Italian Cinema Personalities
People representing Italian Cinema from the 20th century until today. The list is sorted from the youngest (top) to the oldest (bottom).
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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).
Her career continues to go from strength to strength.- Angela Fontana was born on 24 April 1997 in Maddaloni, Caserta, Campania, Italy. She is an actress, known for Indivisible (2016), Likemeback (2018) and Double Soul (2023).
- Marianna Fontana was born on 24 April 1997 in Maddaloni, Caserta, Campania, Italy. She is an actress, known for Capri-Revolution (2018), Indivisible (2016) and Romulus (2020).
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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.- Eduardo Scarpetta was born on 14 April 1993 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He is an actor, known for The King of Laughter (2021), Gionatan with a G (2016) and Mafia Mamma (2023).
- 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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Pietro Castellitto was born on 16 December 1991 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and director, known for The Predators (2020), Twice Born (2012) and Enea (2023).- Actor
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Alessandro Borghi was born on 19 September 1986 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor, known for Suburra (2015), The Eight Mountains (2022) and The First King (2019).- 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).- Silvia D'Amico was born on 4 May 1986 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for So Far So Good (2014), The Place (2017) and L'Invenzione di Noi Due.
- 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.
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Salvatore Esposito, Neapolitan, born in '86, studied at Beatrice Bracco Theater Academy and at the School of Cinema in Naples. He then moved to Rome and in 2013 he was cast for his first role on the TV series "Il clan dei camorristi". But his trampoline to fame was "Gomorra - the TV series" (2014) based on Roberto Saviano's book. Starring as the lead in all four season made him a household name, also thanks to the success of the series. In 2016, he was on the big screen with "Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot" as a young mobster. He moved away from mobster roles with his subsequent movies: "Zeta" and "Veleno", and with the comedy "Puoi baciare lo sposo" (2018). In 2019, Salvatore starred in "L'Eroe" and joined the fourth season on the TV series "Fargo". Some of his recent movies: "AFMV - Addio fottuti musi Verdi", "Taxi 5", "L'immortale", and "Spaccapietre". In 2020, he began shooting the comedy "Rosanero" by Andrea Porporati and the movie "L'ultima cena" by Davide Minnella. In 2021, Salvatore published his first book: "Lo Sciamano".- Ilenia Pastorelli was born on 24 December 1985 in Rome, Italy. She is an actress, known for They Call Me Jeeg Robot (2015), Blessed Madness (2018) and Dark Glasses (2022).
- Serena Rossi was born on 31 August 1985 in Naples, Campania, Italy. She is an actress, known for Love and Bullets (2017), La tristezza ha il sonno leggero (2020) and Mina Settembre (2021). She has been married to Davide Devenuto since 17 June 2023. They have one child.
- 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).
- 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).
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Luca Marinelli was born on 22 October 1984 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor, known for The Old Guard (2020), They Call Me Jeeg Robot (2015) and Martin Eden (2019). He is married to Alissa Jung.- Director
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Alice Rohrwacher was born on 29 December 1981 in Fiesole, Tuscany, Italy. She is a director and writer, known for Happy as Lazzaro (2018), La Chimera (2023) and The Wonders (2014).- Actor
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Born in 1981, he graduated from Paolo Grassi Dramatic Arts Academy. At 18, he made his theater debut alongside Toni Servillo in "Le avventure di Pinocchio", directed by Andrea Renzi. Since 2005, he's written, directed, and produced for theater, cinema, and TV, mainly with "La piccola società" the production company he created with director/screenwriter Francesco Ghiaccio. The first movie they made together "Un posto sicuro" won a Nastro d'Argento prize for its social value. He's starred in movies and TV series with directors like Susanne Bier, Edoardo De Angelis, Peter Chelsom, Francesca Comencini, Claudio Cupellini, Stefano Sollima. He directed the theatrical piece "American Buffalo" by David Mamet (Eliseo productions), winning two Maschere del Teatro awards and a nomination for the Ubu prize. In 2019, he wrote and directed the movie "L'immortale", winning a Nastro d'Argento prize as best first-time director and a David di Donatello nomination. He's the artistic director, director, and actor on the last season of "Gomorra - the TV series".- Actress
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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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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).- Actor
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Elio Germano was born on 25 September 1980 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Leopardi (2014), Nine (2009) and Mio fratello è figlio unico (2007).- 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.
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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).- 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).
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Riccardo Scamarcio was born on 13 November 1979 in Trani, Apulia, Italy. He is an actor and producer, known for John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017), Loose Cannons (2010) and Tre metri sopra il cielo (2004).- Actor
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Edoardo Pesce was born on 12 September 1979 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Dogman (2018), Fortunata (2017) and Non sono un assassino (2019).- 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.- Actor
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Lino Guanciale was born in Avezzano, Italy on 21 May 1979. In 2003, he graduated from the Accademia d'arte drammatica "Silvio d'Amico", where he won the Gassman Prize as Best Actor of the previous ten years. Immediately upon graduation, he began working in the theatre, with Gigi Proietti on Romeo e Giulietta, the inaugural show of the Silvano Toti Globe Theatre in Rome.
