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Maria Rosaria Omaggio was born on 11 January 1954 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for L'homme de Suez (1983), To Rome with Love (2012) and Walesa: Man of Hope (2013).- Actress
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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.- Actress
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Nadia Cassini was born on 2 January 1949 in Woodstock, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Pulp (1972), Miracoloni (1981) and Starcrash (1978).- Anna Maria Rizzoli was born on 26 August 1951 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Play Motel (1979), Crazy Navy (1982) and The Week at the Beach (1981).
- Michela Miti was born on 12 June 1963 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for The Seduction of Angela (1986), Delitti (1987) and Il gioco della notte (1993).
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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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Ira von Fürstenberg was born on 17 April 1940 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress and producer, known for J'ai tué Raspoutine (1967), Dead Run (1967) and The Vatican Affair (1968). She was married to Francisco "Baby" Pignatari and Prinz Alfonso von und zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg. She died on 18 February 2024 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Born Maria Pia Vaccarezza in Genoa, the daughter of a carpenter, Conte spent her youth in Sestri Levante before moving to Genoa to study classical ballet. After a few experiences as a child actress, she was first noted as a fotoromanzi model, then she decided to pursue an acting career and enrolled the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, graduating in 1962. Conte made her acting debut in 1961, in the Marco Bellocchio's short film "La colpa e la pena", then she appeared in a number of films and TV-series, often in secondary roles, being sometimes credited as Mary P. Count. She was also occasionally active as a voice actress and a dubber. She retired in the late 1970s. She was married to actor Giuseppe Rinaldi (1919-2007) and is the mother of actress Francesca Rinaldi.
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Rosemary Dexter was born on 19 July 1944 in Quetta, Pakistan. She was an actress, known for Romeo e Giulietta (1964), Eye in the Labyrinth (1972) and Blow Hot, Blow Cold (1969). She died on 8 September 2010 in Recanati, Marche, Italy.- Claudie Lange was born in 1944 in Belgium. She is an actress, known for The Bible in the Beginning... (1966), Flashman (1967) and The Invincible Brothers Maciste (1964).
- Rosita Torosh was born on 10 November 1945 in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), The Red Nights of the Gestapo (1977) and Almost Human (1974). She died on 10 December 1995 in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.
- Paola Tedesco was born on 28 March 1952 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Watch Me When I Kill (1977), The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) and Belle d'amore (1970).
- Francesca Romana Coluzzi was born on 20 May 1943 in Tirana, Albania. She was an actress, known for Come Have Coffee with Us (1970), Red Sonja (1985) and Rome (2005). She died on 15 July 2009 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
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Marilù Tolo was born on 16 January 1943 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Marriage Italian Style (1964), Espionage in Lisbon (1965) and Eneide (1971).- Isabella Savona is known for Le due orfanelle (1976), Zum zum zum n° 2 (1969) and If You Want to Live... Shoot! (1968).
- Femi Benussi was born on 4 March 1945 in Rovigno, Istria, Italy [now Rovinj, Istria, Croatia]. She is an actress, known for Poppea... una prostituta al servizio dell'impero (1972), Bloody Pit of Horror (1965) and La commessa (1975).
- Patrizia Gori was born in 1950 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress.
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Monica Vitti was born on 3 November 1931 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress and writer, known for L'Avventura (1960), Red Desert (1964) and L'Eclisse (1962). She was married to Roberto Russo. She died on 2 February 2022 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Actress
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Franca Gonella was born on 1 March 1952 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress and producer, known for Verginità (1974), Babanin Evlatlari (1977) and Diabolicamente... Letizia (1975).- Lilli Carati was born on 23 September 1956 in Varese, Lombardy, Italy. She was an actress, known for Skin Deep (1979), A Lustful Mind (1986) and L'alcova (1985). She died on 20 October 2014 in Besano, Lombardy, Italy.
- Nikki Gentile is known for Twelfth Night (1979).
- Ria De Simone was born on 6 June 1947 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress, known for La presidentessa (1977), Il soldato di ventura (1976) and La cameriera nera (1976). She died on 10 November 1995 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Luigina Rocchi is known for Cannibal Holocaust (1980), Yor: The Hunter from the Future (1983) and Getting Even (1989).
- Laura Troschel was born on 3 November 1944 in Varese, Lombardy, Italy. She was an actress, known for Se un giorno busserai alla mia porta (1986), Delitti (1987) and Ciao marziano (1980). She was married to Pippo Franco. She died on 29 September 2016 in Rome, Italy.
