Susanna Cappellaro (Cohen) is an

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actress and writer living in

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Education

Cappellaro studied acting at the

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, graduating in 2009.

Biography

Cappellaro started her career in the fashion world. In 2011 she began her film career. Her first role was in

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(directed by Peter Strickland and produced by

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). Her next role was playing a journalist alongside

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in the Italian film Notte Finisce con Gallo. Cappellaro's most profile role to date was playing

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's ''

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''. This character is the young mother of the lead role,

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, played by

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. In 2014 Cappellaro produced and acted in Checkmate, a short movie set in the magical Welsh landscape, directed by

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. It also stars

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and

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and Lachlan Nieober. 2015 sees her in her first leading role in ''Papagajka,'' a psychological thriller set in

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, directed by Emma Rozanski and under the mentorship of

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. She started her career as a stylist at ''Flair Magazine'' in

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and then moved on to

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. From there she became a writer, with articles published in XL-

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, Rodeo Magazine, Flair and

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References

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