More work quickly followed, and he started to collaborate with great names of Italian theatre as Luca Ronconi (Atti di guerra), Walter Le Moli (Gli incostanti, Antigone), Massimo Popolizio and Michele Placido. Placido later, upon directing him in the play Fontamara, cast him as Nunzio in his award-winning film Angel of Evil (2010).
Since 2005, Lino has also taught theatre classes and workshops in middle schools, high schools and universities. He made his film debut in 2008, playing none other than Mozart in Io, Don Giovanni (2009) directed by Carlos Saura, followed by The Front Line (2009). In 2011, besides "Vallanzasca", he was also featured in The Jewel (2011) by the director Andrea Molaioli as Filippo Magnaghi, the honest executive devastated by shame over his company's fraudulent activities; Marina Spada's My Tomorrow (2011); and the Rai1 television series Il segreto dell'acqua (2011) directed by Renato De Maria.
His movie career includes Woody Allen's To Rome with Love (2012), La scoperta dell'alba (2012) by Susanna Nicchiarelli and Wondrous Boccaccio (2015) directed by the brothers Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani, in addition to a promising collaboration with the musician and director Davide Cavuti in Un'avventura romantica (2016), Preghiera per la vita (2020), Lectura Ovidii (2019) and Un marziano di nome Ennio (2022).
His work on TV has achieved success of public and critics, as protagonist in shows like The Family (2012), La dama velata (2015), L'allieva (2016), The Red Door (2017), Inspector Ricciardi (2021) and Noi (2022), the Italian adaptation of the american series This Is Us (2016).- Actress
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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.- Actress
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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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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.- Actor
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Marcello Fonte was born on 7 November 1978 in Melito di Porto Salvo, Calabria, Italy. He is an actor and director, known for Dogman (2018), Asino vola (2015) and Il posto della felicità (2019).- Actor
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Alessandro Roja was born on 4 June 1978 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Romanzo criminale - La serie (2008), Song of Napoli (2013) and Con la grazia di un Dio (2023).- Actor
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Born in Turin, he got a degree in Economics and Business in 2004. In 2005, he made his acting debut in the TV series "Carabinieri" and a year later on the big screen in "A casa nostra", directed by Francesca Comencini. In 2007, he appeared on the big screen again in "Saturno contro", directed by Ferzan Ozpetek, and in "Lezioni di cioccolato", directed by Claudio Cupellini. In 2008, he starred in the movie "Solo un padre" by Luca Lucini, and in 2009 "Diverso da chi?", directed by Umberto Carteni, with Claudia Gerini, and was nominated for a David di Donatello as best leading actor. That same year he was in Michele Placido's "Il grande sogno" with Jasmine Trinca and Riccardo Scamarcio, as the leader of the 1968 student protest movement, and after a series of successful comedies, he appeared in two international movies: Ryan Murphy's "Eat Pray Love" with Julia Roberts, and "Le Guetteur" with Daniel Auteil. In 2020, he starred in the TV series "Doc - nelle tue mani" which was wildly popular in Italy - gathering an audience share of over 30% - as well as worldwide (Spain, Portugal, France, England, Australia, New Zealand, and some Latin American countries). The second season was equally successful. He also starred in the Disney Plus series "Le Fate Ignoranti", directed by Ferzan Ozpetek, based on the movie of the same name. Since 2012, he's been vice-president of the NPO 1caffe.org which has revived the historic tradition of the "pending coffee" as an act of charity for people in need.- Actor
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Checco Zalone was born on 3 June 1977 in Bari, Apulia, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Tolo Tolo (2020), Quo vado? (2016) and What a Beautiful Day (2011).- Actress
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Ambra Angiolini was born in Rome. Actress for cinema and theater, television and radio presenter. In 2023 she won the silver ribbon for the category Best Series 2022 and Best supporting actress together with Anna Ferzetti, for the series "Le fate ignoranti". In 2013 she won the David di Donatello, the Silver ribbon, the Globo d'oro and the Ciak d'oro awards as best supporting actress for the film Saturno contro directed by Ferzan Ozpetek.- Actor
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Gabriele Mainetti (born November 7, 1976) is an Italian actor, director, composer and a film producer. He attended courses in directing, screenwriting and cinematography at the Tisch School of the Arts NY and improved his acting skills under the guide of important masters as Beatrice Bracco, Francesca De Sapio, Nikolaj Karpov, Irina Promptova and Michael Margotta in Italy. He began his career at theatre in 1998. In that period, Gabriele played important roles in different movies and TV shows (few examples: Stiamo bene insieme, La omicidi, Briciole, Rapidamente, Il cielo in una stanza, Un altro anno e poi cresco, etc.). After this successful experience he focused on short films direction achieving important results: his last release, entitled Tiger Boy (2012), has won important prizes around the world as the Renault Award for Best International Short Film (Academy® Accredited) at the Flickerfest International Film Festival 2013 (in Australia), as well as the Grand Prix du Film Court de la Ville de Brest at the 27° Brest European Short Film Festival (in Bretagne, North of France). Tiger Boy has also competed with other short-films at the Santa Barbara Film Festival as the only European guest. Afterward, the movie received others important Italian awards: the Nastri d'argento 2013 as Best Short Film and receiving the Best Short Film nomination at the Globi D'oro 2012 and at the David di Donatello 2012. Tiger Boy reached the second position at the Giffoni Film Festival 2012. Gabriele Mainetti is also known for another short release entitled Basette (Sideburns, 2008), which has participated to more than 50 festivals like the Locarno Film Festival and again, the Nastri d'Argento 2008, where the short received the prize for the Best Actors (Daniele Liotti and Luisa Ranieri) and a Special mention for Best Screenplay (Nicola Guaglianone). Furthermore, Basette won as the Best Short Film at the Festival del Corto della 25 ora, in a popular Italian TV show. He is now preparing his first feature film.- 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).- Actor
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Vinicio Marchioni was born on 10 August 1975 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and director, known for There's Still Tomorrow (2023), Romanzo criminale - La serie (2008) and Dry (2022). He has been married to Milena Mancini since 24 September 2011. They have two children.- Claudio Gioè was born on 27 January 1975 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He is an actor, known for Ti racconto una storia (2005), Passato prossimo (2003) and La mafia uccide solo d'estate (2016).
