Benedicta Boccoli (born 11 November 1966) is an Italian theater and movie actress.

Biography

Born in Milan on 11 November 1966, she moved to Rome with her family as a child. Her sister Brigitta is also an actress. She has two brothers, Barnaby and . Known for being an eclectic and versatile actress, she made her television debut at the age of 18. A few years later, she realized that her true passion as an actress lay in theatre. Actor and director

Giorgio Albertazzi Giorgio Albertazzi (20 August 1923 – 28 May 2016) was an Italian actor and film director. Born in San Martino a Mensola, Tuscany, Albertazzi joined the Italian Social Republic and reached the rank of lieutenant. After their defeat, he spent ...

nicknamed her the ''Artistissima'' (the ultimate artist) due to her outstanding performances. She has also received favorable reviews in newspapers such as ''

Corriere della Sera (; ) is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average circulation of 246,278 copies in May 2023. First published on 5 March 1876, is one of Italy's oldest newspapers and is Italy's most read newspaper. Its masthead has remain ...

'', ''

La Repubblica (; English: "the Republic") is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper with an average circulation of 151,309 copies in May 2023. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and l ...

'', ''

La Stampa (English: "The Press") is an Italian daily newspaper published in Turin with an average circulation of 87,143 copies in May 2023. Distributed in Italy and other European nations, it is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy. Until the late 1970 ...

'', ''

Il Tempo ''Il Tempo'' (English: "The Time") is a daily newspaper based in the city of Rome, Italy. History and profile ''Il Tempo'' was founded in Rome by Renato Angiolillo in 1944. At the initial phase the newspaper was a conservative publication and ...

'', and ''

La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno (English: "The Gazette of the South") is an Italian daily newspaper, founded in 1887 in Bari, Italy. It is one of the leading newspapers published in Southern Italy, with most of its readers living in Apulia and Basilicata. suspended its publ ...

''. Every Monday, she writes a column titled ''Cosa resterà'' for

Il Fatto Quotidiano (English: "The Daily Fact") is an Italian daily newspaper owned by Editoriale Il Fatto S.p.A. and published in Rome. It was founded on 23 September 2009 and was edited by until 2015, when Marco Travaglio became the editor. The three deputy edi ...

. It's a diary reflecting on the life of a

teenager Adolescence () is a transitional stage of human physical and psychological development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to adulthood (typically corresponding to the age of majority). Adolescence is usually associated wi ...

in the 1980s and 1990s.

Career highlights

Film

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Gli angeli di Borsellino ''The Angels of Borsellino'' () is a 2003 Italian film written by Ugo Barbàra, Paolo Zucca, Mirco Da Lio, and Massimo Di Martino, and directed by . The film concerns the lives of the Sicilian judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino. Plot ...

'', director Rocco Cesareo – 2003 *'' Valzer'', director Salvatore Maira – 2007 *''

Pietralata Pietralata may refer to: * Pietralata (Rome), the 21st quarter of Rome * Pietralata (Rome Metro) Pietralata is a station on Line B of the Rome Metro The Rome Metro () is a rapid transit system that operates in Rome, Italy. It started operat ...

'', director Gianni Leacche – 2008 *'' Ciao Brother'', director Nicola Barnaba – 2016 * ''Colpevole'', director Gianni Leacche - 2024

Short film

*'' La confessione'', director herself – 2020; *'' Come un fiore'', director herself – 2023, on raising awareness for breast cancer prevention and body acceptance;

Theater

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Blithe Spirit Blithe Spirit may refer to: * ''Blithe Spirit'' (play), a 1941 comic play written by Noël Coward * ''Blithe Spirit'' (1945 film), a British comedy film based on the play * Blithe Spirit (''Ford Star Jubilee''), a 1956 television play version of ...

'' of

Noël Coward Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 189926 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what ''Time (magazine), Time'' called "a sense of personal style, a combination of c ...

