Matilda De Angelis (born 11 September 1995) is an Italian actress and singer. Her credits include the films '' Italian Race'' and '' Rose Island'', and the television miniseries '' The Law According to Lidia Poët'', and ''

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''.

Career

She started playing guitar and violin at the age of thirteen. She attended the '' liceo scientifico'' "Enrico Fermi" in

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. In 2011, De Angelis began singing in the band Rumba de Bodas. The band also recorded an album, ''Karnaval Fou'', which was released in 2014. In 2015, she was noticed by director

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, who cast her as the lead in his film '' Italian Race'' (2016). According to De Angelis, Rovere «saw some of my pictures on Facebook and he wanted to meet me because they were searching for the leading role in this new film and the director didn't want to get a professional actress because he needed a specific dialect from a specific region in Italy (

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). So, I went to the audition and after, he told me: "You have to do it again, but with a script" and I had three or four auditions after that and then, I got the part». For her debut role, De Angelis was nominated at 2017

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for

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; she also wrote and sang the film's song "Seventeen", which received a nomination for Best Original Song at the same competition. She was also awarded with a

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and a

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for the Best Newcomer. In 2017, she played the role of Brittia in the ensemble comedy film ''

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'' by

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. In 2018, she starred in the drama film '' Youtopia'', where she played a teenage girl selling her virginity online in order to save her family. In 2020, she was in the main cast of the

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's television miniseries ''

'' and starred in the

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's original film '' Rose Island'', directed by

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. For her role in ''Rose Island'' she was awarded with the

David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress The David di Donatello Award for Best Supporting Actress ( it, David di Donatello per la migliore attrice non protagonista) is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize t ...

. She co-hosted the first evening of the Sanremo Festival 2021 alongside

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. She stars alongside

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in the film adaptation of

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's novel with the same name; ''

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''. She is an atheist.''Film TV'' n. 49, December 2020, p. 9.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Discography

Singles

Awards and nominations

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