migliori attrici italiane
by lewisj77 | created - 13 Apr 2011 | updated - 13 Apr 2011 | Public
1. Anna Magnani
Actress | Roma città aperta
Anna Magnani was born in Rome, Italy (not in Egypt, as some biographies claim), on March 7, 1908. She was the child of Marina Magnani and an unknown father often said to be from Alexandria, Egypt, but whom Anna herself claimed was from the Calabria region of Italy although she never knew his name. ...
2. Silvana Mangano
Actress | Dune
Silvana Mangano was born on April 21, 1930 in Rome, Italy and was raised in poverty during World War II. She trained as a dancer for seven years and supported herself as a model. In 1946, at age 16, she won the Miss Rome beauty pageant and through this, she obtained role in a Maria Della Costa film...
3. Asia Argento
Actress | Land of the Dead
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)...
4. Virna Lisi
Actress | La reine Margot
Stunning Italian actress Virna Lisi, a brief but lovely Hollywood import in the 1960's, was merely one of a plethora of European movie beauties who proved over the course of their long careers, that they were capable of more than just visual performances.
Born Virna Lisa Pieralisi on November 8, ...
5. Giovanna Mezzogiorno
Actress | Vincere
Giovanna Mezzogiorno was born on November 9, 1974 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for Vincere (2009), Love in the Time of Cholera (2007) and Facing Windows (2003). She has been married to Alessio Federico Fugolo since October 24, 2009. They have two children.
6. Valentina Cervi
Actress | Jane Eyre
Valentina Cervi (born 13 April 1974) is an Italian film and television actress. Cervi was born in Rome, Italy. She is the daughter of director Tonino Cervi and granddaughter of the famous Italian actor Gino Cervi. Cervi started her acting career at age ten in Carlo Cotti's Portami la luna (1987). ...
7. Laura Morante
Actress | La cerise sur le gâteau
Laura Morante was born on August 21, 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 October 3, 2004. She was previously married ...
8. Valeria Golino
Actress | Rain Man
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 ...
9. Milena Vukotic
Actress | Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie
Milena Vukotic was born on April 23, 1935 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), Letters to Juliet (2010) and A Good Woman (2004).
10. Valentina Cortese
Actress | La nuit américaine
Valentina Cortese was born in Milan on New Year's Day of 1923. She made her movie debut in 1940 and played many "ingenue" parts in Italian films of that period, before making a real sensation in Caccia all'uomo (1948) and Tempesta su Parigi (1948), playing both female leads, Fantine and Cosette (...
11. Iaia Forte
Actress | I buchi neri
Iaia Forte was born on March 16, 1962 in Naples, Campania, Italy. She is an actress, known for Black Holes (1995), Luna e l'altra (1996) and Leopardi (2014).
12. Angela Finocchiaro
Actress | Il muro di gomma
Angela Finocchiaro was born on November 20, 1955 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. She is an actress and writer, known for The Invisible Wall (1991), Mio fratello è figlio unico (2007) and Don't Tell (2005).
13. Alida Valli
Actress | The Third Man
Enigmatic, dark-haired foreign import Alida Valli was dubbed "The Next Garbo" but didn't live up to postwar expectations despite her cool, patrician beauty, remote allure and significant talent. Born in Pola, Italy (now Croatia), on May 3, 1921, the daughter of a Tridentine journalist and professor...
14. Anna Bonaiuto
Actress | L'amore molesto
Anna Bonaiuto was born on January 28, 1950 in Latisana, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. She is an actress and writer, known for L'amore molesto (1995), The Postman (1994) and Il Divo (2008).
15. Monica Vitti
Actress | L'avventura
Monica Vitti was born on November 3, 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 February 2, 2022 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
16. Ornella Muti
Actress | Flash Gordon
Ornella Muti was born on March 9, 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.
17. Maria Rosaria Omaggio
Actress | L'homme de Suez
Maria Rosaria Omaggio was born on January 11, 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).