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Lory Del Santo was born on 28 September 1958 in Povegliano Veronese, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for The Lady 2: L'odio passionale (2015), The Lady 3 - La Perfidia Patinata (2017) and The Lady (2014).- Paola Morra was born on April 20, 1959 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. Morra made her film debut in 1978 in the film Behind Convent Walls (1978). The following year, she played in Isola meccanica (1978), As Filhas do Fogo (1978). In the February 1978 issue of Italian Playboy Magazine, Morra was Playmate of the Month. A year later, she graced the cover of the Italian playboy. She played the role of Daniela in L'insegnante balla... con tutta la classe (1979) aka Brisk teens and sex by grades. In Killer Nun (2019), she played the role of a nun alongside Anita Ekberg. Throughout the rest of 1979 she appeared in Silvia ama a Raquel (1979) and Ammazzare il tempo (1979). In 1983, She was in three episodes of Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (1983).
- Loredana Solfizi is known for Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (1996), Il tempo dell'inizio (1974) and Diabolika.
- Marcella Petrelli is known for The Erotic Dreams of Cleopatra (1985).
- Donatella Damiani, the artistic name of Donatella Casula, is an Italian actress and model. She was born in January 6, 1955, in Naples, Italy. Donatella is the daughter of a ministerial employee and lives in Rome since she was one year old. The former political science student, began her career in Liebes Lager (1976), the mysterious Nazisploitation film. The image of Donatella that remained engraved in the collective mind is that of the soubrette of The City of Women (1980), of Federico Fellini. In this film Damiani embodies a sweet woman, protection, seductive, flirtatious, exuberant and more, as she herself admits, "full of" contradictions in the interpretation surmounted by a Neapolitan twisting inflection. The films that she played later (Miele di donna (1981), by Gianfranco Angelucci and Il peccato di Lola (1985), by Bruno Gaburro) insisted on her roundness, and particularly on the generous breasts that Fellini liked to call "a pagliaro". In 1986, she appeared in a series of photographic services in glamorous magazines. In 1988, she participated in the TV show Fantastico 9 with Enrico Montesano. She also posed completely naked for the erotic Playboy and Playmen magazines and for the pornographic Le Ore.
- Carmen Russo was born on 3 October 1959 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy. She is an actress, known for Io Jane, tu Tarzan (1989), The Porno Killers (1980) and La maestra di sci (1981). She has been married to Enzo Paolo Turchi since 26 June 1987. They have one child.
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Annamarie Clementi grew up with a brother who had a deep burning passion and obsession with cinema. Clementi was discovered walking down a street by agent Pino Pellegrino, who asked Clementi if she wanted to be an actress. Annamaria started acting in movies in small parts. After playing Sister Angela in the sublimely sleazy Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977) for notorious Italian exploitation director Joe D'Amato, Clementi tackled a rare lead role in D'Amato's equally trashy Pleasure Shop on 7th Avenue (1979). In the wake of calling it a day as an actress, Annamaria went on to become a casting agent.- Paola Senatore was born on 9 November 1949 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress.
- Loredana Martinez was born on 20 January 1947 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Oci ciornie (1987), No, the Case Is Happily Resolved (1973) and The Sex Machine (1975).
- Franca Mantelli was born on 20 September 1937 in Frassineto Po, Piedmont, Italy. She is an actress.
- Malisa Longo was introduced to the world of art in her native city of Venice very young, where she took her first steps as a poet and painter. It's 1968 and the city enjoyed one of its most experimental cultural upheaval that focused in the development of the Academy and in the Biennale.
In this highly creative atmosphere, inspired by the magic of the lagoon, Musa and protagonist of its own works, the artist expresses her art in a whirlwind of colors, full of lights and shadows, but also eruptions of brightness. Looking for new ideas, Malisa arrives in Rome where she is captured by the world of movies. Here she begins a long journey as an actress, playing in more than 70 films, alongside actors like Ben Gazzara, Arthur Kennedy, Bruce Lee and Christopher Mitchum. Some of these movies, true cult of international cinema, were directed by Federico Fellini, Terence Young and Tinto Brass.
