Iaia Forte (born 16 March 1962) is an Italian actress. She is probably best known for the

Maurizio Nichetti Maurizio Nichetti (born 8 May 1948) is an Italian film screenwriter, actor and director. 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 48t ...

's comedy film ''

Luna e l'altra ''Luna e l'altra'' is a 1996 Italian fantasy film directed, written and starred by Maurizio Nichetti. For this film Iaia Forte was awarded with a Silver Ribbon for Best Actress. Maurizio Nichetti also won a Silver Ribbon for Best Director ...

'', for which she won a

Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress The '' Nastro d'Argento'' (Silver Ribbon) is a film award assigned each year, since 1946, by ''Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' ("Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists") the association of Italian film criti ...

, a

Globo d'oro The Globo d'oro (internationally known as Italian Golden Globe) is an Italian annual film award. It was established in 1960 and it has as jury the Rome Foreign Press Association. The first awards ceremony took place in 1960 and was won by the film ...

for Best Actress and she was nominated for

David di Donatello The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the '' Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (The Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award ca ...

in the same category. Other films she appeared in include ''

Paz! ''Paz!'' is a 2002 Italian comedy film written and directed by Renato De Maria. Set in 1977 in Bologna, it is based on several comic characters created by Andrea Pazienza. Cast * Claudio Santamaria: Pentothal * Flavio Pistilli: Massimo Zanard ...

'' (for which she was nominated for Nastro d'Argento as Best Supporting Actress), ''

Il seme della discordia ''The Seed of Discord'' ( it, Il seme della discordia) is a 2008 Italian film. The film is a modernisation of Heinrich von Kleist's novel ''The Marquise of O''. It was entered into the main competition at the 65th Venice International Film Festi ...

'', ''

Teatro di guerra ''Rehearsals for War'' ( it, Teatro di guerra) is a 1998 Italian drama film directed by Mario Martone. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Andrea Renzi - Leo * Iaia Forte - Luisella Cielo * ...

'', ''

Tre mogli ''Three Wives'' ( it, Tre mogli) is a 2001 film directed by Marco Risi. Iaia Forte was nominated for the 2002 Silver Ribbons for the best supporting actress. Plot On New Year's Eve three women meet at the police station: Beatrice, Bianca and Billy ...

'' and ''

The Great Beauty ''The Great Beauty'' ( it, La grande bellezza ) is a 2013 art drama film co-written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Filming took place in Rome starting on 9 August 2012. It premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival where it was screened in c ...

''.

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* 1962 births Living people Italian film actresses Nastro d'Argento winners Ciak d'oro winners Italian stage actresses {{italy-actor-stub