18. Marisa Pavan
Actress | The Rose Tattoo
Maria Luisa Pierangeli and her twin sister Anna Maria were born in Sardinia, Italy. They were fraternal twins with different personalities as well. Anna Maria was dreamy and innocent; Maria Luisa was independent and studious. They moved to Rome in the late 1940s. In 1948 their lives changed when ...
19. Sabrina Impacciatore
Actress | The Passion of the Christ
Born in Rome (Italy) on March 29 1968, Sabrina Impacciatore is an Italian cinema, TV and theater actress. She went to drama school at the Actors Studio in New York and in Rome. At the age of 25 she was discovered by Gianni Boncompagni who, overwhelmed by her volcanic personality, entrusted her with...
20. Rosalinda Celentano
Actress | The Passion of the Christ
Rosalinda Celentano was born on July 15, 1968 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for The Passion of the Christ (2004), Paz! (2002) and Probably Love (2001).
21. Eleonora Giorgi
Actress | Borotalco
Eleonora Giorgi was born on October 21, 1953 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for Talcum Powder (1982), Love, Lies, Kids... & Dogs (2003) and Cuore di cane (1976). She was previously married to Massimo Ciavarro and Angelo Rizzoli Jr..
22. Ángela Molina
Actress | Carne trémula
Ángela Molina was born on October 5, 1955 in Madrid, Spain. She is an actress and art director, known for Live Flesh (1997), 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) and Broken Embraces (2009). She has been married to Leo Blakstad since 1995. They have two children. She was previously married to Hervé ...
23. Sophia Loren
Actress | La ciociara
Sophia Loren was born as Sofia Scicolone at the Clinica Regina Margherita in Rome on September 20, 1934. Her father Riccardo was married to another woman and refused to marry her mother Romilda Villani, despite the fact that she was the mother of his two children (Sophia and her younger sister ...
24. Ambra Angiolini
Actress | Saturno contro
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, ...
25. Lunetta Savino
Actress | Mine vaganti
Lunetta Savino was born on November 2, 1957 in Bari, Puglia, Italy. She is an actress, known for Loose Cannons (2010), Il candidato (2014) and La fuga (2013). She was previously married to Franco Tavassi.
26. Clara Calamai
Actress | L'adultera
Clara Calamai was born on September 7, 1909 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. She was an actress, known for L'adultera (1946), Deep Red (1975) and Obsession (1943). She was married to Leonardo Bonzi. She died on September 21, 1998 in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
27. Mariangela Melato
Actress | Flash Gordon
Mariangela Melato was born on September 19, 1941 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. She was an actress and writer, known for Flash Gordon (1980), Swept Away (1974) and Love & Anarchy (1973). She died on January 11, 2013 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
28. Ottavia Piccolo
Actress | Il gattopardo
Ottavia Piccolo was born on October 9, 1949 in Bolzano, Italy. She is an actress, known for The Leopard (1963), Metello (1970) and The Family (1987). She has been married to Claudio Rossoni since December 11, 1974. They have one child.
29. Claudia Cardinale
Actress | C'era una volta il West
Like many other female Italian film stars, Claudia Cardinale's entry into the business was by way of a beauty pageant. She was 17 years old and studying at the Centro Sperimentale in Rome when she entered a beauty contest, which resulted in her getting a succession of small film roles. Her earthy ...
30. Liù Bosisio
Actress | Novecento
Liù Bosisio was born on January 30, 1936 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. She is an actress, known for 1900 (1976), Fantozzi (1975) and Fantozzi 2 (1976).
31. Stefania Sandrelli
Actress | Il conformista
She was born in Viareggio (Tuscany, Italy) on June 5th, 1946. She won a beauty contest when she was just 15 years old, which led to her first role in "Il federale" together with the great Italian actor Ugo Tognazzi. She was then cast by Germi for the Italian comedy "Divorzio all'Italiana", working ...
