Sandra Ceccarelli (born 3 July 1967) is an Italian film actress. Daughter of Franco Ceccarelli, guitarist of the 1960s and 1970s Italian rock group

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, and Sandra von Glasersfeld (daughter of philosopher

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), Ceccarelli had her film debut at the age of sixteen in Giuseppe Bertolucci's 1985 film ''Segreti segreti''. Between 1995 and 1997 she studied acting with Carlos Alsina and

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. After spending several years in theatre, she returned to film in 2001 starring in

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's film '' The Profession of Arms'' and Giuseppe Piccioni's ''Light of My Eyes'', for which she won the

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for Best Actress at the 2001 Venice Film Festival. She also starred in Piccioni's 2004 film ''The Life I Want'', which won her a second nomination for the

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award (the Italian equivalent of the Academy Award), and a nomination for the 2005

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(which she lost to Germany's

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). She also appeared in the 2006 Austrian biopic ''

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'' about the painter

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and the 2006 Croatian film ''

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'' about the Renaissance playwright

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* 1967 births Living people 20th-century Italian actresses 21st-century Italian actresses Actresses from Milan Italian film actresses Italian people of German descent Nastro d'Argento winners Volpi Cup for Best Actress winners {{Italy-actor-stub