With a rewarding careers that expresses itself with a literary vein, Malisa stands out as a writer, screenwriter and journalist. Amongst her most acclaimed works, to be mentioned, is the novel "Just as I am" (prelude by Tinto Brass), the book of poems "Il cantico del corpo" and the book and interviews collection, "Aggiungi un seggio al tavola. Politica e curiosità culinarie" (Graus), a finalist for the award "Minori on the Amalfi Coast, the novel "Vita di Elisa" (Mondadori), and the book of poems "Appunti dell'anima" (Lietocolle), that in September 2014 won the literary prize "Spoleto Art Festival Expo".
Despite her busy artistic commitments, Malisa Longo never abandoned her first love for painting. A love that continued to grow with a continued passion, and took centre stage in several painting exhibitions, winning several awards. Malisa Longo actually lives and works in Rome, Ital - Serena Bennato was born on 18 October 1945 in Naples, Campania, Italy. She was an actress, known for Jekyll (1969), Compagni di scuola (1988) and Craving Desire (1993). She died on 11 May 2020 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
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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.- Sonia Aquino was born on 10 July 1977 in Avellino, Campania, Italy. She is an actress, known for The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), Casa Eden and Madame (2004).
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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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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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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).- 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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Diana Del Bufalo is an Italian actress. In 2010, she took part as a singer in the talent show Amici. 2014 marked a turning point in her career when, after publishing some funny songs online, she became one of the most popular characters on the web. She took part in several TV series and movies: C'era una volta Studio Uno (Rai 1), Che Dio ci aiuti (Rai 1), Puoi baciare lo sposo, and La profezia dell'armadillo. She was also a guest at the Sanremo Festival.- Stunning leading actress Delia Boccardo was an eye-catching beauty who graced Italian and international films for over four decades. Born in Genoa, Italy on January 29, 1948, but raised in a small fishing village called Nerv,i she studied at colleges in both Switzerland and London before returning to Italy and enrolling at a film school in Rome.
Briefly appearing on the stage, Delia made her debut at age 18 with a prime role in the "spaghetti western" Death Walks in Laredo (1967) (Death Walks in Laredo). She then co-starred with French actor Philippe Leroy in the action adventure drama L'occhio selvaggio (1967) (The Wild Eye) before making her third film, and first English-speaking appearance, as the leading lady to Alan Arkin in the misguided comedy Inspector Clouseau (1968) with Arkin an unsuccessful Peter Sellers replacement as the klutzy title French detective.
The lovely actress would go on to become a seductive foil and/or love interest in numerous late 60's and 70's films. Additional European-filmed appearances by Boccardo had her co-starring opposite some of Europe's most handsome and virile actors: Franco Nero in the crime dramas Detective Belli (1969); and High Crime (1973); Bekim Fehmiu in the US-produced epic The Adventurers (1970); suave Giancarlo Giannini in Una macchia rosa (1969); Pierre Clémenti in The Year of the Cannibals (1969); actor/director/co-writer Nino Manfredi in the comedy Between Miracles (1971); U.S. import Scott Holden in the Italian western Panhandle 38 (1972); and Luc Merenda in the action thrillers Shoot First, Die Later (1974) and Silent Action (1975). She even found herself a co-star to good-looking famed skier Jean-Claude Killy in Snow Job (1972). She was also among the English-speaking star ensemble of Tentacles (1977), with John Huston, Shelley Winters Henry Fonda and Bo Hopkins.
Continuing into the early 1980s, Delia proved an entrancing Athena in the Italian-made Hercules (1983), starring Lou Ferrigno; portrayed Mary Magdalene in the TV-movie The Day Christ Died (1980); graced the mini-series Martin Eden (1979); was part of the multi-star cast of the WWII historical drama The Assisi Underground (1985) starring James Mason, Irene Papas and Maximilian Schell.
Delia has remained primarily in Italian films since then including Aphrodite (1982) starring Horst Buchholz; Sposi (1988); The Return of Casanova (1992) starring Alain Delon; Dichiarazioni d'amore (1994) (Declarations of Love); Questo è il giardino (1999) and Sole negli occhi (2001). She finished her career on TV as the star of the Italian romantic drama series Incantesimo (1998). - Flora Canto was born on 12 February 1983 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Don Matteo (2000), La coppia dei campioni (2016) and Cambio tutto! (2020). She has been married to Enrico Brignano since 30 July 2022. They have two children.
- Giada Benedetti, with a contagious smile and the body of a model, left her native Tuscany, Italy, where she was born in Pieve a Nievole to pursue her dream of becoming an actress.