, with Ugo Pagliai and Paola Gassman – 1992/1993 – *''Cantando Cantando'' of

Maurizio Micheli Maurizio Micheli (born 3 February 1947) is an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, author, playwright and television personality. Life and career Born in Livorno in 1947, at 11 Micheli moved to Bari with his family, then at 20 he moved to M ...

, with Maurizio Micheli, Aldo Ralli and Gianluca Guidi – 1994/1995 – *'' Buonanotte Bettina'', of Pietro Garinei e Sandro Giovannini, with Maurizio Micheli and

Miranda Martino Miranda Martino (born 29 October 1933) is an Italian singer and actress. Life and career Born in Moggio Udinese from Neapolitan parents, Martino started her career as singer in 1956. In 1957, she debuted at the :it:Festival di Napoli, Festi ...

- 1995/1996/1997 – *''

Can-Can The can-can (also spelled cancan as in the original French /kɑ̃kɑ̃/) is a high-energy, physically demanding dance that became a popular music-hall dance in the 1840s, continuing in popularity in French cabaret to this day. Originally dance ...

'' – Musical of

Abe Burrows Abe Burrows (born Abram Solman Borowitz; December 18, 1910 – May 17, 1985) was an American writer, composer, humorist, director for radio and the stage, and librettist for Broadway musicals. His versatile career in radio, Broadway, and televis ...

, 1998/1999 – *'' Orfeo all'inferno'' – Opera di

Jacques Offenbach Jacques Offenbach (; 20 June 18195 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera ''The Tales of Hoffmann''. He was a p ...

– 1999 – acting Tersicore *''

Polvere di stelle ''Polvere di stelle'' (''Stardust'') is a 1973 Italian film which was directed by Alberto Sordi. It starred Alberto Sordi and Monica Vitti. Plot Mimmo Adami and Dea Dani are local professional dancers in the impoverished Italy of the Second Wor ...

'', 2000/2001/2002 *'' Le Pillole d'Ercole'' of Maurice Hennequin and Paul Bilhaud, with Maurizio Micheli, dir.

Maurizio Nichetti Maurizio Nichetti (born 8 May 1948) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. His 1989 film '' The Icicle Thief'' won the Golden St. George at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1998 he was a member of the jury at the ...

- 2002/2003/2004 *'' Anfitrione'', of

Plautus Titus Maccius Plautus ( ; 254 – 184 BC) was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety. He wrote Palliata comoedia, the genre devised by Livius Andro ...

, with Maurizio Micheli, dir

Michele Mirabella Michele Mirabella (born 7 July 1943) is an Italian television presenter, University professor and actor. Biography Mirabella graduated in Letters at the University of Bari with a thesis on Luigi Pirandello and received an Honorary Degree in ...

- 2004 *''Stalker'' of Rebecca Gillmann, dir Marcello Cotugno - 2004 *''

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'' of

Aristofanes Aristophanes (; ; ) was an Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek Ancient Greek comedy, comic playwright from Classical Athens, Athens. He wrote in total forty plays, of which eleven survive virtually complete today. The majority of his surviving play ...

, with Maurizio Micheli, dir

- 2004 *''Cactus flower'' of

Pierre Barillet Pierre Barillet (24 August 1923 – 8 January 2019) was a French playwright. Biography Barillet was born in Paris, France. Passionate about theatre since childhood, he wrote his first play, ''Les Héritiers'', in 1945 after being a law student. ...

and

Jean-Pierre Grédy Jean-Pierre Grédy, often anglicised as Gredy (16 August 1920 – 6 February 2022) was a French playwright. Biography After studying literature and law, Grédy entered IDHEC because he wanted to write screenplays. He wrote the screenplay for ...

, with Edoardo Siravo, dir Tonino Pulci - 2004/2005/2006 *'' Prova a farmi ridere'' of Alan Aykbourn, with

Pino Quartullo Giuseppe "Pino" Quartullo (born 12 July 1957) is an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and playwright. Life and career Born in Civitavecchia, after getting a degree in architecture, Quartullo graduated in directing at the Silvio d’Amico ...

