to her modeling career. In 1988, she moved to one of Europe's fashion centers, Milan, and joined Elite Model Management. Although enjoying great success as a model, she made her acting debut on television in 1990, and her American film debut in Bram Stoker's Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). Her role in the French thriller The Apartment (1996), shot her to stardom as she won the French equivalent of an Oscar nomination. Other credits include Malena (2000), Under Suspicion (2000) and Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001).- Anita Caprioli was born on 11 December 1973 in Vercelli, Italy. She is an actress, known for Corpo Celeste (2011), The Immature (2011) and We Can Do That (2008).
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Piera Degli Esposti was born on 12 March 1938 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She was an actress and writer, known for Il Divo (2008), My Mother's Smile (2002) and Giulia Doesn't Date at Night (2009). She died on 14 August 2021 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Actress
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Elena Radonicich was born on 5 February 1985 in Moncalieri, Piedmont, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for In My Room (2018), Banat: The Journey (2015) and Fabrizio De André: Principe libero (2018).- Chiara Mastalli was born on 2 August 1984 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Rome (2005), Il maresciallo Rocca (1996) and Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002).
- Caterina Murino was born on September 15, 1977, in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. In 1996 she took fourth place in the Miss Italy contest. Then she moved to Milan, where she began working as a model in commercials for MasterCard, Swatch, Mercedes-Benz and Nescafe, among other gigs. From 1999-2000 she studied acting at the Scuola di Cinema e Teatro di Francesca de Sapio in Italy.
In 1999 she made her acting debut in a stage production of "Richard III" and appeared in several Italian-language plays. In 2002 she began her film and television career with bit parts in Italian, German and French productions. Her breakthrough came in 2004, when she co-starred opposite Jean Reno in the French comedy The Corsican File (2004).
She is trilingual, speaking French, English and Italian. She is a versatile actress and a good athlete. Her talents include singing, dancing tango, flamenco and oriental dances, as well as horseback riding. She co-starred as Solange, one of three Bond girls, opposite Daniel Craig in Casino Royale (2006). - Nicoletta Romanoff was born on 14 May 1979 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Remember Me, My Love (2003), Posti in piedi in paradiso (2012) and Cardiofitness (2007). She has been married to Federico Alverà since 23 November 2019. They have one child. She was previously married to Federico Scardamaglia.
- Aurora Giovinazzo was born in Rome, Italy in a family that originally comes from both Southern Italy and South America. She started acting as a child starring in television commercials of brands such as Geox, Paluani and Daihatsu. She made her acting debut in the Italian television series "Caterina e le sue Figlie" and participated in many productions including "Furore", "La Classe degli Asini", "L 'Allieva", "Oltre la Soglia". She played her first feature film role in 2011, in the movie "Il sesso aggiunto" by Francesco Antonio Castaldo. Lately, she has starred in several movies, including "Immaturi" 1 and 2, "Freaks Out" and "Anni da Cane". In addition to acting, Aurora is passionate about dancing. As a matter of fact she has been named World Champion of Caribbean and Latin American dances.
- Alessandra Mastronardi was born on 18 February 1986 in Naples, Campania, Italy. She is an actress, known for To Rome with Love (2012), The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) and Master of None (2015). She has been married to Gianpaolo Sannino since 8 July 2023.
- Anna Safroncik was born on 4 January 1981 in Kiev, Ukraine. She is an actress, known for Nine (2009), Il traduttore (2016) and Le verità (2017).
- Jennifer Missoni was born in Italy and raised in Varese where she attended the European School. She was taught in French and English and became a natural trilingual. At a young age she took up an intense interest in horseback riding and ice skating and soon after became a competitive equestrian and skater. At the age of 12 she began attending theater camps in Maine and Michigan and by the age of 17 she was enrolled in the Idyllwild Arts Academy in California. When she returned to Italy she continued her studies at The Centro Teatro Attivo in Milan. She finished her high school studies at The American School in Switzerland graduating with honors in musical theater. In 2004, Jennifer moved to Manhattan and began studying with Susan Batson at her studio, Black Nexxus. Since then she has guest starred on Fringe (2008), Medium (2005), Army Wives (2007), Royal Pains (2009), White Collar (2009), Melrose Place (2009), Law & Order (1990), and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001), as well as, recurring roles on Gossip Girl (2007) and Damages (2007). In 2007 she starred as Elissa in the Off-Broadway hit Angry Young Women In Low Rise Jeans With High Class Issues. She made her feature film debut in 2012 starring in the supernatural thriller Playback (2012) alongside Christian Slater.
