Francesca Neri (born 10 February 1964) is an Italian actress.
Biography
Neri was born in
Trento
Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; , ), also anglicized as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th cen ...
, Italy.
Francesca Neri Biography (1964-)
/ref> She has twice received the Silver Ribbon Award for Best Actress from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, for '' Pensavo fosse amore, invece era un calesse'', directed by Massimo Troisi (1991) and ''Carne trémula
''Live Flesh'' ( es, Carne trémula, links=no) is a 1997 erotic romantic drama thriller film, written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Javier Bardem and Francesca Neri. The film is loosely based on the 1986 book of the same name by Briti ...
'' ''(Live Flesh)'' (1997).
She has also received three nominations for the David di Donatello Award, as Best Actress in '' Il dolce rumore della vita'' and ''Io amo Andrea'' (both 1999) and as Best Supporting Actress for ''La felicità non costa niente'' (2003).
Other notable films include her three films in Spain: '' Live Flesh'' (1997, by Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (; (often known simply as Almodóvar) born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish filmmaker. His films are marked by melodrama, irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotations from popular culture, and complex narra ...
), '' ¡Dispara!'' (''Outrage'', 1993, by Carlos Saura
Carlos Saura Atarés (born 4 January 1932) is a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. Along with Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be one of Spain’s most renowned filmmakers. He has a long and prolific career th ...
), both with her own voice speaking Spanish, and sex drama film '' Las edades de Lulú'' (''The Ages of Lulu'', 1990, by Bigas Luna, where she's dubbed into Spanish).
After years of highly acclaimed work in Europe, she first received widespread notice in the United States when she played the role of Allegra, wife of the Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi in the Hollywood
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, ''Hannibal
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'' in 2001. In 2002, she co-starred in ''Collateral Damage
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Since the development of precision guided ...
'' alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger, playing the Colombian wife of Claudio Perrini, a terrorist known as the Wolf.
Personal life
Neri has one son, Rocco (born 1999), with actor Claudio Amendola. She also has two stepdaughters from Claudio's previous marriage, including voice actress Alessia Amendola.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1964 births
Italian film actresses
Living people
People from Trento
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni
Nastro d'Argento winners
20th-century Italian actresses
21st-century Italian actresses
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