In 2004 she landed in the States where she earned a scholarship and graduated from the prestigious Stella Adler Academy of Motion Picture Studios in Los Angeles.
In 2009 she returned to Italy. That year in Rome, where she still lives now, she worked with the kings of Overworld Ocean, Woody Allen, in the movie "To Rome with Love" together with Roberto Benigni and Orso Maria Guerrini. She then interpreted the protagonist in the film "Sospese", directed by Valerio Orsolini and in 2013, alongside Victor Alfieri, she appeared in the film "The Stalker" directed by Giorgio Amato. Meanwhile on television she debuted in the film "Under the Sky of Rome" alongside Alessandra Mastronardi and directed by Christan Duguay and in 2010 she starred in "a Dog for Two" with Giorgio Tirabassi directed by Giulio Base.
Giada was in the International Film "Ebola" presented at the Festival of Cinema of Rome and directed by Christian Marazziti. On the small screen she is best known for appearing alongside Francesco Totti in "10eLotto" directed by Paolo Genovese.
In 2018 she appeared in the movie: "Spider- Man: Far From Home" directed by Jon Watts. In 2021 she shoots the TV series "Vita da Carlo" with Carlo Verdone.
Eclectic, Giada has played various roles, from drama to comedy, to cinema, television and theater. She has also had roles in web-series and shorts, with Italian and international directors. - Actress
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Lucia Guzzardi is known for Zoolander 2 (2016), Eat Pray Love (2010) and The Phantom of the Opera (1998).- Actress
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Solvi Stubing was born on 19 January 1941 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Secret Agent Super Dragon (1966), I Knew Her Well (1965) and Brothers Till We Die (1978). She died on 3 July 2017 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Amanda is known for Strip Nude for Your Killer (1975).
- Erna Schurer was born on 18 August 1942 in Naples, Campania, Italy. She is an actress, known for Deported Women of the SS Special Section (1976) and The Doll of Satan (1969).
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Joy Libardoni is an Italian actress and producer based in Los Angeles. Joy Libardoni plays in the Italian box office comedy hit "Cado dalle Nubi" and in many prime time television shows. She recently moved to Los Angeles and played in some indie films alongside legends such as John Travolta, Academy Award winning actor Forest Whitaker, Emile Hirsch and many others.- 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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Marina Rocco was born on 14 January 1979 in Milano, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for Bigger Than Life (2019), The art (all feminine) to lose life with grace (2017) and To Rome with Love (2012).- Carla Mancini was born on 21 April 1950 in Rome, Italy. She is an actress, known for My Name Is Nobody (1973), Karzan, il favoloso uomo della jungla (1972) and The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970).
- Daniela Bianchi is an Italian actress, best known for her role of Bond girl Tatiana Romanova in From Russia with Love (1963). She Finished 1st Runner Up in Miss Universe 1960 Competition, enough to get the attentions of Bond movie producers who chose her over 200 female prospects for the role of Tatiana Romanova.
Bianchi made a number of French and Italian movies after From Russia with Love (1963), the last being The Last Chance (1968). One of her later films was Operation Kid Brother (1967), which was a James Bond spoof filmed in English (though Bianchi was again dubbed) and starring Sean Connery's brother, Neil Connery.
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Carla Bruni was born on 23 December 1967 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. She is a composer and actress, known for Midnight in Paris (2011), 500 Days of Summer (2009) and The Lake House (2006). She has been married to Nicolas Sarkozy since 2 February 2008. They have one child.- 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).- 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.
- Orchidea De Santis was born on 20 December 1948 in Bari, Puglia, Italy. She is an actress, known for Colpo di stato (1969), Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods (1972) and Mister Zehn Prozent - Miezen und Moneten (1968).
- Ely Galleani was born on 24 April 1953 in Alassio, Liguria, Italy. She is an actress, known for Day of Violence (1977), A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971) and Apache Woman (1976).
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Rita Forzano was born on 19 September 1946 in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. She is a casting director and actress, known for The Red Violin (1998), African Story (1971) and Don Luigi Sturzo (1981).- Gabriella Lepori is known for The Tough Ones (1976), Love Angels (1974) and Five Women for the Killer (1974).
- Fiorella Masselli is known for Un jeans e una maglietta (1983), The Angels from 2000 (1969) and Flesh for Frankenstein (1973).