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Lovely and shapely blonde bombshell Gloria Guida was born into a family of Emilia-Romagna origin on November 19, 1955 in Merano, Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy. Guida moved with her family to Bologna when she was a child. Gloria started out in the entertainment business as a singer at her father's dancing place on the Romagna Riviera. Guida then embarked on a modeling career and was named Miss Teenage Italy in 1974. Gloria subsequently went on to star primarily in a slew of racy and playful Italian sex comedies made throughout the 1970's. Guida married actor and singer Johnny Dorelli on May 15, 1991. She's the mother of a daughter, Guendalina.- Laura Antonelli was born on 28 November 1941 in Pola, Istria, Italy [now Pula, Istria, Croatia]. She was an actress, known for Passion of Love (1981), Malicious (1973) and The Innocent (1976). She was married to Enrico Piacentini. She died on 22 June 2015 in Ladispoli, Rome, Lazio, Italy.
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Ornella Muti was born on 9 March 1955 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Flash Gordon (1980), Oscar (1991) and The Most Beautiful Wife (1970). She was previously married to Federico Fachinetti and Alessio Orano.- Actress
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Daughter of the former speaker of the Italian Communist Party's delegation at the Lazio's Regional Council, Sabrina Ferilli never kept secret her leftism. Firm and stubborn, she did not care about the first unsuccessful attempts to come on to the stage. Her stubbornness was rewarded in the 1990, when she got a part in the Alessandro D'Alatri's film Americano rosso (1991). From that moment her success never ended. She lives with their two pets, a kitten and a tiny dog. Since she loves her privacy, she does not like to talk about their love affairs. She is also a big AS Roma's (Football Team) fan: she launched the official presentation of the team, in the summer of the 1999, at the Olympic Stadium, and she is a member of the AS Roma's Fans Council (a consultive board composed by famous Roma's fans like the actor Alberto Sordi). Typical Italian beauty - she also made an advertising campaign for a famous Spaghetti brand - a recent poll (in which Italian males from 15 to 34 yrs. were asked for to indicate one of the famous Italian women they would love) stated that Sabrina Ferilli is the most loved Italian woman.- Elena Cucci was born on 26 May 1983 in Tregnago, Italy. She is an actress, known for Piper - La serie (2009), Freaks! (2011) and Closer (2013).
- Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz was born in Milan, Italy to two former fashion models and until the age of five, grew up in the little country town of Gudo Visconti. Her American father, Elliston, became a famed fashion photographer, while her mother, Maria, went on to do PR for a fashion press office.
Blessed with movie star good looks, Matilda began working as a model at a very young age, for various fashion and beauty brands. After she graduated from high school in New York, she took an acting class in order to get over her shyness. She began attending auditions and landed a role in the Italian horror flick "Azzurrina" in 2012. She then won a role on the TV series Crossing Lines (2013), followed by a part in the Italian drama The Fifth Wheel (2013).
She also studied psychology at the Catholic University of Milan as a backup plan. "If you say you're an actor in Italy, they kind of laugh in your face - it's like it's not a job," she told Elle Canada in 2016. It wasn't until she traveled to Los Angeles in 2014 to audition for an HBO pilot that she realized she could truly make her dream come true. She dropped out of the Catholic University of Milan and was accepted into a major movie school in Los Angeles. She worked in an Italian restaurant to support herself and met Italian director Gabriele Muccino there, when he came in for dinner. Several months later, Muccino auditioned her for a movie called Summertime (2016). In the meantime, she'd also received an offer to test for the big budget horror movie Rings (2017). After two screen tests, she met the Vice President of Paramount and the executive producer before landing the lead role of Julia, a woman who finds herself the target of a terrible curse that threatens to take her life in seven days. She also got the role in Summertime (2016), which began filming right after she completed work on Rings (2017).
In 2016, Matilda starred in the pop punk band The Downtown Fiction's music video for "Hepburn Shades." She was the star of Coralie Fargeat's hit film Revenge (2017), and played in the romantic comedy The Divorce Party (2019). She is now filming the TV Mini-series Ils étaient dix (2020). In 2020, Matilda is set to play the lead role of Joanna in Martin Villeneuve's sci-fi thriller INVADERS (2021). She is represented by the Gersh Agency. - Actress
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Aisling Franciosi is an Irish-Italian actress known for "The Fall" (2013), "Game of Thrones" (2011), and "The Nightingale" (2018). She was born in Dublin in 1993, moved with her family to Italy soon after, and returned to Ireland four years later with her mother. She attended acting classes as a child and attended Trinity College Dublin, where she majored in French and Spanish. In 2018, she moved to New York.- Actress
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Barbara Cupisti began her career as leading actress in Italian and French films and television serials. For twenty years, she worked with prominent directors, including Tinto Brass, Dario Argento, Norman Jewison, Paul Planchon, Antonio Pedro Vasconcelos, Jhon Lofve, Gabriele Salvatores, and Carlo Verdone. In 2002, she appeared in her final film, the French production Total Kheops with Marie Trintignant and Richard Boheringer.
