Sandra Ceccarelli (born 3 July 1967) is an Italian
film actress.
Daughter of Franco Ceccarelli, guitarist of the 1960s and 1970s Italian
rock
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group
Equipe 84, and Sandra von Glasersfeld (daughter of philosopher
Ernst von Glasersfeld
Ernst von Glasersfeld (March 8, 1917, Munich – November 12, 2010, Leverett, Massachusetts, Leverett, Franklin County, Massachusetts) was a philosopher, and emeritus professor of psychology at the University of Georgia, research associate at ...
), Ceccarelli had her film debut at the age of sixteen in Giuseppe Bertolucci's 1985 film ''Segreti segreti''.
Between 1995 and 1997 she studied acting with Carlos Alsina and
Giorgio Albertazzi. After spending several years in theatre, she returned to film in 2001 starring in
Ermanno Olmi
Ermanno Olmi (24 July 1931 – 7 May 2018)Lane, John Francis (May 7, 2018).Ermanno Olmi obituary. ''The Guardian''. theguardian.com. Retrieved 11 May 2018. was an Italian film director and screenwriter best known for directing '' Il Posto'' ( ...
's film ''
The Profession of Arms'' and Giuseppe Piccioni's ''Light of My Eyes'', for which she won the
Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the
2001 Venice Film Festival.
She also starred in Piccioni's 2004 film ''The Life I Want'', which won her a second nomination for the
David di Donatello for Best Actress award (the Italian equivalent of the Academy Award), and a nomination for the 2005
European Film Award for Best Actress (which she lost to Germany's
Julia Jentsch
Julia Jentsch (; born 20 February 1978) is a German actress. She has received awards including the Silver Bear, European Film Award, and Deutscher Filmpreis, Lola. She is best known for ''Sophie Scholl – The Final Days'', ''The Edukators'' and ...
).
She also appeared in the 2006 Austrian biopic ''
Klimt'' about the painter
Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt (14 July 1862 – 6 February 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and a founding member of the Vienna Secession movement. His work helped define the Art Nouveau style in Europe. Klimt is known for his paintings, murals, sket ...
and the 2006 Croatian film ''
Libertas
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'' about the Renaissance playwright
Marin Držić.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1967 births
Living people
20th-century Italian actresses
21st-century Italian actresses
Actresses from Milan
Italian film actresses
Italian people of German descent
Nastro d'Argento winners
Volpi Cup for Best Actress winners
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