Nicoletta Braschi
Born: 1960-08-10 in Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Nicoletta Braschi (born April 14, 1960) is an Italian actress and producer, best known for her work with her husband, actor and director Roberto Benigni. Born in Cesena, Braschi studied in Rome's Academy of Dramatic Arts where she first met Benigni in 1980. Her first film was with Benigni in 1983, the comedy Tu Mi Turbi ("You Upset Me"). She later appeared in two Jim Jarmusch films, Down by Law and Mystery Train. Braschi's two most successful collaborations with her husband have been Johnny Stecchino (1992) and La Vita è Bella (Life is Beautiful) (1997). The first, an Italian comedy that cast the actress as the girlfriend of a mobster (Benigni), was a huge hit in Italy; while the second, in which Braschi played the wife of an Italian Jew (Benigni) imprisoned in a concentration camp, was a widely-praised success that launched both Braschi and her husband into the international spotlight. She was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award as a cast member of Life is Beautiful. She is also a David di Donatello award winner (Italy's equivalent of the Oscars). In 2002, she was a member of the jury at the Berlin Film Festival. In 2010 she has returned to theatre starring in "Tradimenti". Description above from the Wikipedia article Nicoletta Braschi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
2018
- The White Crow as Claire's Mother
- Happy as Lazzaro as Marchesa Alfonsina De Luna
2011
2007
- I Vicerè ... (Thanks)
- Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future as Self (archive footage)
2005
- The Tiger and the Snow as Vittoria
2004
- Coffee and Cigarettes ... (Thanks)
- I Like to Work – Mobbing as Anna
2002
- Pinocchio as Blue Fairy
1997
- Life Is Beautiful as Dora
- Ovosodo as Giovanna Fornari
1995
- Pereira Declares as Marta
- Who Killed Pasolini? as Graziella Chiarcossi
1994
- The Monster as Jessica Rossetti
1993
- Son of the Pink Panther as Jacqueline Gambrelli
1991
- Johnny Stecchino as Maria
- Especially on Sunday as Nicoletta
1990
- The Sheltering Sky as French Woman
1989
- Mystery Train as Luisa
1988
- The Little Devil as Nina
- How Good the Whites Are as Luisa
1986
- Down by Law as Nicoletta
1985
- Secrets Secrets as Suora
1983
- You Upset Me as Maria
1978
- Cinématon as N°800