, dir. Maurizio Micheli - 2006 *''

The Tempest ''The Tempest'' is a Shakespeare's plays, play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610–1611, and thought to be one of the last plays that he wrote alone. After the first scene, which takes place on a ship at sea during a tempest, th ...

'' of

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

, – 2006 –

Ariel Ariel may refer to: Film and television *Ariel Award, a Mexican Academy of Film award * ''Ariel'' (film), a 1988 Finnish film by Aki Kaurismäki *, a Russian film directed by Yevgeni Kotov * ''ARIEL Visual'' and ''ARIEL Deluxe'', a 1989 and 1991 ...

*''Sunshine'' of

William Mastrosimone William Mastrosimone (born August 19, 1947) is an American playwright and screenwriter from Trenton, New Jersey. He attended high school at The Pennington School and received a graduate degree in playwriting from Mason Gross School of the Arts, ...

, directed by

, 2007/2008 *'' L'Appartamento'', of

Billy Wilder Billy Wilder (; ; born Samuel Wilder; June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an American filmmaker and screenwriter. His career in Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood spanned five decades, and he is regarded as one of the most brilliant and ver ...

, 2009–2010 *'' Il marito scornato (Georges Dandin)'', of

Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, ; ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world liter ...

, 2011 *'' Vite private'', of

, with

Corrado Tedeschi Corrado may refer to: Places *Anticoli Corrado, comune in the City of Rome *Monte Vidon Corrado, comune in the Province of Fermo People Given name *See Corrado (given name) Surname *Andrea Corrado (1873-1963), Italian ship owner *Andrea Di Corrado ...

– 2012–2013 * ''Dis-order'', of

Neil LaBute Neil N. LaBute (born March 19, 1963) is an American playwright, film director, and screenwriter. He is best known for a play that he wrote and later adapted for film, ''In the Company of Men'' (1997), which won awards from the Sundance Film Fest ...

, dir. Marcello Cotugno, with

Claudio Botosso Claudio Botosso (born 28 March 1958) is an Italian actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1985. Selected filmography References External links * 1958 births Living people Italian male film actors Male actors from Piedmo ...

– 2014 * ''Incubi d'Amore'', of Augusto Fornari, Toni Fornari, Andrea Maia, Vincenzo Sinopoli, dir. Augusto Fornari, with Sebastiano Somma and Morgana Forcella – 2014 * '' Crimini del Cuore'', of

Beth Henley Elizabeth Becker Henley (born May 8, 1952) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actress. Her play '' Crimes of the Heart'' won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the 1981 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play, and ...

, dir. Marco Mattolini – 2015 * ''

A Room with a View ''A Room with a View'' is a 1908 novel by English writer E. M. Forster, about a young woman in the restrained culture of Edwardian-era England. Set in Italy and England, the story is both a romance and a humorous critique of English society ...

'', of

E. M. Forster Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 1879 – 7 June 1970) was an English author. He is best known for his novels, particularly '' A Room with a View'' (1908), ''Howards End'' (1910) and '' A Passage to India'' (1924). He also wrote numerous shor ...

, dir. Stefano Artissunch – 2016 * '' Cactus Flower'' of

and

Jean-Pierre Gredy Jean-Pierre Grédy, often anglicised as Gredy (16 August 1920 – 6 February 2022) was a French playwright. Biography After studying literature and law, Grédy entered IDHEC because he wanted to write screenplays. He wrote the screenplay for ...

, dir Piergiorgio Piccoli and Aristide Genovese - 2016 * ''Il più brutto week-end della nostra vita'' of Norm Foster, dir.

- 2017-2018 * ''The test'' of Jordi Vallejo, dir. - 2019–2020-2021-2022-2023; * ''Su con la vita'' of Maurizio Micheli, dir.