- 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".
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Claudio Santamaria is born in Rome. His career begins on the big screen in 1998, but his big break arrives in 2001, when Gabriele Muccino casts him for "L'Ultimo Bacio". Throughout the years he appears in many movies and in 2005 he wins the Nastro D'Argento for Best Actor for "Romanzo Criminale" directed by Michele Placido. The Italian and international movies that highlighted his career include: "Il Cartaio" by Dario Argento, "Torneranno I Prati" by Ermanno Olmi, "Casino Royale" by Martin Campbell, "600 Kilos d'or pur" by Eric Besnard and "Pauline Dètective" directed by Marc Fitoussi. He voiced Christian Bale's Batman in Italian in "Batman Begins", "The Dark Knight", "The Dark Knight Rises" and Batman in "The Lego Movie", "LEGO Batman - The Movie", The LEGO Movie 2 - The Second Part" and in the Spotify Podcast "Batman - Un'autopsia". He is beloved from the tv audience for his performance in the biopic of the famous Italian singer "Rino Gaetano - Il Cielo è Sempre Più Blu" and being himself a great musician he performed all the songs in this series. In 2015 he appears as the protagonist, Orlando Mieli, in the TV series "È Arrivata la Felicità", a romantic comedy acclaimed by the Italian public since the pilot episode, this is why the second season was confirmed in 2017. The past few years he works in theatre, acting in "Occidente Solitario" by Martin McDonagh directed by Juan Diego Puerta Lopez and "Gospodin" by Philipp Lohle directed by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti. In 2017 he acts as Enzo Ceccotti in "Lo Chiamavano Jeeg Robot", directed by Gabriele Mainetti: It was thanks to this role that he wins the David Di Donatello as Best Actor. In the meantime he debuts as a director with the short movie "The Millionairs"; his cinematic journey proceeds throughout the next few years with "Brutti e Cattivi", first movie by Cosimo Gomez, "Rimetti a Noi i Nostri Debiti" by Antonio Morabito, "Tutto il Mio Folle Amore" directed by Oscar Wininng director Gabriele Salvatores presented in the 76th Venice International Film Festival. He continues his creative journey with the director Gabriele Muccino working on "Gli Anni Più Belli" released in 2020. In 2021 he is presented in the 78th Venice International Film Festival with the Film "Freaks Out" directed by Gabriele Mainetti where he acts as "BeastMan" affected by hypertrichosis with super-human strength. In 2022 he is Matteo, Postulator of the Vatican, in the Sky series "Christian" directed by Stefano Lodovichi and Antonio Nicastro, manager of the daily newspaper "L'Ora - Inchiostro contro Piombo" directed by Piero Messina, Ciro D'Emilio and Stefano Lorenzi. He also voiced the brave monster hunter Jacob Holland in Italian in the animated Netflix show "Il Mostro Dei Mari". In 2023 he acts as Franco in the drama "Educazione Fisica" directed by Stefano Cipani and presented as preview in the National Film Festival in Rome, he returns in the second season of the series "Christian" as Matteo, and is the voice of Super Mario in the animated movie "Super Mario Bros - The Movie".- Actor
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Stefano Fresi was born on 16 July 1974 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and composer, known for C'è tempo (2019), The Name of the Rose (2019) and The Man Who Bought the Moon (2018).- Actor
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Giorgio Marchesi is known for Mission: Impossible III (2006), Loose Cannons (2010) and Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy (2012). He is married to Simonetta Solder. They have two children.- 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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Luisa Ranieri was born on 16 December 1973 in Naples, Campania, Italy. She is an actress and writer, known for The Hand of God (2021), Letters to Juliet (2010) 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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Cortellesi debuted in the show business at the age of 13, as a singer for "Cacao meravigliao", the jingle of the popular RAI TV show "Indietro tutta!" by Renzo Arbore. At 19 she began studying as an actress at the Teatro Blu in Rome (the same theatre school that Kim Rossi Stuart, Gianmarco Tognazzi, Claudia Gerini, Stefania Rocca, and Claudio Santamaria, among others, have attended). She began her career in television with the show "Macao", presented by Alba Parietti, but eventually reached nationwide popularity as a comic actress in the TV show "Mai dire Gol" by the Gialappa's Band (2000), which, in particular, showcased her skills at parodying famous people, a genre where she collected some of her most appreciated performances (the latest one being her parody of Milan's mayor Letizia Moratti in the 2010-2011 edition of the popular TV show "Zelig"). After "Mai dire Gol", Cortellesi has collaborated in several other TV Show of the "Mai dire..." franchise by Gialappa's Band. Other major performances of Cortellesi on television include the 2004 edition of the San Remo Music Festival and the leading role in the TV movie "Maria Montessori: Una vita per i bambini", a biography of Maria Montessori, for which Cortellesi received the "Maximo Award" at the Roma Fiction Fest. Her career in cinema includes several appreciates performances in comedies and comic movies, including a leading role in "Tu la conosci Claudia?", a very popular production starring the comic trio Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo. In 2008, she was nominated for the David di Donatello award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the movie "Piano, solo" by Riccardo Milani. In 2011 she won the David di Donatello for Best Actress for her leading role in "Escort in Love". One of her most appreciated theatrical performances was "Gli ultimi saranno gli ultimi" ("Last will be last") by Massimiliano Bruno, which has been staged 189 times from 2005 to 2007 in over 50 theatres, and for which Cortellesi has collected a number of awards. As a singer, Cortellesi has been described by Mina as "one of the best Italian voices" and has cooperated with several notable Italian musicians, including Elio e le Storie Tese, Renato Zero, Claudio Baglioni, Frankie hi-nrg mc, and Neri per Caso. Cortellesi married director Riccardo Milani on October 1, 2011. The couple have a daughter, Laura, born January 24, 2013.- 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).
