Athina Cenci (born 13 March 1946), is a Greek-born Italian former actress, stand-up comedian and politician.

Life and career

Born in

Kos Kos or Cos (; el, Κως ) is a Greek island, part of the Dodecanese island chain in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Kos is the third largest island of the Dodecanese by area, after Rhodes and Karpathos; it has a population of 36,986 (2021 census), ...

, Greece, Cenci was co-founder and member, together with

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and Alessandro Benvenuti, of the comedy ensemble "GianCattivi" with whom she achieved her first successes on stage and on television.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . She made her film debut with GianCattivi in '' West of Paperino'' (1982), then, after the group split, she started a successful solo career winning two David di Donatello Awards for best supporting actress for her performances in Mario Monicelli's '' Let's Hope It's a Girl'' and

Carlo Verdone Carlo Gregorio Verdone (born 17 November 1950) is an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. Verdone is best known for his comedic roles in Italian classics, which he also wrote and directed. His career was jumpstarted by his first thre ...

's '' Compagni di scuola''. She later also worked with other notable directors, including

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and Ettore Scola, and was active on stage and on television, in TV-series and variety shows. In 1999 Cenci was elected with the

Democrats of the Left The Democrats of the Left ( it, Democratici di Sinistra, DS) was a social-democratic political party in Italy. The DS, successor of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) and the Italian Communist Party, was formed in 1998 upon the merger of th ...

in the city council of

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. In 2001 she suffered a stroke that forced her to interrupt her artistic and political activities for many years. She reappeared in public in 2014 and the year after returned on stage as protagonist.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cenci, Athina Italian film actresses Italian television actresses Italian stage actresses 1946 births People from Kos Living people David di Donatello winners Ciak d'oro winners Democrats of the Left politicians Italian actor-politicians Greek emigrants to Italy Italian people of Greek descent