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Saturday, January 29, 2011

Nicoletta Braschi


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".

Filmography

YearFilmRole
1983Tu mi TurbiVirgin Mary
1986Down by lawNicoletta
1988Ya bon les blancsLuisa
1988The Little DevilNina
1989Mystery TrainLuisa (Segment- Ghost)
1990The Sheltering SkyFrench Woman
1991La domenica specialmenteGirl (Segment La domenica specialmente)
1991Johnny StecchinoMaria
1993Son of the Pink PantherJacqueline Gambrelli
1994The MonsterJessica
1995Pasolini, un delitto italianoGraziella Chiracossi
1996Sostiene PereriaMarta
1997OvosodoGiovanna
1998Life Is BeautifulDora Orefice
2002PinocchioBlue Fairy
2003Mi piace lavorareAnna
2005The Tiger and the SnowVittoria

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