- Guido Caprino was born on 3 January 1973 in Taormina, Sicily, Italy. He is an actor, known for Medici (2016), Una relazione (2021) and We Believed (2010).
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Pif was born on 4 June 1972 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (2013), At War with Love (2016) and E noi come stronzi rimanemmo a guardare (2021).- Actor
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Edoardo Leo was born on 21 April 1972 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for 18 Years Later (2010), The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles (2015) and Perfect Strangers (2016).- Actor
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Valerio Mastandrea was born on 14 February 1972 in Garbatella, Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and producer, known for Perfect Strangers (2016), Ride (2018) and Balancing Act (2012).- 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.- Actress
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Paola Minaccioni was born on 25 September 1971 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress and writer, known for A Magnificent Haunting (2012), Fasten Your Seatbelts (2014) and Don't Stop Me Now (2019).- Actor
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Stefano Accorsi got his diploma from the School of Theater in Bologna. He divides his time between theater, cinema, and television. Currently he is the Artistic Director of the Theater Foundation of Tuscany. He was appointed Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) by the French Ministry of Culture. His movies include: Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo (Jack Frusciante Has Left the Band) by Enza Negroni, I piccoli maestri (Little Teachers) by Daniele Luchetti, Ormai è fatta! (Outlaw) by Enzo Monteleone (Grolla d'Oro Award), Un uomo perbene (A Respectable Man) by Maurizio Zaccaro (Grolla d'Oro), Capitaes de Abril (April Captains) by Maria de Medeiros, Come quando fuori piove by Mario Monicelli, Radiofreccia (Radio Arrow) and Made in Italy by Luciano Ligabue (David di Donatello, Amidei Award and Ciak d'Oro), L'ultimo bacio (The Last Kiss), Baciami ancora (Kiss Me Again) and A casa tutti bene (There's No Place like Home) by Gabriele Muccino, Saturno contro (Saturn in Opposition), Le fate ignoranti (The Ignorant Fairies) and La Dea Fortuna (The Goddess of Fortune) by Ferzan Ozpetek (Nastro d'Argento, Ciak d'Oro and Globo d'Oro from the foreign press in Italy), La stanza del figlio (The Son's Room) by Nanni Moretti, Santa Maradona by Marco Ponti, Romanzo criminale (Crime Novel) and Un viaggio chiamato amore (A Scandalous Journey / A Journey Called Love) by Michele Placido (Coppa Volpi Best Actor at the 59th Venice Film Festival), Tous le soleils by Philippe Claudel, Veloce come il vento (Italian Race) by Matteo Rovere (David di Donatello, Nastro d'Argento, 2016 FICE Award Actor of the Year), Fortunata directed by Sergio Castellitto (Ciak d'Oro Best Actor). He debuted in directing with the short film Io non ti conosco, produced by Yoox Group that he also acted in (2014 Nastro d'Argento Best NewDirector). For Sky Italia, the series 1992 and the sequels 1993 and 1994 directed by Giuseppe Gagliardi, of which he is the creator and actor. Also for Sky in association with HBO, The Young Pope by Paolo Sorrentino.- Fortunato Cerlino was born on 17 June 1971 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He is an actor, known for Inferno (2016), Gomorrah (2008) and Medici (2016). He has been married to Antonella Sava since 21 July 2018. They have one child.