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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.- Euridice Axen was born on 20 September 1980 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Loro 1 (2018), Loro 2 (2018) and 40 & Climbing (2021).
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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).- Jessica Piccolo Valerani is known for Le indagini di Lolita Lobosco (2021), Leonora addio (2022) and Loro (2018).
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Tatjana Nardone is an Irish Italian actress. Born in Dublin to an Irish mother and an Italian father. Tatjana is best known for her work on Tv series Medici : Masters of Florence, Loro 2 by Paolo Sorrentino and portraying Ladwyss in the tv adaptation of Bernard Cornwell's novel : The Winter King.- Actress
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Gledis Cinque made her film debut in Mira Nair's 2004 feature "Vanity Fair." After that very first experience, she continued studying acting gaining a diploma at Centro Studi Teatro Carcano in Milan in 2007. She also attended various acting courses at RADA, NYFA (LA) and Stella Adler Studio of Acting (NYC). She trained as a dancer, studying ballet, contemporary, modern and jazz dancing. She performed in several features, short movies, TV shows and music videos with supporting and leading roles. In 2009 a major Italian weekly magazine named her one of the most promising young Italian actresses. More recently she played the lead in the features "Miriam - Il diario", "Luci Spente", and "The Rule of Lead" that won several international awards. In 2018, after a very successful crowdfunding, she resumed her role as the lead in Ischidados, set be released in 2019. In 2018 she also played a part in the upcoming TV series 1994, directed by Giuseppe Gagliardi and produced by Wildside and Sky Italia. Gledis co-founded the theatre company "PaT - Passi Teatrali" based in Milan, producing contemporary and original plays that toured various Italian theatres and festivals. In 2012 PaT won the prestigious Fringe Spirit Award at the Rome Fringe Festival. PaT also co-produced the feature "Luci Spente", adapted from an original play performed by the company itself. "Luci Spente" won the Gold Remi Award for "Animation Film - Any Technique" at the 2016 WorldFest Houston. She is from Italy, and nowadays lives between London and Milano. She graduated a MSc in Economics and Management for Arts, Culture, Media and Entertainment at Università Bocconi (Milan) with a First Class Honours.- 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).
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In her native town, Genova, she attended the Foreign Languages High School. But as early as at the age of 15 she started winning Beauty Contests: first Miss Seaside, then Miss Liguria. In 1986 Sabrina starts her career as a show-girl, in the TV program "Premiatissima" with Johnny Dorelli. Later on she took part in the Channel 5 show "Grand Hotel": it was on that occasion that she met DJ and producer Claudio Cecchetto. The same year Cecchetto produces for her "Sexy Girl", Sabrina's first hit in the Italian and German charts. Between 1987 and 1988 the Artist takes part as a singer in the "Sandra & Raimondo TV Show": during the Summer her first album is released, with the simple title "Sabrina". With "BOYS" (recently remixed for the international markets) Sabrina tops all European, South-American and Australian charts. In Spain she is considered a true sex-symbol for her sunny and mediterranean beauty. In England she is produced by Stock Aitken and Waterman for the single "All of me". In 1990 next to Raffaella Carrà, Sabrina is back on TV in the show "Ricomincio da 2" on RAI 2 Channel. In 1991 Sabrina takes part in Sanremo Festival, in a duet with Jo Squillo with the song "Siamo Donne", later included in the album "Over the Pop" and, after a new successful international tour, she gets back to Channel 5 to compére the show "Bellezze sulla neve" ("Beauties on the snow"). A long period of work in a recording studio bring Sabrina to a radical artistic change. In Summer '94 a new artistic career is started: with a production team headed by Monti-Portaluri and Zafret, is released the mix "Rockaville" , which again gets a good success not only in Italy. The collaboration carries on with the mix "Angel Boy" which sees the participation of famous English rapper Neal A.D. In Summer '95 the single CD "Fatta e rifatta" is released, an ironic song that was much talked about by the press and media. In October '95 her first rock album, completely in Italian language, is released. The title is "Maschio dove sei" ("Male, where are you"), and is produced by Massimo Riva, with the collaboration of Vasco Rossi. Sabrina's sudden change to rock is well accepted, and the album gets released in several European countries.- Nathalie Caldonazzo was born on 24 May 1969 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for La scelta impossibile (2018), Letto numero 6 (2019) and La via del cibo (1994).
- Ida Galli was born on 8 October 1939 in Sestola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She is an actress, known for The Psychic (1977), La Dolce Vita (1960) and The Leopard (1963).