- 2020; * ''

Les Précieuses ridicules ''Les Précieuses ridicules'' (, ''The Absurd Précieuses'' or ''The Affected Ladies'') is a one-act satire by Molière in prose. It takes aim at the ''précieuses'', the ultra-witty ladies who indulged in lively conversations, word games and, in ...

'' free taken from

, dir. Stefano Artissunch, with

Lorenza Mario Lorenza Mario (born 9 October 1969) is an Italian dancer, actress and television personality. Life and career Born in Camposampiero, Mario began to study classical dance aged 9 years old. After graduating at the Liceo Linguistico in Padua, she ...

and Stefano Artissunch - 2023-2024; * ''Donne in pericolo'' of

Wendy MacLeod Wendy MacLeod (born August 6, 1959) is an American playwright. Life and career MacLeod received a BA from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, where she now teaches and is a playwright-in-residence. She earned a MFA from the Yale School of Drama. ...

, dir. Enrico Maria Lamanna (with Benedicta Boccoli,

Vittoria Belvedere Vittoria Belvedere (born 17 January 1972) is an Italian actress. She has appeared in several films but most of her work is television based. Career In 1992, she made her debut in the film ''In camera mia'', directed by Luciano Martino. In 1993, ...

and Debora Caprioglio; 2024-2025)

Television

*''Pronto, chi gioca?'', directed by

Gianni Boncompagni Giandomenico "Gianni" Boncompagni (13 May 1932 – 16 April 2017) was a television and radio presenter, director, writer and lyricist. Life and career Born in Arezzo, at 18 years old Boncompagni moved to Sweden, where he lived for ten years do ...

*''

Domenica In ''Domenica in'' is an Italian Sunday long-running television show broadcast by Rai 1 Rai 1 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the comp ...

'' – with her sister Brigitta Boccoli from 1987 to 1990 *'' Viva Colombo'' inclosed in ''Il sabato sera di Rai Uno'' - 1991 *''Gelato al limone'' – with

Massimiliano Pani Massimiliano Pani is an Italian songwriter, producer and composer born on 18 April 1963 in Milan to parents Corrado Pani and Mina. Corrado Pani was married at the time and due to Mina's refusal to hide the relationship, the singer was banned from ...

*''

Unomattina ''Unomattina'' (also spelled ''Uno Mattina'', styled ''1Mattina'') is a long-running Italian morning television show, broadcast by Rai 1 since 22 December 1986, currently hosted by Massimiliano Ossini e Daniela Ferolla. The program is broadcast fr ...

'' – 1994 *''Due come noi'' – Co-starring with

Wilma De Angelis Wilma De Angelis (; born 8 April 1930) is a popular Italian singer and TV presenter. She is also very famous for her talk show ''A pranzo con Wilma'', and her cooking abilities. She hosted the cooking show ''Telemenù'' from 1978 through 1987 on ...

– 1997 *''

Incantesimo ''Incantesimo'' (English: ''Enchantment'') is a long-running Italian soap opera, drama series, originally broadcast on the RAI network from 1998 to 2008. It is mainly set in a hospital called ''Clinica Life'' in Rome, Italy, and revolves around t ...

'' *''Reality Circus'' – Reality show 2006/2007

Gallery

Image: Crimes of the heart 01 boccoli bonesi lorenzetti.JPG, Benedicta Boccoli, Paola Bonesi and Fulvia Lorenzetti in ''Crimini del Cuore'' (''"Crimes of the Heart"''), 1 May 2015. Image:Crimes of the heart 02 benedicta boccoli.jpg, Benedicta Boccoli and her sax in ''Crimini del Cuore'', 1 May 2015. Image: Belvedere Boccoli Caprioglio DONNE IN PERICOLO Crema 2024.jpg,

, Benedicta Boccoli and Debora Caprioglio acting ''Donne in pericolo'', , Crema, 1 December 2024.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boccoli, Benedicta 1966 births Living people Actresses from Rome Actresses from Milan Italian television actresses Italian film actresses Italian stage actresses 20th-century Italian actresses 21st-century Italian actresses