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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).- 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).- Writer
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Director and screenwriter Paolo Sorrentino was born in Naples in 1970, and and became an orphan when he lost both of his parents at the age of 16. At the age of 25, after studying for a few years at the Faculty of Economics and Business in University of Naples Federico II, he decided to work in the film industry. His first full-length feature L'uomo in più, starring Toni Servillo and Andrea Renzi, was selected at the 2001 Venice Film Festival, achieved three nominations for the David di Donatello (the Italian Academy Awards) and won the Nastro d'Argento (the Italian cinema journalists Academy Award) for Best First Time Director. In 2004 he directed Le conseguenze dell'amore, selected in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival and acclaimed by both Italian and International critics. The film won many important Italian awards, including five David di Donatello awards: for Best Film, Director, Screenplay, Actor and Cinematography. Three years later his third film L'amico di famiglia was also selected in Competition at Cannes. In 2008 another collaboration with Toni Servillo, Il Divo, became his third film to be selected in Competition at Cannes. The film was nominated for Best Make-Up at the Academy Awards® and won seven David di Donatello, five Ciak d'Oro and five Nastri d'Argento awards. He has also published a novel Hanno tutti ragione (Everybody's Right) in 2010, and two collections of short stories: Tony Pagoda e i suoi amici (2012), and Gli aspetti irrilevanti (2016). Hanno tutti region was warmly received by both critics and public and was short-listed for the Premio Strega, the most prestigious Italian literature award. As of 2021, seven of his 9 films have been presented in Competition at the Festival de Cannes, where Il Divo won the Prix du Jury in 2008. In 2014, his film La Grande Bellezza won the Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, as well as a BAFTA and five EFA Awards. In 2016, La Giovinezza gained an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song and two Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song. The film won three European Film Awards. In 2016, he made his first TV Series: The Young Pope. In 2021, È stata la mano di Dio won the Grand Jury Prize at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.- Actor
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Kim Rossi Stuart was born on October 31th, 1969 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He began acting at the age of 5 along with his father Giacomo Rossi Stuart in The Murri Affair (1974). Kim's mother, Klara Müller, is an ex-top model. Kim has 3 sisters, 2 of them actresses like him: Loretta Rossi Stuart and Valentina Rossi Stuart, the latter also stunt-woman. Ombretta is the third sister.
Kim left his parent's home at 14 (1983) and also left school to study theater and in 1986 began acting regularly, especially on TV productions, like Fantaghirò (1991) and for the cinema with a small role in The Name of the Rose (1986). However it was with Karate Warrior (1987) and Poliziotti (1995) that Kim reached popularity. After this commercial movie he began to act only in quality movies, like Senza pelle (1994) where his role, a man with psychological problems, was appreciated by critics. Then he acted with the legendary director Michelangelo Antonioni in Beyond the Clouds (1995), and in an international TV fiction The Red and the Black (1997).
In the last years he came back to act in the theater with "Re Lear", a tragedy by William Shakespeare, and with the most important Italian actors like Turi Ferro in the opera "Le visiteur", a comedy by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, from which it is derived Il visitatore (1997), still interpreted by Kim and Turi.
On November 26th, 2011, at the age of 42, Kim became a father: the actress Ilaria Spada, his girlfriend from just a few months before, gave birth to their son, a child called Ettore. They have announced their intention to marry in summer 2015.- Actor
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Pierfrancesco Favino was born on 24 August 1969 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and producer, known for World War Z (2013), Rush (2013) and Angels & Demons (2009).- Director
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Matteo Garrone was born in Rome in 1968. He is the son of a theatre critic, Nico Garrone, and a photographer. In 1996 he won the Sacher d'Oro, an award sponsored by Nanni Moretti, with the short film Silhouette (1996), that became one of the three episodes of his first feature film Land in Between (1996). He won Best Director at the European Film Awards and at the David di Donatello Awards for Gomorrah (2008). His film Reality (2012) competed in competition at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prix. His latest film Tale of Tales (2015) was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.- Actor
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Giuseppe Battiston was born on 22 July 1968 in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Perfect Strangers (2016), Pinocchio (2022) and Bread and Tulips (2000).- Actor
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Born in Palermo, Sicily on the 20th of October, 1967. Following the family tradition, enrolled into Medicine with the intention of becoming a psychiatrist. Began performing with a group of street actors in his native Palermo. In 1989 received a small part in a theatrical production ("Waiting for Godot"), and toured Italy with the company.
Ditched med school, and went to Rome to attend the "Silvio D'Amico" Academy of Dramatic Arts. After a series of increasingly important roles in theater, landed the lead role in One Hundred Steps (2000). He was referred for the role by his uncle Luigi Maria Burruano, a seasoned Sicilian actor who in the movie played the main charachter's father. The role won him the David di Donatello for best lead actor. After this he starred in several different roles, the most important of which was The Best of Youth (2003), a seven-hour long movie originally made for TV, but then released in theaters. In the movie he played a psychiatrist, which was his chosen specilization when still studying medicine.
Luigi Lo Cascio currently lives in Rome.- Maria Pia Calzone was born on 10 October 1967 in Reino, Campania, Italy. She is an actress, known for Equilibrium (2002), The Final Inquiry (2006) and Gomorrah (2014).