32. Marisa Merlini
Actress | Il grande silenzio
Marisa Merlini was born on August 6, 1923 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Great Silence (1968), Tempo di villeggiatura (1956) and Bread, Love and Dreams (1953). She died on July 27, 2008 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
33. Rossella Falk
Actress | 8½
Rossella Falk was born on November 10, 1926 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress, known for 8½ (1963), Modesty Blaise (1966) and The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968). She was married to Gualtiero Giori and Nicola Tufari. She died on May 5, 2013 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
34. Giulietta Masina
Actress | Le notti di Cabiria
Born in San Giorgio di Piano, Giulietta Masina spent part of her teenage years living with a widowed aunt in Rome, where she cultivated a passion for the theater and studied for a degree in Philosophy. She began her career on the radio with the program "Terzoglio" (1942), about the adventures of ...
35. Pupella Maggio
Actress | Amarcord
Pupella Maggio was born on April 24, 1910 in Naples, Campania, Italy. She was an actress, known for Amarcord (1973), Cinema Paradiso (1988) and Il medico della mutua (1968). She was married to Luigi Dell'Isola. She died on December 8, 1999 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
36. Marina Massironi
Actress | Letters to Juliet
Marina Massironi is a theater, cinema, and TV actress. She's well known for her affiliation with Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo. With them, she appeared on numerous seasons of "MaidireGol", "I Corti", and "Tel chi el telun", and made her big screen debut in "Tre uomini e una gamba". She's worked with ...
37. Anna Galiena
Actress | Le mari de la coiffeuse
Anna Galiena was born on December 22, 1949 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for The Hairdresser's Husband (1990), Black Angel (2002) and Senza pelle (1994).
38. Margherita Buy
Actress | Mia madre
Margherita Buy was born on January 15, 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.
39. Stefania Rocca
Actress | Nirvana
Stefania Rocca was born on April 24, 1971 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for Nirvana (1997), Rosa e Cornelia (2000) and Viol@ (1998).
40. Claudia Gerini
Actress | The Passion of the Christ
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 ...
41. Regina Orioli
Actress | Benzina
Regina Orioli was born on May 12, 1977 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress and writer, known for Gasoline (2001), The Last Kiss (2001) and Gallo cedrone (1998).
42. Gina Lollobrigida
Actress | Notre-Dame de Paris
Gina Lollobrigida was born on July 4, 1927 in Subiaco, Italy. Destined to be called "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World", Gina possibly had St. Brigid as part of her surname. She was the daughter of a furniture manufacturer, and grew up in the pictorial mountain village. The young Gina did some ...
43. Caterina Murino
Actress | Casino Royale
Caterina Murino was born on September 15, 1977, in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. In 1996 she took fourth place in the Miss Italy contest. Then she moved to Milan, where she began working as a model in commercials for MasterCard, Swatch, Mercedes-Benz and Nescafe, among other gigs. From 1999-2000 she ...
44. Dalila Di Lazzaro
Actress | Phenomena
Dalila Di Lazzaro was born on January 29, 1953 in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. She is an actress, known for Phenomena (1985), Jealous Eyes (1989) and Killer contro killers (1985).
45. Domiziana Giordano
Actress | Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
Domiziana Giordano was born on September 4, 1959 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), Nostalghia (1983) and Zina (1985).
46. Ida Di Benedetto
Actress | Fontamara
Ida Di Benedetto was born on June 3, 1940 in Naples, Campania, Italy. She is an actress and producer, known for Fontamara (1980), Immacolata e Concetta, l'altra gelosia (1979) and Der Schlaf der Vernunft (1984).
47. Elsa Martinelli
Actress | Hatari!
Elsa Martinelli was born in the central Tuscan city of Grosseto into a struggling family, one of eight siblings. She had to earn her keep from the age of twelve, delivering groceries in Rome. Looking older than her years suggested, she then did some part-time work as a barmaid. Aged sixteen and ...
48. Marilù Tolo
Actress | Matrimonio all'italiana
Marilù Tolo was born on January 16, 1943 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Marriage Italian Style (1964), Espionage in Lisbon (1965) and Eneide (1971).
49. Giuliana de Sio
Actress | La piovra
Giuliana de Sio was born on April 2, 1956 in Salerno, Campania, Italy. She is an actress, known for La piovra (1984), The Pool Hustlers (1983) and The Wicked (1991).