In 1998, Barbara made her debut as host on Italian state television (RAI) with a live-broadcast program featuring correspondents and guests around the world. Since then, she has continued to develop, produce, and host television programs for RAI as well as private broadcast networks, including launching a new music channel in Italy (Music Box) and serving on a commission for creative development within RAI 1.
In addition to her work in television, Barbara has emerged as one of the most gifted documentary film directors of her generation with her breakthrough film, Madri, (2007), which explored the reality of life in the Occupied Territories through a series of conversations with both Israeli and Palestinian mothers who have lost their children to conflict. Madri was in competition at the "Orizzonti" section of the Venice Film Festival in 2007 and was awarded the "David Donatello Prize" as the Best Italian Documentary Feature of 2008.
Since 2008, she has completed nine documentaries focused on human rights issues, many earning patronage from UNICEF, UNHCR, and Amnesty International and awards at international film festivals. Most notably, her film Fratelli Sorelle, filmed inside Italian prisons, won the Ilaria Alpi Prize in 2012, the nation's most prestigious award for journalism. In 2008, Barbara served on the international jury at the Venice Film Festival. In 2013 and 2014, she was a member of the Ilaria Alpi Prize jury.- Cristiana Dell'Anna was born on 24 August 1985 in Naples, Campania, Italy. She is an actress, known for Cabrini (2024), Toscana (2022) and The King of Laughter (2021).
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Born in 1990, Elodie spent her adolescence in her birthplace, Quartaccio, in the suburbs of Rome. After doing some work with local bands, in 2015 she participated in Amici and from that moment on her career has been constantly on the rise. Today she has had over 850,000 copies sold (singles + albums) and her records have exceeded 600 million in streams. The year 2020 was one full of successes for Elodie: she was the most listened to female artist on Spotify Italy, and the sixth most viewed according to the VEVO chart of music video clips. Released right before she did the 70th Sanremo Festival with the song "Andromeda", the album This is Elodie, a certified gold record, is the best-selling record by a woman of the year. In December a special version came out This is Elodie x Christmas EP as a vinyl, with "Guaranà" on it (double platinum record), "Andromeda" (platinum record), both in the Top10 in the charts of most played Italian songs on the radio in 2020, "Margarita" (double platinum record) and "Pensare male" (platinum record).- Music Artist
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Emma Marrone was born on 25 May 1984 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. She is a music artist and actress, known for Salvo (2013), A casa tutti bene - La serie (2021) and The Best Years (2020).- Actress
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Born in Bologna, she is an actress and photographer. She has acted, among others, for Michelangelo Antonioni, Liliana Cavani, Marco Tullio Giordana, Gus Van Sant, and Mia Handsen-Love. In 2008 she began to exhibit her photography; in 2011 she was at the Biennale di Venezia, in 2014 her first solo exhibit in Tokyo. She debuted as a director In 2000 with the short Per sempre, which was in competition at the 57a Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica di Venezia, and won the Nastro d'Argento Prize.- Rosalinda Celentano was born on 15 July 1968 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for The Passion of the Christ (2004), Paz! (2002) and Probably Love (2001).
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Yvonne Sciò was born on 25 July 1969 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for The Pink Panther (2006), Redline (1997) and Rose Red (2002). She has been married to Stefano Dammicco since 12 November 2005. They have one child.- Carlotta Natoli was born on 29 May 1971 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for 18 Years Later (2010), Tutti pazzi per amore (2008) and L'estate di Bobby Charlton (1995).
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Stefania Rocca was born on 24 April 1971 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for Nirvana (1997), Rosa e Cornelia (2000) and Viol@ (1998).- Bianca Balti was born in Lodi on March 19, 1984. She is an Italian actress and top model. She made her film debut in Go Go Tales (2007) directed by Abel Ferrara. Famous for Ferro (2020). She has two daughters.
Famous for: Steve (TV Series) 2018 Ultimate Beastmaster: La legge del più forte (TV Series) 2017 Go Go Tales (2007) - Born October, 5 1996, she began her acting studies when she was 12 at the Accademia Lorenzo Da Ponte placed in Vittorio Veneto, Treviso (Italy) directed by Edoardo Fainello, italian actor and director. In theatre she appeared in "Girl, interrupted" in the role of Susannah Kaysen, in "Shakespeare's women" and "Humaniplicity", directed by Edoardo Fainello. She's "Alice" in the italian version of HBO "In treatment", with Sergio Castellitto, Kasia Smutniak, Guido Caprino, Barbara Bobulova, Adriano Giannini and Licia Maglietta, directed by Saverio Costanzo. She's also "Viola" in the series "1992", with Stefano Accorsi.