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Alessio Boni was born on 4 July 1966 in Sarnico, Lombardy, Italy. He is an actor and director, known for The Best of Youth (2003), The Tourist (2010) and The Girl in the Fog (2017).- 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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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.- Actor
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Alessandro Gassmann was born on 24 February 1965 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Transporter 2 (2005), The Mongrel (2012) and My Name Is Vendetta (2022). He has been married to Sabrina Knaflitz since 7 June 1998. They have one child.- 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).- Actor
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Born in Lombardy to Sicilian parents, he studied at the Civic Drama School in Milan, then opted to pursue an acting career. His first experiences as a comedian date back to 1992, when he made his debut at the Zelig Theatre in Milan. He showcased his acts on the popular Maurizio Costanzo talk show and collaborated with actor-comedian Paolo Rossi. His popularity increased after he joined the Italia 1 show "Mai dire gol". He recently appears on the show "Che tempo che fa", presented by Fabio Fazio and aired on Rai 3. From the late 1990s, Albanese also pursued a movie career, working both as an actor, under the direction of Carlo Mazzacurati and Pupi Avati, and also as a director in his own right.- Paolo Calabresi was born on 17 June 1964 in Rome, Italy. He is an actor, known for The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Boris (2007) and Correspondence (2016).
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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).- 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.- 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- Writer
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Paolo Virzì was born on 4 March 1964 in Livorno, Tuscany, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for The First Beautiful Thing (2010), Tutta la vita davanti (2008) and Like Crazy (2016). He has been married to Micaela Ramazzotti since 17 January 2009. They have two children. He was previously married to Paola Tiziana Cruciani.- Actor
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Marco Giallini was born on 4 April 1963 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor, known for Perfect Strangers (2016), Rocco Schiavone (2016) and A.C.A.B. - All Cops Are Bastards (2012). He was previously married to Loredana Giallini .- Actress
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Elena Sofia Ricci was born on 29 March 1962 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for Loose Cannons (2010), Io e mia sorella (1987) and Ne parliamo lunedì (1989). She has been married to Stefano Mainetti since October 2003. They have one child. She was previously married to Luca Damiani.- 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.- Writer
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Francesca Archibugi was born on 16 May 1960 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is a writer and director, known for Mignon è partita (1988), Questione di cuore (2009) and Il grande cocomero (1993). She is married to Battista Lena. They have three children.- Actress
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Nicoletta Braschi was born on 19 April 1960 in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She is an actress and producer, known for Life Is Beautiful (1997), Happy as Lazzaro (2018) and Johnny Stecchino (1991). She has been married to Roberto Benigni since December 1991.- Nunzia Schiano was born on 16 May 1959 in Portici, Campania, Italy. She is an actress, known for Dogman (2018), Welcome to the South (2010) and Le indagini di Lolita Lobosco (2021).
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Actor and director Toni Servillo was born in Afragola in 1959. In 1977 Servillo founded the Teatro Studio in Caserta for whom he directed 'Propaganda' (1979), 'Norma' (1982), 'Billy il bugiardo' (1983) and 'Guernica' (1985), amongst others. In 1986 he collaborated with the Falso Movimento group, interpreting 'Ritorno ad Alphaville' by Mario Martone and staging 'E...' on the texts of Eduardo De Filippo. Servillo became one of the founders of Teatri Uniti in 1987, continuing work as actor and director in the poetic and dramatic Neapolitan theatrical language. Such plays included: 'Partitura' (1988) and 'Rasoi' (1991) by Enzo Moscato; 'Adda passà a nuttata' (1989) by Eduardo De Filippo; 'Zingari' (1993) by Raffaele Viviani; and 'Sabato, domenica e lunedì' (2002), an award-winning re-working of De Filippo's masterpiece. With Il Misantropo (1995) and 'Tartufo' (2000) by Molière, and 'Le false confidenze' (1998) by Marivaux, all translated by Cesare Garboli, he staged a triptych on 17-18th century French theatre. Toni Servillo also presented 'L'uomo dal fiore in bocca' (1990/96) by Luigi Pirandello; 'Natura morta' (1990) about the 23rd Congress of the Soviet Union Communist Party; 'Da Pirandello a Eduardo' (1997); and 'L'uomo dal fiore in bocca' coupled with 'Sik Sik, l'artefice magico' by Eduardo De Filippo at the Teatro San Joao in Oporto. With Mimmo Paladino he realised 'Iliade/ Odissea' (2001) as an installation reading from Homer's masterpieces. He also appeared in 'Eliogabalo' (1981) directed by Memè Perlini; 'I Persiani' (1990) and 'Edipo Re' (2000) directed by Mario Martone; 'Il cavaliere dell'intelletto' (1994) by Franco Battiato; with Mariangela Melato in 'Tango barbaro' (1995) directed by Elio De Capitani; and in the roles of Geppetto and Fire-Eater in Andrea Renzi's transposition of 'The Adventures of Pinocchio' (2001). In 1999 Servillo made his directorial debut in musical theatre with the first staging in modern times of 'La cosa rara' by Martin y Soler. This was followed by Lorenzo Da Ponte's libretto for the Venice Opera House, where in 2000 he staged 'Le nozze di Figaro' by Mozart. In 2001 he realised 'Il marito disperato' by Cimarosa for the San Carlo Opera House in Naples and 'Boris Godunov' by Mussorgskij at the Teatro Sao Carlos in Lisbon, where in 2003 he also staged 'Ariadne auf Naxos' by Richard Strauss.