50. Chiara Caselli
Actress | Molly Bloom
Born in Bologna, she is an actress and photographer. She has acted, among others, for Michelangelo Antonioni, Liliana Cavani, Marco Tullio Giordana, Gus Van Sant, and Mia Handsen-Love. In 2008 she began to exhibit her photography; in 2011 she was at the Biennale di Venezia, in 2014 her first solo ...
51. Agnese Nano
Actress | Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
Agnese Nano was born on November 5, 1965 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Cinema Paradiso (1988), Il lungo silenzio (1993) and A Bad Encounter (2011).
52. Athina Cenci
Actress | Speriamo che sia femmina
Athina Cenci was born on March 13, 1946 in Kos, Dodecanese Islands, Greece. She is an actress and writer, known for Speriamo che sia femmina (1986), Benvenuti in casa Gori (1990) and Rosa e Cornelia (2000).
53. Giuliana Calandra
Actress | Profondo rosso
Giuliana Calandra (born 10 February 1936) is an Italian film, television and stage actress, journalist and television hostess. Born in Moncalieri, Giuliana Calandra debuted in 1963 Pier Paolo Pasolini's "La ricotta" and appearing in hundreds of films, TV-series and stage works, including works by ...
54. Laura Antonelli
Actress | Passione d'amore
Laura Antonelli was born on November 28, 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 June 22, 2015 in Ladispoli, Rome, Lazio, Italy.
55. Piera Degli Esposti
Actress | Il divo
Piera Degli Esposti was born on March 12, 1938 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She was an actress and writer, known for Il Divo (2008), My Mother's Smile (2002) and Giulia Doesn't Date at Night (2009). She died on August 14, 2021 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
56. Alba Rohrwacher
Actress | Hungry Hearts
Alba Rohrwacher was born on February 27, 1979 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. She is an actress, known for Hungry Hearts (2014), The Wonders (2014) and I Am Love (2009).
57. Monica Guerritore
Actress | La lupa
Monica Guerritore was born on January 5, 1958 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for La lupa (1996), Love Under the Elms (1975) and On the Edge (2009). She has been married to Roberto Zaccaria since August 17, 2010. She was previously married to Gabriele Lavia.
58. Daria Nicolodi
Actress | Phenomena
Daria Nicolodi was born on June 19, 1949 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. She was an actress and writer, known for Phenomena (1985), Deep Red (1975) and Tenebrae (1982). She died on November 26, 2020 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
59. Nicoletta Braschi
Actress | La vita è bella
Nicoletta Braschi was born on April 19, 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.
60. Donatella Finocchiaro
Actress | Angela
Donatella Finocchiaro was born on November 16, 1970 in Catania, Sicily, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for Angela (2002), The Wedding Director (2006) and Galantuomini (2008).
61. Eleonora Rossi Drago
Actress | Estate violenta
She never found the international cross-over fame destined for Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida, and most American audiences would not recognize her name, but voluptuous, visually stunning Eleonora Rossi Drago certainly made male hearts pulsate in Europe with her scores of princesses and ...
62. Lucrezia Lante della Rovere
Actress | Quantum of Solace
Lucrezia Lante della Rovere was born on July 19, 1966 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Quantum of Solace (2008), Gli occhi dell'altro (2005) and Speriamo che sia femmina (1986).
63. Stefania Casini
Actress | Suspiria
After graduating in Architecture, Stefania began a career in acting and worked with Pietro Germi, Bernardo Bertolucci, Peter Greenaway and Dario Argento. She moved to New York in the late 1970s, where she acted in Andy Warhol's 'Bad'. While in New York she decided to move behind the camera, and ...
64. Elena Sofia Ricci
Actress | Mine vaganti
Elena Sofia Ricci was born on March 29, 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 ...
65. Isabella Rossellini
Actress | Blue Velvet
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 ...
66. Violante Placido
Actress | The American
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 ...
67. Lucia Bosè
Actress | La signora senza camelie
Lucia Bosè was born on January 28, 1931 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Lady Without Camelias (1953), Death of a Cyclist (1955) and Story of a Love Affair (1950). She was married to Luis Miguel Dominguín. She died on March 23, 2020 in Segovia, Segovia, Castilla y León, ...
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