Ilenia Pastorelli (born 24 December 1985) is an Italian actress. In 2016, she made her film acting debut with '' They Call Me Jeeg'', for which she was awarded the

David di Donatello for Best Actress The David di Donatello Award for Best Actress ( it, David di Donatello per la migliore attrice protagonista) is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize the outstandin ...

award.

Biography

Pastorelli was born in Rome and studied there at Liceo Classico Platone. After a number of experiences working as a model, she reached notoriety in 2011 participating in '' Grande Fratello 12'', where she was eliminated during the semi-finals. Her cinema debut was in 2015 with

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and

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in the film '' They Call Me Jeeg'' by Gabriele Mainetti, where she plays in the role of Alessia, a girl who suffered abuses. She was nominated to win the

award in 2016, to then win the nomination. In 2016 she appeared as the protagonist with

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of the

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's music videoclip - One day. In 2016 she served as the anchor woman of TV program "Stracult". In 2017 she appeared in the Laszlo Barbo film ''Niente di serio''.

Filmography

Film

Television

* '' Grande Fratello 12'' (

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, 2011) * ''Stracult'' (

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, 2016)

Music videos

* One day -

(2016) * La ballata di Hiroshi - Ilenia Pastorelli (2016)

Awards

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 ...

** 2016 –

Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress awar ...

for '' They Call Me Jeeg'' (2015) - Winner * Festival delle Cerase ** 2016 - Best actress revelation for '' They Call Me Jeeg'' (2015) - Winner * La Pellicola d'Oro ** 2016 – Best actress nomination for '' They Call Me Jeeg'' (2015) - Nomination *

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 ...

** 2016 - Best actress nomination for '' They Call Me Jeeg'' (2015) - Nomination * Magna Graecia Film Festival ** 2016 -

Monica Scattini Monica Scattini (1 February 1956 – 4 February 2015) was an Italian actress. Films Scattini appeared in include ''Maniaci sentimentali'', for which she won a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress, and ''Lontano da dove'', for w ...

Awards for '' They Call Me Jeeg'' (2015) - Winner * Giornate professionali di cinema ** 2016 - ANEC Carlo Zanchi Award for '' They Call Me Jeeg'' (2015) - Winner

References

External links

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Ilenia Pastorelli Official Fanpage
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Ilenia Pastorelli Official Profile
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at the Stefano Chiappi Management, Stefanochiappimanagement.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Pastorelli, Ilenia 1985 births Living people Italian film actresses David di Donatello winners