- Carla Signoris was born in Genoa. Actress, writer, dubber, singer for fun, she owes her fame to a long activity in theatre, television and cinema for which she has received prestigious awards. She made her debut at the "Teatro Stabile di Genova" where she worked for several seasons with various directors including Marco Sciaccaluga and Elio Petri. In 1984, she was among the founders of the Teatro dell'Archivolto. The only woman in the Broncoviz group, on RAI she took part in Avanzi, Tunnel, Hollywood Party, La Tv delle Ragazze, which made the history of Italian television. She hosted Colorado Café and was in the cast of La Grande Notte, Crozza Italia, Crozza Alive, hosting also Grande Amore for two seasons on Rai 3. She was among the protagonists of the highly-successful series Tutti pazzi per amore, and recently Studio Battaglia - Affari di Famiglia always on Rai Uno s well as Monterossi on Prime Video. She has worked with some of the leading directors on the Italian film scene from Elio Petri to Gabriele Salvatores, from Carlo Mazzacurati to Ferzan Ozpetek, as well as Silvio Soldini, Leone Pompucci, Fausto Brizzi, Riccardo Milani, and Susanna Nicchiarelli. She was the Italian voice of the fish Dory in Disney's blockbuster animated movies Finding Nemo and Finding Dory and later dubbed Miss Krum in Netfix's animated film Klaus. She starred in the My Sky campaign for Sky Italia. Since 2015, she has been a testimonial for AIRC, the Italian Association for Cancer Research. She has written three books published by Rizzoli: Ho sposato un deficiente, Meglio vedove che male accompagnate and E Penelope si arrabbiò. During her career she has been nominated for a David di Donatello, won two Nastri d'Argento, the XXXIV Premio Satira Politica Forte dei Marmi, the Flaiano Prize and in 2022 the Manfredi Prize promoted, like the Nastri d'Argento, by the Italian Film Journalists Association, which was presented to her on the stage of the Teatro Antico during the 65th Taormina Film Festival.
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He is a Turkish-Italian director, screenwriter and writer. In 1976, he first went to Perugia Foreigners University in Italy, learned Italian for a year, and then transferred to Rome La Sapienza University to study cinema. After completing his education there, he went to Accademia Navona and Accademia d'Arte Dramatica schools to study art history, costume and theater direction and took lessons from Silvio D'Amico. During this period, he worked with Julien Beck in various positions on the European tour of The Living Teather. In 1982, he was assistant director to Massimo Troisi in the film Scusate il Ritardo, and later to Maurizio Ponzi in the film Son Contento. Ferzan Özpetek worked as an assistant director for nearly 15 years with different directors such as Ricky Tognazzi, Lamberto Bava, Francesco Nuti, Sergio Citti, Giovanni Veronesi and Marco Risi.
American singer Madonna stated that Ferzan Özpetek was "a genius" in an interview with a television program. Özpetek received congratulations from names such as John Travolta and Andy Garcia after the screening of his 2009 film, Serseri Mayinlar, at the opening of the Los Angeles Film Festival.
Ferzan Özpetek served as the jury president of the committee consisting of actors Hülya Kocyigit, Zuhal Olcay, Aytac Arman, Kenan Isik and director Nuri Bilge Ceylan at the 42nd Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival held in 2005.
In 2007, he was a jury member at the 75th Venice Film Festival.- Cinematographer
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Luca Bigazzi was born on 9 December 1958 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He is a cinematographer, known for The Great Beauty (2013), This Must Be the Place (2011) and Youth (2015).- Music Department
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Professor of Music Composition for Film and Theatre at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome, Stefano Mainetti is one of the founders of the ACMF, the Italian Association of Music Composers for Films. He was born in Rome, Italy, August 8th 1957. After studying classical guitar attended Santa Cecilia Conservatory of Rome where he earned a Bachelor of Music, summa cum laude in Composition. He studied Conducting with Cesare Croci and Ennio Nicotra and holds a 1st class honours Master of Music in Film Scoring degree. BA, magna cum laude, in Anthropology and Political Science with a published dissertation on Richard Wagner. He was a student of Giorgio Caproni, one of the greatest 20th century Italian poet, who influenced his musical and artistic training. Twice awarded at the internationally recognized Recanati Guitar Competition in Italy in both 1972 and 1973. Stefano won the "Personalità Europea Oscar Giovanile" in Campidoglio, Rome 1983, for his piano performance of the popular Rai television show theme to "Tg L'Una". First Prize Agimus (Best Original Soundtrack) for the short movie Sera (1996). Winner (Best Original Soundtrack) at the Fantafestival for Tale of the Mummy (1998) (1998) directed by Russell Mulcahy. Stefano Mainetti is one of the composers who scored the Sony Classical Cd "Abbà Pater", which blends for the very first time Pope's voices and chants with original music. Represented by "Diberti & C." is a member of Siae, the Italian musicians association. In 1995, he composed the soundtrack of the feature film Hidden Assassin (1995), a Miramax Films by Ted Kotcheff (First Blood). In 1996, he composed the soundtrack of the feature film Silent Trigger (1996) starring Dolph Lundgren by Russell Mulcahy (Highlander). In 1997 he composed the music for Sub Down (1997) starring Stephen Baldwin. Working among the others with directors such as Memè Perlini, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Armando Pugliese, Enzo Barboni, Enzo G. Castellari, Joe D'Amato, Vittorio De Sisti, Lucio Fulci, Maurizio Nichetti and Michele Soavi, Stefano Mainetti has composed over 100 musical scores including cinema, television and stage productions as well as 35 Cds, the European television series