- Attractive and seductive looking blonde Italian actress who is well known to fans of 1980's European horror cinema as the leading lady in two key cult films of the period. She co-starred in the ultra-bloody Zombie Holocaust (1980) aka "Dr Butcher MD", aka "Zombi 3" directed by Marino Girolami. Two years later she again co-starred in the serial killer tale The New York Ripper (1982) aka "The New York Ripper" directed by Italian gore master Lucio Fulci.
Alexandra was married to highly awarded Italian cinematographer Tonino Delli Colli, and she appeared in approximately eleven feature films in total. - Veronica De Laurentiis was born on 13 January 1950 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Red Dragon (2002), Dante's Inferno (2024) and Waterloo (1970). She is married to Ivan Kavalsky. She was previously married to Alex De Benedetti.
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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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Nancy Brilli was born on 10 April 1964 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Piccoli equivoci (1989), Italia-Germania 4-3 (1990) and Tutti gli uomini di Sara (1992).- 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).- Actress
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Giorgia Wurth was born on 5 June 1979 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for Allegra, Dark Resurrection (2007) and The President's Staff (2019).- Martina Pinto was born on 3 September 1989 in Mombasa, Coast Province, Kenya. She is an actress, known for Maria Goretti (2003), Freaks! (2011) and Don Matteo (2000). She has been married to Alessandro Poggi since 20 February 2021. They have one child.
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Floriana Panella, best known by the stage name Roberta Gemma or Roberta Missoni, is an Italian actress related to adult industry and horror movies.
She started as a cleaner in a company in Rome. In 2003 she sent some artistic photographs to a specialized web portal whose prize was to enter the calendar of the monthly magazine Max. Her images were quite successful, and soon she began to perform in various strip shows, first in clubs in Rome and then in other parts of Italy.
She debuted in the world of pornography in 2005 thanks to the production company CentoxCento, for which she starred in two of her first films. She gained international prominence in 2006 when she starred in The Order (2006), from Francesco Fanelli, with which she won at the Eroticline Awards the award for Best International Newcomer. It was at this time that she began to use the pseudonym Roberta Missoni, which she had to withdraw after a complaint from an Italian haute couture firm, at which point she changed it to her professional name Roberta Gemma.
In 2009 she had a small role in the Italian giallo House of Flesh Mannequins (2009) and started collaborating in smaller horror films in Italy, such as Bloody Sin (2011) (2011), Hyde's Secret Nightmare (2011) (2011), Q smette di ricordare (2013) (2013), in 2015 with a larger role in The Transparent Woman (2015) and A Taste of Phobia (2018) (2018).
She won several Eroticline Awards over the following years, participated in various erotic shows, television programs, music videos and festivals as an erotic model both in Italy and in European countries and in the United States.
She retired professionally to adult industry in 2021, having worked in more than 60 films.- Francesca Nunzi is known for Sacrificio disumano (2021), Il maresciallo Rocca (1996) and Maschile Plurale (2024). She has been married to Otto since 2000. They have one child.
- Marta was born in Rome. She attended the National Academy of Dance in Rome and she gaduated as an Actor at the CSC National School of Cinema in Rome. She began acting at age of 4. Her first appearance was next to Domenico Modugno in the tv movie "Il maestro di violino". At age of 5 she performed next to Paola Borboni and Anna Proclemer in "George Sand", a tv drama directed by Giorgio Albertazzi. She also appeared in Casa Cecilia, the first popular Italian sitcom with Delia Scala, in the tv drama "Martin Eden" by Giacomo Battiato and in "Giallo Sera" with Renzo Palmer. At 8 years old her debut in cinema thanks to Francesco Rosi, who wanted her in a leading role in his film "Tre fratelli" (Three brothers) with an amazing cast: Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Philippe Noiret, Michele Placido and Charles Vanel. Appearing in Three Brothers, in May 1981 Marta was the youngest actress at Cannes' festival. The film was also nominated at Oscar 1982. She was directed by Steno in "Quando la coppia scoppia" with Enrico Montesano, and she played young Fanny Ardant in Anna Maria Tatò's film "Desiderio". She was twice Mario Merola's daughter in the famous films "Carcerato and Tradimento" by Alfonso Brescia. In 1985 Marta performs with Tom Conti and Giancarlo Giannini in the American movie "Saving Grace" directed by Robert Young. She played Basemah in "Solomon" - The Bible tv