Eurocops (1988) and the Italian television series Orgoglio (2004) (Pride). Best Music for Italian Fiction at the Ravello Festival 2005. In 2006 and 2007 he is member of the commission of the "Festival di Sanremo". "Anica Prize" at the "Salerno Festival" in 2006 for the soundtrack of the TV movie A voce alta (2006) "Salvo Randone Prize" for the career in "Mazara del Vallo in 2007". He has composed and conducted the music for "The Word Of Promise" a huge US audio drama of the Bible in 80 Cds with the voices of Jim Caviezel, Richard Dreyfuss, Michael York, John Voight, Max von Sydow, Malcolm McDowell, Stacy Keach, Terence Stamp, and other 600 actors. He is one of the composers of "Alma Mater" a Cd produced in 2009 by the Vatican and "Geffen Records" performed by the "Royal Philarmonic Orchestra" and the "Vatican Choir". This Cd was nominated as "Album of the Year" at the "Classic Brit Awards" London 2010. In 2011 he composed and produced "Tu es Christus" a "Sony Music" cd for the beatification of Pope John Paul II in which featured, amongst others, the voices of Andrea Bocelli and Plácido Domingo. International Euro Mediterraneo Award in Campidoglio, Rome and Napoli Cultural Classic Award for Best Italian Musician 2011. In 2014, for Musa Comunicazione, he published the book "La politica musicale nazista e l'influenza del culto wagneriano". In 2021 he was co-author, together with Simone Corelli e Gilberto Martinelli, of the treatise "Dialoghi, Musica, Effetti: il Suono nell'audiovisivo". The book, published by Lambda, won the critics' award at the "Premio Letterario Internazionale Città di Cattolica". Stefano is the author of "Rendering Revolution". The project was presented at the MAXXI National Art Museum, Rome June 12, 2017; an "augmented music" experience in which music, painting, dance and video art are blended together in a spatial setting. The project aims to be a new synthesis and fusion among different art forms. A modern melodrama, in the most extended sense of the term, a non linear process in which the result is superior to the sum of the parts and in which each component - music, dance, painting and video art - concurs in creating an augmented reality that engrosses the spectator on a multi sensory level. "Rendering Revolution", presented by the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, took two years of planning and has received the honorable mention award from Santa Cecilia Conservatory for its exceptional scientific and artistic achievement. He is among the Italian personalities participating in the Charte 18-XXI, a collective of artists, scientists and philosophers brought together by Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota, artistic director of the Théâtre de la Ville-Paris, with the aim of promoting international theatre, with young people and for young people, through a working method and a comparison never made before in the theatrical panorama. As a demonstration of the desire shared by various cultural personalities to create a new space for discussion and dialogue, productions from all over the world participate in the project, including the Teatro della Pergola in Florence.- Actor
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Vincenzo Salemme was born on 24 July 1957 in Bacoli, Campania, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for L'amico del cuore (1998), Ho visto le stelle (2003) and No Problem (2008).- Actor
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Silvio Orlando was born on 30 June 1957 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for The Caiman (2006), Il posto dell'anima (2003) and The Inner Cage (2021). He has been married to Maria Laura Rondanini since 7 October 2008.- Actor
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Fabrizio Bentivoglio was born on 4 January 1957 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Un eroe borghese (1995), Human Capital (2013) and Turné (1990). He has been married to Silvia Pippia since 19 May 2012. They have two children.- 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.- Director
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Giuseppe Tornatore was born on 27 May 1956 in Bagheria, Sicily, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for The Best Offer (2013), Cinema Paradiso (1988) and The Legend of 1900 (1998). He is married to Roberta Pacetti.- Ennio Fantastichini was born on 20 February 1955 in Gallese, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for Loose Cannons (2010), Open Doors (1990) and Napoléon (2002). He died on 1 December 2018 in Napoli, Campania, Italy.
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He was born in Milan in 1955. His mother, Rosa, was from Como (a city in Northern Italy), and his father, Matteo, was from Puglia (the "heel" of the Italian peninsula). He grew up in a suburbia quarter of Milan. His mother worked as a wardrobe maid at the "Derby", a well-known theater where lots of the most popular Italian comedians performed. Diego's uncle owned the place, which Diego visited since when he was a child. He was first employed as a light technician, then he began to perform as the "terruncello", the guy who lives in the North of Italy but still retains his Southerner accent. He began his career as a comedian at the end of the 70es, but he really succeeded in the 80es with blockbuster Italian comedies. His first dramatic role was in 1985 with Pupi Avati's movie "Regalo di Natale", which acknowledged him as a truly gifted actor. In 1985 he met Gabriele Salvatores, who directed him in many important movies (e.g. the Academy Award winner Mediterraneo). His filmography witnesses his versatile acting. Recently he starred in the Italian Tv serial "Il giudice Mastrangelo", where he has the role of a judge from Milan who returns to his native Puglia to solve mysteries and crimes. His entire career seems to pay tribute to his Northern and Southern origins.- Actress
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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.- Cristina Donadio was born on 7 November 1954 in Naples, Campania, Italy. She is an actress, known for Gomorrah (2014), Razza selvaggia (1980) and Libera (1993).