movie. In 1998 she was in the movie "Bonanno - A godfather's story" next to Costas Mandylor. After she played the funny character of Denise in the popular tv series "Un medico in famiglia", the producers decided to give her the leading role in one of the most popular Italian tv series," I Cesaroni". Three cameos in Fausto Brizzi's movies " Ex", "Maschi vs femmine" and "Femmine vs maschi". In summer 2011, Woody Allen wrote a role especially for her in "To Rome with lov"e, next to Roberto Benigni. She played the leading role in the famous tv series "Squadra Antimafia", "Squadra Mobile" in 2014/2015. In 2017 she is one of the leadings of the Tribeca Film Fest winner film "The Divine Order" by Petra Volpe, the film was also running for the Oscars and was worldwide distributed. In this movie Marta speaks german fluently. In 2018 she has a leading role in "Il destino degli uomini" by Leonardo Tiberi In 2019 Marta is leading in "Il cacio con le pere", first movie of Luca Calvani. In 2021 she was casted in tv series PRISMA, directed by Ludovico Bessegato and produced by Amazon Studios and Cross Productions
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Diane Villegas is a multi-faceted bilingual actress of Mexican-American heritage. Diane began her acting career on stage in bi-lingual productions and is a longtime veteran of the stage. Diane transitioned to film and television in 2011 and has since appeared in or had recurring roles in several TV series such as The Night Shift, Longmire, House of Cards, and Roswell, New Mexico. In addition to on-camera work, Diane has done voice-over work for multiple commercials and video projects in both English and Spanish.
In addition to acting, Diane holds a Master of Business Administration degree and is owner/CEO of a marketing consulting agency. Diane leverages her film experience in the marketing realm by producing, co-directing, and casting commercials and video projects for business clients.- 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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Luciana Paluzzi's an Italian actress, best known for playing SPECTRE assassin ,Fiona Volpe, in the fourth James Bond film, Thunderball.
In the film, Thunderball she had auditioned for the part of the lead Bond girl, Dominetta "Domino" Petacchi, but producers cast Claudine Auger, changing the Domino character from an Italian to a Frenchwoman and renaming her Dominique Derval.
Paluzzi's first film was an uncredited walk-on part in Three Coins in the Fountain (1954).- 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.
- Barbara Scoppa was born on 21 October 1957 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Ginger & Fred (1986), Turbo (2000) and You'll Die at Midnight (1986).
- Alessandra Casella (Milan, 16 August 1963) is an actress and presenter of Italian television, known to the public as host of books "A tutto volume". She studied at the Academy of Milan Amateur Dramatics with Ernesto Calindri and in New York at the 'Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. A theater has worked with directors like Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Sciaccaluga, Tonino Pulci, Giorgio Albertazzi, addressing both dramatic roles that brilliant and even music.
- Lucia Stara is known for The Passion of the Christ (2004), The Stendhal Syndrome (1996) and Ma quando arrivano le ragazze? (2005).
- Cinzia Bonfantini was born in 1958. She is an actress, known for The Final Executioner (1984), La discoteca (1983) and Pronto soccorso (1990).
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Licia Colò was born on 7 July 1962 in Bussolengo, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress and writer, known for Le finte bionde (1989), Animali e Animali (2016) and House of Lost Souls (1989). She was previously married to Alessandro Antonino.- 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).- Silvia Monti was born on 23 January 1946 in Bassano del Grappa, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress, known for Lady Caroline Lamb (1972), Blackie the Pirate (1971) and The Fifth Cord (1971). She has been married to Carlo de Benedetti since 10 July 1997. She was previously married to Luigi Donà dalle Rose.
- Leonora Fani was born on 18 February 1954 in Crocetta del Montello, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress, known for Dog Lay Afternoon (1976), Sweet Adolescents (1977) and Giallo in Venice (1979).
- Erika Blanc was born on 23 July 1942 in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. She is an actress, known for Sacred Heart (2005), Espionage in Lisbon (1965) and A Man for Emmanuelle (1969). She was previously married to Bruno Gaburro.
- Josiane Tanzilli was born on 28 November 1950 in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She is an actress, known for Amarcord (1973), Love & Anarchy (1973) and Man, Woman and Beast (1977).
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Francesca Lancini is known for Ocean's Twelve (2004), Human Capital (2013) and L' amico segreto (2007).